Joan Wyand
joanwyand.com
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Education
2022-24 MFA, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2005 BFA, Ceramics, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence RI
2004 International Summer Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy
2017 “Undoing Racism Training,” The Environmental Justice League, Tri-lab, Providence, RI
2011 Center for Women and Enterprise, 10-week business planning course, Providence, RI
Honors and Awards
2024 Ox-Bow Summer Fellowship, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI (Grounds and Maintenance)
2024 Sherry Queener Graduate Student Excellence Award, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2022-23 Paul Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Graduate and Professional Educational Grant (GPEG), IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2022 Herron Graduate Fellowship, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN (Sculpture Assistant)
2022 apexart Fellowship, apexart, New York, NY, Washington, DC (one month of community engaged experiences)
(Recommended by Jstn Clmn) (see Bibliography)
2019 Ricky Rainbow Beard Award, Community Award Ceremony, Providence, RI (“Most Likely to Reuse the Award”)
2018 Dorrys Award, Best Two-Artist Exhibit of the Year, Scott Lapham & Joan Wyand, Polymer Tides, Providence, RI
2018 CTRI Innovations Residency, Community Conversation Project No. 48, Providence, RI (see Bibliography)
2017 Venice International Performance Art Week, La Pocha Nostra & VestAndPage, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy (Collective Workshop and Transnational Public Performance)
2016 Master of Art in Ecology and Contemporary Performance, Inaugural Program Finalist, Helsinki, Finland (Participated in two-week Collaborative Performance Evaluation) (Runner Up Candidate)
2012 AS220 Free Culture Award, Local Recipient, Emerging Artist of the Year, AS220, Providence, RI
($25,000 project-based award, created a 20-panel recycled fabric window shade installation of local people)
(Paired with International Recipient Guillermo Gómez-Peña, founder of La Pocha Nostra)
(Facilitated Collaborative Performance Workshop with Public Performance)
(Created a Print Set featuring our performance personas, referenced academically)
2008 Inaugural Ceramics Cooperative Fellowship, the Steel Yard, Providence, RI
(Developed and Expanded the Residency Program, Maintained the Studio Facilities)
2007 Provflux Grant Recipient, PIPS, The LEF Foundation, Providence, RI ($25,000)
2005 RISD Clay Club Scholarship Residency, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, New Castle, ME
2004 RISD Museum Sitings Competition Award, Collection and Consumption: A View of Our Culture through Vessels,
The RISD Museum, Farago Wing, Providence, RI
(Site Specific Installation that placed shoreline trash artifacts next to museum ceramics displays to comment on our toxic disposable contemporary material culture) (Collaboration with Kerry Adams)
2003 RISD Sophomore Canal Path Competition, first place, Providence, RI
Teaching Experience
2024-25 Adjunct Professor, IUI’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN (Foundations, Ceramics, Glass)
2024 Teaching Assistant, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI (Glass Multiples)
2023-24 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, IUI’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN (3D Design& Ceramics)
2022-23 Teaching Assistant, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
(Advanced Sculpture)
2018-20 Founder, Lead Instructor, Joan Zone Childcare, Small Business, Providence, RI
(Employed 2 teachers, provided educational care for 8 children aged 1-5)
(Focused on conflict resolution skills, collaboration, earth awareness, social justice & community engagement)
2018-19 Curated Children’s Art Show, Yarn & Sticks: Craftwork from my Summer Nature School, White Electric, Prov., RI
2016-19 Founder, Lead Instructor, Roger William’s Park Summer Playgroup, Providence, RI (Outdoor Nature Camp)
(Employed 3 teachers, provided summer educational care for 15 children aged 6-10)
2012-18 Lead Instructor, Bainbridge Preschool, Providence, RI
(Worked with another teacher to provide care for 14 children aged 2-6)
2013 Project Instructor, Urban Pond Procession (UPP), Sophia School, the Steel Yard, Providence, RI
(Project mission was to create a Floating Sculpture for Mashapaug Pond)
(Led collaborative design process with middle school girls)
(Manufactured the design in steel and installed sculpture floating on the pond)
(Project assisted the UPP to procure an environmental grant that restored Mashapaug Pond)
2011 Instructor, Gilbert Stewart Middle School, Providence, RI (Wearable Art)
2005-11 Instructor, the Steel Yard, Providence, RI (Ceramics & Stained Glass)
2009-10 Workshop Instructor, Waste Not Want Not, Providence, RI (Recycled Wearable Art)
2008 Workshop Instructor, RI Sustainable Living Festival, Coventry, RI (Recycled Sewing)
2007 Mentor, New Urban Arts, Providence, RI (Sewing and Clothing Design)
2007 Workshop Instructor, New Your City, Fox Point Library, Providence, RI (Recycled Materials)
2006-07 Visiting Artist, Purnell Boarding School, Pottersville, NJ (Ceramics)
2006-07 Instructor, Camp Metal Head, the Steel Yard, Providence, RI (Steel)
2006 Workshop Instructor, City Arts at the Steel Yard, Providence, RI (Recycled Materials)
2005-08 PASA (Providence After School Alliance) Instructor, Providence, RI
(Taught middle school children Sewing, Ceramics, Sculpture & Bicycle Maintenance)
2004 Workshop Instructor, Highlander School, Providence, RI (Poetry)
2004 After School Instructor, Wanskuck Library, Providence, RI (Ceramic Tile Installation)
2003 Teaching Assistant for Doug Borkman, RISD, Providence, RI (Bronze Casting)
2003 Teaching Assistant for Walter Scadden, RISD, Providence, RI (Shape & Form in Metal)
2003 Continuing Education Teaching Assistant, RISD Clayworks, Providence, RI (Ceramics)
2002 Teaching Assistant for Leroy White, RISD, Providence, RI (Two-Dimensional Design)
Professional Experience
2022-23 Sculpture Monitor, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2020 Set Dresser, Driving While Black Magic, Film by Vatic Kuumba and Julia C. Lui, Providence, RI
2018 Art Assistant, Willa Van Nostrand, Providence, RI (Custom Mold Making & Slip Casting)
2015 Art Assistant, Jim Drain, Pawtucket, RI (Custom Stained Glass)
2011-15 Childcare, Provided Home Care for three families, Providence, RI
2011 Production Slip Caster, Hwang Bishop, Warren, RI (Ceramic Furniture & Accents)
2011 Art Assistant, Clay Rockefeller, Providence, RI (Sculptural Upholstery)
2010-11 Art Handler, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
2008-11 Art Handler, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2008 Sound Session Carnivale Facilitator, The Black Repertory Theater, Providence, RI
2008 Prop Master, The Black Repertory Theater, Providence, RI (The Etymology of Bird)
2006 Glaze Technician, Kazuri Beads U.S. Distributor, Karen, Kenya (Altered Glazes at the International Studio)
2005 Historical Restoration, Firehouse 13, Providence, RI
2003-05 Foundry and Sculpture Monitor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2002 Phonothon, RISD Fundraising Office, Providence, RI
Academic Involvement
2024 Herron Highschool Portfolio Reviews
2022-24 Graduate Program Student Government representative, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Elite 50 Review Committee, Graduate Program, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2005-07 Bicycle Tour Guide, RISD Office of Student Life, Providence, RI
2004-05 Founder, RISD Club of Psychogeographic Studies, Providence, RI
2003-05 Department Representative, RISD Student Government, Providence, RI
Volunteer Work
2022-25 IUI Community Art Night @ 10 East Arts Hub, Indianapolis, IN (facilitate a monthly craft night)
2021-25 Indy Community Food Pantry, Mutual Aid Group, Indianapolis, IN (pick up large food donation from Door Dash and distribute between three outdoor refrigerators that span from east to west on 30th Street)
2020-25 HSforBC volunteer, Humane Society for Boone County, Lebanon, IN (assist with trap, neuter/spay & release program, community cat feeding station, and donated art for annual Fur Ball Fundraiser)
2019 Clean Ocean Access Gala, Fundraiser, Middletown, RI (Donated works to Auction and spoke about my work)
2017-19 Social Justice Planning Committee, Jobs with Justice, Providence, RI (Highlights include planning the Mayday Events and Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Art Shows)
2017-19 PrYSM (Providence Youth Student Movement) volunteer, Providence, RI (Assisted with Events and Parades)
2015-19 New Urban Arts volunteer, New Urban Arts Youth Space, Providence, RI (Youth arts event volunteer)
2006-19 The Steel Yard volunteer, The Steel Yard, Providence, RI (Public arts event volunteer)
2007-10 Recycle-a-bike Community Program volunteer, the Steel Yard, Providence, RI (Mechanic)
2009 Green Streets, River’s Edge Fundraiser, The Peerless Atrium, Providence, RI (Recycled Runway Show)
2008 Catwalk to Campground, Recycled Runway Fundraiser for Autistic Children, Providence, RI
2007 Groundwork’s Recycled Runway, Fundraiser, The American Locomotive Works Complex, Providence, RI
2006 Hurricane Katrina volunteer, Common Ground, New Orleans, LA (Installed Solar Water Heating Systems)
2003-05 Bowl-o-rama Facilitator, RISD Clay Scholarship Fundraiser, Providence, RI
2004 Harlem Renaissance Plate Installation, AS220 Fool’s Ball Fundraiser, Providence, RI (Ceramic Plate Installation with Jstn Clmn and Christian Tonsgard)
2003 Raku Rhody-o, Charity Fundraiser, Providence, RI
2001 RISD Reach volunteer, City Arts, Providence, RI
1999-01 Saint Augustine Home for the Aged volunteer, Indianapolis, IN (Arts & Crafts Instructor)
1999-00 Catholic Charities volunteer, Crisis Center, Indianapolis, IN (Organized Clothing & Styled Clients)
Solo, Two & Three-Person Exhibitions
2024 Solo Exhibition, sUSpect, Ox-Bow, The Print Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2024 Three-Person Exhibition, In the Walls, Ox-Bow, The Betsy Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2024 Three-Person Thesis Exhibition, Torrential Echoes, IUI’s Berkshire, Reese and Paul Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Three-Person Exhibition, Belonging: Beloved Assemblies, Guichelaar Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Three-Person Exhibition, Trivium: Works by First-year Graduates, EFAC Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Two-Person Traveling Exhibition, Sea Change: Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, Traveling Exhibition, Coastal Contemporary Gallery in Newport, Clean Ocean Access in Middletown, Coastal Living Gallery in Little Compton, RI (Public Environmental Conversations during art exhibitions) (Featured in 41ºNMagazine, see Bibliography)
2019 Solo Exhibition, Craft Works, Fuller Speed Shop, Olneyville, RI
2019 Solo Exhibition, Clay Works, White Electric, Providence, RI
2018 Solo Exhibition, Crude Constellation, World’s Fair Gallery Pop-up at Honey’s, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Solo Exhibition, Wake Up! World’s Fair Gallery, Providence, RI (Cast Ceramic Shoreline Trash)
2018 Two-Person Exhibition, Joan Wyand & Mary Ann Andreozzi, Groundwork!, New Bedford, MA
2017 Two-Person Exhibition, Polymer Tides: Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI (Show featured in 41ºN Magazine, see Bibliography)
2016 Solo Exhibition, Constellations, The Steel Yard Art Gala, Newport, RI
2016 Two-Person Exhibition, See Through Materials, with Howie Schneider, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
2015 Solo Curated Group Exhibition, Untamed Objects: Feminist Ceramics, NCECA, Pawtucket, RI
2014 Solo Sculpture Release, Tiny Showcase, Providence, RI and online (Cat Cube Sculptures & Prints)
2014 Three-Person Show, Joan Wyand, Michelle Benoit and Susan Doyle, Chazan Gallery, Providence, RI
2014 Selected Group Exhibition, Outpost Magazine Exhibition, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI (Sponsored by Swarovski Crystals) (Mr. T dress featured in magazine and exhibition)
2013 Solo Event, One Room Office Hours, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI (Costume Exhibition and public conversation about my creative practice)
2012 Three-Person Exhibition, Natural Mechanic: Buck Hastings, Joan Wyand & Tatyana Yanishevsky, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
2010 Two-Person Exhibition, Joan Wyand & Will Machin, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI
2009 Solo Exhibition, New American Dream Catchers, Elwa Productions, New York, NY
2006 Two-Person Installation, Feed the Monster, collaboration with Linsey Wallace, The Dirt Palace Window, Providence, RI (Trash Art Installation)
2005 Solo Curated Group Exhibition, Onsite: The Steel Yard @ Woods-Gerry, Providence, RI (Organized and facilitated group exhibition)
Group Exhibitions
2025 30 Days of Culture Shock, apexart, NY, NY
2024 2024 Benefit Art Auction, Bemis, Omaha, NE
2024 Summer Fellows, Ox-Bow House, Douglas, MI
2024 Cut and Paste, Mystery Fun Club, Indianapolis, IN
2024 Unconditional, The Archivist Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2022-24 Winter Window Display, The Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Salsa Verde, The Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Indiana Beach, Storage Space Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Squeezed, Graduate Works, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, EFAC Building, Indianapolis, IN
2022 Peeling the Onion, Graduate Works, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, EFAC Building, Indianapolis, IN
2022 Wearable Art Show, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, EFAC Building, Indianapolis, IN
2021 Murmurations, Community Tarot Deck Exhibition, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI
2019 Dot Conference, Traveling Exhibition, The Yard in Brooklyn, NY, Room 83 Spring, Watertown, MA
2019 Hot House, World’s Fair Gallery, Providence, RI (Group show of floral works)
2018 Paris and Friends, Pop up Gallery, Providence, RI (Trash Art Installation)
2016 Swan Day (Support Women Artists Now), Yellow Peril Gallery, Olneyville, RI
2016 MBTI Matchup, ENFJ collaboration with Antonio Forte, The Drawing Room, Providence, RI
2015 Providence Prints, AS220 Mote Gallery, Providence, RI (Print Exchange Exhibition)
2013 Feeding the Fire: A Contemporary Ceramics Showcase, City Arts Gallery, Providence, RI
2013 Radius: a RISD Alumni Exhibition, Keeseh Studio, Providence, RI
2012 Anomaly, Rufus Rukus Space, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Providence in Brooklyn! Rufus Rukus Space, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Inaugural Group Exhibition, Buonaccorsi + Agniel, Providence, RI
2011 Netting to Knitting, Rochambeau Library, Gallery Z, Newport Public Library, Providence & Newport, RI
2011 Fun-a-day, West Broadway Neighborhood Association, Providence, RI
2009 41oN, 71oW, Fire House 13, Providence, RI
2008 Aipotu, Fire House 13, Providence, RI
2007 No Name Show, Art Basel Satellite Exhibition, Temporary Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 Creature Show, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI
2007 Strange Creations, 17 Mules Gallery, Olneyville, RI
2005 Attack of the Psychogeographers, Fire House 13, Providence, RI
2005 RISD Senior Invitational, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2005 RISD Senior Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2005 RISD Ceramics Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2005 RISD European Honors Exhibition, ISB Gallery, Providence, RI
2005 RISD Solar Decathlon, National Mall, Washington, DC
2004 It’s Not So Big, the Space at Alice, Providence, RI
Collaborative Groups
2023-24 Community Quilting Bee, Collaborative Quilt project, national collaboration.
2022-24 Night of the Geminids, Illustrated Horror Stories Anthology, Volume 1&2, national compellation.
2023-24 Trifecta Projects, Public Engagement Collective, Indianapolis, IN
2020-24 Sugar Creek Arts Center, Arts Studio, Thorntown, IN (Co-working community space)
2012-24 La Pocha Nostra, International Performance Group, Transnational, (Ongoing Performance Alumni) (Participated in events in Providence, RI, Venice, Italy, and Santa Fe, NM) (Experimental relational art and public engagement) (International Social Pedagogy) (Challenges social norms and crosses borders)
2005-20 the Steel Yard, Community Art’s Facility, Providence, RI (Teacher, Fellow, Volunteer, Artist, Consultant)
2019 WARP Collective, Fiber arts studio and artists’ group, Providence, RI (Focuses on reusability and repurpose)
2016-19 Nicholson File Studio, Industrial Arts Studio, Providence, RI (Co-working studio & collaborative events)
2012-15 Flight From Fear, Ceramic Cup Collection, Small Business with Harrison Bucy, Providence, RI
2006-15 Planchette, Collaborations with Ashleigh Carraway, Providence, RI (Music Video Performances & Costumes)
2008-13 Providence Dance Troupe, Providence, RI (Co-founder & Core Organizer of experimental dance performance collective) (Also known as Jazz Hand Job and HPVD)
2008-12 Bldg. 16, Artist Collective Living Space & Cultural Venue, Olneyville, RI (Underground Living & Studio Space) (Organized and hosted hundreds of music & art events) (Cultural Creative Hub) (see Bibliography)
2006-09 Waste Not Want Not, Recycled Fashion Collective, Providence, RI (Collaborator & Organizer)
2002-08 Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies (PIPS), Providence, RI (Co-founder & Core Organizer of fluctuating creative group that explored methods of collaborative participatory culture)
2003-08 Provflux, (International Convergence of Creative People that produced participatory public projects)
2002-06 Reacting In Our Traditional Societies (RIOTS), Providence, RI (Collaborative Project Duo with Kerry Adams)
Performances
2023 Banned Books, Dear Mom, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Siren Sounds, The Archivist Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2022-23 Spark Downtown Public Projects Performances, Big Car Collective, Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN (performed in a banana costume to give away bananas and a pigeon costume to give away popcorn)
2016-20 La Luna Loba, Performance Events organized by Shey Rivera, Providence, RI (Solo Performances)
2019 Anti-Gala, Newport Art House, Bellevue House, Newport, RI (Group Dance Performance)
2016-19 Ricky Rainbow Beard Show, Live-Action Children’s’ Show, Providence, RI (Regular Performer)
2012-19 American Blow-up Doll Series, AS220 Black Box, Aurora, Dusk, The Wurks, Machines with Magnets, Providence & Pawtucket, RI (Solo Performance Series)
2019 Bottle Spinner Project, PVD Fest, Providence, RI (recycled 500 shoreline bottles into carnival toys to give away)
2017 La Pocha Nostra, Santa Fe Art Institute Performance Workshop, Santa Fe, NM (Collaborative Performance)
2016 Doomsday Student “First Trip,” Music Video by Planchette, Providence, RI (see Bibliography)
2014 Doomsday Student “Disappearing,” Music Video by Planchette, Providence, RI (see Bibliography)
2013 Embarrassingly Earnest, Providence Dance Troupe, Bldg. 16, Providence, RI (Collaborative Dance Performance)
2012 Project IMA: INspired, Indianapolis Museum of Art (Newfields), Indianapolis, IN (Fashion Competition)
2012 Providence Dance Troupe, AS220, Providence, RI (Collaborative Dance Performance)
2010 Fashion Unbound, Indianapolis Museum of Art (Newfields), Indianapolis, IN (Fashion Competition)
2010 Secondhand Emotion, The Dark Lady, Providence, RI (Recycled Fashion Show)
2010 The Rigorous Disco of Doom, Providence Dance Troupe, Marigny Theatre, New Orleans, LA (Collaboration)
2009 The Rigorous Disco of Doom, Providence Dance Troupe, NOLA Fringe Festival, New Orleans, LA (Collaboration)
2009 Providence Dance Troupe & These Are Powers, Whitney Museum of Art & Secret Project Robot, New York, NY
2009 Spring Recycled Fashion Event, AS220, Providence, RI (Recycled Runway Show)
2008 Providence Dance Troupe with Javelin, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (Collaborative Performance)
2008 Recycled Runway, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI (Fashion Event)
2008 The Conspiracy of Art, Arts Interactive, Boston, MA (PIPS Performance Series)
2006-08 Joanette’s Kissing Booth, Wooley Fair, Providence, RI (Solo Performance)
2003-07 The Progressive Runway Project, Provflux Event, Providence, RI (Organized 60-person trash fashion parade)
2006 Spring Thing Fashion Show, AS220, Providence, RI (Recycled Clothing)
2006 Human Canvas, Gallery Safari, organized by Brian Chippendale, Providence, RI (Solo Performance)
2004 The Pants Collection, RISD Green by Design, ISB Gallery, Providence RI (Collaborative Activist Performance)
Art Markets
2007-19 Millcraft Art Sale, Monohasset Mill & Nicholson File, Providence, RI
2015 Cat Con LA, Vendor’s Market, The Reef, Los Angeles, CA (Cat Cube Sculptures)
2013-15 Renegade Craft Fair, Brooklyn Mini Market, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
2012-15 RISD Spring, Fall and Holiday Alumni Art Sales, Providence, RI
2010-15 Cardboard Pancakes Art Sale, New Urban Arts, Providence, RI
2005-15 Alumni Art Sale, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2008-10 Craftland, Art Sale, Providence, RI
2003-05 Ceramic Cup Sale, RISD Carr Haus Café, Providence, RI
Commissions
2014 Spider Costumes, Planchette Music Video for Doomsday Student, Providence, RI
2014 Couture Wedding Dress, Susan Sakash, Providence, RI
2013 Cupcake Costumes, Planchette Music Video for Big Digits, Providence, RI
2012 Reversible Wizard Coat, Peter Glanz, Being Invisible performance, Providence, RI
2011 Couture Wedding Dress, Private Client, Providence, RI (Transformed multigenerational family clothing)
2010 Custom Quilted Cushions, Ada Books, Providence, RI (Recycled Fabric)
2009 Community Garden, International Charter School, the Steel Yard Public Projects, Providence, RI (Black Smithed Steel Structural Elements)
2009 The Precession, Mark Jeffery and Judd Morrisey, Fire House 13, Providence, RI (Giant Fabric Wings)
2008 Couture Formal Jumpsuit, Mindy Cherry, Providence RI
2007 Donor Signage, Rhode Island Free Clinic, Providence, RI (Steel & Ceramics)
2006 Olneyville Trashcans, the Steel Yard Public Projects, Olneyville, RI (Steel & Ceramics)
2006 Garden Gate, Fox Point Community Garden, the Steel Yard Public Projects, Providence, RI (Steel & Ceramics)
Bibliography
apexart, “February Fellow,” Journal and Exit Interview, 2022. https://apexart.org/wyand.php
Jonsson, Tracy, “Anti-Gala,” Review, 2019. https://newportarthouse.com/antigala2019/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSGpeDC6_1E&t=71s
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Coa Coa, “ ‘Sea Change’ Exhibit Features Local Artists Inspiring Global Change,” Clean Ocean Access, March 21, 2019. https://www.cleanoceanaccess.org/2019/03/21/sea-change-exhibit-features-local-artists-inspiring-global-change/
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Breitrose, Charlie, “Watertown Meets Brooklyn in New Exhibit of Art Made Using Dots,” Watertown News review, September 2, 2019. https://www.watertownmanews.com/2019/09/02/watertown-meets-brooklyn-in-new-art-exhibit-in-town/
Cook, Greg, “The Best of Rhode Island Culture: The 2018 Dorrys Award,” Review of Awards, Wonderland, December 21, 2018. https://gregcookland.com/wonderland/2018/12/21/dorrys/
Paris, Paris, “ ‘Artist Insight’ with Joan Wyand,” Video Interview, AS220 Archives, June 28, 2018. https://as220.org/artist-insight-with-joan-wyand/
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Citations
Big Car Collective, “Free Bananas,” Circle Spark Archive, August 19, 2022. https://circlespark.org/tag/banana/
Schwenke Fors, Bjarge, “Border Performances: Politics, art and tourism where Norway meets Russia,” Dissertation for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor, The Artic University of Norway, 2018. https://munin.uit.no/bitstream/handle/10037/14645/thesis.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
Mott, Bon, “Venice Biennale,” Venice International Performance Art Week, 2017. https://www.bonmott.com/Venice-Biennale-Italy
Day, Amber, DIY Utopia: Cultural Imagination and the Remaking of the Possible, Lexington Books, Roman & Littlefield, p159 & p163, 2016. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498523882/DIY-Utopia-Cultural-Imagination-and-the-Remaking-of-the-Possible
Wyand, Joan and Gomez-Pena, Guillermo, “Virulent Troll,” 2015, AS220 Digital Archive, 1436. https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/as220_root/1436
Tusman, Lee, Really Free Culture, Pedia Press, p210, 2014. https://pediapress.com/books/show/really-free-culture-anarchist-communities/
Wood, Denis, Rethinking the Power of Maps, Guildford Press, p175, 2010. https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-the-Power-of-Maps/Wood/p/book/9781593853662
joanwyand.com
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Education
2022-24 MFA, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2005 BFA, Ceramics, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence RI
2004 International Summer Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy
2017 “Undoing Racism Training,” The Environmental Justice League, Tri-lab, Providence, RI
2011 Center for Women and Enterprise, 10-week business planning course, Providence, RI
Honors and Awards
2024 Ox-Bow Summer Fellowship, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI (Grounds and Maintenance)
2024 Sherry Queener Graduate Student Excellence Award, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2022-23 Paul Zimmerman Memorial Scholarship, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Graduate and Professional Educational Grant (GPEG), IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2022 Herron Graduate Fellowship, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN (Sculpture Assistant)
2022 apexart Fellowship, apexart, New York, NY, Washington, DC (one month of community engaged experiences)
(Recommended by Jstn Clmn) (see Bibliography)
2019 Ricky Rainbow Beard Award, Community Award Ceremony, Providence, RI (“Most Likely to Reuse the Award”)
2018 Dorrys Award, Best Two-Artist Exhibit of the Year, Scott Lapham & Joan Wyand, Polymer Tides, Providence, RI
2018 CTRI Innovations Residency, Community Conversation Project No. 48, Providence, RI (see Bibliography)
2017 Venice International Performance Art Week, La Pocha Nostra & VestAndPage, Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy (Collective Workshop and Transnational Public Performance)
2016 Master of Art in Ecology and Contemporary Performance, Inaugural Program Finalist, Helsinki, Finland (Participated in two-week Collaborative Performance Evaluation) (Runner Up Candidate)
2012 AS220 Free Culture Award, Local Recipient, Emerging Artist of the Year, AS220, Providence, RI
($25,000 project-based award, created a 20-panel recycled fabric window shade installation of local people)
(Paired with International Recipient Guillermo Gómez-Peña, founder of La Pocha Nostra)
(Facilitated Collaborative Performance Workshop with Public Performance)
(Created a Print Set featuring our performance personas, referenced academically)
2008 Inaugural Ceramics Cooperative Fellowship, the Steel Yard, Providence, RI
(Developed and Expanded the Residency Program, Maintained the Studio Facilities)
2007 Provflux Grant Recipient, PIPS, The LEF Foundation, Providence, RI ($25,000)
2005 RISD Clay Club Scholarship Residency, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, New Castle, ME
2004 RISD Museum Sitings Competition Award, Collection and Consumption: A View of Our Culture through Vessels,
The RISD Museum, Farago Wing, Providence, RI
(Site Specific Installation that placed shoreline trash artifacts next to museum ceramics displays to comment on our toxic disposable contemporary material culture) (Collaboration with Kerry Adams)
2003 RISD Sophomore Canal Path Competition, first place, Providence, RI
Teaching Experience
2024-25 Adjunct Professor, IUI’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN (Foundations, Ceramics, Glass)
2024 Teaching Assistant, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI (Glass Multiples)
2023-24 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, IUI’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN (3D Design& Ceramics)
2022-23 Teaching Assistant, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
(Advanced Sculpture)
2018-20 Founder, Lead Instructor, Joan Zone Childcare, Small Business, Providence, RI
(Employed 2 teachers, provided educational care for 8 children aged 1-5)
(Focused on conflict resolution skills, collaboration, earth awareness, social justice & community engagement)
2018-19 Curated Children’s Art Show, Yarn & Sticks: Craftwork from my Summer Nature School, White Electric, Prov., RI
2016-19 Founder, Lead Instructor, Roger William’s Park Summer Playgroup, Providence, RI (Outdoor Nature Camp)
(Employed 3 teachers, provided summer educational care for 15 children aged 6-10)
2012-18 Lead Instructor, Bainbridge Preschool, Providence, RI
(Worked with another teacher to provide care for 14 children aged 2-6)
2013 Project Instructor, Urban Pond Procession (UPP), Sophia School, the Steel Yard, Providence, RI
(Project mission was to create a Floating Sculpture for Mashapaug Pond)
(Led collaborative design process with middle school girls)
(Manufactured the design in steel and installed sculpture floating on the pond)
(Project assisted the UPP to procure an environmental grant that restored Mashapaug Pond)
2011 Instructor, Gilbert Stewart Middle School, Providence, RI (Wearable Art)
2005-11 Instructor, the Steel Yard, Providence, RI (Ceramics & Stained Glass)
2009-10 Workshop Instructor, Waste Not Want Not, Providence, RI (Recycled Wearable Art)
2008 Workshop Instructor, RI Sustainable Living Festival, Coventry, RI (Recycled Sewing)
2007 Mentor, New Urban Arts, Providence, RI (Sewing and Clothing Design)
2007 Workshop Instructor, New Your City, Fox Point Library, Providence, RI (Recycled Materials)
2006-07 Visiting Artist, Purnell Boarding School, Pottersville, NJ (Ceramics)
2006-07 Instructor, Camp Metal Head, the Steel Yard, Providence, RI (Steel)
2006 Workshop Instructor, City Arts at the Steel Yard, Providence, RI (Recycled Materials)
2005-08 PASA (Providence After School Alliance) Instructor, Providence, RI
(Taught middle school children Sewing, Ceramics, Sculpture & Bicycle Maintenance)
2004 Workshop Instructor, Highlander School, Providence, RI (Poetry)
2004 After School Instructor, Wanskuck Library, Providence, RI (Ceramic Tile Installation)
2003 Teaching Assistant for Doug Borkman, RISD, Providence, RI (Bronze Casting)
2003 Teaching Assistant for Walter Scadden, RISD, Providence, RI (Shape & Form in Metal)
2003 Continuing Education Teaching Assistant, RISD Clayworks, Providence, RI (Ceramics)
2002 Teaching Assistant for Leroy White, RISD, Providence, RI (Two-Dimensional Design)
Professional Experience
2022-23 Sculpture Monitor, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2020 Set Dresser, Driving While Black Magic, Film by Vatic Kuumba and Julia C. Lui, Providence, RI
2018 Art Assistant, Willa Van Nostrand, Providence, RI (Custom Mold Making & Slip Casting)
2015 Art Assistant, Jim Drain, Pawtucket, RI (Custom Stained Glass)
2011-15 Childcare, Provided Home Care for three families, Providence, RI
2011 Production Slip Caster, Hwang Bishop, Warren, RI (Ceramic Furniture & Accents)
2011 Art Assistant, Clay Rockefeller, Providence, RI (Sculptural Upholstery)
2010-11 Art Handler, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
2008-11 Art Handler, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2008 Sound Session Carnivale Facilitator, The Black Repertory Theater, Providence, RI
2008 Prop Master, The Black Repertory Theater, Providence, RI (The Etymology of Bird)
2006 Glaze Technician, Kazuri Beads U.S. Distributor, Karen, Kenya (Altered Glazes at the International Studio)
2005 Historical Restoration, Firehouse 13, Providence, RI
2003-05 Foundry and Sculpture Monitor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2002 Phonothon, RISD Fundraising Office, Providence, RI
Academic Involvement
2024 Herron Highschool Portfolio Reviews
2022-24 Graduate Program Student Government representative, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Elite 50 Review Committee, Graduate Program, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
2005-07 Bicycle Tour Guide, RISD Office of Student Life, Providence, RI
2004-05 Founder, RISD Club of Psychogeographic Studies, Providence, RI
2003-05 Department Representative, RISD Student Government, Providence, RI
Volunteer Work
2022-25 IUI Community Art Night @ 10 East Arts Hub, Indianapolis, IN (facilitate a monthly craft night)
2021-25 Indy Community Food Pantry, Mutual Aid Group, Indianapolis, IN (pick up large food donation from Door Dash and distribute between three outdoor refrigerators that span from east to west on 30th Street)
2020-25 HSforBC volunteer, Humane Society for Boone County, Lebanon, IN (assist with trap, neuter/spay & release program, community cat feeding station, and donated art for annual Fur Ball Fundraiser)
2019 Clean Ocean Access Gala, Fundraiser, Middletown, RI (Donated works to Auction and spoke about my work)
2017-19 Social Justice Planning Committee, Jobs with Justice, Providence, RI (Highlights include planning the Mayday Events and Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Art Shows)
2017-19 PrYSM (Providence Youth Student Movement) volunteer, Providence, RI (Assisted with Events and Parades)
2015-19 New Urban Arts volunteer, New Urban Arts Youth Space, Providence, RI (Youth arts event volunteer)
2006-19 The Steel Yard volunteer, The Steel Yard, Providence, RI (Public arts event volunteer)
2007-10 Recycle-a-bike Community Program volunteer, the Steel Yard, Providence, RI (Mechanic)
2009 Green Streets, River’s Edge Fundraiser, The Peerless Atrium, Providence, RI (Recycled Runway Show)
2008 Catwalk to Campground, Recycled Runway Fundraiser for Autistic Children, Providence, RI
2007 Groundwork’s Recycled Runway, Fundraiser, The American Locomotive Works Complex, Providence, RI
2006 Hurricane Katrina volunteer, Common Ground, New Orleans, LA (Installed Solar Water Heating Systems)
2003-05 Bowl-o-rama Facilitator, RISD Clay Scholarship Fundraiser, Providence, RI
2004 Harlem Renaissance Plate Installation, AS220 Fool’s Ball Fundraiser, Providence, RI (Ceramic Plate Installation with Jstn Clmn and Christian Tonsgard)
2003 Raku Rhody-o, Charity Fundraiser, Providence, RI
2001 RISD Reach volunteer, City Arts, Providence, RI
1999-01 Saint Augustine Home for the Aged volunteer, Indianapolis, IN (Arts & Crafts Instructor)
1999-00 Catholic Charities volunteer, Crisis Center, Indianapolis, IN (Organized Clothing & Styled Clients)
Solo, Two & Three-Person Exhibitions
2024 Solo Exhibition, sUSpect, Ox-Bow, The Print Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2024 Three-Person Exhibition, In the Walls, Ox-Bow, The Betsy Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2024 Three-Person Thesis Exhibition, Torrential Echoes, IUI’s Berkshire, Reese and Paul Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Three-Person Exhibition, Belonging: Beloved Assemblies, Guichelaar Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Three-Person Exhibition, Trivium: Works by First-year Graduates, EFAC Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Two-Person Traveling Exhibition, Sea Change: Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, Traveling Exhibition, Coastal Contemporary Gallery in Newport, Clean Ocean Access in Middletown, Coastal Living Gallery in Little Compton, RI (Public Environmental Conversations during art exhibitions) (Featured in 41ºNMagazine, see Bibliography)
2019 Solo Exhibition, Craft Works, Fuller Speed Shop, Olneyville, RI
2019 Solo Exhibition, Clay Works, White Electric, Providence, RI
2018 Solo Exhibition, Crude Constellation, World’s Fair Gallery Pop-up at Honey’s, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Solo Exhibition, Wake Up! World’s Fair Gallery, Providence, RI (Cast Ceramic Shoreline Trash)
2018 Two-Person Exhibition, Joan Wyand & Mary Ann Andreozzi, Groundwork!, New Bedford, MA
2017 Two-Person Exhibition, Polymer Tides: Trash Works by Joan Wyand & Scott Lapham, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI (Show featured in 41ºN Magazine, see Bibliography)
2016 Solo Exhibition, Constellations, The Steel Yard Art Gala, Newport, RI
2016 Two-Person Exhibition, See Through Materials, with Howie Schneider, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
2015 Solo Curated Group Exhibition, Untamed Objects: Feminist Ceramics, NCECA, Pawtucket, RI
2014 Solo Sculpture Release, Tiny Showcase, Providence, RI and online (Cat Cube Sculptures & Prints)
2014 Three-Person Show, Joan Wyand, Michelle Benoit and Susan Doyle, Chazan Gallery, Providence, RI
2014 Selected Group Exhibition, Outpost Magazine Exhibition, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI (Sponsored by Swarovski Crystals) (Mr. T dress featured in magazine and exhibition)
2013 Solo Event, One Room Office Hours, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI (Costume Exhibition and public conversation about my creative practice)
2012 Three-Person Exhibition, Natural Mechanic: Buck Hastings, Joan Wyand & Tatyana Yanishevsky, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
2010 Two-Person Exhibition, Joan Wyand & Will Machin, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI
2009 Solo Exhibition, New American Dream Catchers, Elwa Productions, New York, NY
2006 Two-Person Installation, Feed the Monster, collaboration with Linsey Wallace, The Dirt Palace Window, Providence, RI (Trash Art Installation)
2005 Solo Curated Group Exhibition, Onsite: The Steel Yard @ Woods-Gerry, Providence, RI (Organized and facilitated group exhibition)
Group Exhibitions
2025 30 Days of Culture Shock, apexart, NY, NY
2024 2024 Benefit Art Auction, Bemis, Omaha, NE
2024 Summer Fellows, Ox-Bow House, Douglas, MI
2024 Cut and Paste, Mystery Fun Club, Indianapolis, IN
2024 Unconditional, The Archivist Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2022-24 Winter Window Display, The Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Salsa Verde, The Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Indiana Beach, Storage Space Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Squeezed, Graduate Works, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, EFAC Building, Indianapolis, IN
2022 Peeling the Onion, Graduate Works, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, EFAC Building, Indianapolis, IN
2022 Wearable Art Show, IU’s Herron School of Art + Design, EFAC Building, Indianapolis, IN
2021 Murmurations, Community Tarot Deck Exhibition, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI
2019 Dot Conference, Traveling Exhibition, The Yard in Brooklyn, NY, Room 83 Spring, Watertown, MA
2019 Hot House, World’s Fair Gallery, Providence, RI (Group show of floral works)
2018 Paris and Friends, Pop up Gallery, Providence, RI (Trash Art Installation)
2016 Swan Day (Support Women Artists Now), Yellow Peril Gallery, Olneyville, RI
2016 MBTI Matchup, ENFJ collaboration with Antonio Forte, The Drawing Room, Providence, RI
2015 Providence Prints, AS220 Mote Gallery, Providence, RI (Print Exchange Exhibition)
2013 Feeding the Fire: A Contemporary Ceramics Showcase, City Arts Gallery, Providence, RI
2013 Radius: a RISD Alumni Exhibition, Keeseh Studio, Providence, RI
2012 Anomaly, Rufus Rukus Space, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Providence in Brooklyn! Rufus Rukus Space, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Inaugural Group Exhibition, Buonaccorsi + Agniel, Providence, RI
2011 Netting to Knitting, Rochambeau Library, Gallery Z, Newport Public Library, Providence & Newport, RI
2011 Fun-a-day, West Broadway Neighborhood Association, Providence, RI
2009 41oN, 71oW, Fire House 13, Providence, RI
2008 Aipotu, Fire House 13, Providence, RI
2007 No Name Show, Art Basel Satellite Exhibition, Temporary Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 Creature Show, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI
2007 Strange Creations, 17 Mules Gallery, Olneyville, RI
2005 Attack of the Psychogeographers, Fire House 13, Providence, RI
2005 RISD Senior Invitational, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2005 RISD Senior Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2005 RISD Ceramics Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2005 RISD European Honors Exhibition, ISB Gallery, Providence, RI
2005 RISD Solar Decathlon, National Mall, Washington, DC
2004 It’s Not So Big, the Space at Alice, Providence, RI
Collaborative Groups
2023-24 Community Quilting Bee, Collaborative Quilt project, national collaboration.
2022-24 Night of the Geminids, Illustrated Horror Stories Anthology, Volume 1&2, national compellation.
2023-24 Trifecta Projects, Public Engagement Collective, Indianapolis, IN
2020-24 Sugar Creek Arts Center, Arts Studio, Thorntown, IN (Co-working community space)
2012-24 La Pocha Nostra, International Performance Group, Transnational, (Ongoing Performance Alumni) (Participated in events in Providence, RI, Venice, Italy, and Santa Fe, NM) (Experimental relational art and public engagement) (International Social Pedagogy) (Challenges social norms and crosses borders)
2005-20 the Steel Yard, Community Art’s Facility, Providence, RI (Teacher, Fellow, Volunteer, Artist, Consultant)
2019 WARP Collective, Fiber arts studio and artists’ group, Providence, RI (Focuses on reusability and repurpose)
2016-19 Nicholson File Studio, Industrial Arts Studio, Providence, RI (Co-working studio & collaborative events)
2012-15 Flight From Fear, Ceramic Cup Collection, Small Business with Harrison Bucy, Providence, RI
2006-15 Planchette, Collaborations with Ashleigh Carraway, Providence, RI (Music Video Performances & Costumes)
2008-13 Providence Dance Troupe, Providence, RI (Co-founder & Core Organizer of experimental dance performance collective) (Also known as Jazz Hand Job and HPVD)
2008-12 Bldg. 16, Artist Collective Living Space & Cultural Venue, Olneyville, RI (Underground Living & Studio Space) (Organized and hosted hundreds of music & art events) (Cultural Creative Hub) (see Bibliography)
2006-09 Waste Not Want Not, Recycled Fashion Collective, Providence, RI (Collaborator & Organizer)
2002-08 Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies (PIPS), Providence, RI (Co-founder & Core Organizer of fluctuating creative group that explored methods of collaborative participatory culture)
2003-08 Provflux, (International Convergence of Creative People that produced participatory public projects)
2002-06 Reacting In Our Traditional Societies (RIOTS), Providence, RI (Collaborative Project Duo with Kerry Adams)
Performances
2023 Banned Books, Dear Mom, Indianapolis, IN
2023 Siren Sounds, The Archivist Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2022-23 Spark Downtown Public Projects Performances, Big Car Collective, Monument Circle, Indianapolis, IN (performed in a banana costume to give away bananas and a pigeon costume to give away popcorn)
2016-20 La Luna Loba, Performance Events organized by Shey Rivera, Providence, RI (Solo Performances)
2019 Anti-Gala, Newport Art House, Bellevue House, Newport, RI (Group Dance Performance)
2016-19 Ricky Rainbow Beard Show, Live-Action Children’s’ Show, Providence, RI (Regular Performer)
2012-19 American Blow-up Doll Series, AS220 Black Box, Aurora, Dusk, The Wurks, Machines with Magnets, Providence & Pawtucket, RI (Solo Performance Series)
2019 Bottle Spinner Project, PVD Fest, Providence, RI (recycled 500 shoreline bottles into carnival toys to give away)
2017 La Pocha Nostra, Santa Fe Art Institute Performance Workshop, Santa Fe, NM (Collaborative Performance)
2016 Doomsday Student “First Trip,” Music Video by Planchette, Providence, RI (see Bibliography)
2014 Doomsday Student “Disappearing,” Music Video by Planchette, Providence, RI (see Bibliography)
2013 Embarrassingly Earnest, Providence Dance Troupe, Bldg. 16, Providence, RI (Collaborative Dance Performance)
2012 Project IMA: INspired, Indianapolis Museum of Art (Newfields), Indianapolis, IN (Fashion Competition)
2012 Providence Dance Troupe, AS220, Providence, RI (Collaborative Dance Performance)
2010 Fashion Unbound, Indianapolis Museum of Art (Newfields), Indianapolis, IN (Fashion Competition)
2010 Secondhand Emotion, The Dark Lady, Providence, RI (Recycled Fashion Show)
2010 The Rigorous Disco of Doom, Providence Dance Troupe, Marigny Theatre, New Orleans, LA (Collaboration)
2009 The Rigorous Disco of Doom, Providence Dance Troupe, NOLA Fringe Festival, New Orleans, LA (Collaboration)
2009 Providence Dance Troupe & These Are Powers, Whitney Museum of Art & Secret Project Robot, New York, NY
2009 Spring Recycled Fashion Event, AS220, Providence, RI (Recycled Runway Show)
2008 Providence Dance Troupe with Javelin, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (Collaborative Performance)
2008 Recycled Runway, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI (Fashion Event)
2008 The Conspiracy of Art, Arts Interactive, Boston, MA (PIPS Performance Series)
2006-08 Joanette’s Kissing Booth, Wooley Fair, Providence, RI (Solo Performance)
2003-07 The Progressive Runway Project, Provflux Event, Providence, RI (Organized 60-person trash fashion parade)
2006 Spring Thing Fashion Show, AS220, Providence, RI (Recycled Clothing)
2006 Human Canvas, Gallery Safari, organized by Brian Chippendale, Providence, RI (Solo Performance)
2004 The Pants Collection, RISD Green by Design, ISB Gallery, Providence RI (Collaborative Activist Performance)
Art Markets
2007-19 Millcraft Art Sale, Monohasset Mill & Nicholson File, Providence, RI
2015 Cat Con LA, Vendor’s Market, The Reef, Los Angeles, CA (Cat Cube Sculptures)
2013-15 Renegade Craft Fair, Brooklyn Mini Market, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
2012-15 RISD Spring, Fall and Holiday Alumni Art Sales, Providence, RI
2010-15 Cardboard Pancakes Art Sale, New Urban Arts, Providence, RI
2005-15 Alumni Art Sale, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2008-10 Craftland, Art Sale, Providence, RI
2003-05 Ceramic Cup Sale, RISD Carr Haus Café, Providence, RI
Commissions
2014 Spider Costumes, Planchette Music Video for Doomsday Student, Providence, RI
2014 Couture Wedding Dress, Susan Sakash, Providence, RI
2013 Cupcake Costumes, Planchette Music Video for Big Digits, Providence, RI
2012 Reversible Wizard Coat, Peter Glanz, Being Invisible performance, Providence, RI
2011 Couture Wedding Dress, Private Client, Providence, RI (Transformed multigenerational family clothing)
2010 Custom Quilted Cushions, Ada Books, Providence, RI (Recycled Fabric)
2009 Community Garden, International Charter School, the Steel Yard Public Projects, Providence, RI (Black Smithed Steel Structural Elements)
2009 The Precession, Mark Jeffery and Judd Morrisey, Fire House 13, Providence, RI (Giant Fabric Wings)
2008 Couture Formal Jumpsuit, Mindy Cherry, Providence RI
2007 Donor Signage, Rhode Island Free Clinic, Providence, RI (Steel & Ceramics)
2006 Olneyville Trashcans, the Steel Yard Public Projects, Olneyville, RI (Steel & Ceramics)
2006 Garden Gate, Fox Point Community Garden, the Steel Yard Public Projects, Providence, RI (Steel & Ceramics)
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