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Joan Wyand
  • Joan Wyand
  • CV
  • American blow up doll
  • AS220 Free Culture Award
  • Cat Cubes
  • Ceramics & Glass
  • Collaboration & Performance
  • Fabric
  • Untamed Objects Exhibition
  • Custom Design
  • Portrait
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Joan Wyand           

Born 1983 in Indianapolis, IN
Lives & works in Providence, RI
BFA 2005 from the Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibitions
2017        Venice International Performance Art Week | Workshop Series. Joint Performance Summer Class by La Pocha                       Nostra and VestAndPage. Venice, Italy, 2017.       
2017        Pudgewidgeon on The Ricky Rainbowbeard Show. Aurora: Providence, RI.
2017        American blow up doll: humbled observer. Part of La Luna Loba at AS220 black box. Providence, RI.

2016        Crude Constellation: solo sculpture installation. The Steelyard's Newport Gala: Newport, RI.
2016        American blow up doll: Transformation performance, Machines with Magnets: Pawtucket, RI.
2016        American blow up doll: First breath performance, The Wurks: Providence, RI
2016        SWAN day (Support Women Artists Now) Yellow Peril Gallery: Providence, RI.
2016        See through Materials: Group exhibition, Machines with Magnets: Pawtucket, RI.
2016        MBTI matchup collaborative exhibition, the Drawing Room: Providence, RI

​2015        American blow up doll: Vanity performance, AS220 Black box theatre: Providence, RI
2015        American Blow up doll: Cocoon performance, Dusk: Providence, RI
2015        RISD Holiday sale Flight from Fear cups & Cat Cubes: Providence, RI
2015        American Blow up doll: Confrontation performance, Aurora: Providence, RI
2015        RISD craft sale, Flight from Fear cups: Providence, RI.
2015        Brooklyn renegade sale, Sept. 12&13, cat cubes: Brooklyn, NY. 
2015        Cat Con LA, June 6th&7th, cat cubes at vendors market: Los Angeles, CA.
2015        Untamed Objects, organizer and exhibitor, Machines with Magnets: Pawtucket, RI.
2015        Providence Prints, AS220 main gallery: Providence, RI.

2014        Tiny Showcase, cat cubes featured in online gallery: Providence, RI
2014        Chazan Gallery group exhibition with Michelle Benoit and Susan Doyle: Providence, RI
2014        Outpost magazine, featured in magazine and exhibition at The RISD museum: Providence, RI
2014        RISD Spring, Fall, and Holiday Alumni Art sales, Benefit Street: Providence, RI
2014        Renegade craft fair, Brooklyn mini market:  Brooklyn, NY

2013        One Room Office Hours, The RISD Museum: Providence, RI
2013        Renegade craft fair, Kent Park: Brooklyn, NY
2013        RISD Spring, Fall, and Holiday Alumni Art sales, Benefit Street: Providence, RI
2013        Dance troupe performance, Embarrassingly Ernest: Providence, RI
2013        Feeding the Fire: A Contemporary Ceramics Showcase, City Arts Gallery: Providence, RI
2013        Radius: a RISD alumni exhibition, Keeseh Studio: Providence, RI

2012        Natural Mechanic, Machines with Magnets: Pawtucket, RI
2012        IN:spired Project IMA, The Indianapolis Museum of Art: Indianapolis, IN 
2012        Free Culture Award, AS220: Providence, RI        
2012        Anomaly, Rufus Rukus: Brooklyn, NY
2012        Providence Dance Troupe, AS220 Empire Street: Providence, RI
2012        Providence in Brooklyn! Rufus Rukus: Brooklyn, NY

2011        Innaugural group exhibition, Buonaccorsi + Agniel: Providence, RI
2011        Netting to Knitting exhibition, Rochambeau library, Gallery Z, Newport public library: Providence & Newport, RI
2011        Fun-a-day exhibition, West Broadway Neighborhood Association: Providence, RI

2010        Fashion Unbound Project IMA, The Indianapolis Museum of Art: Indianapolis, IN 
2010        A Better World by Design recycled exhibition, The Steel Yard: Providence, RI
2010        Joan Wyand & Will Machin, AS220 Project Space: Providence, RI
2010        Second Hand Emotion, The Dark Lady: Providence, RI
2009        41oN, 71oW, Fire House 13, Providence, RI
2009        New American Dream Catchers, Elwa Productions, New York, NY
2009        Spring Recycled Fashion Event, AS220: Providence, RI
2008        Recycled Runway, The RISD Museum: Providence, RI
2008        Aipotu, Firehouse 13: Providence, RI
2008        Strange Creations, 17 Mules Gallery: Providence, RI
2007        No Name Show, Temporary Gallery: Miami, FL
2007        Creature Show, Stairwell Gallery: Providence, RI
2004        Collection and Consumption, The RISD Museum: Providence, RI

Collaborative Performances
2010        The Rigorous Disco of Doom, Marigny Theatre: New Orleans, LA
2009        The Rigorous Disco of Doom, NOLA Fringe Festival: New Orleans, LA
2009        Providence Dance Troupe with These Are Powers, The Whitney Museum & Secret Project Robot: New York, NY
2008        Providence Dance Troupe with Javelin, The MoMA, New York, NY
2006        The Conspiracy of Art, Arts Interactive: Boston, MA
2006        Human Canvas, Gallery Safari: Providence, RI
2003-08   Provflux, Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies: Providence, RI.
2003-07   Progressive Runway Project, Recycled Runway Parade: Providence, RI

Professional Experience
2010on   On-call Art Handler, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum: Lincoln, MA
2008on   On–call Art Handler, The RISD Museum: Providence, RI
2006on   Ceramics and Stained Glass Instructor, The Steel Yard: Providence, RI
2005on   Recycled Clothing and Costume Commissions: Providence, RI
2008       Inaugural Ceramics Cooperative Fellow, The Steelyard: Providence, RI
2007       Fine art Donor Signage Commission, The Rhode Island Free Clinic: Providence, RI
2006       Olneyville Trashcans, Fox Point Community Garden gate, Steelyard Public Projects: Providence, RI
2006        Glaze Technician for US Distributor, Kazuri Beads: Karen, Kenya
2002-05  Teaching assistant and Shop Monitor, The Rhode Island School of Design: Providence, RI

Recent Press Coverage
Marjory Garrison, The Biggest Little: September 30th, 2010.http://thebiggestlittle.org/?p=3921
Kat Stromquist, Feeding the Animals, a NoDef Theatre Review. The Rigorous Disco of Doom: May, 2010.http://noladefender.com/content/feeding-animal
Ian Cozzens, nonspecific progress. Ceramic bowl image: May 6th, 2009.http://www.secretdoorprojects.org/updates/category/garden/
Marjory Garrison, The Biggest Little Blog: March 30th, 2010.http://thebiggestlittle.org/?p=3035
Anna Schialli, Vivian Girls& These are Powers (with interpretive dancers) @ the Whitney Museum in NYC: August 3rd, 2009. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/tag/Jazz+Hand+Job
Marjory Garrison, The Biggest Little Blog: Artist Portrait by Stephanie Ewens. September 16th, 2009.http://thebiggestlittle.org/?p=2143
Marjory Garrison, The Biggest Little: February 22nd, 2009.http://thebiggestlittle.org/?p=895
Greg Cook, ‘Creatures’ at Stairwell Gallery, April 6, 2007. http://gregcookland.com/journal/2007_04_01_archive.html http://thesteelyard.org/documents/artscenejan05-pdf.pdf
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