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Exhibitions

Solo 

2023     • DOUBLE VISION: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

2019     • Montauk Love Song: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York 

2017     • FIGMENT/FRAGMENT: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York 

             • Featured artist: Celadon Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York 

2011     • Found and Re-Imagined: Ceramic Works of Joan Walton: Library Gallery, Quogue, NY 

2010     • Beauty Left Behind: The Work of Joan Walton: Vessels Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 

 

Invitational and juried

2023     • Connections VII: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

 

2022     • GeoLogic, a national juried ceramics exhibition: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York • Co-curator

             • Connections VI: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

             • Lines of Thought: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

             • Inaugural Exhibition: Powell Lane Arts, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 

2021     • Looking Forward: Carter Burden Gallery, New York, New York

             • Connections V: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

2020     • David Allison and Friends: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

             • Two By Two: Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

             • Claytopian NYC: Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, New York

             

2019     • Plein Air, Plain Air, Plane Air: Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

             • Connections IV: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

 

2018     • Reboli Center for Art and History, Stony Brook, New York

             • Small Works, Big Hearts: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

             • The Sculptural Vessel: Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana

             • Still Working! M&A'64: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York • Curator   

             • Connections III: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

             • International Orton Cone Box Show: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Purchase award

             • Present Tense: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

2017     • Making Matters: Fresh Perspectives in Fine Craft: Sally DeFrancesco Gallery, Layton, New Jersey

             • 50th Annual Invitational Springs Artists' Exhibition: Ashawagh Hall, Springs, New York

             • Connections II: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

             • ...Or Curse the Darkness: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

             • Idylls, Idols, Ideals: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

 

2016     • Hot Pots: Clay Art Center, Portchester, New York

             • Carbondale Clay National XI: The Intimacy of Scale, Carbondale Clay Center, Colorado

             • Connections: Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

             • Flame: Celadon Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York

             • Bounty: Celadon Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York

2015     • Urban Naturalists: Br. Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York • (three artists)

             • The Zanesville Prize for Ceramic Art: Seilors Gallery, Zanesville, Ohio • Finalist

             • Workhouse Clay National 2015: Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia

             • Love of the Delaware River Valley: Sally DeFrancesco Gallery, Layton, New Jersey

             • How Do You Hang Montauk: Woodbine Collection, Montauk, New York

             • Origins: Clay in Art III: BWAC, Brooklyn, New York

 

2014     • Vessels: Schacht Gallery, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Saratoga, New York • (two artists)

2013     • Touch the Earth: Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH • (four artists)

2012     • Winter Whites: Vessels Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

             • L.I. Craft Guild Collaborative Show: Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, NY

2011     • 13th Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramic Competition: Nippon Gallery, New York

             • Faculty Exhibition: Sadin Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York

             • International Orton Cone Box Show/reprise: NCECA, Tampa, Florida

             

2010     • 2010 International Orton Cone Box Show: Lawrence, Kansas

             • Faculty Exhibition: Sadin Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York

             

2009     • Out of the Earth: Celadon Gallery, Water Mill, New York • (three artists)

2008     • New Faculty Exhibition: Sadin Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York

             • International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition: Jingdezhen, China

             • 2008 International Orton Cone Box Show: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2007     • Contemporary Ceramics: Eight New York Artists: Guy Regal Ltd., New York City

             • Korean Woodfirers Association: Gyeongju, Korea

             • Exhibition of Invited International Potter’s Works: Gangjin, Korea

             • Vessels 2007: Claymakers, Durham, North Carolina • Best in Show

             • Emerging Potters: Vessels Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

             • Biennial Exhibition of Functional Ceramics: Guilford Art Center, Guilford, Connecticut

2006     • Starbrick Clay National: Nelsonville Ohio • Starbrick Pick

             • 10th Anniversary New York/Tokyo Friendship Ceramic Competition: Nippon Gallery, New York

2005     • Group Exhibition: Gowanus Artists, Brooklyn, New York

             • Small Works: 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2004     • Out of the Fire: Community Arts Center, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

             • International Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition: Jingdezhen, China

             • 15th Annual Teapot Show - On the Road Again: Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, Illinois

2003     • Crafts National: Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

             • Containment: SKH Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

             • 2003 Functional Review: Clay Studio of Missoula, Montana • Honorable Mention

             • The Clay Cup IX: University Museum, Southern Illinois University

             • New York/Tokyo Friendship Ceramic Competition: Nippon Gallery, New York City

2002     • 2002 International Orton Cone Box Show: Baker University, Kansas

2001     • IX Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National: Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

             • The Hand-Held Cup: Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina

             • Summer Salon Show: Object Image Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Publications

Whatsartblog: "Still Working!: An Interview with curator Joan Walton",  Carol Taylor-Kearney, 10/7/18

Hamptons Art Hub, Portfolio: Joan Walton, 8/2017

Sag Harbor Express, Artisans of the Hamptons, 8/2017

Boston Globe: “Celebrating White,”  Kate McQuaid, 12/18/12

Boston Home magazine: Winter 2011/2012

Beauty Left Behind: The Work of Joan Walton, Artscope: New England’s Culture Magazine, May/June 2010

Sunday in the South End - Boston: Hill Country House (blog), July 2009

 

Education

BFA with honors, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY – 1969

            Photography major, book design minor

 

Ceramics:

The 92nd Street Y • Polly Ann Martin, Frank Martin – 2000-2001

Greenwich House Pottery • Leslie Noyes – 1999

Parsons School of Design , New York, NY • Carmen Soriano, Frank Giorgini  – 1998- 1999

 

 

Teaching

Presenter: Enliven event – Get A Handle On It, Clay Art Guild of the Hamptons, 

            Water Mill, NY – 2019

Presenter: Vessel Making, Bit By Bit: Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ – 2017

Presenter: Enliven event – Slip Decoration Techniques, Clay Art Guild of the Hamptons, 

            Water Mill, NY – 2017

Greenwich House Pottery, New York – Wheel, Advanced wheel – 2008-2013

Presenter: Thursdays@Celadon – Surfaces for Wood-firing, Celadon Gallery, Water Mill,  2010

Presenter: International Ceramic Artist Workshop, Gangjin, Korea – 2007

Presenter: Level 2 from the Wheel - Ceramic Supply of New York and New Jersey – 2001

           

The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY – 2000-2003

            Studio assistant, 2002-2003

            Ceramics teaching assistant, 2000-2001

 

Brooklyn Friends School, Brooklyn, NY – 1999-2000

            Ceramics teaching assistant, grades 5-12, Studio assistant

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