ARTIST STATEMENT

"The subject of my work is both figurative and narrative.  I create an environment for the figures that mirrors
their internal geography.  The narrations are either straightforward or abstracted and dreamlike, and follow a path
to story - myth sometimes, archetypes sometimes, and everyday women sometimes."  J. Landis 2004

RESUME

EDUCATION
Parson's School of Design - Fashion Illustration Certificate

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2005 Joanne Landis and Jim Bright, Pennsylvania State University, HUB Gallery, University Park, PA
2004 The Nature of Women, Java Juice, Williamsport, PA
2001
A History of Women, Harrisburg Community College, Gettysburg, PA
Figuratively Speaking, ArtHaus at Wilkes Bashford, San Fransisco, CA
Paintings, People, Doshi Gallery, Harrisburg, PA
1997
The Artist, The Woman, Adam & Art, Bellefonte, PA
Browsing Gallery, HUB Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Sloan Fine Art Center, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA
Zimmerman Saturn Gallery, Nashville, TN
Central Falls Gallery, New York, NY

AWARDS
Fellowships, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 1990, 1987, 1980, 1979
2003   
Second Prize, Oils, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
Center for Women’s Creative Expression Award, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
1995   
Museum Acquisition, John Sloan Museum, Lock Haven University, PA
Third Prize – Painting “Art of the State”, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Robert Fuller Award – Art Association of Harrisburg, PA
First Prize – Oils, “Figurative Art” – Art Association of Harrisburg, PA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
February 2001, State College Magazine, “Joanne Landis: Stories on Canvas”, cover story
September 2000  State College Magazine, illustrations
September,1998  Traditional Home Magazine, “Woman In A Doorway" featured in cover story.
San Francisco Chronicle, “A Wonderful Life” – ArtHaus presents Wonder Women
March 1997, Philadelphia Gallery Guide, “Joanne Landis: The Artist, The Woman” at Adam & Art
March 1991, Southern Accents, “Tropics” featured in cover story
ARTspeak – Review, “The New Year Downtown” – Joanne Landis at Central Falls

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000 – Present    Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2002 – 2005        Fashion Sketching Workshop, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, PA
1998 – 2000        Mifflinburg Center for Art, Mifflinburg, PA
1983 – Present    Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1976 – 1977        The New School, Adult Education, New York, NY
1976 – 1983        The Ridgewood School of Art, Ridgewood, NJ

PRESS RELEASES  click on entry to read

Jim Bright, sculptor, and Joanne Landis, painter, Penn State University and Lynden Gallery - September 2005 and January 2006