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Joy Brown

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

    Coady Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM, 2007
    Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT, 1989-2004
    Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock), NY 2003
    Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2005
    Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA, 2005
    Hiro Gallery, Wakayama, Japan, 2002
    Kumagai Museum, Tokyo, 1994
    Au Gallery, Osaka, 1994
    Paris-New York-Bangkok Gallery, Thailand, 1994
    Gallery Gianna Sistu, Paris, 1993
    Paris-New York-Kent Gallery, Kent, CT, 1988
    Departure Gallery, New York, NY, 1983-1991
    Mingei Gallery, New York, NY, 1981

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    Fuller Museum, Brockton MA, Fire and Ash, 2007
    Dubuque Museum of Art, Iowa, Legacy and Innovation in Contemporary Clay, 2006
    Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, NC, Architectural Echoes in Clay, 2006
    Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Ct, 1987 - 2007
    Elena Zang Gallery, Shady (Woodstock), NY, 1997-2004
    Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2003-2004
    Cheryl Hazan Gallery, NY, NY, 2003-2007
    Munson Gallery, Chatham, MA, 2004
    Seton Gallery, Univ. of New Haven, CT, The Fire Within, 2004
    Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa, International Juried Wood Five, 2004
    Weber Fine Art, Greenwich Ct, Friends and their Visions, 2006
    AKAR, Ohio City, Ohio, 2006
    Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA, 2005
    Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, Earth, Wood and Fire, 2005
    International Wood Fire Exhibition, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa, 2004
    Germain Keller Gallery, New York, NY, Passionate Fire, 2003
    Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH, Clay, Wood, Fire, Salt, 2001
    Worcester Center for Crafts, MA, Invoking the Source: The Ancient Feminine, 2001
    Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isles, ME, Thirty Stokers, 2000
    University of Iowa Museum of Arts, International Wood-fire Exhibition, 1999
    Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC, Wood, Salt, Soda: Atmospheric Fired Ceramic, 1999
    Brookfield Craft Center, CT, Woodfire in America, 1996
    Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, Clay, Wood, and Fire, 1996
    Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT, Containers, 1992
    Wheeler-Seidel Gallery, New York, NY, 1990-1992
    University of Iowa Museum of Arts, American Woodfire, 1991

AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

    Currents, wall mural installation, University of NC, Asheville, 2006
    Song of Life wall mural commission, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan ,2006
    Presenter, "Clay - The Art of Earth and Fire" Hotchkiss Symposium, Lakeville, CT, 2006
    Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen Memorial Outstanding Women of Connecticut Award, 2003
    One Earth, One Family wall mural commission, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, 2002
    Presenter, 1st & 2nd International Wood-fire Conference, Iowa University, 1991, 1999
    Founded Still Mountain Center to foster East-West artistic exchange, 1998
    Featured in The New York Times; The Internatioinal Herald Tribune; House and Garden;
    Ceramics Monthly; Studio Potter; Woodfired Stoneware and Porcelain
    (Jack Troy);
    Whimsy in the Garden (Martin & Brown); 500 Figures in Clay (V. Gunter)
    Ruth Chenven Foundation grant for kiln construction, 1986
    Wakayama Museum award in ceramic sculpture, 1981

EDUCATION

    Raised and schooled in Japan, 1951-1968
    B.A. in Fine Arts, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, 1972
    Ceramic apprenticeships in Japan, 1975-1978
    Researched kilns and potteries in Korea and Japan, including Okinawa, 1978

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