JOAN ELLIOTT
Website: joanelliott.net
Contact: joanelliott8@verizon.net
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Infinity Fields; Reynolds Gallery; Richmond, VA
2018 The Evolving Landscape; Beverly Street Studio Gallery, Staunton, VA
2016 A New Day; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2013 Borderlands; Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
2012 Wired; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2010 Joan Elliott 2010; Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
2009 Entanglements; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 Destinations; Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
2005 Unlocked; Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
2002 New Landscapes; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
1996 Far Memory; Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA
1985 Recent Paintings; 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
1984 Landscapes; Portfolio Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Compulsory Measures; curated by Reni Gower, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD; Aug 23 - Sep 28, 2024
2024-1993 Faculty Exhibitions; Virginia Museum Studio School, Richmond, VA
2023 RETHINKING THE LANDSCAPE; Conversations with Artists, curated online exhibition; October 1st - November 30th, 2023 https://www.conversationswithartists.com/online-gallery
2023-2024 Nature’s Way; ODETTA Digital on Artsy, with Shim Art Network & Odetta Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Sept 22, 2023 to Feb 22, 2024
https://www.artsy.net/artist/joan-elliott
2023 SHIM Art Network, Aqua Art Miami 2023 https://www.artsy.net/show/shim-art-network-shim-art-network-at-aqua-art-miami-2023?sort=partner_show_position
2023 Compulsory Measures; curated by Reni Gower, Piedmont Arts Museum, Martinsville, VA; August 12- October 21, 2023
2022 Compulsory Measures; curated by Reni Gower, Gumenick Gallery, The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, VA; Jan 13 – Mar 13, 2022
2020 Compulsory Measures; curated by Reni Gower, traveling to:
Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA; August 27 - October 18, 2020
International Museum of Art and Sciences, McAllen,TX; Dec 2019-May 2020
The Art Museum, SUNY Potsdam, Postsdam, NY; Aug 26 – Nov 8, 2019
Esther Prangley Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD; Jan 31-Mar 1, 2019
2020 VA Made: Mediation Across Media, curated by Howard Risatti & Steven Glass, traveling to:
Branch Museum of Architecture & Design, Richmond, VA; July 6- September 21, 2020
Beverly Street Studio Gallery, Staunton, VA; January 10- February 23, 2020
2019 Roanoke Pop Up, Emily Mangus Interiors; represented by Reynolds Gallery in Roanoke, VA
2018 Boston Design Market; represented by Reynolds Gallery, in Boston, MA
2017 CURRENT Art Fair; represented by Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 Paysage/Landscape 2016; Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
2016 “OFF THE CUFF,” Reynolds Gallery, Boston, MA
2015 Genius Loci: The Virtues of Place, Joan Elliott & Jeanette Cohen; Chroma Projects, Charlottesville, VA
2015 Memories, Dreams and Desires; Virginia Museum Studio School, Richmond, VA
2014 The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Second Act; BaderFund Grant recipient exhibition, American University Museum, Washington, DC
2014 TRANSFERRING NATURE: Paintings by Doug Canfield, Joan Elliott and Stephen Fox; Flippo Gallery, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
2014 Vacation Days; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2014-2003 Toronto International Art Fair; represented by Galerie de Bellefeuille in Toronto, Canada
2013 Ambiguity and Interface; Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke,VA
2011-2003 Art 2011-2003 Exhibitions; Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
2010 VIEWPOINTS; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2009 Nature; Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
2008-2007 Palm Beach 3; represented by Galerie de Bellefeuille in Palm Beach, Fl.
2007 Paysage/Landscape; Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
2005 Chicago Contemporary & Classic, represented by Galerie de Bellefeuille in Chicago, IL
2001 Reflections; Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2000 The Virginia Landscape; Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA
1997 The Enlightened Eye; 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
1991 New Landscape Artists; Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
1990 UN/COMMON GROUND II: Virginia Artists 1990, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1990 Harmony and Discord: American Landscape Painting Today, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1989 Landscape: A Travelogue Painted from Memory, Imagination or Reality; Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Four Approaches to Landscape; 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
1987 Irene Leach Memorial Exhibition, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
1985 The Sublime Landscape; The Virginia Beach Arts Center, Virginia Beach, VA
1985 Reynolds/ Minor Gallery, Richmond, VA
1985-83 Portfolio Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2013 Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Grant recipient
EDUCATION
1978 Virginia Commonwealth University. BFA/ Painting
1973 Governor’s School for the Gifted, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023-1991 Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Museum Studio School, Richmond, VA
2002-2000 Artist in Residence, Nimrod Hall, Warm Springs, VA
CATALOGS/ ARTICLES
RICHARDSON, Margaret. “Mix and Match”, VA Made: Mediation Across Media at the Branch Museum of Architecture and Design, Richmond, Virginia. New Art Examiner, Nov. 12, 2020.
GOWER, Reni. “Compulsory Measures” exhibition catalog for Esther Prangley Rice Gallery at McDaniel College. Westminster, MD, Jan. 2019.
LORD, Jo. “Trio with Brio: three Richmond artists bring their passion for life and art to Reynolds Gallery,” Richmond Times Dispatch, Nov. 3, 2016.
SCALIN, Chuck. “Artists Coloring Book: Volume 2”, Richmond, VA, 2016.
RASMUSSEN, Jack and FORGEY, Benjamin. “The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Second Act”, exhibition catalog for American University Art Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC, June 14-August 17, 2014. p.18.
ELLIOTT, Joan. “ Joan Elliott: Borderlands”, 2013 Exhibition brochure, photography by Taylor Dabney. Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
L’HEUREUX, Chantal. Vernissage interview: IN SITU Magazine radio, CIBL 101.5 at Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC, August 7, 2013.
MABEY, Martha. “Behind the Scene: Elliott’s Exhibit Shines Light on Infrastructure in Her Work”, Richmond Times Dispatch, October 28, 2012.
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Art 2011, Art 2010, Art 2009, Art 2008, Art 2007, Art 2006, Art 2005, Art 2004, Art 2003 Exhibition Catalogs, Montreal, QC
WIRT-FOX, Alicia. “ Joan Elliott: 2010”, Exhibition Catalog, photography by Taylor Dabney. Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
ELLIOTT, Joan. “ Joan Elliott: Destinations”, 2007 Exhibition Catalog, photography by Taylor Dabney. Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
The Media General Art Collection, Collection catalog, 2006. p.51.
BENEDICT, Tyler. “ Joan Elliott: Unlocked”, 2005 Exhibition Catalog, photography by Katherine Wetzel. Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, QC
Delicate Monster, Interview and Gallery. Volume 8, December 2005.
Markel Corporate Art Collection, Collection catalog, 2003. p.34-35.
PROCTOR, Roy. “Less is now more for artist Joan Elliott”, Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 2002.
NEWMAN, Jacob. “Landscape Redux, Paintings by Joan Elliott”, Delicate Monster, Volume 2, August 2002
KELLEY, James C & William M.S. RASMUSSEN. “The Virginia Landscape: A Cultural History”, Exhibition catalog, Virginia Historical Society, 2000, p.182-183
RYAN, Paul. "Un/Common Ground: Virginia Artists 1990". Art Papers, March/ April 1991, p.70
DREISS, Joseph. “Un/Common Ground: Virginia Artists 1990”, New Art Examiner, June/Summer, 1991
CRUTCHFIELD, Margo. “ Un/Common Ground: Virginia Artists 1990”, Exhibition catalog, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1990.
BRANDT, Frederick R. “ Harmony & Discord: American Landscape Painting Today”, Exhibition catalog, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1990, p.18-20
HELLER, Nancy G. "The Southern Artist New Day for Landscape Painting", Southern Accents. September 1990, p.107-108
Iris Magazine, “Six From Un/Common Ground Virginia Artists 1990”. University of Virginia, Volume 24, Fall/Winter 1990, p.32.
GATES, Katherine. “Un/Common Ground, Uncommonly Good”, Style Weekly, Fall 1990.
PROCTOR, Roy. “Landscapes are in spotlight at 1708”, Richmond News Leader, January 1988.
MERRITT, Robert. “4 artists’ differences become show’s link”, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jan. 1988.
CORPORATE/ PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
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