JoAnne McFarland

Painter/Poet

Studio 543 Union St. 2B • Brooklyn, NY 11215  • joannemcfarland55@gmail.com www.joannemcfarland.com

Education

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ  BA, English

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY  Graduate Studies/ Fine Arts

Andrew Reiss Art Studio, Brooklyn, NY  Private Study/ Oil Painting

One Person Exhibitions

2011 Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Girl, A.I.R. Gallery II Brooklyn, NY

2010 Acid Rain, A.I.R. Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2009 JoAnne McFarland, Gallery West Suffolk County Community

         College  Brentwood, NY

2007 Seeing the Light, A.I.R. Gallery NYC

2005 Paintings in Light, The Monster Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2004 Paintings, A.I.R. Gallery NYC

2003 GCCA Show, Greene County Council on the Arts Catskill, NY

         Collages, Spoke the Hub: Works on the Wall Brooklyn, NY

2001 Collages, A.I.R. Gallery II NYC

1997 New Work, June Kelly Gallery NYC

1995 Nativities, A.I.R. Gallery II NYC

1992 Works on Paper, June Kelly Gallery NYC

1986 Works on Plexiglass, Phoenix Gallery NYC

1984 Pastels, Phoenix Gallery NYC

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 The Black Artist as Activist, The Corridor Gallery Curators: Danny Simmons

         and Joi Sears  Brooklyn, NY

2009 Brooklyn, 440 Gallery Curator: Florence Neal Brooklyn, NY

         Does Gender Matter?, The Art Institute of Boston Boston, MA

2007 One True Thing, A.I.R. Gallery III NYC

2006 One True Thing, 2–B Gallery Budapest, Hungary

2005 The City Seen, Brooklyn Borough Hall Community Gallery Brooklyn, NY

         The Art of the Dress, Stonover Gallery Lenox, MA

         Work on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Space Brooklyn, NY

2003 The Garment Magical, Skylight Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2001 Offspring, BHMS Gallery Brooklyn, NY

1999 Works on Paper, Sears/Peyton Works on Paper NYC

1996 Bridge of Dreams, Cinque Gallery NYC

1994 Robert Blackburn, Kenkeleba Gallery NYC

         On and Off the Wall, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art Newark, NJ

1993 Group Show, John Jay College of Criminal Justice NYC

1992 Three Women Artists, Cinque Gallery NYC

         Printworks, Cheltenham Center for the Arts Cheltenham, PA

         Figures & Objects, Brooklyn Union Gas Community Gallery Brooklyn, NY

1991 Adventures in Abstraction, Jordan Smith Gallery Voorhees, NJ

1990 Influence and Manifestations, Harlem School of the Arts NYC

1989 A Print Show, Dome Gallery NYC

1988 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Museum of Art, Science & Industry

         Bridgeport, CT

         59th Annual Juried Exhibition Connecticut Women Artists, Juror: Nell Blaine

         New Haven, CT

         New Prints Northeast, Women's Studio Workshop

         Juror: Florence Hatcher  Rosendale, NY

Awards and Honors

2010 Visiting Artist, New York Studio Residency Program

2009 Acid Rain, Honorable Mention, Cave Canem Northwestern University Press

         Poetry Prize  Judges: Reginald Gibbons, John Keene, Parneshia Jones

2006 Cave Canem Fellowship Greensburg, PA

2002 Watermarks, Finalist, Associated Writing Programs Award Series

         Judge: Cornelius Eady

2002 Brushstrokes, Second Place Honorable Mention, Finishing Line

         Chapbook Competition

1998 Stills, Finalist, Brick House Books Manuscript Competition

1989 Minority Artist Fellowship sponsored by Nat’l Endowment for the Arts at

         Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop

Public Art Collections

Library of Congress Washington, D.C.

General Electric NYC

United Parcel Service Atlanta, GA

Columbus Museum of Art Columbus, OH

Deloitte & Touche NYC

U.S. Dept. of State Washington, D.C.

Ikon Corporation NYC

Brooklyn Union Gas Co. Brooklyn, NY

AT&T Corporation NYC

USAA San Antonio, TX

Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, PA

Dynegy, Inc. NYC

U. S. Embassy Togolese Republic Washington, D.C.

Nix Health Care Systems NYC

Poetry Collections Authored

2011 Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Girl

2009 Acid Rain

2007 Fossil Fuel, Gold Leaf Books  Brooklyn, NY

2005 The Glassblower's Tale, Gold Leaf Books  Brooklyn, NY

2004 Flight Patterns, Gold Leaf Books  Brooklyn, NY

2002 Watermarks

2000 Stills, Acorn Whistle Press  Beloit, WI

1984 Equinox, Hourglass Press  Brooklyn, NY

Selected Poetry Publications: Journals

2004 Curbside Review

2003 Manzanita Quarterly Summer

2003 Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly Issue 79

         Goodfoot: A Poetry Magazine Issue 4

2002 White Pelican Review Volume Three, Number Two

         Little Brown Poetry March

2002 Cider Press Review Volume 3

         So to Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art Summer/Fall

2002 Nebo: A Literary Journal Arkansas Tech University Fall

2002 Red Owl Magazine Fall

2002 Outrider Press Summer 2002

2001 Iris: A Journal About Women University of Virginia Number 42, Spring

2001 Ibbetson Street Press Issue 9, April

2001 Rio: A Journal of the Arts Issue 10

         Mobius Fall–Winter 2001

2000 Primavera Volume 23

         HQ Poetry Magazine: The Haiku Quarterly Numbers 23 & 24

         African American Review Indiana State University Volume 34, No. 4

1999 Callaloo The John Hopkin's University Press Volume 22 Number 2

         Acorn Whistle Acorn Whistle Press Spring 1999

         Great Midwestern Quarterly Number 6

         The Listening Eye Kent State University 1999

1998 Oasis Quarterly Fall

         Acorn Whistle Acorn Whistle Press Spring 1998

1996 African American Review Indiana State University Summer

         Obsidian II North Carolina State University Spring/Summer

1993 Obsidian II North Carolina State University Spring/Summer

1986 Obsidian North Carolina State University Spring/Summer

1984 The Cape Rock Southeast Missouri State University Summer

Poetry Reviews

2008 David Castleman, JoAnne McFarland, Fossil Fuel, Washington

         Literary Review August 2008

         Phil Wagner, Fossil Fuel by JoAnne McFarland, The Iconoclast July 2008

         Brant Lyon, The Archeology of Desire: JoAnne McFarland’s Fossil

         Fuel, BigCityLit  2008

         Michael Ugulini, Fossil Fuel, Curled Up With a Good Book 2008

         Heather Duerre Humann, JoAnne McFarland, Fossil Fuel, Black

         Warrior Review

2007 David Castleman, JoAnne McFarland, The Glassblower’s Tale,

         The New Formalist  Vol. V11

2006 Phil Wagner, The Glassblower’s Tale by JoAnne McFarland,

         The Iconoclast April 2006

         Matt Rosenthal, The Glassblower’s Tale by JoAnne McFarland, Boston Area

         Small Press       

         David Castleman, JoAnne McFarland, Flight Patterns,

         The New Formalist Vols.1V& V

2004 Phil Wagner, Flight Patterns by JoAnne McFarland, The Iconoclast Issue 86

         Michael Ugulini, Flight Patterns, Curled Up With a Good Book 2004

         Mary Edna Salvi, Flight Patterns by JoAnne McFarland, The Circle

         Magazine Fall

         Jeffrey Side, Flight Patterns: JoAnne McFarland, New Hope

         International Review On–line

         P.D. Duane, Flight Patterns, Bard’s Ink

         Janie Thomas, Flight Patterns, Pulsar: Ligden Poetry Society

         Doug Holder, Flight Patterns, JoAnne McFarland, Ibbetson Update April 2004

2003 Richard Logsdon, A Kind of Transcendence:

         A Review of JoAnne  McFarland’s Stills, Red Rock Review Spring 2003

2002 Phil Wagner, Stills by JoAnne McFarland, The Iconoclast Issue 72

2001 Sarah Tasic, Stills Breathes Life into Childhood, The Roundtable

1998 Amy Knox Brown, Acorn Whistle, Literary Magazine Review Fall 1998

Curator

2010 Locks in Translation, Gallery West, Suffolk County Community

         College Brentwood, NY

2009 Locks in Translation, A.I.R. Gallery II Brooklyn, NY

Editor

2010 Growing Roots, Katherine Leiner Chelsea Green Publishing White

         River Jct. VT

2009 Beyond the Crossroads, Eugenia Collier Three Sistahs Press, Baltimore, MD