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Joan Ryan

jryan789@yahoo.com

 

                       

           SOLO EXHIBITIONS

           

2011                 Ruchenfigur, Open Studio DADA Post, Berlin, Germany

2010                What We Forgot to Remember, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2010                Truth, Smith College, Oresman Gallery, Northampton, MA

2007                Rent Drawings Johnson Gallery, Beverly Farms, MA

2007                King, Cambridge Multicultural Center, Cambridge, MA

2004                Identity and the Human Figure, APE Gallery, Northampton, MA

2003                Reflections of Gender, Porter Street Gallery, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, N. Adams, MA

2002                Drawings 2002, Sacramento Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2002                Recent Drawings, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA

1994                Recent Drawings, Soho 20 Invitational Space, New York, NY

1994                Renovare, Bradford College, Bradford, MA

1989                Transitory Images and Reflections, Nancy Lincoln Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA

 

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

 

2010                "Experience," Gallery Galatae, Boston, MA

2009                "Make Believe," Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA

2009                "Behind the Eye," St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA

 

 

            SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011                "A Woman's Work is Never Done," A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY juror: Susann Altman

2011                "Global Perspectives,"  Worcester State University, Worcester, MA

2010               "And Sweeps Me Away," A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY   juror" Barbara O'Brien

2009               "Members Exhibition," Gallery Galatae, Boston, MA

2009               "Identity Crisis," Vellum Online Gallery

2009               "Contemporary Humanism," A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY juror: Rocio Aranda-Alvarado

2008               “Structured Incidents” National Members Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, NYC, juror: Charlotta Kiotik

           “4th Annual National Exhibition” Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Fla.

2007               27th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award, Stamford Art Association

                             Juror: Gary Carrion-Murayari, Assistant Curator/Whitney Museum, NYC

             2007              Blanch Ames National Juried Exhibition, Easton, MA

2007              A.I.R. Gallery, Made Out Of The Ordinary, National Gallery Artist, New York, NY

2006               Connections, Juror: Donald Kuspit, New Jersey Center For Visual Arts, Montclair, NJ

2006               Vital Voices, Brandise university, Waltham MA

                     Juror: Raphaela Platow, curator, Rose Art Museum

2005               New Media, Gallery International, Baltimore, MD

            2005               Weaving of the Senses, Caladan Gallery, Beverly MA.

2005               Close To Home, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven Ct.     

                                        Juror: Jacquelyn Days, chief curator of the Corcoran Gallery Of Art, Washington, DC

2005               East Boston Women Artist, City Hall, Boston, MA

2007               Members Silent Auction, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY

2004               STAC 29th Annual Juried Exhibition, St. James, New York

                             Juror: Donald Kuspit

                       27th Annual Art on Paper Juror: Linda Simmons, Curator, Print and Drawings, Corcoran Museum

2004               The River Project, Ward-Nasse Gallery, NYC, NY

2003               Figurative Works 02î , Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

                     Juror: Olga Viso, Curator, Hirshorn Museum, Washington, DC

2002               4th Annual Face to Face International Exhibition, Stage Gallery, Massapequa, NY

2002               Realism, International Exhibition, Stage Gallery, Massapequa, NY

2001              Drawing II International Exhibition Period Gallery, Omaha, NE

2001              Realism III, International Juried Art Exhibition, Gallery, Omaha, NE

2001              National Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago

                                -in conjunction with WCA 2001 National Conference   

                                Juror: Ingrid Fassbender/Fassbender Gallery, Chicago

2000               Hallowed Grounds, New England Artist at the International Society, Boston, MA

2000               Group Show, Cornell Museum of Fine Art, Del Ray, FL

            1999               Explicit, Kougeas Gallery, Boston, MA

            1999               Art on the Mountain, Wilmington, VT

                                    Juror: Ian Berry, Curator, Williams College Museum of Art

1999               Art of the Northeast. Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT

                                    Juror:  Allen Stone, Allen Stone Gallery, New York, NY

1999               Transformations, Center for the Arts in Natick, Natick, MA 

1999               Convergence, Wilmington Arts Center, Wilmington, VT

                                    Juror:  Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Senior Curator, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

1998               Wood Memorial Biennial, South Windsor, CT

            Juror:  Susan Cross, Curator, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

1998                In the Spirit of Drawing, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA

1998               Figure and Form: New England Invitational, Chapel Art Center, Saint Anselm College,

                            Manchester, NH

1997               78th National Exhibition, Springfield Art League, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA

1997               The Male Image, Fowler Gallery, Provincetown, MA

1996               Pulse Points, Eastern Regional Women’s Caucus for Arts, Cambridge, MA

                                   Juror: Gaines Reynolds Clore

1995               The Art of the Matter, Boston University Alumni Show, Boston, MA

1995               Purchase Award Winner, Town of Lexington, Lexington, MA

1994               Faculty Show, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

1994               New Members Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

1994              Lunatics and Lovers, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA

            1994              Women, Women’s Caucus for Arts, Grossman Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

                                 Juror:  Deborah Muirhead

1994              Converging Paths, International Women’s Day, Women’s Caucus for Arts, Boston Chapter,

                          Cambridge, MA

1993              North American Artist Invitational, Bemus Point, N.Y.                         

1992              Faculty Show, Art Institute of Boston, Gallery South, Boston, MA

1992              People, Places, Faces, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA

1991              Grieving, National Competition, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, MA

1991              Recent Works, Dietel Gallery, Troy, NY

1991              Untitled, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA

1991              New Talent, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA

1990              Fort Point Artist Community, Boston, MA

                              Juror:  Carl Belz

1990              Northern National Juried Art Exhibit, Nicolet College Gallery, Rhinelander, WI

1990              SYNC Gallery, Northampton, MA

1989              Selected Works on Paper, ART USA National Competition, Grand Junction, CO

                                           Juror: Irving Shapiro

1989             Alumni Group Show, Boston University, Boston, MA

1988             Boston Artists, Orphanos Gallery, Boston, MA

1987             Federal Reserve Exhibition, Fort Point Artist Community, Boston, MA

1987             Mobius Gallery, Boston, MA

1985-87        Recent American Works on Paper, Mixed Media on Paper,  Smithsonian Institute Traveling Services

                             Juror: Ned Rifkin

1985             Laughlin/Winkler Gallery, Boston, MA

1985             Mixed Media on Paper, Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Milford Fine Arts Council, Milford, CT

 

 

            AWARDS

 

2011             Lillian Orlowski and William Freed Grant, Provincetown Art Association and Museum

2008             Second Place, Cambrdige Art Ass, National Juried Exhibition

2006             Puffin Foundation Grant

2005             Academic Technology Grant, Lesley University

2005             George Sugarman Foundation Grant

2004             Lesley University, Outstanding Teaching Award

2001             Professional Development Grant Lesley University

2002             Faculty Development Grant, Lesley University

2000             Who’s Who in American University Marquis 21st Edition

1999             Mural Grant, Governors Council on Sports and Fitness,                               

1998             Arts Lottery Grant, MCA, Lexington, MA

1998             Purchase Award, Lexington Council for the Arts, Lexington,

 

 

            PUBLICATIONS/LECTURES

 

       Blaze: Discourse on Art, Women and Feminism,

       “The Cow Culture: Dilemmas in Public Art” Cambridge Scholars Publishing

       Presenter, “Public Memory”, National Conference, Women’s Caucus for Art. 2006,

       Northampton Gazette, 2004

                    The Recorder, Greenfield MA, 2004

                    The Minds Eye, The Liberal Arts Journal, MCLA, 2003, Art Institute of Boston, Visiting Artist

                    Cambridge Chronicle, 2002, Visiting Artist, Bradford College, 1999

                    Artis Spectrum, 1997

                    Boston Globe, 1990

        Hampshire Gazette, 1990

 

            COLLECTIONS

                              

                                Museum of Modern Art, Artist Files Archives, NYC

        DeCordova Museum, Corporate Collection, Boston

                                Fleet Bank, Boston, MA

                    Hampshire Regional YWCA, Springfield, MA

                                Town of Arlington, Massachusetts

 

 

            RESIDENCIES

 

2011             DADA Post, Berlin, Germany

2010             Santa Fe Art Museum, Santa Fe, NM

2009             Sodus Art Bank, Sodus, NY

2006             Burren College, Artist in Residence, Ballyvaughan, Ireland

2005             Byrdcliffe Art Center, Woodstock, NY

2002             Byrdcliffe Art Center, Woodstock, NY

2002             Contemporary Artist Center, North Adams, MA

1996-99       Contemporary Artist Center Residency, North Adams, MA

1993             August Residency, The Tyrone Guthrie Center, County Mongoghan, Ireland

1993             July/August Residency, Cummington Community for Art

 

 

            AFFILIATIONS

        

       The Drawing Center, NYC

       The Drawing Project, Boston, MA

       Professor of Drawing (not assosiated) Institute of Boston at Lesley University

       Soho 20, New York, NY

       Woman’s Caucus for Art

       Professor of Drawing, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University