Current positions:
Visual Artist
Curator of the Galleries Program, Chicago State University, appointed 2006
Intructor in drawing and painting
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Howard University, Painting
Master of Fine Arts, Yale University, Painting
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1994- 2006 Chicago State University adjunct-lecturer
EXHIBITIONS
2011: Museum of Greater Lafayette, Indiana; Parallel Narratives, two-person exhibition with sculptor Preston Jackson; January 21 – March 24
2011: Purdue University Black Cultural Center, lecture, January 21
2011: Veeck Gallery, Dream Big, solo exhibition, Chicago; January 12 – April 6
2011 - 2010: Hyde Park Art Center, Not Just Another Pretty Face, Commissioning Project and Exhibition, November 21 – February 20
2010: Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, Tool Box, Flower Box, group exhibition; October 8 – November 14
2010: Southside Community Art Center, Friendships, group exhibition; October 8 – 24
2010: Columbia College Center for Books and Paper, group exhibition, Mano/Mundo/Corazon: Artists Intepret La Lotería; September 11 – December 10
2010: Arterial Space, Salvage One group show, Woman Made Gallery; October 7 – 31
2010: Southside Community Art Center, Postcard, group exhibition; September 8 – 30
2010: DuSable Museum, Chicago; Common Bonds, group exhibition; May 12 – June 30
2010: School of the Art Institute Sullivan Galleries: The Collection: The Narratives of Patric McCoy featuring the artwork of Daryl Harris, Judithe Hernandez, Thomas Lucas, Patric McCoy and Joyce Owens graduate exhibition, Samantha Hill; April 30
2010: Irish American Heritage Center, Touch of the Poet, group exhibition; March 5 – April 3
2010: President’s Gallery, Chicago State University faculty exhibition: Mosaic; March 4 – April 2
2010: Elmhurst College, Frick Founder’s Lounge, Elmhurst, IL. Sapphire and Crystals: Visions, January 24 – February 19
2010: Nicole Gallery, Chicago, IL, Haiti fundraiser; Jan. 29 to 31
2010: American Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Art in Embassies program, 3 year loan
2009: Homage to African-American Artists, featured artist, U.S. Department of State date book includes Lou Stovall, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Norman Lewis, Jacob Lawrence and Sam Gilliam
2009: Nicole Gallery, Chicago, IL Sapphire and Crystals: Routes to Roots; October 17 to December 12
2009: South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, IL In the Company of Others…a group exhibition; November 14, - December 31
2009: Eye Emporium Gallery, Chicago, IL; 3-person exhibition, The Dolls of J; Oct. 16 to November 7, 2009
2009: Robert Morris University State Street Gallery, Women Imaging Women: A Study of Female Portraiture, poster and postcard artist; July 9 – September 12
2009: Logsdon 1909 Gallery, No Borders, a group show curated by Diane Kahlo; May 8 – June 6
2009: Parish Gallery, From Slavery to Freedom: A Tribute to Obama, 2-person exhibition with Bobby Sengstacke, Washington, D.C.; Jan. 19 – Jan. 31
2009: American Embassy, Georgetown, Guyana. Art in Embassies program, 3 year loan
2009: Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL, Sapphire and Crystals: BEyONd Race and Gender; January 23 – March 12
2009: Gallery D’Estee, Chicago, IL The Audacity of Art, , featured artist; March 6, March 7.
2009: Chicago Public Library, Lincoln Belmont Branch, 1659 W. Melrose, 60657, Solo exhibition, March until May 5.
2008 –2009: Veeck Gallery, Catholic Theological Union, Hyde Park, IL; Crossed Borders/Crossed Cultures, group exhibition, November 13, 2008 – January 14, 2009
2008: Gallery Guichard, Chicago, IL, Art di Gras, 3rd anniversary, group exhibition, Gallery talk; August 8 – September 26
2008: Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. annual Member’s Show, juried exhibition, August 1-August 28
2008: Griffin Gallery, Chicago, IL; Four Women exhibition: Debra Hand, Felicia Grant-Preston, Karen Parisian and Joyce Owens, gallery talk, May 10- June 9
2008: Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Venus Envy 10th anniversary invitational (one of the 3 national artists invited. The other 15 artists were juried.) Mad Art Gallery, Gallery talk, March 7 to March 31
2008: President’s Gallery, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, Faculty Exhibition 2008, faculty in Art and Design Department, March – May 2
2008: Lill Street Gallery, Favorite Things: Joyce Owens (paintings) and Thomas Lucas (prints and ceramic tiles). Gallery lecture: March 30, February 23 – March 31,
2008: Frances and Bill Veeck Gallery, Chicago, IL; Shared History, 4-person show, art reception and gallery talk, The Catholic Theological Union, January 24 – March 28,
2008: Emerging Energy, Art Therapy Exhibition, BEHIV Art; November 7, - December 6.
2008: Chicago Public Art Group’s Art Auction Fundraiser Paint the Town! Prairie Productions on Randolph Street, Chicago, IL; October 16.
2008: American Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, Art in Embassies program.
2008: Exhibition at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium.
2008: Griffin Gallery, Chicago, Legacies exhibition, featured artist; October 3, November 5.
2008: Chicago Artists Coalition Art Open, Chicago Merchandise Mart; Chicago, October 3 – October 19
2008: Gallery Guichard, gallery artist, group show, Chicago, IL; October 2, 2008 - November 15.
2008: DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago, The Citizen’s Picnic: Lynching in America from 1865 to Present; October 1– December 31.
2008: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Featured artist for Chicago Artists Resource; August 1 – August 31.
2008: Woman Made Gallery, annual Member’s Show, juried exhibition, August 1-August 28, Chicago, IL.
2008: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL Black Creativity annual juried art exhibition; (head juror Jumaane N’Namdi); one of 7 prize winners of over 500 entries, Museum of Science and Industry, January 16 - March 2
2008: South Side Community Art Center 43rd Annual Art Auction, May 17
2008: Carthage College, Wisconsin, solo exhibition; Colored: Expanding American History, April 12 until May 17, H.F. Johnson Gallery; gallery talk and reception Thursday April 17 www.carthage.edu/artgallery/schedule/
2008: President’s Gallery, Chicago State University Faculty Exhibition 2008: curator and exhibiting faculty, March 7-May 2
2008: South Shore Arts, Munster, IL, The Diaspora and Beyond: Selected Works from the Daniel T. Parker Collection, February 3 - March 16.
2008: Frick Founder’s Lounge, Elmhurst College, IL, Mind and Spirit: Paintings, solo exhibition, January 28 - February 22.
2008: Gallery D’Estee, Chicago, IL; group show, honored Dr. Margaret Burroughs, Chicago, IL, February 29, March 1
2007: Fourth Presbyterian Church Loggia Gallery, Chicago, IL, Melvin King and Friends, Group exhibition, Melvin King, curator; January 13 -February 28
2007: Upstairs Gallery, Chicago, IL, Shared Vision: The Women of CSU, Group exhibition. Albert M. Shaw, curator, January 13 - February 28
2007: Concordia University, River Forest, IL, Memories: Real and Imagined, solo exhibition, January 8 - February 3, Lecture: January 15.
2007: Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, solo exhibition: Black, White and Colored
2007: ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, Re-Assignments, group exhibition, CURATOR/participating artist, June 27 - July 28
2007: Chicago Cultural Center Gallery, 4th floor, Chicago, IL Peace Tower Installation, Mark di Suvero , Public art collaboration, Contributed panel that was on main construction, June 8 -October 1
2007: Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 15th Anniversary, group exhibition, August 3 - August 30
2007: Koehnline Museum, Oakton Community College Barbie Meets G.I. Joe, installation, Patrick Miceli, curator, September 6 - October 19
2007: Gallery Guichard, Chicago, IL, “Art di Gras” 2nd Year Anniversary, group exhibition, August 11 -September 16
2007: Nicole Gallery, River North, Chicago, IL, A Creative Alliance: Artists Who Teach, four-person exhibition: Joyce Owens, Preston Jackson, Thomas Lucas and Barlow, September 7 - November 3
2006: ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, Black Faces: Rainbow Feelings, solo exhibition, (prize for Best of Show from February 2006), October 4- October 28
2006: University Gallery, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL Diasporal Rhythms Invitational, collectors group selected artist
2006: Acme Arts Building, Chicago, IL, The World Can’t Wait, invitational, September 29 – October 14
2006: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Migrations of the African Diaspora, juried exhibition, May 5 –August 20
2006: Butridge Gallery, Austin Texas, Boundless, invitational exhibition, March 1 to March 30.
2006: Woman Made Gallery First Prize, 9th International Art Open,: juror, Margaret Hawkins, art critic Chicago Sun-times; art correspondent Artnews; faculty, School of the Art Institute; March 2 – March 29.
2006: ARC Gallery, won Best of Show, muralist John Pittman Weber, juror; February.
2006: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL., Black Creativity, juried, January-March
2006, ArtJaz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, group show, January-February
2005: Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., A Proud Continuum: Eight Decades of Art at Howard University, juried alumnae exhibition, May - November
2005: Gallery Guichard, Chicago, IL; gallery artist from August 2005 to present.
2005: Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL Sapphire and Crystals: Black White and Blues, curator and exhibiting artist. Exhibition selected as featured program for Chicago Artists Month, October 7 – November 10
2005: Columbia College, Chicago, IL. Signature poster artist: DanceAfrica Chicago 15th Anniversary
2005: R.A.W. Real Art Work: Vision Fine Art Fair, Chicago, IL, Poster/featured artist
2005: Chicago Artists Resource, www.chicagoartistsresource.org, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Featured artist:
2001: Woman Made Gallery, First Prize: 5th International Open, Faith Ringgold, juror, March.
2001: Chicago Artists Month featured artist representing Sapphire and Crystals art collective, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, October.
PUBLICATIONS
2011: Lafayette, Indiana, Journal and Courier, “Parallel Narratives exhibit is an exciting addition to art scene” By TOM SHAFER • review, Special to the Journal & Courier • January 30
2011: Lafayette, Indiana, Journal and Courier, TGIF, “Bright History” “Adam Who Is Your Daddy, full-page illustration, inset, page 1; January 21
2010: “Not Just Another Pretty Face” catalog, Hyde Park Art Center, Pages 6, 41, 73
2010: United State Mission to the African Union, Art in Embassies catalog, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, page 18, 19, 29
2010: Fear No Art, online and WTTW, Ch. 11; A Creative Space: Richard Hunt’s studio; republished
2010: Matisse: Radical Invention at Art Institute of Chicago, preview; Chicago Art Magazine, March 19
2009: Studio Chicago, A Creative Space: Richard Hunt's Studio. http://studiochicago.blogspot.com/.../creative-space-richard-hunts-studio.html; Department of Cultural Affairs; Chicago, IL, Dec.
2009: Chicago Art Map, Do Collectors Owe Profits to Artists? http://chicagoartcollector.com/2009/12/01/do-collectors-owe-profits-to-artists/, Dec. 1
2009: United States Embassy, Georgetown, Guyana, Art in Embassies catalog Cover art; pages 11, 12, 13, Aug. 2009
2009: Nonsense, The Journal and Collector’s Guide, book review, The Art of Romare Bearden, Ruth Fine, June
2009: Artist’s Idyll in Illinois, Art Talk Chicago http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/art-talk-chicago//artists-idyll.html, Chicago Now blogs, July
2009: NATO headquarters, Art in Embassies catalog, Brussels, Belgium, pages 8, 9; June
2009: Art in Embassies catalog, Monrovia, Liberia, Cover art, and pages 14, 15, March
2009: NewCity Eye Exam: Why Have There Been No Great South Side Artists? <http://art.newcity.com/2009/03/30/eye-exam-why-have-there-been-no-great-south-side-artists/> Jason Foumberg, March 30
2007: Chicago Sun-Times, Year-end review, “In Art, Triumph and Controversy”, Kevin Nance, art critic, Nicole Gallery show with Preston Jackson selected as one top 10 shows for the year 2007; December 23.
2007: Chicago Sun-Times review, “Recommended” by Kevin Nance, art critic; Sept 21.
2007: N’digo Magapaper “The Fine Art of Collecting Art”, Dan Parker, July 5 to July11 issue
2006: History Makers interview: by founder, Julianna Richardson at the University of Illinois, November.
2006: Journal of African American History, reviewed Faith Ringgold’s autobiography “We Flew Over the Bridge”, Winter issue
2006: Pittsburgh Tribune, May, 5, critical review by Kurt Shaw, work shown in photograph.
2006: Rolling Out newspaper: feature story by Tony Binns (with photo) about selection as signature artist for DanceAfrica Chicago at Columbia College, March 30
2006: A-N Magazine, British art publication, feature story with image by Tom Burtonwood. About the artists on Chicago Artists Resource website, March 1
2005: A Proud Continuum: Eight Decades of Art at Howard University featured on catalog cover, essay and selected art on Howard website, published May
2005: Savoy Magazine, “Collecting African American Art” by Halima Taha, p. 40, .April/May
2005: African American Art: The Diaspora and Beyond, page 77, Daniel T. Parker
2003: The Art of Culture: Evolution of Visual Arts by African American Artists, The Last Fifty Years, page 48, Africa International House
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
2011: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana lecture: Joyce Owens on her work in “Parallel Narratives” 2-person exhibition with sculptor Preston Jackson at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Indiana, Feb. 17
2010: Arts Alliance Illinois, Board of Directors meeting, panel: Moderator, Greg Cameron, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer at WTTW, discussants: Carolyn Patterson, Illinois State Museum, Barbara.Koenen, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs; Esther Grimm, executive director 3Arts; Art Chicago Art Fair, Merchandise Mart; April 29
2010: Columbia College panel: “Social Media, the News and Us for the Arts”; Moderator: Diana Pando (Community Media Workshop); discussants: Andrew Huff (GapersBlock), Kerry Reid (Journalist), Alex Meda (Teatro Luna), Joyce Owens (Visual Artist/Blogger)
2010: College Art Association panel: “Investigating the Need for Women's Art Galleries, Exhibitions, and Organizations: From Our Center”, Chair: Janice Nesser-Chu, Women's Caucus for Art and Florissant Valley College; discussants: Melissa H. Potter, Columbia College Chicago, Amy Galpin, San Diego Museum of Art and Woman Made Gallery, Joanna Gardner-Huggett, DePaul University, Beate Minkovski, Woman Made Gallery, Dena Muller, ArtTable, Joyce Owens, Chicago State University and Sapphire and Crystals Artist Collective; February 11
2009: The Invisible Artist: Creators from the Southside panel: Moderator, Quiana Burwell, Multicultural Affairs Assistant Director School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL, March 26
2008: "Artists at Work Forum: How to Turn Your Art into a Career”; 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Chicago Cultural Center, Department of Cultural Affairs, Moderator, convener Paul Klein; discussants: photographer Dawoud Bey, artist Tony Fitzpatrick, and sculptor Juan Angel Chavez. Chicago, IL; Dec. 18
2008: TalkingPoint: Joyce Owens, lecture, slide show, Hyde Park Art Center, Muller Meeting Room: “Serial Art: If one is good more is better”; November 3, 2008, 6:00 PM.
2008: Gallery Guichard, Chicago, Art di Gras, 3rd anniversary, Gallery talk, Exhibition, August 8 – September 26
2007: Nicole Gallery, River North, Chicago, IL, panel: A Creative Alliance: Artists Who Teach, group exhibition; artists: Preston Jackson, Thomas Lucas and Barlow, October 20
2007: Concordia University, solo exhibition and gallery lecture, January 15; January 8 – February 3.
2006: “Artists at Work Forum: Not the Old Boys Network”; Chicago Cultural Center, Department of Cultural Affairs, Moderator, Sabina Ott, Columbia College, Moderator, Sabina Ott, Columbia College, Nov. 16 (aired on Chicago’s CAN TV on Jan. 7, 2007).
2006: “Beyond Boundaries” panel: Intuit Gallery, Chicago Artists Month, Moderator, Joyce Owens. Discussants: David Philpot, Mary Ellen Croteau, Judith Roth, Michelle Stutts; October 27
2006: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA., Symposium artist, Migrations of the African Diaspora juried exhibition. Discussants: Lydia Thompson, Lillian Blades, Joyce Owens, and Gina Marie Lewis August 19
2006: Boundless: Perceptions From Within exhibition panel, Moderator, Dr. Joni Jones, discussants: Zoë Charlton, MD, Vicki Meek, TX, Joyce Owens, IL, Deborah Roberts, TX and Cauleen Smith, TX, Carver Museum, Austin, Texas, March 8
2006: ARC Gallery panel; Moderator: Joyce Owens, discussion with exhibiting gallery artists: Esther Charbit, Patricia Otto.
2005: Chicago Humanities Festival panelist: Kente Cloth to Quilt: Finding a Community for Cultural Creation; Discussants: Professor Sandra Jackson Opoku, Chicago State University; Kevin Iega Jeff, Founder/Artistic Director, Deeply Rooted Productions; Professor Joyce Owens Anderson, Chicago State University, and Geoffrey Banks, University of Illinois and The Public Square, Oct. 15.
2005: (R.A.W.) Real Art Work Art Fair: Vision, Chicago, IL, Interviewed Paul R. Jones, Paul R. Jones Collection, September 30.
2004: Columbia College, Chicago, lecture graduate art students in Julia Fabris McBride’s course.
2003: Illinois Arts Council, conducted workshop with state arts administrators, Joliet, IL.
2003: Nicole Gallery, Women’s Global Art: Consciousness and Conditions, panelist, March.
2003: South Side Community Art Center, panel, Julia Perkins, moderator.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2011: 36th annual Wells Street Art Fair, juror in 10 visual art categories
2011: 62nd Old Town Art Fair, juror in painting, pastel and drawing
2010: CAAP grant panelist, Department of Cultural Affairs, 9am – 5 pm; April 16
CURATORIAL
2010: Sapphire and Crystals: Visions, Elmhurst College Founder’s Lounge, Frick Center, Elmhurst, IL; January 24 – February 19
2009: Sapphire and Crystals: Routes to Roots, Nicole Gallery, Chicago, IL; October 17- December 12
2007: Re-Assignments, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 27-July 28
2006 to present: Chicago State University, Curator for the Galleries Program
2006: The Art Center, Highland Park, IL includes Preston Jackson, Anna M. Tyler, Mary O’Shaughnessy, Jill Zylke, and others from Nov. 10 - Dec. 5.
2005: The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Chicago, IL: Hot Images for Cold Times, Jan., The Dream Revisited, II, Feb., Sapphire and Crystals, March
2004: Concordia University, Sapphire and Crystals: In Black and White, February
Curator or judge for exhibitions at: The Du Sable Museum, Wood Street Gallery, ARC Gallery, Seaway National Bank, and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
HONORS AND RECOGNITION
2010: “DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis”, WTTW, Ch. 11 TV, interviewee, curator of the Bobby Sengstacke exhibition at CSU; premier; June 7
2010: Channel 20, Cliff Kelly and WVON: CSU promotional simulcast
2010: Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art Award for Excellence in Art, Chicago Cultural Center; in conjunction with the Women’s Caucus for Art and College Art Association’s 2010 Annual Conferences, February 13
2010: Art work selected for 3-year exhibition in the American Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2009: Ragdale Fellowship, 3Arts Award and cash prize, 2-week stay at Ragdale, nomination driven
2009: African American Arts Alliance Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, DuSable Museum, nomination driven
2008: Nominated for and recipient of 3Arts Award, competitive nomination-driven fellowship
2006: 848 show, WBEZ public radio, “State of Black Arts”; guests: Joyce Owens, Chicago State University, Michael Warr, DanceAfrica Chicago producer, Chuck Smith, resident director of the Goodman theatre; October 13
2005: ArtBeat Chicago, Interview as juror of Black Creativity, Museum of Science and Industry Metromix, Leeann Trotter, host, solo show at Woman Made Gallery shown
2005: Curators of Culture documentary, WYCC, Channel 20, name and work shown
2005: ABC7, art work shown in conjunction with Gallery Guichard
2003: Metropolis WBEZ public radio show interview with host Aaron Freeman and Kerry James Marshall, WBEZ Radio
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE/DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
2009- Present, University committee: Buildings and Grounds
2010 – Present, College committee: Love of Learning
2009 – Present: Department committee : Recruitment and Retention
2007 – Present: Department: Gallery committee, Chair
2011: Department: Webpage committee
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC SERVICE
2011: Museum of Greater Lafayette, Indiana; Led Painting workshop, on composition, balance, color harmonies and negative space; January 22
2011: Little Black Pearl; Advisory Committee meeting with Madeleine Grynszteijn, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Dec. 9
2011: beginning collaboration with University of Chicago representative Michel, Patric McCoy, president of Diasporal Rhythms collectors at U. of C. to plan programming for Logan Art Center, Feb. 14
2010: The Chicago Defender: reader for Bud Billikin essays
2010: Chicago Artists Coalition, Artist Advisory Committee, 2010
2010 -2001 Chicago Artists Month, Advisory Committee
2009: Exhibition juror; Black Creativity, Dr. Kymberly Pinder, head juror, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL; Jan. 5 to March 1
2004 – Present: Advisory Board of Woman Made Gallery www.womanmade.org
Chicago Artist Resource, website advisor, ongoing
Museum of Science and Industry, Black Creativity: juried art exhibition adviser, ongoing
1986 - Present; Sapphire and Crystals collaborative, member, curator for ten years (2001-2010).
2001 – Present: Editorial board of the Journal of African American History www.jaah.org
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