RESUME
JOAN ZALENSKI
BORN: Cleveland, Ohio
EDUCATION: Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM - 2019 Certificate of Fine Arts Photography
2019 Certificate of Commercial Photography
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pa. 1973 MFA post-graduate work
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 1969 - BFA degree
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio 1961-65
INSTALLATIONS: *catalog
2013 ArtPark, Lewiston, NY – Installation pavement drawing
2004-2014 Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant Cty, Fort Worth, TX -Temporary sculpture installation
1984 City of Palo Alto, Greer Park, Palo Alto, CA - Permanent Outdoor installation – “From Sea To Shining Sea”
1983 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA – “Temporary Installations” – “Prototype for a Palm Springs Rest Area”
1982 Oakland Museum Estuary Channel Project - Ephemeral & Site Works, Oakland, CA – Installation for 12th International
Sculpture Conference, “HerdCrossing”
1982* Project Sculpture, Arrowhead Marsh Park, Oakland, CA - Outdoor sculpture installation – “From Sea to Shining Sea”
1981 Heller Gallery, University of CA, Berkeley, CA - Indoor installation - “The Last Roundup II”
1981 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA - Outdoor Installation - “Tales From a Bucolic Mirage”
1980 Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK - Visiting Artist, Outdoor Installation “HerdLot”
1977* ArtPark, Lewiston, NY - Artist-in-Residence - Three sculpture installations
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS and GRANTS:
2006-08 City of Santa Fe Art in Public Places,City of Santa Fe Convention Center- Photographic site-specific installation
2007 City of Santa Fe Art in Public Places – Sheridan Street Design Team
2005-08 Sacramento Regional Transit District, Sacramento, CA - Modification and Redesign - Watt-Manlove Light Rail Station
2004 The Medallions Project, The Springs Project: Art in Public Places, Austin TX: selected as part of design team of 3 for site-
specific installations.
2003 Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris Cty, Houston, TX - Design for site-specific artwork for Root Square Memorial Park
2001-02 Fort Worth Transportation Authority, Fort Worth, TX – Site specific, Intermodal Transportation Center The Game of Artful Pondering
1987 Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, Sacramento,CA-Light Rail Project, Watt-Manlove Station, The Game of Wishful Thinking
1978 Artist Fellowship, The Artist's Foundation, Boston, MA
EXHIBITIONS: (selected) *catalog
2021 SITE SANTA FE, Site Scholars 2021 Exhibition, Santa Fe,NM
2019 Axle Contemporary, Compound Visions, Santa Fe, NM
2019 SFCC Fine Art Gallery, LOVE SALVAGED~Curios,Games,Juju & Objets d' Art, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Art 7 Gallery, SILENT LIGHT: Joan Zalenski & Jim Malone, Fort Worth, TX
2017 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of Art, DEBTFAIR/Occupy Museums, NYC, NY
2016 Axle Contemporary, Accidental Photography, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Millicent Rogers Museum, Miniatures, Taos, NM
2015 SHIM: Filling Gaps; Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Tularosa Basin Gallery of Photography, 2nd Grand Opening Exhibition of the TBPS, Carizzozo, NM
2015 Peters Projects, Axle Indoors, Invitational, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Tularosa Basin Gallery of Photography, Opening Exhibition of Founding Members of TB Photographic Society, Carizzozo, NM
2013* Axle Contemporary – Autophotography, Self Portraits by NM Photographers
2013 InSight: Women of New Mexico Photography Exhibit - Albuquerque, NM
2012 InSight: Women of New Mexico Photography Exhibit - Albuquerque, NM
2010* ArtPark 1974-1984, Center for the Arts, Univ of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo,NY
2009 Hubbard Museum, Ruidoso, NM – 18th Annual Photography Competition – Honorable Mention
2009 El Palacio, FA Museum, Santa Fe – Photo competition 2nd place Cash Award
2008 Visual Arts Gallery, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM – Spring Exhibition, Juried, 1st Place – Photography
2007 Bridge Gallery, Denver International Airport Exhibition, Denver, CO – Juried selections from CFAP Members Intl Exhibition
2006 Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO – Members Intnl Exhibt- Juried
2006 Focus Galleries, FWCAC, Ft. Worth, TX - Despoblado Update -group
2004 Fort Worth Community Art Center, Ft. Worth, TX - “Jim Malone and Joan Zalenski Farewell Tour #1”
2003 Four Walls Gallery, Fort Worth, TX - “Despoblado- the uninhabited land” -group
2002 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth – Farewell Fiesta Benefit Auction - Invitational exhibit and purchase
2001 Four Walls Gallery, Fort Worth, TX – Group exhibition
2001 Four Walls Gallery, Fort Worth, TX – “Picturing Haunts/Haunting Pictures” – Solo exhibition, photographic prints
2001 Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, OK – “By the Light of the West” - Solo exhibition, photographic prints
2000-04 Edmund Craig Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2000 McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX - “Black & Blue”
2000 Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, OK - “Out West: Redefining the Myth” - Invitational exhibition
1999 McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX - “Off the Page”
1999 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX - Invitational Exhibition
1999 Handley-Hicks Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX - Invitational Photography Exhibit
1999 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX - Expo ‘99 - Juried exhibition
1998 The Gainsco Building, Fort Worth, TX - “Local Color” - Solo exhibition, photographic prints
1997 The Contemporary Art Center, Fort Worth, TX - Charter Artists Exhibit
1997 McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX - “A Space Time: The Fourth Dimension”
1997 Arts Council of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, TX - “Alternative Photographs”
1997 The Contemporary Art Center, Fort Worth, TX - “12 Texas Women”
1993-99 Strings Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
1990 Viewpoint Gallery North, San Mateo, CA - “Chairs: Fun vs. Function”
1983* Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, - 2nd Annual “Wild West Show”
1983 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA - Invitational Benefit Show
1981 Heller Gallery, Univ. of CA, Berkeley, CA - “Seven of Us” - Group Show
1980* Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA - Five Year Retrospective Show of Fellowship Recipients
1980 Alameda County Arts Center, Oakland, CA - “Heartworks”, 1st Annual Invitational
1979* Holtzman Art Gallery, Towson State Univ., Baltimore, MD “Function/Non-Function”
1979 BFM Gallery, New York, NY
1978* Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NY, NY –“The Great American Foot Show”
1978 Artist's Space, New York, NY - Documentation Show, ArtPark '77
1978 Hallwalls Gallery, Buffalo, NY - “Documentation ArtPark, '77”
1976 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY- “New Talent”
1976 Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA - “Atmospheres”
1976-77-78 Leverett Artists & Craftsmen, Leverett, MA - Fall Invitational
1976 Student Union Gallery, Univ. of MA, Amherst, MA - One person show
1975 Herter Gallery, Univ. of MA., Amherst, MA - “ A Tribute to Our National Pastimes “ Two-person show
1975 Lakefront Festival of Arts, Milwaukee, WI – juried exhibition
1973* Marietta College Crafts Regional Exhibition, Marietta, OH – juried exhibition
1971 University of Maine, Augusta, ME - “A Little Fine Art by Joan Zalenski” Solo show
1970* 2nd Appalachian Corridors, Charleston, W. VA - Cash Award
1969 Ohio University Clay Show, Athens, OH - 2nd Place Award
1969* Great Lakes Ceramics Exhibit, Platteville, WI, - Honorable Mention
1968* Cleveland Museum of Art, The May Show, Cleveland, OH - Purchase
GALLERIES:
Art Helix, (Bushwick )Brooklyn, NY
SHIM Art Network, New York, NY
OffCenter Contemporary Fine Art & Photography, Truchas, NM
COLLECTIONS:
Bardacke/Allison, LLC, Sante Fe, NM
BNSF Railway, Fort Worth, TX Corporate art collection purchases
Palace of the Governors, Photography Collection, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Community Convention Center, Public Art Collection, Santa Fe, NM
Fort Worth Transit Authority, Intermodal Transportation Center
Sacramento Light Rail Transit System, Sacramento, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
City of Palo Alto, Greer Park, Palo Alto, CA - Art in Public Places -Purchase
Collection of Bernice Steinbaum, and Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, NY, NY
Private collections, Oakland, CA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Fe, NM;
Norman, OK; Shawnee, OK; Dallas,TX, Fort Worth,TX; New York, NY; Cleveland, OH; Boston, MA;
PUBLICATIONS:
2021 IN SITU, 3rd edition, April 19,2021; e-publication published by SHIM ArtNetwork, NYC
2018 Rio Grande Sun, Arts Guide Section-High Road Art Tour, September
2015 THE Magazine, Critical Reflections, April p. 51
2013 Autophotography, Self Portraits by NM Photographers, Axle Contemporary
2011 THE Magazine, May, p.52
2010 THE Magazine, November, pp.21, 61
2010 ArtPark:1974-1984, Firmin, Sandra Q., Princeton Arch. Press, hc.catalog
2009 El Palacio Magazine, Museum of New Mexico, Spring,Vol. 114/No.1
2009 Journal Santa Fe, Feb.6, 2009
2009 Santa Fe New Mexico Official Website, Art in Public Places, Featured Project
2007 Artists Showcase, CameraArts Magazine, January-February ‘07
2006 Santa Fe New Mexican, Sept. 15, ’06, “Art in the Avenue” – front page
Art on Track-Station Art Along the Light Rail –online – RT & Sacto Arts Comm./AIPP
2006 Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jan. 15, 2006 5D
2004-10 WEAD – Women Environmental Artists Directory, publication and online
2003 Fort Worth Star Telegram, April 5, March 21
2002 Fort Worth Weekly online - Best of the West-O-Plex 2002
2002 Dallas Morning News, April 7, 2002, Metropolitan
2001 Oklahoma Escort, Jan.7, Shawnee Sun, Jan.11, 18, Daily Oklahoman, Jan. 19
1983 Focus Magazine, San Francisco, CA - March
1983 Montclarion, Oakland, CA - January 18
1982 San Francisco Chronicle, June, "Project Sculpture"
1982 Oakland Tribune, Scene Arts, October 10, "Project Sculpture"
1982 Another Room Magazine, September, "Conceptual Art"
1979 Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 14, Arts and Entertainment
1978 PBS TV WGBY, Channel 57, Springfield, MA, Studio Interview
1978 Springfield Union, June 13, "Art With A Smile"
1976 Craft Horizons, August, "New York Clay"
1976 Arts Magazine, September, “New Talent”
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2015 Photographer, Shop Assoc, Web - Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM
2012-2015 Director – OffCenter Contemporary Fine Art & Photography Gallery, Truchas, NM
2011 Instructor, Photography, Fresh Eyes Photography Project, Albuquerque, NM
2010 NM Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque, NM
2004-05 Director/Curator, Brett Weston Archive, Oklahoma City, OK
2003-04 Fort Worth Community Art Center Exhibition Advisory Panel - 2 year appt.
1993-2003 Collections Curator, Sid Richardson Collection of Western Art, Fort Worth, TX
1997-98-02-03 Juror, Main Street Arts Festival, Fort Worth, TX
1997-2004 Registrars Committee, Mountain Plains Museum Assn.
2002-07 Member, Texas Photographic Society
1997-2003 Member, The McKinney Ave. Contemporary, Dallas, TX
1997 Curator, Alternative Photography, Arts Council of Fort Worth,
1996-97-98-99 Board of Directors, National Cutting Horse Heritage Museum, Fort Worth, TX
1996-97 Co-Chair Exhibitions Committee, The Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth
1980 Visiting Artist-Lecturer, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
1978 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Community Arts Progr., Deerfield Acad. S.Deerfield, MA
1977 Artist-in-Residence, ARTPARK, Lewiston, New York
1974-75 Artist-in-Residence, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,
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