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Born in San Antonio, Texas, USA.


BFA, University of Texas, Austin, TX

MFA, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Studied with: Robert Wilson, Reginald Neal, Hans Brader, and John Howard Sanden for Portraits


" When I was in art school in Texas I would sketch and photograph out in the oil exploration fields for new paintings. I was just hooked on the bigness, the colossity of it- and its importance to mankind. I've gone ton to create many large oil paintings that celebrate the various energy industries. My subjects range from the oilfield rigs and pumps, the refinery piping and towers, to the Tokomak fusion energy research installations ant the Forrestal Center labs in Princeton. I've also created oil paintings and murals for the elevator/escalator industry as well as the NASA space program. Among the owners of my paintings and murals are Exxon, Westinghouse and Schindler Elevator Corp., and NASA. I was especially thrilled this year when Zimmerli Art Museum acquired my panoramic mural, The Refinery, for their permanent NAWA Collection."

Joan Hierholzer, March 2002

" Joan Hierholzer is as captivated by its' [technology's] romance today as the Futurists were in the relative infancy of the machine age.. Furthermore, viewer be warned, Hierholzer's enchantment with technology is quite contagious. "

Lawrence Downes, Gallery and Studio, September/October 2001

" Your artwork is truly innovative and insightful, capturing the essence of the Petroleum industry. Your use of color is particularly interesting. "

Tosco Refining Company, November 2001

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 2002: The National Arts Club, New York City, NY

    • 1996: The Gallery , Easton, PA.

    • 1992: Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ.

    • 1989: Chubb Group, Martinsville, NJ.

    • 1988: Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ

    • 1987-1990: Exxon Company, USA, Linden, NJ

    • 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY


  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 1980-Present:

        420 West Broadway, New York, NY

        Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL

        Atelier 14, New York, NY

        Columbia Art Gallery, Columbia College, MO

        Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX

        Forrestal Center, Princeton, NJ

        Gallery 54, New York, NY

        Hiddenite Art Museum, NC

        Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

        The National Academy of Art, New York, NY

        Richmond Art Museum, Richmond, VA

        Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX


    • The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ

    • NASA Gallery, Kennedy Space Center, FL

    • Exxon Company, USA, Linden, NJ

    • Schindler Elevator Corporation, Clinton, NC and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    • Schering Plough, Madison, NJ

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    Selection of works from Joan Hierholzer

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    • Fellow, MacDowell Colony

    • American Society of Portrait Artists

    • Phi Betta Kappa, Raritan College, NJ

    • Who's Who of American Women


    • Wolf, Gerald P. Transportation in America. Altoona, PA: Parent Child Press, 1987.

    • "The Who's Who of Women." International Biographical Centre. Bath, UK: Bath Press, 1990-1991.

    • "Personalities of America." The American Biographical Institute. 1990-1991.