Education
1999 MFA, Painting. Maryland Institute College of Art, Hoffberger School of Painting. Grace Hartigan, Director.
1995 BFA, Painting. Rhode Island School of Design
Honors
1999-2000 Fulbright Grant, Florence, Italy. Studied traditional methods and materials of oil painting, including supports and grounds: canvas, wood panel, copper; traditional gesso ground, emulsion ground, oil ground
1993-1994 European Honors Program Rhode Island School of Design, Rome, Italy
Experience
Jan 2020-present Part-time Faculty, Quinnipiac University
2013-present Part-time Faculty, Naugatuck Valley Community College
2009-2013 Part-time Faculty, Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division
2005-2008 Assistant Professor of Art, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Recent Still Lifes, Doris Ulmann Galleries, Berea College.
2005 Still Life Paintings, Claude Howell Gallery, University North Carolina Wilmington, NC
Group Exhibitions
2009 Transparent Iridescence, Invitational, Arts Center at the Federal Building, Greenwood, SC
2008 Group Exhibition, Invitational, Larson Art Gallery, University of Minnesota
2007 Winter Show, Invitational, Greenhill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2007 Manipulating the Commonplace, Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 Contemporary Realism, Invitational, Drew Deane Gallery, Brevard, NC
2006 Small Packages, Invitational, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2006 Bridging Cultures through Art: A Fulbright Alumni Arts Exhibition, Juried Exhibition (Catalogue), Jules Maidoff, juror. Les Atlassides Gallery, Marrakech, Morocco
2006 Particular Places, Juried Exhibition, Bernard Chaet, juror, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2005 Images 2005, Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Lisa Trempor Hanover, juror, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
2005 77th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
2004 Still Life Juried Exhibition, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
2004 Small Works Competition, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
2003 15” x 15” Alumni Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1999 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1998 13th Annual Small Works Competition, Eugenie Tsai, juror, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
1998 MFA Juried Exhibition, Eugenie Tsai, juror, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Bibliography
Debra Wolf, “Ordinary transcends origin, purpose with sleight of hand”, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 2, 2007
Felicia Feaster, “Manipulating the Commonplace: Let’s get metaphysical”, creative loafing.com Atlanta, publication date: August 15, 2007. https://creativeloafing.com/content-194455-Review---Manipulating-the-Commonplace:-Let's-get-metaphysical
Judy Birke, “Make CAW exhibit your ‘Particular Place’ to go”, New Haven Register, June 18, 2006
Trevor Richardson, Juror, New American Paintings, Volume 64, Boston: The Open Studios Press, 2006. Juror’s comments, 24-25. https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/artists/joanna-catalfo
Pat Maloney and Hassan Mekour, eds., Bridging Cultures through Art: A Fulbright Alumni Arts Exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue, The Moroccan Fulbright Alumni Association, November 5, 2006. 14
Geoff Gehman, exhibition review for Banana Factory’s national juried exhibition of still life, The Morning Call, April 1, 2004