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Education:

1987

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
BFA (Honors) Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Selected Exhibitions:

2009

Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, PA (solo)
Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ

2008

Phillip Morris, Richmond, VA
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
Annual Art Auction, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Whodunnit?, Richmond, VA

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 128, New York, NY
thinksmall4!, Artspace Gallery,Richmond, VA
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)
Pure Painting, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artspace 129, Montclair, NJ

2005

ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
Boon Gallery, Salem, MA
Art Gotham, New York, NY
Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
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 128, 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, 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

1997

Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY

1992

Gallery Artists Salon, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA

1991

Conlon Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (solo)
Akin Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
Fitzgerald Fine arts, Alexandrai, VA
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Uncommon Works from Common Materials, Newton Arts Center, Newton, MA
Four on Four, Gallery Dix, Shelburne Falls, MA
OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY (solo)
Akin Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)

1990

College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Howard Yezerski Gallery, "Boston, MA
Beckerman Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM (two person)
Gallery Dix, Shelburne Falls, MA (solo)
AIR Gallery, Gallery II, New York, NY (solo)

1989

Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA (two person)
Border Gallery, Miami Springs, FL
Akin Gallery, Boston, MA

1988

Constructed Paintings, Gallery Ten, Washington DC
AIR Gallery, New York, NY
New, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Ninth Annual Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA

1987

Directions, Alchemie Gallery, Boston, MA (two person)
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Massart Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Area Exhibition, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA

1986

The Monoprint, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

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 Foundationfor 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:

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 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