Biography
Joyce was raised in Portland, Maine. Settling in Fairfield County, she taught art in Stamford, CT and Greenwich, CT public schools for over 35 years, including 29 years at the Westover Magnet School, an arts-centered magnet program. She has studied at The International School of Photography in NYC, Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan, CT, and The Greenwich Art Society School of Art in Greenwich, CT.
Throughout her career she has received several awards for her paintings, collages, and street photography, and most recently was awarded Best In Show at the Pequot Library juried show, “Wet Paint,” and The Dagny A. Hultgreen Award for Oil/Acrylic at the Bendheim Gallery juried show, “Unity In Diversity.”
Her artwork is collected from Maine to California, with five of her paintings hanging in the permanent collection at Stamford Hospital. Her work has been featured in Maine Home and Design, Off The Wall Catalog, Serendipity Magazine, Maine Art Annual Guide, and Old Port Magazine.
Joyce is represented by the Portland Art Gallery in Portland, Maine, The Drawing Room in Cos Cob, CT, and the Southport Galleries in Southport, CT. In addition, she is represented online by Artcloud.com and Contemporary Art Network. Joyce is a juried member of the Loft Artists Association in Stamford, CT where she maintains her studio.
Curriculum Vitae
gallery Representation
Portland Art Gallery, Portland, ME
The Drawing Room, Cos Cob, CT
Southport Galleries, Southport, CT
Online Representation
Artcloud.com
ContemporaryArtNetwork.com
Education
6th Year Education, University of Bridgeport
MA, Education, University of Bridgeport
BS, Art Education, University of Bridgeport
International Center For Photography, NY, NY
Silvermine School Of Art, New Canaan, CT
Greenwich Art Society School Of Visual Art, Greenwich, CT
Recent Awards
2019 Greenwich Art Society “Unity In Diversity,” juried show, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT,
Dagny A. Hultgreen Award for Best Acrylic/Oil presented by juror Hillary Reder, curator, Department of Drawing and Prints, MOMA, NYC
2019 Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT, Spring Juried Show, Meghan Fontenella, Guggenheim curator, 2nd Place Acrylic
2018 Pequot Library, Southport, CT, “Wet Paint” juried awarded Best in Show by juror Bob Shaw, Director Mattatuck Museum, New Britain, CT
2018 Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT Spring Juried Show, 2nd Place Mixed Media
2017 Darien Arts Center, Darien, CT juried show, juror Arianne Faber-Kolb, former Curator of Paintings and Drawings Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1st Place Acrylic
2016 Art Society of Old Greenwich, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT, Juried Show, 2nd Place Acrylic
2016 Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT, Juried Show “Far Away Places”, juror Natasha Karpinskaia, artist/teacher Silvermine Guild, 2nd Place in Show
Acrylic Painting on Canvas
2016 Greenwich Art Society Summer Juried Show, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT, 1st Place Photo
2015 Stamford Art Association, “Faces and Figures” Juried Show, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT, Honorable Mention in Show, Color Photo
2014 Stamford Art Association, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT, Juried Show, Third Place, Color Photo
2014 Stamford Art Association juried show, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
Honorable Mention in Show, Color Photo
2013 Greenwich Art Society, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT Juried Show, Third Place, Color Photo
Solo and Small Group Shows
2019 The Drawing Room, Cos Cob, CT, Solo Show, “Awakening”
2019 Southport Galleries, Southport, CT, “Summer Solstice”
2019 Solo Show, “Coastal Expressions”, Pequot Library, Southport, CT
2018 “New Year, New Art”, Loft Artists, Stamford, CT
2018 “Art To The Avenue”, Greenwich Arts Council, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT Curator Tatiana Mori, Director Greenwich Arts Council
2018 Workpoint, Stamford CT, three person show curated by former gallery owner of Legacy Arts, Nyack, NY, Elizabeth Gott
2018 Kershner Gallery, Fairfield, CT, six person show “In The Moment”
2017, 2015 Images Gallery, Old Greenwich, CT, four person show
Select Recent Exhibitions
2019 “Color Fields”, Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT, group show
2019 “Lock Works”, Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT, group show
2019 February, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT, “LAA 40th”, group show
2019 Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT, Spring Juried Show, Meghan Fontenella, Guggenheim curator
2019 June CCNS Juried Show and Sale, Rowayton CT
2019 Portland Art Gallery, Portland, ME, Off The Wall, Maine Artists exhibition
2019 Greenwich Art Society Juried Show, Bendheim Gallery “Unity In Diversity,” 2 paintings accepted, Dagny A. Hultgreen Award for Best Acrylic/Oil presented by juror Hillary Reder, curator, Department of Drawing and Prints, MOMA, NYC
2019 LAA Summer Large Works Show, Stamford, CT, group show,
2018 Mayor’s Gallery, Stamford, CT, 40th Anniversary Show, Loft Artists Association
2018 Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT, Spring Juried Show
2018 Pequot Library, Southport, CT, “Wet Paint” awarded Best in Show by juror Bob Shaw, Director Mattatuck Museum, New Britain, CT
2018 Stamford Museum and Nature/Art Center, 40th Anniversary, Group Show
2018 Faber Birren National Color Show, juried, sponsored by the Stamford Art Society, Stamford, CT, two paintings accepted by juror Lindsay Gunter, Administrator At The Metropolitan Museum of Art Leonard Lauder Research Center of Modern Art
2018 University of Connecticut Stamford Gallery, Group Show, Loft Artists Association
2018 Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT, Juror Katerina LanFranco, artist and writer, Fall Juried Show
2017 Darien Arts Center, Darien, CT, Juried Show, Juror, Arianne Faber-Kolb, former Curator of Paintings and Drawings Getty Center, CA
2016-2017 Anam Cara Gallery, Greenwich, CT, exhibited JGrasso Collection
2016 Art Society of Old Greenwich, Old Greenwich, CT, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT, juried Show
2016 Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT, Juried Show “Far Away Places” Juror Natasha Karpinskaia, Artist/teacher Silvermine Guild
2016 Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT, Vivian and Stanley Reed Marine Show, juried
2016 Greenwich Art Society summer juried show, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2016 Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT annual juried show, ”Lost and Found”, juror Laura Bailiff, MOMA
2015 Stamford Art Association, “Faces and Figures” Juried Show, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
2015 Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT, “Lineal Investigations” juried show, Robin Zella, juror, Director and Curator of the Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2014 Stamford Art Association , Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT, juried Show
Public and Private Collections
Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT
Private collections throughout the United States
Membership
Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT
Greenwich Arts Society, Greenwich CT
Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
Stamford Art Association, Stamford CT
Connecticut Arts Alliance
Teaching Experience
1972-2006 Art Teacher, Stamford Public Schools, Stamford, CT
2007-2009 Art Teacher Greenwich Public, Greenwich, CT