Joan Wynn – Figurative Sculptor
Selected Exhibitions
2010
Somnambulist. 4ART INC GALLERY, Chicago, IL. Juried Exhibition.
2010 California Art Open. Tag Gallery at Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA. Juried Exhibition.
Scene @ the Evanston Art Center II. Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL.
Visual Narrative. Gallery 180, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL. Juried Exhibition
Chicago Art Open. River East Art Center, Chicago, IL. Juried Exhibition.
2009
Earth Dreaming. International Association for the Study of Dreams,
Rosemont, IL. Juried Exhibition.
Nancy Richter Brzeski Art Award – Honorable Mention – for the best art
based on originality, integrity, universality, and relevance to dreaming.
2008
12 x12. Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL. Juried Exhibition.
Eleventh Annual Chicago Art Open. The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL. Juried Exhibition.
Real People 2008. The Old Court House Figurative League, Woodstock, IL. Juried Exhibition.
Scene @ the Evanston Art Center. Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL.
Reforming US: Immigration Through Art. Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL. Juried Exhibition.
2007
Some Assembly Required. Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juried
Exhibition.
Publications
January 2011. Art Buzz: The 2011 Collection. Inclusion based on juried competition of emerging and mid-career visual artists worldwide. Art Buzz Publications.
August 2010. California Open Exhibition Catalogue. Tag Gallery.
June 2010. Visual Narrative Catalogue. Gallery 180
Education
Evanston Art Center. Evanston, IL. August 2006 – present.
Advanced Continuing Metal Sculpture, Metal Finishing, Continuing Metal Sculpture, Drawing and Painting the Nude, Direct Metal Sculpture, Photography for the Arts, Introduction to Metal Art.
Otis College of Art and Design. Los Angeles, CA. May 2009 – present.
Welding Metal Sculpture.
Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. May – July 2010.
Figurative Drawing.
Fire Arts Center of Chicago. Chicago, IL, March 2005 – May 2006.
Metal Fabrication.
Lillstreet Art Center. Chicago, IL. September – December 2004.
Metalsmithing,
Yale University, New Haven, CT. 1965-66.
Graduate School in Philosophy.
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship.
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. 1961 – 1965.
BA. Philosophy Major, Social Anthropology Minor.
Employment
1966-2004. Worked to improve the lives of inner-city adolescents as a researcher and policy maker at institutions including the University of Chicago, the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Office of Management and Budget in New York City.
Memberships
Chicago Artists Coalition. 2006 – present.
Chicago Sculpture International. 2008 – present.
International Sculpture Center. 2008 – present.