Joanne mattera
Based in Manhattan and Massachusetts, Joanne Mattera is an artist, writer, and curator with an expertise in the encaustic medium. She is the founder and director emerita of the International Encaustic Conference, an event devoted to a contemporary medium with a historic past. Relatedly, she is the author of the first commercially published book on encaustic in half a century, The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax (Watson-Guptill, 2001). Mattera's work is chromatically resonant and compositionally reductive.
STATEMENT
This ongoing series is chromatically juicy and compositionally reductive. I refer to it only partly tongue in cheek as lush minimalism. Each painting is a small color field achieved by many layers of translucent paint applied at right angles. The series, which I began in 2005, was inspired by the shimmery quality of iridescent silk, hence the title, but quickly evolved into a more expansive exploration of color and surface. In plying a richness of material against the austerity of a (very subtle) grid, I set in motion a small-scale dynamic in which more and less jostle for primacy.
RESUME
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Silk RoadArden Gallery, Boston
2015 The Silk Road Paintings Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2014 Chromatic ReasoningConrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
2013 Chromatic Geometries Arden Gallery, Boston
2012 SoieStructural Madness, New York City (online)
2011 Diamond Life Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
2010 Travel With Me Arden Gallery, Boston
Viewing RoomHeidi Cho Gallery, New York, New York
2008 Contemplating the Horizontal Arden Gallery, Boston
Hue AgainSchlosberg Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Mass.
2007 Silk RoadOK Harris, New York City
It’s Always About Hue, Isn’t It? Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
2006 Heat of the Moment: New Paintings in Encaustic Arden Gallery, Boston
Pure ColorMarcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
10 Years of Encaustic Painting Winfisky Gallery, Salem State University, Salem, Mass.
2004 New Paintings in Encaustic Arden Gallery, Boston
New Paintings Simon Gallery, Morristown, New Jersey
New PaintingsMarcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
2003 New Paintings in EncausticArden Gallery, Boston
Mudra: New Paintings in Encaustic Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
2002 Uttar: New Paintings in Encaustic Simon Gallery, Morristown
2001 New Encaustic Paintings Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
2000 New Encaustic Paintings Arden Gallery, Boston
Verso: Thought, Breath, Memory Espace Gallery, Manila, Philippines
1999 New Paintings Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
1996 Linear Perspectives OK Harris Gallery, New York City
1995 New Paintings Stephen Haller Gallery, New York City
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 New Arrivals, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville
Hybrid Form Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York City
Chromatopia: A History of Color in Art Tacit Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (Curators: Louise Blyton and David Coles)
This One's For You! Dedicated to Women Enverywhere dm contemporary, New York City
New York Art Lab Umeda Gallery, Osaka, Japan (Organizer: Shuhei Yamatani)
Black Box Boecker Contemporary, Heidelberg, Germany; traveling throughout Europe
Black Tie (Optional) Adam Peck Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts (Organizers: Adam and Marian Peck)
Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), exhibition continuing, selected: Class Room, Coventry, England; Raygun Projects, Toowoomba,
Queensland, Australia; (Curator: Jeffrey Cortland Jones)
2016 Best of 2016 Space Gallery, Denver
Chromatic SpaceAmerican Abstract Artists, Shirley Fiterman Gallery, New York City (Curator: Jonathan Lippincott)
10 Ways Dr. Julius Gallery, Berlin, and RCM Galerie, Paris (Curator: Lorenza Sannai)
Indian Summer Show dm contemporary, New York City
Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), Corridor/Divisible, Dayton, Ohio; Boecker Contemporary, Heidelberg, Germany;
Angelika Studios, High Wycombe, U.K.; (Curator: Jeffrey Cortland Jones)
No. 10 A Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Artists Select Cumberland Gallery, Nashville (Invited by artist Cheryl Goldsleger)
The Onward of Art 80th Anniversary Exhibition of American Abstract Artists, 1285 Art Gallery, New York City (Curator: Karen Wilkin)
Visible Histories American Abstract Artists, Abrons Art Center/Morris-Warren Gallery, New York City (Curator: Max Weintraub)
Art Palm Beach Invited by Projects Gallery, Miami
Art Market San Francisco Invited by Adler and Co. Gallery, San Francisco
Aqua Art Miami Invited by Projects Gallery, Miami
2015 August GeometryMarcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Endless, Entire FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn (Curator: Rachel Nackman)
Going BigCentral Booking. New York City (Organizers: Suzan Shutan and Susan Carr)
Summer ShowDM Contemporary, New York City
Sang-FroidSchoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Formal Aspects Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Mass. (Curator: Sarah Hinckley)
Organic to Geometric: Investigations in Surface and StructureHeftler Gallery, Manninen Center for the Arts, Endicott College, Beverly, Mass. (Curator: Carol Pelletier)
10 WaysDerbylius Libreria Galleria, Milan, Italy; Clement & Schneider, Bonn
Territory of AbstractionPentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia
Pattern: Geometric OrganicSpace Gallery, Denver
Selections from the CollectionU.S. State Department, Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, D.C.
ArtMarket San FranciscoInvited by Adler and Co. Gallery, San Francisco
Aqua Art MiamiInvited by Projects Gallery, Miami
2014 Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary EncausticHunterdon
Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey; traveling from Cape Cod Mueum of Art
Doppler Shift Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit (Curator: Mary Birmingham)
Best of 2014 Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
Summer Invitational Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York City
To Leo, A Tribute from American Abstract ArtistsSideshow, Brooklyn
Summer Studio SalonMarcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Relative GeometriesConrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
SpectrumA Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Market San FranciscoInvited by Adler and Co. Gallery, San Francisco
2014 Art Silicon ValleyInvited by Adler and Co. Gallery, San Francisco
Aqua Art MiamiInvited by Projects Gallery, Miami
2013 Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary EncausticCape Cod
Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts(Curator: Michael Giaquinto)
A Whiter Shade of Pale Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
Elephant in the Room Laconia Gallery, Boston (Curators: Linda Cordner and James Hull)
MaterialityWestchester Community College, Valhalla, New York (Curator: Kenise Barnes)
Paperazzi Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn
Aqua Art MiamiInvited by Projects Gallery, Philadelphia and Miami
Art Market San Francisco Invited by Adler and Co. Gallery, San Francisco
2012 Patterns, Systems, Structures: Abstraction in American Art Montclair Art Museum, Montclair,
New Jersey (Curator: Gail Stavitsky)
Saturated ColorSchweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York (Curator: Kenise Barnes)
Lush Geometry DM Contemporary, New York City
Rolling in the DeepKenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
Art Naples Invited by Projects Gallery, Philadelphia and Miami
Affordable Art Fair, Los Angeles and New York City Invited by Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
2011 Kindred Spirits Traina Center for the Arts, Clark University, Worcester, Mass. (Curator: Toby Sisson)
Plane Speaking McKenzie Fine Art, New York City
Drawing The Line #11 June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine
2011 Sheer Color Conrad Wilde GalleryTucson, Arizona
Baby, It’s Cold Outside Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont
Aqua Art, Miami Invited by Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
2010 Geometric Themes and Variations Gallery 128, New York City (Curator: Gloria Klein)
PULL: Print Portfolio Exhibition Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
July Salon June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine
Inspire Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, Connecticut
Oasis Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
Director’s Choice Kenise Barnes Fine Art. Larchmont, New York
Love, Lust and Desire McGowan Fine Arts Concord, New Hampshire
Aqua Art Miami Invited by Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
Art Hamptons Invited by DM Contemporary, New York City
2009 Slippery When Wet Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn
Inaugural Preview DM Contemporary, New York City
Summer Guest House Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
12x12 Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
Stayin' AliveMetaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn
ObsessionsAdler & Co. Gallery, San Francisco
Geometrics II Gallery 128, New York City (Curator: Gloria Klein)
Castle Hill at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Hans Hoffman Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
Gallery Artists: Works on PaperJune Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine
Love, Lust and Desire McGowan Fine Art, Concord, New Hampshire
2009 Bridge Art FairNew York City Invited by DM Contemporary, Mill Neck, New York
Los Angeles Art Show Invited by Adler & Co. Gallery, San Francisco
2008 Material Color Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey (Curator: Mary Birmingham)
No Chromophobia OK Harris, New York City (Curator: Richard Witter)
Small Wonder Garson Baker Fine Art, New York City
Relative Geometries Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
This Just In Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Calculated Color Higgins Gallery, Cape Cod Comm. College, Barnstable, Mass. (Curator: Jane Lincoln)
A Breath of Fresh Air Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont
Summer/Fall Group Show Adler & Co., San Francisco
2008 Fourth Anniversary Exhibition DM Contemporary, Mill Neck, New York
Art Now Fair, New York Invited by DM Contemporary, Mill Neck, New York
Los Angeles Art Show Invited by Adler & Co. Gallery, San Francisco
2007 Punchbowl Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, New York
The Blogger Show Agni Gallery, New York City (Organizer: John Morris)
Gigantic Small Works Show Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia
The Fusion Project June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine
Encaustic Invitational Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson
Red Dot Fair, Miami BeachInvited by Arden Gallery, Boston
Los Angeles Art Show Invited by Adler and Co. Gallery, San Francisco
2006 Neo Plastic Redux Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York City(Organizer: Miles Manning)
Gigantic Small Works Show Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia
Nancy Manter, Joanne Mattera, Babe Shapiro DM Contemporary, Mill Neck, New York
A Thing of Beauty and A Joy Forever Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont
Minimal Minimal Works Gallery, Philadelphia
Luminous Depths Wm. Paterson Univ., Wayne, New Jersey(Curator: Nancy Einreinhofer)
Order(ed) Siano Gallery, Philadelphia(Curator: Julie Karabenick with essay by Roberta Fallon)
Flow Art Fair, Miami Beach Invited by Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
Art (212) Contemporary Art Fair, New York Invited by Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Los Angeles Art Show Invited by Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
2005 What Did Puck Say? Heidi Cho Gallery, New York City
Engaging the Structural Broadway Gallery, New York City(Curator: Julie Karabenick; essay: Lilly Wei)
Cooled and Collected: Modern Masters of Encaustic Boon Gallery, Salem, Massachusetts
Color Theory Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York (Curator: Kenise Barnes)
Wish You Were Here IV A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Wax: Encaustic Painting in Contemporary Art Brush Gallery, Lowell, Mass. (Curator: E. Linda Poras)
2005 Works On Paper Invitational Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
Wax Works McGowan Fine Arts, Concord, New Hampshire
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York Invited by Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
2004 Color Theory Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
Unbound: Selected Artists from ‘The Art of Encaustic Painting’ R&F Gallery, Kingston, New York(Curator: Laura Moriarty)
Four New York Artists Patrick Olson Gallery, Plymouth, Michigan
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York Invited by Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
2003 Encaustic Now II Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Serenity Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
Tickled Pink Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Wish You Were Here Too A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
The Way of Wax Winfisky Gallery at Salem State University, Salem, Mass.
Art Miami Invited by Arden Gallery, Boston
Art Santa Fe Invited by Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
2003 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York Invited by Thatcher Projects, New York City
2002 Work on Paper Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Lush Abstraction Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago
Hot Wax Cummings Art Center at Connecticut College, New London
Artcetera Boston Center for the Arts, Boston
Works on PaperCervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
The Postcard Show A.I.R. Gallery, New York City Water Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
Enkaustikos: Wax as a Contemporary Medium Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia
Centering Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, California
Generations III A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Art San Francisco Invited by Newzones Gallery, Calgary, Canada
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York Invited by Thatcher Projects, New York City
2001 Encaustic Now Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Encaustic Works Arden Gallery, Boston
The Art of Encaustic Painting Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
Encaustic: Joanne Mattera and Friends Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago
Large-Scale Painting Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale
Deck the Walls Newzones Gallery, Calgary
2000 Constant Aesthetic Stephen Haller Gallery, New York City
Generations II: A Survey of Women Artists at the Millennium A.I.R Gallery, New York City
The Other Side and This Side: The Art of Italian and Italian-American WomenCasa Italiana, New York
Pieces IV Gallery 128, New York City (Curator: Sylvia Netzer)
1999 Aesthetic Boundaries Stephen Haller Gallery, New York City
Waxing Poetic: Encaustic Art in America (Curator: Gail StavitskyMontclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, and Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
Signs, Codes and Surfaces I and II Stephen Haller Gallery, New York City
Pieces III Gallery 128, New York City (Curator: Sylvia Netzer)
1998 Contemporary Wax Stephen Haller Gallery, New York City
Small Works Washington Square East Gallery, New York City
Generations A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
Ron Ehrlich, Gregory Johnston, Joanne Mattera, Hiro Yokose Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
1997 Cultural Markers Stephen Haller Gallery, New York City
1+1=3: Independent Artists, Collaborative Art Alicia Torres Gallery, New York City
Material Girls: Gender, Process and Abstract Art Since 1970Gallery 128, New York City (Curator: Harmony Hammond)
Paper Project Sally Sprout Gallery, Houston
Inaugural Show Christine Adapon Gallery, Manila
1996 Cultural Markers Stephen Haller Gallery, New York City
Small Works International Amos Eno Gallery, New York City
1995 Small Works Stephen Haller Gallery, New York City
Virtuosity Art Fair, The Armory, New York Invited by Stephen Haller Gallery, New York City
1994 Waxing Minimal: Joanne Mattera, Inger Sand Lee, Tom Sime Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York City
Signs, Codes & Alphabets Tribeca 148, New York City
Small Works Washington Square East Gallery, New York City
1993 93 Wishes for '94 Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York City
Small Works East West Cultural Center, New York City
Works on Paper Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Curator: Andre Emmerich)
Selected Honors
Ongoing Geoform.net, an international website of abstract geometric art; curator, Julie Karabenick
2014 Elected member, American Abstract Artists
2012 Honoree, Castle Hill at National Arts Club, New York City
2007 Ella Jackson Chair, Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, Mass.
2005 Artist’s Resource Trust grant, a fund of the Berkshire Taconic Foundation, Massachusetts
Selected Collections
Connecticut College, New London, Print Collection
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
University Libraries Collection, University of New York at Albany
U.S. State Department
Wheaton College Gallery, Norton, Massachusetts
Alston & Bird, Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
Bank of America, New York City
Beacon Properties, Boston
Consulate of Brunei
Dana-Farber Institute, Boston
Delta Airlines, Boston
Eduardo Calma Architecture, Makati City, Philippines
Evans Encaustics, Sonoma, California
Liberty Mutual, Washington, D.C.
Mark Williams Design, Atlanta
McKee Nelson, New York City
Norwegian Cruise Lines, Miami
Pacific Peninsula Group, Menlo Park, California
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Florham Park, New Jersey
R&F Paints, Kingston, New York
Red Wheel/Weiser Books, Boston
Stanley, Beaman, Sears, Atlanta
University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Dallas
Private collections: United States, Canada, Scandinavia, the Philippines
Curatorial and Organizational Projects
International Encaustic Conference Founder and former director, Provincetown, Mass (since 2007)
2017 Depth Perception co-curator (with Cherie Mittenthal) at Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Mass.
2015 A Few Conversations About ColorCurator, DM Contemporary, New York City
2013 Cotton Juror, Fountain Street Fine Arts, Framingham, Mass.
2012 Improbable Topographies Curator, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
Textility Co-curator with Mary Birmingham, Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit
Encaustic Works 2012 Juror for an exhibition in print, R & F Gallery, Kingston, New York
2011 Surface Attraction Co-curator with Marla Rice, Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
New England Collective II Juror, Galatea Fine Art, Boston
Conversations Co-curator with LauraMoriarty, Gallery at R&F, Kingston, N.Y.
2010 Wax Libris IICurator, Fourth International Encaustic Conference, Beverly, Mass.
2009 Wax Libris Curator, Third International Encaustic Conference, Beverly, Mass.
Blogpix Curator, with Olympia Lambert and others, Platform Gallery, New York City
2007 Luxe, Calme et Volupté Curator, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
2007 Thinking in WaxJuror, Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Truro, Mass.
2003 The Whole Ball of Wax Juror, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
1993 Objects of Their AffectionCurator, InterArt Center, New York City
1982 Artists on the Grid Curator, Svetlana Rockwell Gallery, Cambridge
Selected Bibliography
Books
2016 45 Years at OK Harris, Randem Publishing; Marilynn Karp and Ron Weis
2015 Experience Painting, Davis Publications; John Howell White
Silk Road: Excerpts from an Ongoing Series, Well-Fed Artist Press, New York City
2014 Italian American Review, Vol. 4, Number 1; Calandra Institute, cover
2011 Against the Tide, Two Coats of Paint Press; Sharon Butler
The Art of Reading Italian Americana, Bordighera Press; Fred Gardaphé; cover
2010 Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility, Waxy Buildup Press; Daniella Woolf
2009 The Artists’ Guide: How To Make A Living Doing What You Love, DaCapo; Jackie Battenfield
2005 Abstract Painting, Watson Guptill; Vicky Perry
2003 In Our Own Voices: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Italian and Italian American Women,
Bordighera Press; Elizabeth G. Messina, ed.
2001 Spirit Maps, Red Wheel/Weiser; Joanna Arettam
2000 Lesbian Art in America, Rizzoli; Harmony Hammond
1998 Waxing Poetic, The Montclair Art Museum/Rutgers University Press; Gail Stavitsky, editor
Periodicals, Print and Online
2017 Provincetown Arts, "Joanne Mattera," Jan Lhormer, 2017 issue
2016 The New Criterion, Gallery Chronicle, James Panero, March
2015 ArtsATL, “Math is Beautiful in quirky ‘august geometry’ at Marcia Wood Gallery,” Jerry Cullum, August 26
Bedford + Bowery, “When 111 Artists Find Each Other Through Facebook,” Rob Scher, August 3
Westword, “Artists Repeat Themselves in Pattern, an Elegant Group Show,” Michael Paglia, May 20
2015 Artscope, “Formal Aspects at the Cape Cod Museum of Art,” Rhiannon Leigh, March 23
2014 The New Criterion, “Gallery Chronicle,” James Panero, November
Hyperallergic, “Profaning Geometry, Venerating Uncertainty,” Peter Malone, July 11
Painter’s Progress, “Have You Met Joanne Mattera?,” Stephen B. MacInnis, January 15
2013 Maine Sunday Telegram, “Is There a New Vein in Abstract Painting in Maine?,” Daniel Kany, Dec. 29
Two Coats of Paint, “Joanne Mattera’s New Angle,” Sharon Butler; September 8
Artscope, “Joanne Mattera: Chromatic Geometries,” Elizabeth Michelman; September-October
Art New England, “The Elephant in the Room,” David Raymond; July/August
2013 Artscope, “Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic,”
J. Fatima Martins; May-June
2012 Syracuse Post-Standard, “The Power of Patterns,” Katherine Rushworth; August 5
Huffington Post, “Rolling in the Deep at Kenise Barnes Fine Art,” D. Dominick Lombardi; July 2
2011 Artcritical, “Get Lost! Victims and Victors of the Art Fair Grid,” David Cohen; December 2
2011 Boston Globe Magazine, "Keeping it Simple," Jaci Conry; November 13, 2011
Art Critical, “Artists Who Write Write for a Purpose,” , George Hofmann; August 31 (online)
Art Critical, “Abstraction in a Cold Climate,” Franklin Einspruch; December (online)
2010 Maine Sunday Telegram, “Refinement Multiplied,” Philip Isaacson; July 25
Portland Phoenix, “Bright Lines at June Fitzpatrick,” Nicholas Schroeder; July 20
Art in the Studio, The Questionnaire: Joanne Mattera,” Nancy Natale, October 4 (online)
Venetian Red, “Joanne Mattera’s Journey of Visual Pleasure,” Liz Hager (online)
2009 View List at Minus Space, "Bulletin Board: Inspiration Information," Karen Schifano (online)
Making the Art Seen, "Featured Painter: Joanne Mattera," interview by Sand T., July 2009 (online)
Artist's Career Guide, "Reality Check: Interview with Joanne Mattera,” Jackie Battenfield (online)
Artscope, "Third Annual Conference of Encaustic Painting," Brian Goslow; May-June issue
NYC Art, "GeoMetrics," Chris Rywalt; March 24 (online)
Zocalo, "Per Square Foot at Conrad Wilde," Dolly Spaulding, December 10
2008 Boston Globe, “Color Their World,” Cate McQuaid; December 17
Berkshire Fine Arts, “Boston’s Newbury Street Galleries,” Shawn Hill; December 27 (online)
More Magazine, “Art Beat,” Alesha Hardwick-Whyte; October issue
The Boston Phoenix, “Waxing Poetic,” Randi Hopkins; June 3
Steven Alexander Journal, "Joanne Mattera," March 15 (online)
2007 Provincetown Banner, “When Art Runs Hot and Cold,” Melora B. North; August 23
Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Spirit of Baudelaire, Matisse Flows,” Debra Wolf; July 8
Abstract Art On Line, "New York Views: Joanne Mattera at OK Harris," Joseph Walentini; May 15
The New York Sun, “Joanne Mattera: Silk Road at OK Harris,” Maureen Mullarkey; May 3
Phoenix Home and Garden, “Color Blocks,” March
Maine Sunday Telegram, “Fusion: A Portland Encaustic Event,” Philip Isaacson, February 18
Maine Sunday Telegram, “Stacks of Wax,” feature, Bob Keyes; February 11
2006 Art New England, “Art Criticism on the Internet,” feature, Raymond A. Liddell; December/January 2007
Boston Globe, “A Clever Pairing,” Cate McQuaid; September 14
The Art Blog, "Ordered," Libby Rosof; May 17 (online)
Look, See, "Joanne Mattera's Encaustic Paintings," Chris Ashley; April 16 (online)
2005 LowellSun, “Whole Ball of Wax,” Barbara Rizza Mellin; November 12
Art News, “How to Talk to An Artist,” feature, Gail Gregg; June
Syracuse Post-Standard, “Color This Exhibit…,” Katherine Rushworth; May 15
NYArts, “On and Off the Grid: In Conversation with Joanne Mattera,” Julie Karabenick; February/March
New York Times, “‘Unbound: Selected Artists,”’ D. Dominick Lombardi; Jan. 2
2004 Boston Globe, “An Eyeful of Color,” Cate McQuaid; December 10
Traditional Home, “A Fresh Shade ofBungalow,” cover story, Eliot Nusbaum; September
Arts Media, “Artists Wax Enthusiastic,” Rachel Strutt; March
2003 Boston Sunday Globe, “Critics’ Picks,” Christine Temin; April 28
Boston Globe, “Critics’ Picks,” Cate McQuaid; April 18
Arts Media, “Joanne Mattera: Paintings in Encaustic,” Shawn Hill; April-May
The Week, “Joanne Mattera at Arden Gallery, Boston,” April 19
2003 Scottsdale Republic, “Eclectic Mix at Cervini Haas,” Roberta Burnett, April 16
IONS Review, Barbara McNeill, ed., portfolio; Issue Issue 63, March 2002
2003 IONS Review, Barbara McNeill, ed., portfolio; Issue 62, December
2002 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Expanding the Possibilities of Paper,” Jerry Cullum; November 15
New York Times, “Hot Wax,” William Zimmer; November 10
Philadelphia Inquirer, “Novel Process, Classical Elegance,” Edward J. Sozanski; May 19
Philadelphia Weekly, “Play On,” Roberta Fallon; May 10
Philadelphia Daily Local News, “Ancient Medium Explored Again,” R.B. Strauss; May 4
Boston Sunday Globe, “The Process,” profile, Catherine Foster; March 3
Art New England, “The Art of Encaustic Painting,” book review, Susan Schwalb; Feb/March
2001 Arizona Republic, “Beauty of Encaustic Has its Price,” feature, John Carlos Villani; November 8
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Waxing Eloquent,” Catherine Fox; October 12
2000 Manila Today, “Art Guide,” review; June 6
The Philippine Star, “Gallery News,” review; June 5
Art in America, “Joanne Mattera at Marcia Wood,” Jerry Cullum; March
Design and Architecture (Manila), “An Italian Spell in Tagaytay,” feature, Alane Ty; February
1999 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Mattera Infuses Modernist Grid with New Depth,” Jerry Cullum; July
1997 New York Arts, “Picks,” Christopher Chambers; October
Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Four Artists Aimed at the Stars,” Jerry Cullum; October 3
William and Mary Review, Erica Weitzman ed., portfolio; Vol. 35
1994 Artforum, “Objects of Their Affection at Interart Center,” Keith Seward; February
Earlier Driadi, “Du Blanc a la Couleur,” Michel Thomas; April 1981
American Craft, “Joanne Mattera,” portfolio; ” Spring 1980
Catalogs
2015 Pattern: Geometric\Organic, Space Gallery, Denver
A Few Conversations About Color, DM Contemporary, New York City
Organic to Geometric: Investigations in Structure and Surface, Endicott College, Beverly, Mass.
2014 Doppler Shift, Visual Art Center of New Jersey; essays by Mary Birmingham and Thomas Micceli
Swept Away, second edition, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, New Jersey
2013 Swept Away, Cape Cod Museum of Art. Dennis, Mass.
Elephant in the Room, Laconia Gallery, Boston
2011 Pull, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta; essay by Jerry Cullum
2010 The Art at Dana-Farber Center, Boston, Mass.
2008 Material Color, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, N.J.; essay by Mary Birmingham, curator
2006 Joanne Mattera: Ten Years of Encaustic Painting, from the eponymous exhibition, Salem State
University, Salem, Mass., March-April; essays by Flavia Rando and the artist
Luminous Depths, Wm. Paterson University, Wayne, N.J.; essay by Nancy Einreinhofer
2006 Order(ed), for the eponymous group exhibition curated by Julie Karabenick at Gallery Siano,
Philadelphia, May-June; essay, “Beauty, Order and Individuality,” by Roberta Fallon
2005 Geometry Reloaded, Lilly Wei; from the exhibition, “Engaging the Structural,” a group exhibition curated by Julie Karabenick, Broadway Gallery, New York, April
2002 Uttar: Poetics of Materiality and Process, Flavia Rando; from the exhibition, “New Paintings in Encaustic,” Simon Gallery, Morristown, N.J., September-October,
Writing
Current Joanne Mattera Art Blog, reports, observations and opinions
Current Editor in chief, ProWax Journal
2017 Digging Deep, curator's essay for Depth Perception at Cape Cod Museum of Art
2016 Surface Design Journal, Memory, Spirit and Gender: Existential Themes in Fiber and Wax, Winter issue
2014 The Art of Transformation (and Vice Versa), essay for Material Consequences, Gallery X, Truro, Mass.
2013 The Miami Art Fairs: Fiber, Fiber Everywhere, feature; Surface Design Journal, Fall issue
Extravagant Light, essay for Swept Away, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Mass.
Heady Abundance and Spare Elegance, essay for Natura Viva, ArtCurrent Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
The Writing on the Wall, essay for The Calligraphic Gesture, Tao Water Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
2013 Making Room, essay for Making Room in New Haven, curated by Suzan Shutan
2012 Material Means: Diverse Practices, Common Threads, curator's essay for Textility, Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit
Everything into the Pool, juror's essay for Encaustic Works '12, exhibition in book form, Gallery at R&F, Kingston, New York
2011 Sheila Hicks: Fifty Years, review; Surface Design Journal, Summer issue
2011 Affinities: Fiber and Wax, feature; Surface Design Journal, Winter issue
2010 A Thread Runs Through It, foreword for Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility, by Daniella Woolf
2007 Luxe, Calme et Volupte: A Meditation on Visual Pleasure, curator’s essay, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta. Text online atwww.marciawoodgallery.com/luxe_calme/essay.html
Exquisite Dualities: The Recent Paintings of Alexandre Masino, essay for the Montreal painter
Material Witness, feature; Surface Design Journal, Fall issue
2006 Encaustic: The ‘New’ Art Medium, Just 2000 Years Old, essay for “Luminous Depths” catalog and eponymous exhibition, curated by Nancy Einreinhofer, Wm. Paterson University, Wayne, N.J.
Dancing Shards: Between Order and Intuition, essay for New York painter Gloria Klein
Kevin Frank: The World in a Still Life, essay for the New York painter
2005 Give and Take, essay for Seattle-based painter Betsy Eby
2001 The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented
WaxWatson-Guptill, New York
1981-83Fiberarts, Editor in Chief
Teaching
2013,12 Visiting Artist, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts
2011 Visiting Artist, College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Visiting Artist, Visiting Artists and Scholars Series, School of Art, Georgia State University, Atlanta
2010-05 Visiting Lecturer, 2D Fine Arts Department, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
2009 Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania
2007 Visiting Artist, Montana State University, Bozeman
2004 Visiting Artist, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts
2002 Weissman Visiting Artist, Connecticut College, New London
1999 Visiting Artist, University of New York at Albany
Talks, Panels
2015 Moderator, Professional Practice: The Big Picture, 9th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown
2014 Moderator, A Conversation About Art Criticism, with Mira Schor, Barry Schwabsky, Helen Miranda Wilson, Preservation Hall, Wellfleet, Mass.; sponsored by Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
Moderator, The Roots of Contemporary Encaustic, 8th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown
2013 Moderator, Raising the Bar: Encaustic in Our Practice, 7th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown
Presenter, Art Bloggers @ Art Miami, with David Cohen, editor in chief, artcritical.com
2012 Speaker, Looking at Wax, Art Students League, New York City
Moderator, Igniting the Spark Fanning the Flame: Creativity in Our Practice, 6th International Encaustic Conference
2011 Speaker, Art Bloggers @ Art Miami, Bloggers' Guide to the Fair
Moderator, Mastering Media: The Art of Promotion, 5th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown
2010 Guest Speaker, Affinities: Fiber and Wax, Textile Study Group of New York, New York City
Moderator, Life After Art School, Massachusetts College of Art
Moderator, Making a Career in Encaustic, 4th International Encaustic Conference
2009 Moderator, Carving Our Niche in the Blogosphere, Art Bloggers @ Art Miami
Moderator, Blogpix, panel in conjunction with exhibition at Platform Gallery, New York City
Moderator, Conservators in Conversation, 3rd International Encaustic Conference
2008 Moderator, Art Bloggers @ Red Dot, panel discussion during March art fairs in New York City
Presenter, Finding a Place for Yourself in the Art World, College Art Association, Dallas
Moderator, Encaustic as Viewed in the Media, 2nd International Encaustic Conference
2007 Co-organizer, Art Bloggers @ Miami, an ad hoc gathering of art bloggers during Miami/Basel
Guest Speaker, 35 Years of More or Less the Same Thing, Montana State University,
Keynote Speaker, Almost Mainstream After 2000 Years, International Encaustic Conference
2005 Keynote Speaker, Building and Sustaining a Career in Art , Art League of Northern California, Novato
2004 Guest Lecturer, Encaustic Painting, City College of New York
Guest Lecturer, Encaustic Forum, R&F Gallery, Kingston, New York
2003 Gallery Talk, Contemporary Encaustic Painting, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
2001 Panelist, Italian American Women Artists, Ellis Island, New York City
2000 Speaker, Material Influences, Casa Italiana, New York University, New York City
Panelist, Encaustic Painting, Artists Talk on Art, New York City
1999 Speaker, Encaustic Painting, Painter’s Forum, New York City
Education
M.A., Visual Arts, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont
B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art, Boston