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Born in 1942 in Tacoma, WA, United States


1966-67, New York Studio School, New York, NY

1965, Columbia University, New York, NY

1963, l'Institut d'art et d'archaeologie, France

1963, Sorbonne, Paris, France

1964, B.A., University of Oregon, Eugene, OR


"Growing up on a daffodil farm in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by hills of color always seemed to me to be a major reason I became a painter. Color, ideas, and how to express them are basic tenets. In the 70s, I worked with shapes from outer space and shapes from under the microscope. I used systems such as the tetromino, the tiler, fibonacci numbers, repeated folds, repeated stencils, repeated strokes, overlays and underlays of color. I made abstract color portraits of my friends. I worked on color mood diaries, painting a different color every day for a year.

Gradually, I became more intuitive and more personal with my shapes and colors, working on cut-out metal sheets as my support.

Now, I am back working with oil and canvas, assembling canvases and wood to 'shape' my paintings.

Currently, I'm thinking about memory and obsession. What is my relationship to painting and paintings I've seen? What part does scale and detail play in our memory?"

Joy Walker, June 2000

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 1989-2000: 55 Mercer, New York, NY

    • 1999: Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, Canada, True Love

    • 1998: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series

  • 1996: Maison des Arts, Laval, Quebec, Canada, Peinture sur Acier

  • 1988: eat, New York, NY, Metal Paintings

  • 1983: Fashion Moda, Bronx, NY, Endless Pieces

  • 1982: Artcore, Vancouver, British Columbia

  • 1981: Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY, Congruence

  • 1980: P.S.1, Long Island City, NY


  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 2000:
        ABC Corporate Gallery, New York, NY

        Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, Local Papers

    • 1999:
        National Arts Club at Gramercy Park, New York, NY, Creative Center Faculty Show

        New York Studio School, New York, NY, Raw Seeing

        Gallery 128, New York, NY, Universal Communicativity

    • 1998:
        Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, The Inventive Edge: Three Painters

        55 Mercer, New York, NY, Friends

        Gallery 128, New York, NY, Freak of Nature and 50:50

        Bristol-Myers Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ, Art Heals the Spirit

    • 1997:
        Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY, Holiday Invitational Exhibition

        Viridian Gallery, New York, NY, Under the Sun

    • 1994: Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY, Poetic/Heroic

    • 1993: White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR, Spring Group Show

    • 1992: NY Studio School, New York, NY, The First Decade 1964-74

    • 1991: City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, Geometric Abstraction Masked Media

    • 1990: Print and Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, Canada, Retakes

    • 1989: Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, Show Your Metal

    • 1985: Brooklyn Museum Community Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Park Slope Artists


    • JP Morgan

    • York University, Toronto, Canada

    • Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Canada

    • Reed Paper Company, Toronto, Canada

    • Crown Life, Toronto, Canada

    • Continental Illinois, Toronto, Canada

    • Maclean-Hunter, Toronto, Canada

    • Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

    • Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada

    • University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    • Citibank, New York, NY

    • Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY

    • Renaissance Technologies, New York, NY

    • Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery, Canada

    • Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

    • Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

    • Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ

    • Albright College, Reading, PA

    • Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada

    • Le Center d'Art at Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada

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    • 1994, Reader's Digest Fellow, Millay Colony

    • 1991, Grant, Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation

    • 1990, Grant, Artists Space, New York, NY, Fax Drawings: A New York-Maribor Yugoslavia Exchange

    • 1979, 1978, 1976, 1974, Grant, Province of Ontario

    • 1977, Crown Life Award, CSWC

    • 1976, Watercolor Award, On View

    • 1975, 2nd Place, Aviva Chapter Hadassah Print Competition

    • 1974, Print Winner, Ontario Arts Council, Editions 1


    • Prescott, Louise. NEXT arte e cultura. #39. 1997. p.40-41.

    • Prescott, Louise. Vie des Arts. Winter 1996-97. p.66.

    • Woodman, George et al. Joy Walker 25 Years. New York: 55 Mercer Gallery, 1995.

    • Koplos, Janet. Art in America. September 1995. p.111.

    • Saint-Georges, Claire. Vie des Arts. Summer 1995. p.41-48.

    • Couelle, Jennifer. Le Devoir. August 26-27. p.A1, A10.

    • Martel, Denise. Journal de Quebec. August 26, 1995. p.125.

    • The Daily Freeman. August 21, 1994. p.29.

    • The Whig-Standard Companion. November 20, 1993. p.9-10.

    • The Napanee Beaver. August 11, 1993. p.22.

    • Spandorfer, Merle et al. Making Art Safely. Kentucky: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992.

    • Watkins, Eileen. The Star Ledger. May 15, 1990, July 26, 1991.

    • The New York Times. March 23, 1975, January 19, 1979.

    • Vanguard. March 1979. p.30-32.

    • Arts Magazine. March 1979. p.28.

    • Artists Review. Vol. 2, No. 9, 10, 1979.

    • Artmagazine. April 1979.

    • Toronto Star. May 7, 1971; February 4, 1972; September 25, 1973; January 16, 1976; February 17, 1979.

    • Artscanada. Spring 1972, p.93-94. April/May 1976, p.74.

    • Currant. Fall 1976.