Art Of The Matter

CLARKE, Joanne

About Joanne CLARKE

Joanne has been exhibiting professionally since 1980. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto and worked in the pharmaceutical development field for several years before returning to art and painting, both of which she had been immersed in as a child and adolescent. While she studied various art programs at the Ontario College of Art, Art Sake Inc., and the Schneider School of Fine Art she considers herself to be primarily self-taught.

Her maturity as an artist has been an evolution based on experimentation, initiative, curiosity, discipline, observation, reading, dreaming, and attention to process. She also believes that her scientific background has contributed to her evolution as an artist---an altered depth.

Artist's Statement

My work has always been derived from nature----the "big" landscape and the perennial garden. Panorama, high horizons, undulating forested hills, fields, strips of land, water and sky are all thematic images I have favoured. The diversity and variety that I hope to bring to these themes has been informed by travel---widely in Canada and the U.S. and with more poignant focus trips to Europe and Southeast Asia.

In the garden works, the feeling of being engulfed and surrounded by the sensuousness of the garden has been a theme of ongoing interest. I am inspired by the experience of tending my own perennial garden and by observing some of the most grand and most modest of gardens in Europe.

While I use recognizable imagery or subject matter in my work-everything-the memory, the drawing, the actuality of a place or setting is filtered, distilled in my imagination and submitted to the power of the evolving painting. For in the end, it is the drama of colour, light and form, the mood and atmosphere, or the very essence of this moment in time and place that is my goal.

Biography:

Born in Brantford, Ontario and resident of the Toronto area since 1963. Exhibiting professionally since 1980. Longstanding, elected member of The Ontario Society of Artists and former elected member of The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour. Represented in many corporate and public collections.

Education:

B.Sc. 1966, University of Toronto

The evolution of my style has been achieved largely through self-development and constant exploration. The early period included study with prominent Canadian artists at Art Sake (Toronto), Ontario College of Art (Toronto), Schneider School of Fine Art, (Ontario) and Seneca College (Ontario).

Galleries:

Art Of The Matter, Aurora, ON, 2005-current

Circle Arts Gallery, Tobermory, ON, 2007-current

Thielsen Galleries, London, ON, 2003—current

Gallery 133, Toronto, ON, 2006-- 2010

Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, ON, 1998 – 2006

Wallace Galleries, Calgary, Alberta, 1986 - 2005

Whistler Village Art Gallery, Whistler, B.C. ,1997 - 2000

Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec, 1991-1997

Whitten Gallery, King City, Ontario, 1983 -1996

Hollander York Gallery, Toronto ON, 1993 -1997

Madison Gallery, Toronto, ON, 1987-1990

Solo Exhibitions:

2010

Art Of The Matter, Aurora, Ontario

2004

Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario

2002

Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario

2000

Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario

1998

Harbour Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario

1997

Wallace Galleries, Calgary, Alberta

1996

Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1994

Hollander York Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1993

Whitten Gallery, King City, Ontario

1991

Whitten Gallery, King City, Ontario

1990

Whitten Gallery, King City, Ontario

1989

Wallace Galleries, Calgary, Alberta

1988

Madison Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1987

McGill Club, Toronto, Ontario

1984-86 Whitten Gallery, King City, Ontario

1982

Christie Gallery, Merrickville, Ontario

1981-82

Gustafsson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2008

OSA IN THE GTA Summer Exhibition

2004

Flower - 8 Artists at John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

1997

Perspectives 97, Pratt & Whitney Juried Exhibition, Mississauga, ON

1997

Ontario Society of Artists - Members Exhibition, John Aird Gallery, Toronto

1997

Ontario Society of Artists, The 125th Anniversary Travelling Juried Exhibition

1995

Wallace Galleries, Calgary, Alberta - Joanne Clarke, Mary Pavey

1993

O’Keefe Centre with Canadian Opera Co. and Ontario Society of Artists

1991

The Environment, A Perspective - Ontario Society of Artists (O.S.A.), John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON

1991

O’Keefe Centre with National Ballet of Canada

1988

Art Expressions - Ontario Society of Artists (O.S.A.) Juried Traveling Exhibition

1988

Ontario House, London, England - Exhibition of 28 paintings for official opening

ceremonies

1988

Ontario Society of Artists (O.S.A.), John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto

1987

Approaching Watercolour - McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario - (three

person exhibition).

1987

Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (C.S.P.W.C.), Members’ Exhibition, John B. Aird

Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

1986

C.S.P.W.C. 61st Annual Juried Exhibition, Honourable Mention, John B. Aird Gallery Toronto, Ontario

1985

Near Horizons - Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (three person exhibition).

1985

A Winter Garden - Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, with Ike Bana International

1985

Harbourfront Gallery and O’Keefe Centre with Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour

(C.S.P.W.C.)

1985

C.S.P.W.C. Diamond Jubilee Collection (Juried), presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

1980-83 Group Exhibitions-O’Keefe Centre, The McLean Estate, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta and Mount Royal College Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

Selected Corporate Collections:

(locations in Toronto unless otherwise noted)

Alcan Wire & Cable

Amoco Canada - Calgary

ABN Bank Canada

BMO Financial Group

Baif Associates

Bank of Montreal

Bank of America, Canada

Baycrest Hospital

Bennett, Jones, Verchere

Beutal Goodman Inc.

Braelorne Resources - Calgary

Canadian Airlines, Pearson International Airport

Canadian Pacific Hotels

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Canada Life Assurance Co.

Cara Operations Ltd.

Cassels, Brock & Blackwell

Certicom Corp.

CI Mutual Funds

Citibank Canada

Clublink Corp.

Comlink Systems Inc.

Constitution Insurance Co. of Canada

Crown Life Assurance Co.

Cyanamid Canada Inc.

Delta College - Montreal

Deloitte Consulting

Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd.

Drug Trading Co.

DuPont Canada Inc.

Dye and Durham Co. Ltd.

Esso Resources - Calgary

Financial Trustco

Firan Foundation – Oakville

First Media Corp.

General Electric

General Trust of Canada

Glaxo Laboratories

H&R Developments

Hefkey and Associates Ltd.

Hicks, Morley, Hamilton, Stewart & Storie

Houser, Henry, Loudon & Syron

Huntecht

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.,

(Toronto, England and France locations)

Impco Investment Management Ltd

Illsley, Bourbonnais, Ward, Howell

Kingbridge Conference Centre

Knight, Bain, Seath and Holbrook

Lannick & Associates

London Life Insurance Co. - London

Magna International Ltd.

Manulife Financial

Market Facts of Canada

Marriott Corp.

Marsh & McLennan Ltd.

McNeil Mantha Inc.

Minorca Gold Resources

Minto Communities Inc.

National Cash Register (NCR)

Nortel Networks

Omers Realty

Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital

Park Plaza Hotel

Pharmacia Upjohn

PCI Technologies

Reichold Ltd.

Robinson and Heath Ltd.

Royal LePage – Calgary, Toronto

Sack, Charney, Goldblatt and Mitchell

Semple Gooder Roofing Ltd.

Shoppers Drug Mart

Slough Estates Canada Ltd.

Straiton, Pearson and Martin Ltd.

Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre

Swiss Re Canada

Syntex Inc.

Syntex Agribusiness Ltd.

Tandem Computers Ltd.

Teklogix Inc.

Templeton Management Ltd.

Terracan Capitol Corp.

Toronto Transit Commission

Treetops Executive Centre

Tuckahoe Financial Corporation

Unum Provident

Walton International

Watson Wyatt

Wood Gundy Inc.

Yorkton Securities Inc.

Marquest Asset Management Inc.

Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, Toronto, Ontario

York Region Public School Board, Aurora, Ontario

York Region Separate School Board, Newmarket, Ontario

Public Collections:

British High Commission, Kenya

City of North Bay, Ontario

Diamond Jubilee Collections, Windsor Castle

Professional Associations:

Ontario Society of Artists (O.S.A.) Elected 1987

Former elected member of The Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (1984)

and The Society of Canadian Artists (S.C.A.)

Selected Bibliography:

Arabella--Canadian Art, Architecture and Design, Artist To Collect, Summer Issue 2010

Crossroads Magazine October 1999—The Art Of Joanne Clarke by Paul Futhey

Canadian Gardening Magazine, Aug, /Sept, 1998, The Art of Gardening.

Life Channel Television - Canadian Gardening May 29, 1998. Artist Garden.

Sadiq, Nazneen. Studio Hopping in York Region; Jamie Macrae & Joanne Clarke, Yorkview, June-July 1984, pp. 33-35.

Watkin, Joanna. Visions of Canada. The Daily Mercury, Guelph, Ontario, August 9, 1983.

Trowell, Ian. Watercolour Exhibition. London Free Press, December 12, 1987.

Moc, Marcella. Printed and Painted Reality, The Gazette, London, Ontario, December 1987.

Shaw, Catherine Elliott. Approaching Watercolour. Exhibition Catalogue McIntosh Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, November 1987.

Recent Awards:

“In Celebration of Women” Award 2005 for Achievement in Visual Arts.

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