Abstractionist, Joyce Wenglowski, focuses on using color and gesture to their maximum potential. Her spirit, and attention to design and structure are strongly articulated in her art. Current work is acrylic on canvas or on archival paper. She paints in studios in New York and Maine.
For the past 38 years, Wenglowski has exhibited in museums, galleries, colleges, universities, hospitals, corporations and alternative art spaces.
“…work, commanding in its simplicity and rich in chromatic and gestural strength…”
“…something seen or felt serves as Wenglowski’s starting point, she then moves beyond it into an exploration of the paint itself…”
— Gillian Greenhill Hannum
Professor of Art History,
Manhattanville College
Her most recent exhibits include Iona College, A Life in Color, (2017), New Rochelle, NY, gWatson Gallery, Stonington, Maine, (2001-2018), (group exhibits and solo exhibits), The NYC Expo (2017), and ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, (2017-18).
Other exhibition sites include, the Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY, The Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Purchase, NY, The Joyce Wenglowski Gallery, Blue Hill, ME, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY, The Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, Silvermine, New Canaan, Ct., Arts Westchester Gallery, White Plains, NY, The Studio-an Alternative Space for Contemporary Art, Armonk, NY, University of Southern Maine, South Portland, Maine, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY, Fiber Birren Color Award Exhibit, Stamford, CT, Landmark Gallery, Stamford, NY, The Museum Gallery, White Plains, NY, Maine Crafts Association, Deer Isle, ME, Bo-Concept, Scarsdale, NY, LaGianna, White Plains, NY, DIAA Gallery, Deer Isle, ME, The Horizon, Fleetwood, NY, Mt. Vernon Public Library, Mt. Vernon NY, Stamford Historical Society, Stamford, NY, and Pearson Gallery, Deer Isle, ME.
Permanent corporate collectors include Dynax Corporation, Goldman Sachs and Co, PepsiCo, Pfizer Corp., Metro Media Fiber Network, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, Hudson Valley Hospital Center, Northern Westchester Hospital and the Cancer Care Center @ Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco, NY. Private collectors reside in England, Italy and 15 US states, and include the Toby and Leon Cooperman Collection, The Jason Moran Collection, and the Rayanne and Edvard Kleiner Collection.
Wenglowski’s community outreach includes donations of art to charities including the14th Street Y, NYC, CARE International, Katonah Museum of Art, Down East Aids Network, ME, The Neuberger Museum (Paper Jam), The City Parks Foundation,, NYC, The Island Fisherman’s Wives’ Hardship Fund, Deer Isle, ME. North Salem Library, North Salem, NY, and Pound Ridge Library, Pound Ridge, NY.
The artist has served on three art advisory boards, taught private students, nursing home residents, daycare students, and high school students. She has received grants for teaching.
She was president of the Katonah Museum Artists’ Association Advisory Board from 2003 to 2004. She created and chaired programs: “Artists Visit Artists”, “Online Gallery”, and “KMAA Featured Artist at the Museum” at the Katonah Museum Artists’ Association where she volunteered for 22 years.
Background
Wenglowski, born in Rochester, NY, studied art at Rochester Institute of Technology, and received a BFA cum laude from
Manhattanville College, with Art Department Honors, in 1980.
Publications and Featured
The artist’s art and information about her has been featured in the following:
Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in America, (Lifetime Member), Who’s Who in the East, HGTV w/ detail of painting
in hospital commercial, The New York Times, Pleasantville, Cable TV Channel 76, Pleasantville, NY, WFAS Radio, Westchester, NY, Westchester Weekly, Greenwich Magazine, House Beautiful, Points East Magazine, Arts News, Preview Magazine, The Ellsworth American, The Weekly Packet, The Reporter Dispatch, The Lewisboro Ledger, and The Pound Ridge Review.
(A more detailed resume is available on request)
“…The expressive painting style, the intense contrast of the cool grays against the stark yellows, and the exaggerated way in which she indicated perspective brings to mind this underground experience.”
— D. Dominick Lombardi.
