artists
joan backes
liz bachhuber
wafaa bilal
byron burford
william counter
scott espeseth
kyle fitzpatrick
ann gale
howard hodgkin
alex katz
gary komarin
george krause
karen laudon
shawn lawson
fred liang
drew malcolm
robert mangold
nancy mladenoff
bruce nauman
david niec
nicholas nixon
ed paschke
laurence p. rathsack
jon schueler
jim shaw
aaron siskind
claire stigliani
sonja thomsen
garry winogrand
susan worsham
jason s. yi
liz bachhuber
wafaa bilal
byron burford
william counter
scott espeseth
kyle fitzpatrick
ann gale
howard hodgkin
alex katz
gary komarin
george krause
karen laudon
shawn lawson
fred liang
drew malcolm
robert mangold
nancy mladenoff
bruce nauman
david niec
nicholas nixon
ed paschke
laurence p. rathsack
jon schueler
jim shaw
aaron siskind
claire stigliani
sonja thomsen
garry winogrand
susan worsham
jason s. yi
outsider artists
hawkins bolden
eugene von bruenchenhein
eileen doman
paul duhem
howard finster
william hawkins
s.l. jones
gilles manero
justin mccarthy
jean-michel messager
j.b. murray
philadelphia wireman
gerard sendrey
simon sparrow
carter todd
mose tolliver
robert wilkinson
purvis young
eugene von bruenchenhein
eileen doman
paul duhem
howard finster
william hawkins
s.l. jones
gilles manero
justin mccarthy
jean-michel messager
j.b. murray
philadelphia wireman
gerard sendrey
simon sparrow
carter todd
mose tolliver
robert wilkinson
purvis young
Joan Backes: American
Newspaper House (2008)
Mixed Media including newspapers from around the world, dioramas and digital projections :: 10' x 9' x 7'
biographical information
Joan Backes lives and works in Massachusetts and New York
Recent Press: Johnathan Goodman of Artcritical.com reviews “Nature Interrupted” a group show Curated by Elga Wimmer featuring works by Joan Backes at the Chelsea Art Museum, NYC
Recent Press: Johnathan Goodman of Artcritical.com reviews “Nature Interrupted” a group show Curated by Elga Wimmer featuring works by Joan Backes at the Chelsea Art Museum, NYC
education
- MFA, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
selected honors and awards:
- Brown University Creative Arts Council Faculty Award, 2008
- Embassy of the US Iceland, 2006
- Fulbright Hays Grant, 2003
- Ragdale Foundation, 2000,1999, 1998
- Senior Fulbright Scholar Award, 1994-95
- National Endowment for the Arts/KS Art Com., 1992
- Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, History, and Education Grant. Yellowstone National Park, 1992
- American-Scandinavian Foundation Award, 1991
selected solo exhibitions:
- 2008 Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 2008 LA Contemporary, Los Angeles, California
- 2007 Gallery of the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn
- 2007 University, Bangkok, Thailand. Brochure
- 2007 Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- 2007 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- 2006 SAFN Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. Brochure
- 2005 Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland. Catalogue
- 2004 Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin. Catalogue
- 2003 Hafnarborg Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland. Catalogue
- 2002 Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
- 2001 Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
- 2000 Braitmayer Art Center, Marion, Massachusetts
- 1999 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 1998 Hafnarborg, Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland. Brochure
- 1997 Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brochure
- 1996 Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile. Catalogue
- American-Scandinavian Foundation Award, 1991
selected group exhibitions:
- 2008 Nature Interrupted, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, New York. Brochure
- 2007 Faculty Exhibition, Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
- 2006 Nature Interrupted, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Brochure
- 2006 drawing _ drawing 2, The Foundry, London Biennial, London, England
- 2006 Ragdale Anniversary, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
- 2005 Summarize, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
- 2004 A Forest Somewhere, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 2004 Contemporary Drawing, U. of Nebraska Galleries, Lincoln, Nebraska
- 2004 Hands to Work, Mind to God, Borusan Art Museum/Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey (2003-04)
- 2003 Artists and the Cultivated Landscape, Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
- 2002 Natural Selections: New England Artists Interpret Nature, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island
- 2002 Art Educates the World, Exhibition to benefit the Fulbright Legacy Fund, Sotheby’s, New York, New York
- 2001 Artists Alumni, Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
- 2000 Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
- 2000 Drawing and Painting, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
- 1999 Landscape, University Art Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts
- 1998 Libertad, Diversidad, Pluralismo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile
- 1997 Waking to the World, Fulbright Anniversary Exhibition, Meridian International Center, Washington, D.C. Catalogue
- 1996 a:e,iuo, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1996 Just Add Water: Artists and the Aqueous World, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin. Catalogue
- 1995 Total Solar Eclipse-A Collaboration, Boston Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts