Joan Wyand
Born 1983 in Indianapolis, IN
Lived and worked in Providence, RI 2001-2020
Currently based in Lebanon, IN
www.joanwyand.com
Education and Honors
2005 Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Ceramics, Rhode Island School of Design, RISD: Providence, RI
2022 upcoming February, apexart Fellowship: New York, NY
2018 Ricky Rainbowbeard Show Weird Awards, ‘Most Likely to Reuse the Award’, AS220: Providence, RI
2017 Venice International Performance Art Week Workshop, La Pocha Nostra & VestAndPage: Venice, Italy
2017 Performance Workshop, La Pocha Nostra, Santa Fe Art Institute: Santa Fe, NM
2017 Undoing Racism Training, Hosted by the Environmental Justice League, Tri-lab: Providence, RI
2012 AS220 Free Culture Award, Local Artist Honoree: Providence, RI
2011 Business Planning Class, 12-week course, Center for Women and Enterprise: Providence, RI
2008 Inaugural Ceramics Cooperative Fellowship, the Steel Yard: Providence, RI
2007 LEF Foundation Grant Recipient, Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies, Provflux: Providence, RI
2005 RISD Clay Club Scholarship, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts: New Castle, ME
2004 Sitings Award, Collection and Consumption: A View of Our Culture through Vessels, RISD Museum: Prov, RI
2004 Summer Studies Abroad, Rhode Island School of Design: Rome, Italy
Exhibitions
2021 Murmurations, Community Tarot Deck Exhibition, AS220 Project Space: Providence, RI
2019 Sea Change, Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, CCG, Coastal Living Gallery: Little Compton, RI
2019 Hot House, Group Show of Floral Works, World’s Fair Gallery: Providence, RI
2019 Dot Conference, Group Exhibition of Circular Works, Room 83 Spring: Boston, MA
2019 Sea Change, Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, CCG, Clean Ocean Access: Middletown, RI
2019 Sea Change, Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, CCG, Coastal Contemporary Gallery: Newport, RI
2019 Solo Art Show, Craft Works by Joan Wyand, Fuller Speed Shop: Olneyville, RI
2018 Crude Constellation, Solo Pop-up Show, World’s Fair Gallery, Honey’s: Brooklyn, NY
2018 Wake Up! Solo Show, World’s Fair Gallery: Providence, RI
2018 Groundwork! Exhibition with Mary Jane Andreozzi, Groundwork! New Bedford, MA
2017 Polymer Tides, Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, AS220 Project Space: Providence, RI
2017 Yarn & Sticks, Craft Works from my Children’s Summer Nature School, White Electric: Providence, RI
2016 Newport Gala, Solo Trash Sculpture Exhibition, the Steel Yard: Newport, RI
2016 See Through Materials, Exhibition with Howie Sneider, Machines with Magnets: Pawtucket, RI
2016 MBTI Matchup, Group Exhibition, ENFJ Collaboration with Antonio Fortes, The Drawing Room: Providence, RI
2015 Cat Con LA, Cat Cubes, Vendors Market, The Reef: Los Angeles, CA
2015 Untamed Objects, NCECA, Women’s Clay Exhibition, Organizer & Artist, Machines With Magnets: Pawtucket, RI
2015 Providence Prints, Group Creature Prints Exhibition, AS220 Main Gallery: Providence, RI
2014 Cat Cubes, Tiny Showcase Release, Online Gallery: Providence, RI
2014 Joan Wyand, Michelle Benoit and Susan Doyle, Three-Person Exhibition, Chazan Gallery: Providence, RI
2014 Outpost, Magazine and Exhibition, RISD Museum: Providence, RI
2013-2015 RISD Spring, Fall and Holiday Alumni Art Sales, Flight From Fear, Benefit Street: Providence, RI
2013-2015 Renegade Craft Fair, Flight From Fear & Cat Cubes, Mini Market, Kent Park, Expo Center: Brooklyn, NY
2013 One Room Office Hours, RISD Museum: Providence, RI
2013 Radius, RISD Alumni Exhibition, Keeseh Studio: Providence, RI
2012 Natural Mechanic, Exhibition with Tatyana Yanishevsky & Buck Hastings, Machines with Magnets: Pawtucket, RI
2012 Anomaly, Group Show, Rufus Rukus: Brooklyn, NY
2012 Providence in Brooklyn! Group Show, Rufus Rukus: Brooklyn, NY
2011 Yes! Inaugural Group Exhibition, Buonaccorsi + Agniel Gallery: Providence, RI
2011 Netting to Knitting Exhibition, Rochambeau Library, Gallery Z, Newport Public Library: Providence & Newport, RI
2011 Oil Spill Ocean, Installation, Dirt Palace Window: Providence, RI
2010 Joan Wyand and Will Machin, Two-Person Exhibition, AS220 Project Space: Providence, RI
2009 41oN, 71oW, Group Show, Fire House 13: Providence, RI
2009 New American Dream Catchers, Two-Person Exhibition with David Allyn, Elwa Productions: New York, NY
2008 Aipotu, Group Show, Fire House 13, Providence, RI
2007 No Name Show, Group Exhibition, Temporary Gallery: Miami, FL
2007 Creature Show, Group Exhibition, Stairwell Gallery: Providence, RI
2006 Feed the Monster, Collaborative Installation with Linsey Wallace, Dirt Palace Window: Providence, RI
2005 RISD Senior Invitational, Group Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery: Providence, RI
2005 Onsite: the Steel Yard @ Woods-Gerry, Group Show, Organizer and Artist: Providence, RI
2004 Harlem Renaissance Ceramic Plates, Collaborative Installation, AS220 Fool’s Ball: Providence RI
Performances and Collaborative Projects
2020 Deflection Named, Performance, La Luna Loba, Wilbury Theatre: Providence, RI
2019 Divine Feast, Collaborative Performance, Newport Art House Anti-Gala, Bellevue Manor: Newport, RI
2019 Trash Bottle Spinners, Installation and Performance, PVD Fest, Kennedy Plaza: Prov, RI
2017 Mayday Parade, Community Collaboration, Jobs with Justice, Kennedy Plaza to Armory Park: Providence, RI
2017 Actions in the Midst of Chaos, Performance, La Luna Loba, AS220 Black Box: Providence, RI
2017 Ricky Rainbowbeard Show, Pudgewigeon Performances, Aurora and Fringe Festival: Providence, RI
2016 American Blow Up Doll: Humbled Observer, Performance, La Luna Loba, AS220 Black Box: Providence, RI
2016 American Blow Up Doll: Transformation, Performance, Machines with Magnet: Pawtucket, RI
2016 American Blow Up Doll: First Breath, Performance, The Wurks: Providence, RI
2015 American Blow Up Doll: Vanity, Performance, AS220 Black Box: Providence, RI
2015 American Blow Up Doll: Cocoon, Performance, Dusk: Providence, RI
2015 American Blow Up Doll: Confrontation, Performance, Aurora: Providence, RI
2013 Embarrassingly Ernest, Collaborative Performance, Providence Dance Troupe, Building 16: Providence, RI
2012 Free Culture Award, Community Award, Project Grant & Collaboration with La Pocha Nostra, AS220: Prov, RI
2012 Urban Pond Procession, Floating Sculpture Project, Sophia School & the Steel Yard, Mashapaug Pond: Prov. RI
2012 Project IMA: IN;spired, Group Runway Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art: Indianapolis, IN
2011-2015 Flight From Fear, Collection of Ceramic Character Cups, Collaboration with Harrison Bucy: Providence, RI
2010 Project IMA: Fashion Unbound, Group Runway Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art: Indianapolis, IN
2010 Second Hand Emotion, Recycled Fashion Show, Dark Lady: Providence, RI
2009-2010 Rigorous Disco of Doom, Providence Dance Troupe Performance, Marigny & Fringe Fest: New Orleans, LA
2009 Providence Dance Troupe with These Are Powers, Whitney Museum and Secret Project Robot: New York, NY
2009 Green Streets, Recycled Runway, Collaboration with River’s Edge, The Peerless Atrium: Providence, RI
2008 Providence Dance Troupe with Javelin, Collaborative Performance, Museum of Modern Art: New York, NY
2008-2013 Providence Dance Troupe, Amateur Experimental Dance Collaborative Group: Providence, RI
2008 Recycled Runway Show, RISD Museum: Providence, RI
2007 Groundwork’s Recycled Runway Show, American Locomotive Works Complex: Providence, RI
2006 The Conspiracy of Art, PIPS, Collaborative Performance, Hosted by Glowlab, Arts Interactive: Boston, MA
2006 Human Canvas, Performance, Gallery Safari: Providence, RI
2005 RISD Solar Decathlon, Collaborative Project, The Mall: Washington, DC
2005 Attack of the Psychogeographers, PIPS, Group Show, Fire House 13: Providence, RI
2003-2008 Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies, PIPS, Collaborative Group, Co-founder: Prov, RI
2003-2008 Proflux, PIPS, International Psychogeography Convergence: Providence, RI
2003-2007 Progressive Runway Project, Recycled Runway Parade, Provflux: Providence, RI
2002-2005 Student Alliance Representative, Rhode Island School of Design: Providence, RI
Teaching and Employment Experience
2018-2020 Joan Zone childcare, Founder and Lead Teacher, Small Business Childcare: Providence, RI
2013-2018 Bainbridge Preschool, Lead Teacher: Providence, RI
2006-2016 Couture Clothing Commissions, Prom Dresses, Wedding Dresses, Party Outfits, Costumes: Providence, RI 2013 Sophia School and the Steel Yard, Urban Pond Procession Collaborative Sculpture Instructor: Providence, RI
2011 Hwang Bishop Ceramics Company, Production Slip Caster: Warren, RI
2010-2011 DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, On-call Art Handler: Lincoln, MA
2008-2011 RISD Museum, On-call Art Handler: Providence, RI
2008 The Black Repertory Theater, Sound Session Carnival Facilitator: Providence, RI
2007 Rhode Island Free Clinic, Donor Signage Fine Arts Commission, Ceramic and Metal Sculpture: Providence, RI
2006-2011 the Steel Yard, Ceramics and Stained Glass Instructor: Providence, RI
2006-2011 CityArts PASA, After School Care Art Classes for Middle Schools, Lead Teacher: Providence, RI
2006 the Steel Yard, Public Projects, Olneyville Trashcans and Fox Point Community Garden Gate: Providence, RI
2006 Kazuri Beads, Visiting Glaze Technician for U.S. Distributor: Karen, Kenya
2002-2005 Rhode Island School of Design, Teaching Assistant, Wood Shop and Foundry Monitor: 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
Born 1983 in Indianapolis, IN
Lived and worked in Providence, RI 2001-2020
Currently based in Lebanon, IN
www.joanwyand.com
Education and Honors
2005 Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree in Ceramics, Rhode Island School of Design, RISD: Providence, RI
2022 upcoming February, apexart Fellowship: New York, NY
2018 Ricky Rainbowbeard Show Weird Awards, ‘Most Likely to Reuse the Award’, AS220: Providence, RI
2017 Venice International Performance Art Week Workshop, La Pocha Nostra & VestAndPage: Venice, Italy
2017 Performance Workshop, La Pocha Nostra, Santa Fe Art Institute: Santa Fe, NM
2017 Undoing Racism Training, Hosted by the Environmental Justice League, Tri-lab: Providence, RI
2012 AS220 Free Culture Award, Local Artist Honoree: Providence, RI
2011 Business Planning Class, 12-week course, Center for Women and Enterprise: Providence, RI
2008 Inaugural Ceramics Cooperative Fellowship, the Steel Yard: Providence, RI
2007 LEF Foundation Grant Recipient, Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies, Provflux: Providence, RI
2005 RISD Clay Club Scholarship, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts: New Castle, ME
2004 Sitings Award, Collection and Consumption: A View of Our Culture through Vessels, RISD Museum: Prov, RI
2004 Summer Studies Abroad, Rhode Island School of Design: Rome, Italy
Exhibitions
2021 Murmurations, Community Tarot Deck Exhibition, AS220 Project Space: Providence, RI
2019 Sea Change, Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, CCG, Coastal Living Gallery: Little Compton, RI
2019 Hot House, Group Show of Floral Works, World’s Fair Gallery: Providence, RI
2019 Dot Conference, Group Exhibition of Circular Works, Room 83 Spring: Boston, MA
2019 Sea Change, Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, CCG, Clean Ocean Access: Middletown, RI
2019 Sea Change, Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, CCG, Coastal Contemporary Gallery: Newport, RI
2019 Solo Art Show, Craft Works by Joan Wyand, Fuller Speed Shop: Olneyville, RI
2018 Crude Constellation, Solo Pop-up Show, World’s Fair Gallery, Honey’s: Brooklyn, NY
2018 Wake Up! Solo Show, World’s Fair Gallery: Providence, RI
2018 Groundwork! Exhibition with Mary Jane Andreozzi, Groundwork! New Bedford, MA
2017 Polymer Tides, Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, AS220 Project Space: Providence, RI
2017 Yarn & Sticks, Craft Works from my Children’s Summer Nature School, White Electric: Providence, RI
2016 Newport Gala, Solo Trash Sculpture Exhibition, the Steel Yard: Newport, RI
2016 See Through Materials, Exhibition with Howie Sneider, Machines with Magnets: Pawtucket, RI
2016 MBTI Matchup, Group Exhibition, ENFJ Collaboration with Antonio Fortes, The Drawing Room: Providence, RI
2015 Cat Con LA, Cat Cubes, Vendors Market, The Reef: Los Angeles, CA
2015 Untamed Objects, NCECA, Women’s Clay Exhibition, Organizer & Artist, Machines With Magnets: Pawtucket, RI
2015 Providence Prints, Group Creature Prints Exhibition, AS220 Main Gallery: Providence, RI
2014 Cat Cubes, Tiny Showcase Release, Online Gallery: Providence, RI
2014 Joan Wyand, Michelle Benoit and Susan Doyle, Three-Person Exhibition, Chazan Gallery: Providence, RI
2014 Outpost, Magazine and Exhibition, RISD Museum: Providence, RI
2013-2015 RISD Spring, Fall and Holiday Alumni Art Sales, Flight From Fear, Benefit Street: Providence, RI
2013-2015 Renegade Craft Fair, Flight From Fear & Cat Cubes, Mini Market, Kent Park, Expo Center: Brooklyn, NY
2013 One Room Office Hours, RISD Museum: Providence, RI
2013 Radius, RISD Alumni Exhibition, Keeseh Studio: Providence, RI
2012 Natural Mechanic, Exhibition with Tatyana Yanishevsky & Buck Hastings, Machines with Magnets: Pawtucket, RI
2012 Anomaly, Group Show, Rufus Rukus: Brooklyn, NY
2012 Providence in Brooklyn! Group Show, Rufus Rukus: Brooklyn, NY
2011 Yes! Inaugural Group Exhibition, Buonaccorsi + Agniel Gallery: Providence, RI
2011 Netting to Knitting Exhibition, Rochambeau Library, Gallery Z, Newport Public Library: Providence & Newport, RI
2011 Oil Spill Ocean, Installation, Dirt Palace Window: Providence, RI
2010 Joan Wyand and Will Machin, Two-Person Exhibition, AS220 Project Space: Providence, RI
2009 41oN, 71oW, Group Show, Fire House 13: Providence, RI
2009 New American Dream Catchers, Two-Person Exhibition with David Allyn, Elwa Productions: New York, NY
2008 Aipotu, Group Show, Fire House 13, Providence, RI
2007 No Name Show, Group Exhibition, Temporary Gallery: Miami, FL
2007 Creature Show, Group Exhibition, Stairwell Gallery: Providence, RI
2006 Feed the Monster, Collaborative Installation with Linsey Wallace, Dirt Palace Window: Providence, RI
2005 RISD Senior Invitational, Group Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery: Providence, RI
2005 Onsite: the Steel Yard @ Woods-Gerry, Group Show, Organizer and Artist: Providence, RI
2004 Harlem Renaissance Ceramic Plates, Collaborative Installation, AS220 Fool’s Ball: Providence RI
Performances and Collaborative Projects
2020 Deflection Named, Performance, La Luna Loba, Wilbury Theatre: Providence, RI
2019 Divine Feast, Collaborative Performance, Newport Art House Anti-Gala, Bellevue Manor: Newport, RI
2019 Trash Bottle Spinners, Installation and Performance, PVD Fest, Kennedy Plaza: Prov, RI
2017 Mayday Parade, Community Collaboration, Jobs with Justice, Kennedy Plaza to Armory Park: Providence, RI
2017 Actions in the Midst of Chaos, Performance, La Luna Loba, AS220 Black Box: Providence, RI
2017 Ricky Rainbowbeard Show, Pudgewigeon Performances, Aurora and Fringe Festival: Providence, RI
2016 American Blow Up Doll: Humbled Observer, Performance, La Luna Loba, AS220 Black Box: Providence, RI
2016 American Blow Up Doll: Transformation, Performance, Machines with Magnet: Pawtucket, RI
2016 American Blow Up Doll: First Breath, Performance, The Wurks: Providence, RI
2015 American Blow Up Doll: Vanity, Performance, AS220 Black Box: Providence, RI
2015 American Blow Up Doll: Cocoon, Performance, Dusk: Providence, RI
2015 American Blow Up Doll: Confrontation, Performance, Aurora: Providence, RI
2013 Embarrassingly Ernest, Collaborative Performance, Providence Dance Troupe, Building 16: Providence, RI
2012 Free Culture Award, Community Award, Project Grant & Collaboration with La Pocha Nostra, AS220: Prov, RI
2012 Urban Pond Procession, Floating Sculpture Project, Sophia School & the Steel Yard, Mashapaug Pond: Prov. RI
2012 Project IMA: IN;spired, Group Runway Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art: Indianapolis, IN
2011-2015 Flight From Fear, Collection of Ceramic Character Cups, Collaboration with Harrison Bucy: Providence, RI
2010 Project IMA: Fashion Unbound, Group Runway Show, Indianapolis Museum of Art: Indianapolis, IN
2010 Second Hand Emotion, Recycled Fashion Show, Dark Lady: Providence, RI
2009-2010 Rigorous Disco of Doom, Providence Dance Troupe Performance, Marigny & Fringe Fest: New Orleans, LA
2009 Providence Dance Troupe with These Are Powers, Whitney Museum and Secret Project Robot: New York, NY
2009 Green Streets, Recycled Runway, Collaboration with River’s Edge, The Peerless Atrium: Providence, RI
2008 Providence Dance Troupe with Javelin, Collaborative Performance, Museum of Modern Art: New York, NY
2008-2013 Providence Dance Troupe, Amateur Experimental Dance Collaborative Group: Providence, RI
2008 Recycled Runway Show, RISD Museum: Providence, RI
2007 Groundwork’s Recycled Runway Show, American Locomotive Works Complex: Providence, RI
2006 The Conspiracy of Art, PIPS, Collaborative Performance, Hosted by Glowlab, Arts Interactive: Boston, MA
2006 Human Canvas, Performance, Gallery Safari: Providence, RI
2005 RISD Solar Decathlon, Collaborative Project, The Mall: Washington, DC
2005 Attack of the Psychogeographers, PIPS, Group Show, Fire House 13: Providence, RI
2003-2008 Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies, PIPS, Collaborative Group, Co-founder: Prov, RI
2003-2008 Proflux, PIPS, International Psychogeography Convergence: Providence, RI
2003-2007 Progressive Runway Project, Recycled Runway Parade, Provflux: Providence, RI
2002-2005 Student Alliance Representative, Rhode Island School of Design: Providence, RI
Teaching and Employment Experience
2018-2020 Joan Zone childcare, Founder and Lead Teacher, Small Business Childcare: Providence, RI
2013-2018 Bainbridge Preschool, Lead Teacher: Providence, RI
2006-2016 Couture Clothing Commissions, Prom Dresses, Wedding Dresses, Party Outfits, Costumes: Providence, RI 2013 Sophia School and the Steel Yard, Urban Pond Procession Collaborative Sculpture Instructor: Providence, RI
2011 Hwang Bishop Ceramics Company, Production Slip Caster: Warren, RI
2010-2011 DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, On-call Art Handler: Lincoln, MA
2008-2011 RISD Museum, On-call Art Handler: Providence, RI
2008 The Black Repertory Theater, Sound Session Carnival Facilitator: Providence, RI
2007 Rhode Island Free Clinic, Donor Signage Fine Arts Commission, Ceramic and Metal Sculpture: Providence, RI
2006-2011 the Steel Yard, Ceramics and Stained Glass Instructor: Providence, RI
2006-2011 CityArts PASA, After School Care Art Classes for Middle Schools, Lead Teacher: Providence, RI
2006 the Steel Yard, Public Projects, Olneyville Trashcans and Fox Point Community Garden Gate: Providence, RI
2006 Kazuri Beads, Visiting Glaze Technician for U.S. Distributor: Karen, Kenya
2002-2005 Rhode Island School of Design, Teaching Assistant, Wood Shop and Foundry Monitor: 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
