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Education:

Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Massachusetts College of Art, BFA (Honors), Boston, MA

Selected Exhibitions:

2010

Beeswax, Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA. Curator: Frank Heller (solo)
[Work], VAC, Richmond, VA
Ripple Effect, MCV, Richmond, VA. Curator: P.Muzi Branch (solo)
Vastu Gallery, Washington, DC (two person)
Best Foot Forward, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Home is Where the Art Is, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

2009

Small Wonder, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
[work], Visual Arts Center traveling to Capital One Gallery, Richmond, VA
bookart@artspace, Invitational, Richmond, VA
Tenth Annual 5 by 7 Show, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
Reconstructing Time, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ
Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY (two person)
Spring Forward, Artizen Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
GeoMetrics II, Gallery onetwentyeight, New York, NY
Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA (solo)
NYU 32nd small works, 80 Washington Square East, NYC, NY

2008

Ninth Annual 5x7 Show, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
Not So Silent Night, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Making a Mark, Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA
Small Claims, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
1708 at Suntrust Bank Headquarters, Richmond, VA
Personal Geometry, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA. curator: Nancy Sausser

2007

Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
December Project, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Silent Night II, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
GeoMetrics, Gallery onetwentyeight, New York, NY
Pattern and Chaos,The Arts Center in Orange,VA (two person)
Abstract and Geometric, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Encaustic 2007, The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, NY,Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Indiana, curator: Joan Snyder.
Double Bubble, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Mail Me !, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
Meltdown, sensuous color overflowing the persistent structure of repeating shape, Artspace at Plant Zero, Richmond, VA (solo)
Sugar Buzz, Lehman College Art Gallery, NYC

2006

Fresh Paint, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
Large Work, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Lynda Ray, VCU/MCV, Richmond, VA (solo)
Black and White, the Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD
Pure Painting, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Lynda Ray, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Artspace 129, Montclair, NJ

2005

ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Boon Gallery, Salem, MA
Art Gotham, New York, NY
Bertoni Gallery, New York, NY

2004

Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
Vastu Gallery, Washington, DC
Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY

2003

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (solo)
Li Galleries, Woodstock, VT

2002

Broome Street Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Full House Productions, New York, NY (solo)
Gallery onetwentyeight, New York, NY
LICK Ltd., Long Island City, NY (solo)
AIR Gallery, New York, NY

2001

New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA. curator: Charles Giuliano
Bemidji Community Art Center, Bemidji, MN
Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
R+F Encaustics, Stone Ridge, NY
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000

Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY

1999

Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
Cooper Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Public Art Projects:

2006 Unity Canvas: The Port Authority, New York City

Selected Awards:

2008 Residency, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY
2002 Residency , Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2001 The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, Inc. artist grant
1993 Residency, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
1989 Massachusetts Artist Fellowship Program, Fellowship in Sculpture
1989 Massachusetts Artist Fellowship Program, Finalist in Painting
1988 Residency Vermont Studio Colony, Johnson, VT
1987 Art School association Trust Fund Award
1985 Massachusetts Arts Lottery

Selected Publications:

R.Home, The Gallery, Art Around Town, Jan./Feb. 2010
Falls Church News-Press, Art Beat, February 10, 2008
Washington Post, Arts in Brief, January 17, 2008
Capital One, catalogue 2008
The New York Times, Holland Cotter, December 7, 2007
Golden Foundation for the Arts, catalogue 2007
Encaustic Works 2007, catalogue 2007
thinkingaboutart.blogs.com/art/ 2007
Sugar Buzz, Lehman College Art Gallery, NY, catalogue 2007
Fresh Paint, Arlington Art Center, VA , catalogue 2006
Crosswinds Weekly, Santa Fe, NM, 9/5/2002
Blue Stone Press,NY, 9/07/2001
Encaustic 2001, exhibition catalogue of the Biennial R&F
Encaustic Painting by Joanne Mattera, 2001
North Loop News, Chicago, IL, 2/2001
New City, Chicago, IL , 2/2001
The New York Times, 3/1999
The Boston Globe, 7/1995
Art New England, Charles Giuliano 6/1993
Arts, Southend News, Cate McQuaid, 6/1991
Pas Tiempo, The New Mexican, Russ Whiting, 12/1991
Ninth Annual Drawing Show, catalogue, 1988
Paper Prophets, The Boston Phoenix, David Bonetti, 7/1988

Other Professional Activities:

2008 - present Conducts Encaustic Workshops, Fulton Hill School Studio, Richmond, VA
2008 Demonstration of Encaustic Process, Woodstock, NY
2002 Interview on NPR Radio
2000 Guest Artist and Slide presentation on Encaustic, Parsons School, NYC
1999 Workshop & Slide Presentation on Encaustic at Montclair Art Museum,Montclair, NJ
1989 Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

*A resume' with full information is available upon request.