Joelle Ford


Copyright Joelle Ford 2009

"Favorite Colors", 47x30x2, paint sticks, wooden shutters, paint, 2011





Resumé

JOELLE SMITH FORD
1723 E. 1100 Road, Lawrence, KS 66049
Phone: 785.841.4557
Email: joelle_ford@yahoo.com
www.JoelleFord.com
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Education

  • BFA, with Distinction, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1998
  • University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 1971
  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 1966-67  
  • Northeast Louisiana State College, Monroe, LA, 1962-63
  • Centenary College, Shreveport, LA, 1961, 1963-64

Awards And Honors

  • MAP Grant, Kansas City Artists Coalition, 2011
  • Kansas Masters Invitational-Purchase Award, 2009
  • Honorable Mention, Rauschenberg Tribute Exhibition, 2009
  • Second Place, River Market Regional Exhibition, 2008
  • Kansas Arts Commission Mini-Fellowship, 1999-2000 Daniel MacMorris Art Scholarship, 1997-98
  • Lawrence Art Guild Advancement Award, 1997 Hollander Family Foundation Art Scholarship, 1995-96, 1997-98
  • Don Brown Memorial Art Scholarship, 1963

Juried Shows

  • River Market Regional Exhibition, 2011, What’s Next?, mixed media, Kansas City Artists’ Coalition, Kansas City, MO (juror-Patricia McDonnell, Director, Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS).
  • McNeese National Works on Paper, 2011, Outside Dining, collage, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (juror-Dan Cameron, Visual Arts Director, New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center).
  • 53rd Annual Delta Exhibition, 2010-11, What’s Next?, mixed media, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, ARK (juror-Meredith Ward, Meredith Ward Fine Art, New York).
  • Rauschenberg Tribute Exhibition, 2009, Break Point, mixed media, Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, TX (juror-Susan Davidson, Curator, Guggenheim Museum, New York).
  • River Market Regional Exhibition, 2009, Circles of Color II and III, mixed media, Kansas City Artists’ Coalition, Kansas City, MO (Juror-Anthony Huberman, Chief Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis).
  • River Market Regional Exhibition, 2008, Award, Circles of Color 1A and 1B, mixed media, Kansas City Artists' Coalition Gallery, Kansas City, MO (Juror-Dominic Molon, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago).
  • River Market Regional Exhibition, 2007, Big Drips, Little Drips, I, II, and III, mixed media, Kansas City Artists' Coalition Gallery, Kansas City, MO (Juror-Elizabeth Dunbar, curator, Arthouse, Austin, TX).
  • LOYO, 2004, Tadpoles Swimming Up, acrylics and Red Poker Dots, mixed media, Corporate Centre, Lawrence, KS.
  • Topeka Competition 25, 2003, One Dozen-Packed to Go and She Stands Above It All, mixed media, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS.
  • Great Plains National, 2003, Wet Paint, mixed media, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS.
  • Topeka Competition 23, 2001, Kansas Pyramid (Treasures Within), assemblage, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS (Juror-Seo Eo).
  • Wichita National, 1999, Wake-up Call, assemblage, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS (Juror-Wendell Castle).
  • River Market Regional Exhibition, 1999, The Other Side: Ode to Magritte, assemblage, Kansas City Artists Coalition Gallery, Kansas City, MO (juror-Janet Bishop, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture San Francisco Museum of Modern Art).
  • Topeka Competition 22, 1998, The Other Side: Ode to Magritte, assemblage, Mulvane Art Museum , Topeka , KS (Juror-Jon Kuhn). Art Department Scholarship Show, 1997, Chest of Drawers, assemblage, Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
  • Kansas Triennial, 1997, Frequent Flier, assemblage, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS. Toured Kansas-three years (juror-Janet Bishop, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art).
  • Topeka Competition 20, 1996, Garden's Bounty, assemblage, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Gallery of Fine Arts, Topeka, KS. Imagery and Form, 1996, Weathered Feathers, assemblage, Lawrence Art Guild, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.
  • Central States Exhibition, 1995, The Hidden Corner II, charcoal, Pratt Community College, Pratt, KS (juror-Andrea Norris, Director, Spencer Museum of Art, KS).
  • Utah Artists Spring Salon, 1994, For the Birds, charcoal, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT. Imagery and Form, 1994, The Hidden Corner, charcoal, Lawrence Art Guild, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.

Gallery Exhibitions

  • “MULTIPLES: Paintings & Installations by Stephen Johnson and Joelle Ford”, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, Oct 6, 2012 – Jan 5, 2013.
  • “Gumbo Girl”, one-person show, Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, TX, Aug 5-Sept 16, 2012.
  • “Gumbo Girl”, one-person show, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, June-July, 2012.
  • “Kansas Masters Invitational Traveling Exhibition”, 50 artists, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS, April 29-June 6; Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, July 15-Aug 14; Sabatini Gallery at the Topeka/Shawnee County Library, Topeka, KS, Aug 19-Oct 15, 2011.
  • “Art Clips”, one-person show, Lawrence Arts Center, Small Gallery, Lawrence, KS, July 23-Aug 7, 2010.
  • “Pop”, Group Show-Invitation, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, July 23-Aug 20, 2010.
  • “Reinventions”, one-person show, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS, June 4-September 26, 2010.
  • “Richly Pigmented”, 19 artists, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS, March 5-April 17, 2010.
  • “Coming Home”, four-person show, Real Art DeRidder, DeRidder, LA, December 14, 2009-January 8, 2010.
  • “Kansas Masters Invitational ”, 100 Kansas Artists, Curator-Don Lambert, Strecker-Nelson Gallery , Manhattan, KS, August 21-October 2, 2009.
  • Kansas Collections , one-person show, Lawrence Arts Center, Ann Evans Gallery, Lawrence, KS, Dec. 8-23, 2008.
  • Sculpture and Art Furniture , two-person show, Lawrence Arts Center, Small Gallery, Lawrence, KS, Dec 3-23, 2003.
  • Hands On , group show, Opie Gallery, Kansas City, MO, March 6-April 11, 1998.

Media

  • Leslie Newell Peacock, “The ‘Delta’: Better Than the Best”, Arkansas Times, Little Rock, Ark, Dec 23, 2010.
  • Don Lambert, “Mounting the Mundane at the Mulvane”, Review-Mid America’s Visual Arts Publication, Kansas City, MO, Sept. 15 , 2010.
  • Chris Packham, “Trip Aces”, The Pitch, Kansas City, July 29, 2010.
  • Aaron Powers, “Coming Home: Four distinguished artists from DeRidder exhibit work at RAD”, DeRidder Daily News, DeRidder, LA, January 3, 2010, P 1.
  • “Four seasoned artists return to hometown for RAD exhibit”, American Press Marquee, Lake Charles, LA, Friday, December 18, 2009, P 8.
  • Terry Rombeck, “Common Ground”, Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence, KS, Sept. 27, 2009.
  • “Artist Index”, Art in America, Galleries Museums and Artist Guide, August, 2009-2010, P. 288.
  • Nick Malewski, “River Market art show is both wide and deep”, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, Jul. 23, 2009, P. 26.
  • Rick Mitchell, Joelle Ford: Circles of Color, Kansas Collections , The Arts in Action, Lawrence Arts Center Publication, Lawrence, Kansas, Nov. 2008-Mar.2009, P.19, 20 and 32.
  • Cathy Hamilton, Joelle Ford's Artistic Home , Sunflower Cablevision, Nov, 2006.
  • Growing Up with the Arts Center , The Arts in Action, Lawrence Arts Center Publication, April 9, 2006.
  • Mindie Padgett, Out of the Shadows , Lawrence.com Mobile, audio, Joelle Ford on She Has Thoughts but Cannot Speak , Lawrence, KS, Oct 3, 2004.
  • Caroline Boyer, Playhouse Raffle to Benefit CASA , Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence, KS, Jul 10, 2003, P. 3B Bill Blankenship, Visual Poetry , CJOnline, Topeka, KS, Mar 10, 2003.
  • Mindie Padgett, Joelle Ford Brings Whimsy to Wood , Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence, KS, Nov 30, 2003, P. 1D, 6D.
  • Bill Blankenship, An Eyeful of Art , The Capital-Journal, Topeka, KS, April 13, 1997, P. 1-D.
  • Catalogue, The Kansas Triennial , Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS, 1997, P. 16.

Service

  • 23rd-31st Annual Art Auction, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, 2003-2009.
  • Benefit Auction Greensburg, KS, Summer 2008.
    • CASA Playhouse, designed and painted interior, Lawrence, KS, 2003. Guest Artist, Funky Furniture , Stormont-Vail Parenting Class, Topeka, KS, June 25, 2002.
  • Van-Go Mobile Arts Summer Project, Edgewood Homes, June 15-July15, 1999; July 1-13, 2002.
  • After School Projects: Art Tougeau Parade, May 2000 and Woodlawn School, Sept. 28-Oct. 20, 1999.
  • Co-Chairman, Senior Show, Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas, 1998.
  • Lawrence School District

Other

  • Common Ground, Lawrence Arts Center, 2009.
  • Healing Through the Arts Exhibit, Lawrence Arts Center, 2004, 2005.
  • All-Member Show, Lawrence Art Guild, Lawrence Arts Center, 2003, 2004.
  • Harvest of the Arts, September 30-October 8, 2000. Art in Storefront Windows-Flashlight Walking Tour.

Artist's Statement - Collecting Idle Art

Mixed media, assemblage and collage are particularly interesting to me since many facets of art and materials are represented. Even though my work is very different in manner of application and the corresponding finished results, one thread of continuity exists--the utilization of materials found, usually items that were no longer thought to have value. Implementing mundane objects beyond their traditional use is challenging, personally rewarding, beneficial to the environment and sometimes humorous.

A found object, intriguing in itself, when combined with many of the same should create greater interest. It sometimes takes many years to collect enough material for a project, and as the “cache” increases in size, time is allowed to determine an idea for that particular object. Collecting is an on-going process, and frequently one project leads to the idea for another. Art history plays an important role in my work. It is refreshing to note art is alive and well in the state of Kansas since many people from all over the state contributed material for my projects.

Recent Comments About My Work

Dominic Molon, Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago wrote, “Joelle Ford's Circles of Color: Series 1A and 1B, ingeniously take a familiar situation—the residual presence of paint on the inner tops of paint cans—and converts it into an engaging abstract pattern of colors through preexisting forms, twisting the mundane into something unexpected. Her works also blur the boundaries between painting and sculpture, absorbing the logic of both practices at one and the same time.”

Rick Mitchell, Gallery Director, Lawrence Arts Center wrote: “Lawrence's Joelle Ford is a joyful artist, delightful and ingenious in her approach to materials of all kinds. For years she has made fresh new works of art from ordinary items she has collected--sometimes for years before she envisioned the objects that would be composed of them. She has made surreal furniture by combining parts of conventional household items and used color with the sophistication of the best colorfield painters-with surety and taste while at the same time surprising us with those she displays together. Her new works at the Lawrence Arts Center are instant Ford classics.”

Contact

JOELLE SMITH FORD
1723 E. 1100 Road
Lawrence, KS 66049
(joelle_ford@yahoo.com)