Joanna Close
507 Ammon Road
Ammon,
New Brunswick
E1G 3N3
Canada
Phone:(506) 854-8620
Fax:(506) 862-1993
e-mail: joannalclose@gmail.com
website: www.joannaclose.com
Education ________________________________________________________________________________
2006 Master of Arts in Textile and Fibre Art with Distinction (Honours)
Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
Winchester, United Kingdom
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major in Textiles
NSCAD University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Solo Exhibitions __________________________________________________________________________
2007 Earth, Wind and Fibre Gallery, London - Wul Farm, New Brunswick, Canada
2006 Vital, Masters Degree Exhibition, Winchester School of Art, United Kingdom
2006 City of Moncton Gallery / Galerie Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
2004 Earth, Wind and Fibre Gallery, London - Wul Farm, New Brunswick, Canada
2004 woven landscapes, beets, carrots and cabbage oh my... Anna Leonowens Gallery,Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions _________________________________________________________________
2008 Elemental Connections, (Travelling Exhibition) Alberta Crafts Council Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2008 Elemental Connections, (Travelling Exhibition) First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario
2008 Contributor to The Sweetest Little Thing, Valentine's Day Fund-raiser at the Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
2007 Contributor to Secret, Ross Creek Center for the Arts Auction at Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2007 Cape Jourimain Eco Arts Festival exhibitor, Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick
2007 Talisman Fibre Arts Inc. Presents, and now for something completely different part II at Not a Deli Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2007 Dawson City Arts Society Members Show, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada
2007 Elemental Connections, Ontario Craft Council, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2006 Annual Members Show and Sale, Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
2006 Lausanne to Beijing 4th International Fiber Art Biennale, Suzhou Art and Technology Institute Art Gallery, Suzhou ,China
2006 Art in Progress, Winchester School of Art, United Kingdom
2005 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2004 One of a Kind Show, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2004 NSCAD Emerging Artists, Argyle Fine Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Curated Exhibitions _______________________________________________________________________
2009 Contemporary Fibres, the art of J Penney Burton, Joanna Close, Margaret Forsey and Rilla Marshall, Mary E Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Professional Experience ____________________________________________________________________
March, 2008
Concessions Manager for the Dawson City International Short Film Festival,
Klondike Institute of Art and Culture,
Dawson City, Yukon
March, 2008
Instructed Silkscreen printing workshop at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture,
Dawson City, Yukon
November, 2007
Instructor of the Youth Art Enrichment Course,
Teaching highschool art students from throughout Yukon Territory
Klondike Institute of Art and Culture,
Dawson City, Yukon
November, 2007
Instructed Bookbinding workshop at the
Klondike Institute of Art and Culture,
Dawson City, Yukon
October, 2007
Instructed Natural Dye workshop,
Klondike Institute of Art and Culture,
Dawson City, Yukon
September, 2007 - Present
Production and Advertising Manager,
Klondike Sun Newspaper,
Dawson City, Yukon
May, 2007 - Present
Permanent exhibitor at Handworks Gallery,
Saint John, New Brunswick
April, 2004 - Present
Proprietor of Joanna Close, art in fibre,
Ammon, New Brunswick / Dawson City, Yukon
September, 2007
Seamstress at The Sewing Studio,
Dawson City, Yukon Territory
August, 2007
Volunteer for the Riverside Arts Fest,
Dawson City, Yukon
June, 2007
Instructed felting workshop,
Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, Yukon
June, 2007
Artist in residence,
Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Dawson City, Yukon
May, 2007
Instructed Dye workshop at London – Wul Farm,
Econo Museum, Lakeburn, New Brunswick
January, 2007 – May, 2007
Private weaving instructor,
Moncton, New Brunswick
December, 2006 – May, 2007
Vendor at the Dieppe Farmers Market,
Dieppe, New Brunswick
August, 2002 – May, 2007
Employee for Artist Deanne Fitzpatrick at By the Door, Rug Hooking Studio,
Amherst, Nova Scotia
September, 2005
Instructed Acid Dye workshop at London – Wul Farm,
Econo Museum, Lakeburn, New Brunswick
September, 2004
Participant in Artisan Open House, London - Wul Farm,
Lakeburn, New Brunswick
Other Experience ________________________________________________________________________________________
August 2007
WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms)
Volunteer at Klondike Valley Farm
Klondike River, Yukon
March 2005 - June 2005
Employee of Paderno Factory Store, kitchen ware store, Moncton, New Brunswick
July 2001 - August 2002
Summer researcher, New Brunswick Department of Education,
Lutz Mountain Meeting House Museum, Moncton, New Brunswick
August 1999 - August 2003
Wheaton’s Country Store, Moncton, New Brunswick
Awards and Achievements _________________________________________________________________
2008 Feature Artist in ATC Quarterly (Artist Trading Card Journal), Published in Dunvegan, Ontario
2008 Shortlisted for the 2007-2008 New Brunswick Acquisitions Program of the NB Art Bank.
2008 Member of Dawson City Curling Club
2008 Dawson City International Short Film Festival selections committee member, Dawson City, Yukon
2007 Member of Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, Artist Run Center, Dawson City, Yukon
2007 Received Travel Grant from the Canada Council for the Arts
2006/07 Member of CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation le Front des Artistes Canadiens)
2005 Awarded International Study Grant from the University of Southampton.
2005/06/07 Member of Struts Gallery, Artist Run Center, Sackville, New Brunswick.
2005/06/07 Jured Member of the Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council.
2004 Awarded new artisan scholarship for the One of a Kind Show.
2004 Member of Student Union at NSCAD University representing the Craft department
2003 Awarded Margo Marshall award for Textiles.
2003 Coordinator and exhibitor of NSCAD Textile Holiday Show and Sale.
2001 Awarded Bursary from the Sheila Hugh MacKay Foundation.