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