About The Artist
About The Artist
I create paintings and cutouts as a way of turning my love of the world into objects that come alive. Inspiration comes from nature—tiny pebbles or a decaying flower—as well as ordinary household objects like an old hat or a broken cup. I feel a tenderness towards all these things and their lifespans, which makes me want to render them with affection. As a process oriented artist, I work with water based paints, as well as all kinds of materials including dirt, recycled paintings, dried grass. I am interested in color and push my palette into strange terrain to arrive at combinations that feel fresh and invented. I am delighted when the final pieces remind me of something I’ve seen, but can’t quite recognize.
Exhibitions
2017 Earthly Delights, solo exhibition | LaGuardia Community College, New York, NY
2016 Open Studio | Silks Building, New York, NY
Gyre | Point Reyes Station, CA
2015 Tribe of Nine | Point Reyes Station, CA
The Chance To Love Everything | Point Reyes Station, CA
2014 Open Studio | Silks Building, New York, NY
2013 Botanicals | Point Reyes Station, CA
2012 Open Studio | Silks Building, New York, NY
2010 Master Class | Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2009 Courtyard Landscapes | San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2008 Small Works Show | Foreman Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2008 Master Class | Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2007 Master Class | Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2006 Essence of Providencia | Hostal Ocean Wonders, Providencia, Columbia
2006 Master Class | Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2005 Master Class | Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
2003 Together/Apart | La Serrania, Mallorca, Spain
2002 Up Close | La Serrania, Mallorca, Spain
2003 Color 311 | Cork Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Color 311 | Cork Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Color 311 | Cork Gallery, New York, NY
1998 La Selva Mexicana | Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco, CA
1997 Food for Thought | Civilization Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Small Works Show | N.Y.U., New York, NY
Artist Residency: Vermont Studio Center painting residency Oct 2014
Private Collections: throughout the USA, and in France, Japan, U.K., Mexico
Education
B.A. from S.UN.Y Purchase, New York & Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
Additional study in painting and drawing: Sam Feinstein, Leigh Hyams, Nicki Orbach, Michael Grimaldi, Frederick Franck
Publications
SKY ABOVE, EARTH BELOW, art and text
THE ROTATING SPAGHETTI FORK, art and text in collaboration with Cris Cristofaro
Joanna Cotler 