Joan Giordano lives and works in Manhattan and in Upstate New York. Awarded a graduate fellowship to Hunter College, she holds an MFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY where she studied with George McNeil. Giordano worked with Bob Blackburn at the Printmaking Workshop NYC and attended the Art Students League of New York. She is represented by June Kelly Gallery in NYC.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1991
2013 TEXT Joan Giordano, H. Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan Library, CT
2012 Spinout, June Kelly Gallery, NY, NY
2010 Waxed In Time: 4 Takes on Encaustic, Tenri Cultural Institute, NY, NY (4 person)
2009 Time Travelers, Serrano Contemporary Gallery, NY, NY
2008 Collective Identities, Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Phil, PA
2007 Presences, Tenri Cultural Institute, NY, NY
2006 A Mano, The Gallery at Chelsea Eye, NY, NY
2005 Kozo Nexus, Sumi New York
Brambles & Pods, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY, NY
2004 Transforming Textures, Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden,
North. Salem, NY
Arrested Light & Texture, The Trenton City Museum of Art at Ellarslie, NJ
2003 Three From Artist Equity, Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY (3 person)
2002 Uncommon Connections, DVAA Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
2001 Skin: Structure & Form, Staten Island Museum, NY
New Work, Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, NY
2000 New Work, The Art Center, St Petersburg, FL
Made In Japan, Robert Furst Center for the Arts, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
Work from Japan, American Museum Of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA
New Work, Walter Wickiser Gallery, NY, NY
1999 Steel Angels / Museum Tour:
Danville Museum of Art, Danville, VA
Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX
Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WVA
Lamar Dodd Art Center & Museum, Lagrange College, Lagrange, GA
Gallery East, College of Eastern Utah, Price, Utah
The American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA
Joan Giordano has enjoyed more than a hundred museum and gallery exhibitions both nationally and internationally at The National Museum of Art, Santiago, Chile; Museo Del Corso, Florence, Italy; Santa Maria Della Scala, Siena, Italy; Gallery Brocken, Tokyo, Japan Feminine Dialogue UNESCO, Paris; Art Link Gallery, South Korea; Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA; Stevens Institute, NJ, The Holden Fine Arts Center, University of Wisconsin. The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ the Knoxville Museum of Art TN , The Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece to mention a few.
Solo museum shows include: the Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY, Union Gallery of the State University of NY at Stonybrook; The The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA; The Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden, N. Salem NY; Steel Angels, Giordano's Solo exhibition and Lecture series traveled to the following venues: The Danville Museum of Art, VA; The Longview Art Museum, TX; Museum of the Permian Basin, TX; The College of Eastern Utah, Lamar Dodd Art Center & Museum, GA. She was invited to create installations at the First International Women Artists Biennale in Incheon, Korea; the Sofia Paper Biennial, Bulgaria, and Sosabeol International Art Expo Flame Show, 2011, South Korea. New York solo gallery exhibions include: Walter Wickiser Gallery, Sutton Gallery, Tenri Cultural Institute, NYU Contemporary Art Gallery, Serrano Contemporary, Rosenthal Gallery @ Queens College, Union Gallery at Stonybrook SUNY, and June Kelly Gallery, NY.
Her work is part of collections at the Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY; the Housatonic Museum of Art, CT; the Henry Buhl collection, NY; the MOMA Print Collection; the Awagami Museum Hall of Awa, Tokushima, Japan; The College of the Desert, Palm Springs, Savannah College of Art and Design, Howard Rubenstein Associates of NY; Pepsico, in Purchase, NY; DIRAY-TV, Wilton,CT; Health South; American Telecast; Best Products; CBS; Coopers and Lybrand; North Carolina National Bank; Diversified Pharmaceuticals; Merrill Lynch; Price Waterhouse; and American Embassies around the world including Zambia, Austria, Cyprus and Vienna.
She is the recipient of several residencies, awards and honors including a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, and residencies at YADDO Foundation, Saratoga Springs, NY; the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA; Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, Awagami Paper International in Tokushima, Japan, and Conversations In Contemporaneity a residency in Casa Masella, Otronto, Italy.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews & Interviews) (Catalogues) (Publications)
2012, Editors Choice, "Her constructions using newspapers are an homage to the beleagured print medium.," The Lookout: Art In: America, July 19, 2012
*Peter Plagens, " Giordano anchors pasted strata of those paper purveyers of news to make handsome works that hang on the wall like a Samurai's divested armour.", The Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2012
*Joanne Mattera, "Affinities Fiber and Wax, "Surface Design Winter 2011" Conference. 37.
Pilimpsest Encaustic, Catalogue. Essay by Thalia Vrachopoulos, Seoul, Korea: Art Link Gallery, 2010
Women Artists’ Biennale, Catalogue. Incheon, South Korea, 2009
High Fiber. Catalogue. Tucson, AZ: Conrad Wilde Gallery, 2009
*Marie Fowler, “Artist draws inspiration from Japan, Greece,” Mainline Times, Philadelphia, PA, September 18, 2008
* Jonathan Goodman, “New York Joan Giordano; Tenri Cultural Institute,” Sculpture, December, 2007
* Germain Lussier, “Dip Into ‘Triptychs,” Times Herald - Record, Sarasota, FL, August 10, 2007
Paper Cuts: The Art Of Contemporary Paper, Media Gallery: Garnett, Kansas, 2006. Catalogue. Exhibition toured by Exhibits USA 2006-2009
*Julia Martin, “Art Lab Celebrates 30 years,” Staten Island Advance, March 26, 2006
* L.P. Streitfeld, “East Meets West At the Hammond Museum,” The Advocate & Greenwich Times, CT. August 22, 2004
Spirit of the Planet. Catalogue. Vienna: Art in Embassies United States Mission to International Organizations, 2002
Joanne Mattera, The Art of Encaustic Painting, New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001
Paper Road. Catalogue. Siena, Italy: Museo Santa Maria Della Scala, Instituzione del Comune di Siena, in collaboration with International Association of Hand Paper Makers and Paper Artists IAPMA, Intnl Assoc Papermaking Artists, 2000
*Dominick Lombardi, “Imagery of Three Artists Is Contrasted in Pearl River Exhibit,”
New York Times, January 16, 2000
The Savannah College of Art and Design Presents New York Artists Equity Assoc, Inc. Catalogue. Savannah, GA: Savannah College of Art and Design, 1999
Pulp Function. Catalogue. Brockton, MA: Fuller Craft Museum, 1999
Gail Stavitsky, Waxing Poetic/ Encaustic Art In America. Catalogue. Montclair, NJ: The Montclair Art Museum, 1999
*Sandra Sider, Interview “Joan Giordano’s Elemental Forms,” Fiberarts, Nov/Dec 1999
*William Zimmer, “Wax as Medium and a Message,” The New York Times, June 6, 1999
*Robert Curcio, “Joan Giordano at Staten Island Institute of Art,” Cover-Arts, May 1999
* Michael Fressola, “Sculptor Seeks ideas In Paper And Metal; Joan Giordano Meditates on ‘Skin: Structure and Form,” Staten Island Sunday Advance, April 4 1999
Skin Deep: A Solo Show, 'Neighborhood', The New York Times, March 14, 1999
Branching Out; Recent Wall Sculptures. Catalogue. New York: Walter Wickiser Gallery, 1998
Art In Embassies, Embassy Of The United States Of America, Friends of Art & Preservation in Embassies. Catalogues: Nicosia, Cyprus: U.S. State Department, 1997
Fiberart International ’97. Catalogue. Pittsburgh, PA: Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh,
*Muriel Silberstein-Storfer, Doing Art Together, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1982, revised 1997
* Mary Thomas, “Biennial Fiberart International ’97. Guild’s Exhibition First-rate,“ Fiberarts",
Pittsburg PA, August 1997
* Vincent Katz, “Donald Judd, Joan Giordano ‘Splashing’,” New York Times, July 26, 1997
“Museum Exhibits Showcase Work of Two Renowned Artists,” Paper Tidings, Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA 1997
* Rob Walton, “On and Off the Wall,” Creative Loafing (Atlanta, GA), January 8, 1997
* Stacie Mackenzie, “Metal, Thread the Media in Museum Exhibit,” Danville Register and Bee, Danville TX, October 8, 1996
Joan Giordano. Catalogue, forward by Nancy Princenthal, Steel Angels Museum Tour, 1994
Life: Color: Form, An Exchange Group Exhibition Between Japan & USA - Provincetown- Koganei, Tokyo. Catalogue. Womens Foundation, 1995
* Bonnie Donnelly, “New Art Center Exhibits Color for Fall,” The Parkersburg News,
October 13, 1995
* Joan Altabe, “Art: Making New History,” Sarasota Herald Tribune, January 1, 1995
*Joan Altabe, “Giordano’s ‘Ancient’ Objects Are Items of Inwardness,” Sarasota Herald Tribune, February 27, 1994
*Tony Riveti, “Manhattan Profile/Joan Giordano,“ New York Newsday, July 18 1992
*Joan Altabe, Interview, “Sarasota Sculptor Talks With Textures,” Sarasota Herald Tribune, September 25, 1988
*HM Cauley, “Story Of paper Unfolds at Museum“ The Atlanta Joournal/The Atlanta Constitution, January 30 1997
“Visual Art Recommended” The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution, January 17, 1997
CURATORIAL POSITIONS
Curator, The Sarah Institute E 65th Street, NYC
exhibitions curated:
NANCY SPERO solo exhibit
ALICE NEEL paintings
JUDY CHICAGO dinner plates
Curator, Art of the NorthWest, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA
Curator, National Juried Exhibition, Staten Island Institute Arts & Science, NY
Juror, National Association of Women Artists, Inc. 123rd Annual Exhibition
Juror, Department of Cultural Affairs, NY, NY,
Juror, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
Curator, Exhibition Season with catalogues, Rockland Center For the Arts, West Nyack, NY
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Lecture, IAPMA Congress Conference, Int Assoc Paper Maker Artists, Italy
Lecture, Papermaking, Japan/ Japanese Paper, Cooper Union Great Hall, NY
Lecture, Textile Study Group of New York, NY, NY
Lecture, Paper Sculpture East West, FDA Handpapermaking Assoc, Portland Or
Lecture, Paper Sculpture, National Museum of Fine arts, Santiago, CHILE
Lecture, IAPMA Council of Papermaking in Japan, Cooper Union Great Hall, NY
Lecture, Jimmy Ernst Alliance, East Hampton, NY
Workshops, Silvermine, Dimensional Paper, Printmaking, New Canaan, CT
Workshops, Womens’ Studio Workshop, Paper Sculpture, Rosendale, NY
Workshops, Paper in 3D , Silvermine, New Canaan, CT
Symposium, East West Art Exchange, National Arts Club, NY,
Panel Moderator, The Art Market, Artists Talk On Art, National Arts Club, NY,
Panelist, Encaustic Art Today, Artists Talk On Art, School Visual Arts, NY
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Museum of Papermaking, Past Member Board of Directors, Atlanta, GA
Art Lab, An ART School based on the Art Student's League, NYC
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, SI,NY, Co-Founder & Advisory Board, 30 yr anniversary 2015
ATOA, Artists’Talk on Art, NY, NY, Member of Board of Directors
New York Artists Equity, NY, NY, Past Member Board of Directors
The National Arts Club, NY, Member
World Crafts Council, NA, UNESCO, Member Board of Directors
AWARDS AND HONORS
Grant, New York State Council on the Arts
Fellowship Hunter College, NY, NY
Jurors’ Choice Award, Fiberarts International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Residency, YADDO,Saratoga Springs, NY
Residency, VCCA,, Virginia Center For the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
Residency, Womens Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Residency, Awagami Paper International Tokushima, Japan
Residency, Fugimori Paper Mill with the National treasure, Yochi Fugimori
Residency, Conversations in Contemporaneity, Otronto, Italy
Visiting Artist, Ringling School of Art; Workshop, Sarasota, FL
Visiting Artist, University South Florida, Tampa, FL
Selected PUBLIC, CORPORATE, AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
AMERICAN TELECAST INTERNATIONAL, Philadelphia, PA
ART IN EMBASSIES PROGRAM, U..S. STATE DEPARTMENT:
Nicosia Cyprus; Ancara Turkey; Vienna, Austria. Sophia, Bulgaria, Zambia
AWAGAMI MUSEUM HALL OF AWA, Tokushima, JAPAN
HENRY BUHL COLLECTION, NY
BEST PRODUCTS CO, INC, SIDNEY LOUIS COLLECTION, VA
CBS, NY
DIRAY TV, WILTON CT
COLLEGE OF THE DESERT, Palm Springs, CA
COOPERS AND LEBRAND, NY
CROSSLANDS SAVINGS BANK, NY
DAVID GARTH ASSOCIATES, NY
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL, Philadelphia, PA
ELLEN NOEL ART MUSEUM OF THE PERMIAN BASIN, Odessa, TX
ENSSLIN & HALL ADVERTISING, Tampa, FL
GOODYEAR TIRE CORPORATION, Wahington, DC
GUNN, FISH, MEADE ASSOCIATES, NY
HAMMOND MUSEUM & JAPANESE STROLL GARDENS, North Salem, NY
HEALTH SOUTH, White Plains, NY
HOUSATONIC MUSEUM OF ART, Bridgeport, CT
HOWARD RUBENSTEIN ASSOCIATES OF NY
IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER, Demoines, IO
JOHN ANTHONY DESIGN, NY
LASSER MARSHALL, INC, NY
LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST, Minneapolis, MN
LONGVIEW ART MUSEUM, Longview, TX
MEDIA SYNDICATION GLOBAL, NY
MERRILL LYNCH, NY
METROPOLITAN SAVINGS BANK, NY
MOHAMMED DAKHIL EST., Daubi, SAUDI ARABIA
MOMA, PRINT COLLECTION, NY
NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM, Trenton NJ
NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK, Tampa , FL
PEPSICO, INC., Purchase, NY
PIERRE CARDIN, NY, Paris, FRANCE
PRICE WATERHOUSE, Hackensack, NJ
PROPERTY RESOURCES CORPORATION, NY
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Savannah, GA