Joan Potkay

EDUCATION

2013Akua Inks Printshop, Catherine Kernan, Provincetown Fine Arts Center, Provincetown, MA
1994Residency, Garner Tullis, Printmaking,Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM (also 1992)
1993Residency, Jennifer Bartlett, Painting, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
1993Residency, Richard Tullis, Printmaking, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
1991Invitational Residency, Helen Frankenthaler, Painting, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
1986Residency, Helen Frankenthaler, Painting, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
1972-74Art Students League, New York, NY
1971Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, BFA

HONORS & AWARDS

2016Horizons An International Exhibit, Prints, Juried by Faye Hirsch; Quay Gallery, Cork,
2016Ireland; Fyns Grafiske Vaerksted, Odense, Denmark and USA Venues
2015Full Bloom: The Artists View on Guilded Age Botanicals, Juried by Laura Einstein,
2015Lockwood Matthews Mansion Museum, Norwalk, CT
2013New Bedford Harbor in a New Light, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
2006Artist in Residence, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk,CT
1999Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnston,VT
1983Semi-Finalist, Drawing, The Artists Foundation of Massachusetts
19802nd Prize Honor, Oil Painting 1980, Kenneth Taylor Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1979Honorable Mention, Oil Painting, Kenneth Taylor Gallery, Nantucket, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019Shared Landscapes: Invisible Worlds, The Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA
2017Exploring Land, Paintings Prints Paperworks, Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2015-19Open Studios, Hatch Street Studios, New Bedford, MA
2015Exploring Landscapes, Paintings Prints Paperworks, Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2014Land Forms East, Paintings Prints Paperworks, Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2012Open Studio, The Ropeworks, New Bedford, MA (also 2011, 2010, 2009 & 2008)
2011Oceanic Images, The Ropeworks Art Space, New Bedford, MA
2010New Works on Paper, Silo Gallery, Nantucket,MA
2007Spirit Marks, Cooler Gallery, Wt. River Junction, VT
2006Land Forms II, Paintings and Prints, Addison Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004Joan Potkay New Works, LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003Joan Potkay Introduction, LewAllen Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001Land Forms, Art & Industry, Santa Fe, NM
1993Expressive Monotypes, Gallery Romano, Santa Fe, NM
1988Arrival New Mexico, Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1985Nantucket Influence, Nantucket Island School of Design, Nantucket, MA
1985Paperworks of Nantucket, George Davis, Nantucket, MA
1983Recent Paintings and Drawing, Kenneth Taylor Gallery, Nantucket, MA (also 1980, 1977)
1982Swimmers, Alcove Show, Nantucket Artists Association, Nantucket, MA
1981Small Paperworks, Tina Bruer Gallery, Nantucket, MA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019Under the Influence, Juror: Jacob Lewis, Center for Contemporary
2019Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2018Illumination, Juror: Peter Pettengill, Center for Contemporary
2018Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2018Chamber Show, Hatch Street Studios, New Bedford, MA
2017Light Off the River, Van Vessum Gallery, Tiverton, RI
2016Horizons An International Exhibit, Prints, Juried by Faye Hirsch; Quay Gallery, Cork,
2016Ireland; Fyns Grafiske Vaerksted, Odense, Denmark and USA Venues
2015Full Bloom: The Artists View on Guilded Age Botanicals, Juried by Laura Einstein,
2015Lockwood Mathews Mansion Museum, Norwalk, CT
2014Footprint International, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2014New Works on Paper, The Avenue Gallery, Norwalk, CT
2014Branching Out, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2013New Bedford Harbor in a New Light, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
2013Small Works, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2013Portraits, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2012NBOS Group Show, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
2011Editions, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
201118 Days, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2010ECHO: Repetitive Marks, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2010Artists of the Monothon, Santa Fe Arts Commission, Santa Fe, NM
2009Land Inspiration, 222 Shelby St., Santa Fe, NM
2009Press Release, 222 Shelby St., Santa Fe, NM
2009The Ropeworks Event, New Bedford, MA
2008Footprint International, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2008Artists of NBOS, Art Works, New Bedford, MA
2007The Natural World, Cooler Gallery, White River Junction, VT
2007Finish This, Cooler Gallery, Wt. River Junction, VT
2007International Miniature, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2006Studio Artists, Fourth Dimension Print Studio, Santa Fe, NM
2006Flags, Nantucket Island School of Design, Nantucket, MA
2006Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Santa Fe Arts Commission, Santa Fe, NM
2006Preview 2006, Addison Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006Monotypes East, Westport, CT (also 2004)
2005Small Works, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2004La Casa Roja, Modern Homes of Santa Fe, NM
2004Monotype Meditations, La Posada Hotel, Santa Fe, NM
2003Peace Is Patriotic, Art & Industry, Santa Fe, NM
2003Boston Art, Boston, MA
2002Site Santa Fe Monothon Show, Santa Fe, NM (also 1999, 1998, 1996)
2001Beyond Our Vision, Bemidji Art Center, MI
2000Annual Juried Show, Friends of Contemporary Art:Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM (also 1999)
1999Residency Show, Vermont Studio Center Gallery, Johnson, VT
1999Boston Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (also 1998, 1997)
1998The Open Studio, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
1994Santa Fe Art Institute Show, Santa Fe, NM (also 1993, 1992)
1994New Monotypes, HandGraphics Print Show, Santa Fe, NM
1991Helen Frankenthaler Tutorial Show, Belles Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1988Group Studio Show, Santa Fe, NM
1986Helen Frankenthaler Master Class Show, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
1983Powers Tasch Gallery, Westport, CT
1983Jo Sibley Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1982Nantucket Art Supply Co., Nantucket, MA
1978Main Street Gallery, Nantucket, MA

LECTURES & PUBLICATIONS

2013"Harbor Show: Individual Work," Lecture, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
2012"Luminosity," Lecture, Nantucket Island School of Design, Nantucket, MA
2011"Nature Interpreted Through American Artists," Lecture, Nantucket Island School of Design, Nantucket, MA
2007"Midcareer Artists," Vermont Guardian, Brattleboro, VT
2006"Residency Presentation," Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2006 “Landscape in Motion," Pasatiempo, The New Mexican
2005 “La Casa Roja,” Fall Cascade, painting, 71 x 67, Trend Magazine
2000Who’s Who in American Women, Publication
1999“Nature thru Mark Making", Lecture, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, MA
1995“Monoprints and M.M. Painting", Lecture, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, MA
1994“The Santa Fe Institute of Fine Art Show", Pasatiempo,The New Mexican
1994“HandGraphics Artists Print Show", Pasatiempo, The New Mexican
1993“The Santa Fe Institute of Fine Art", Pasatiempo, The New Mexican
1992“The Santa Fe Institute of Fine Art", Pasatiempo, The New Mexican
1992“Signature Series", Pasatiempo, The New Mexican
1985“Art”, Lecture, funded by the Arts & Humanities Council of Massachusetts
1984“Paintings and Drawings", Lecture, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, MA
1984Solo show reviewed at Kenneth Taylor Gallery, Inquirer & Mirror, Nantucket, MA
1983Channel 3, Cablevision, Nantucket, MA “Drawings Shown With Lillian Waine”
1983Channel 3, Cablevision, Nantucket, MA “Paintings in My Studio," Art Talks:Charles Walters
1980Solo show reviewed at Kenneth Taylor Gallery Inquirer & Mirror, Nantucket, MA
1977Solo show reviewed at Kenneth Taylor Gallery Inquirer & Mirror, Nantucket, MA

TEACHINGS & RELATED WORK

2012"Translucent Watercolor Intensive," Nantucket Island School of Design, Nantucket, MA
2011"Translucent Watercolor," Nantucket Island School of Design, Nantucket, MA
2010“Luminous Painting,” Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, MA
2009“Luminous Painting,” Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, MA
2001“Personal Watercolor”, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, MA
2000“Personal Watercolor”, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, MA
1999Adult Credit Cources and Youth Art, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, MA
1995“Painting on Sight,” Adult Education, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, MA
1993-95Alumni Board Member of Santa Fe Institute of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1994Alumni Association for Santa Fe Institute of Fine Art, Alumni Organizer, Santa Fe, NM
1992-94Alumni Association for Santa Fe Institute of Fine Art, Alumni Show Organizer, Santa Fe, NM
1992-95Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Newsletter Creator & Writer, Santa Fe, NM
1986Painting and Drawing, College Level Course, Nantucket Island School of Design, Nantucket, MA
1986Associate Director, Nantucket Island School of Design, Nantucket, MA
1985Community Enrichment Program, Nantucket Island School of Design, Nantucket, MA
1982-84Collage, Painting & Drawing Courses, Nantucket Island Artists’ Association, Nantucket, MA
1980Night Guard, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

PRIVATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Her paintings are exhibited in galleries and are in the collections of the Liberty Financial, Boston, MA, Goodwin, Procter and Hoar, Boston, MA, Independence Investment Association, Boston, MA, Bingham, Dana and Gould, Boston, MA, Helen Frankenthaler, New York, NY, Richard Tullis, Santa Barbara, CA, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT and many other corporate and private collections.