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Joyce Polance

Echoes
48x80, encaustic on panel

"Hanging Garden" 48" x 60" encaustic on canvas	"Spinning" 48x72 encaustic on panel	"Les Oiseaux" 36x48 encaustic on panel	"Jaune Femme" 24x48 encaustic on panel
"Frank" 30x27 encaustic on paper	"Frank II" 30x27 encaustic on paper	"Kelly" 30x27 encaustic on paper	"Janet" 30x27 encaustic on paper

JOYCE POLANCE Joyce Polance's paintings reveal intimate subjects and themes - women, family, self-portraiture, and the complexity of relationships. Exploiting the layered plasticity of the wax, Polance plumbs the psychological depths of her subjects, creating almost dream-like spaces. With varying degrees of translucency and opacity, figures move in and out of abstract environments, often merging into them. This work suggests a range of moods - joy, fancy, explosiveness - yet leaves open space for the viewer's own identification. In Polance's "Head" series, the artist uses the portrait genre to discover endless formal variations, pushing the potential of her medium to new levels of formal invention, and creating visual themes suggested by the personalities of her subjects. Biography Education 1984-88 - Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY Bachelor of Fine Arts degree 1982-84 - Wesleyan University, Midletown, CT Solo Exhibitions 2006 Gwenda Jay / Addington Gallery 2005 University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL 2004 OtherSide Gallery, South Bend, IN 2003 Gallery 415, Chicago, IL The Fordham Company Exhibition Space, Chicago 2002 Triangle Gallery, Old Town Art Center, Chicago 2001 Clarke House, Lake Bluff, IL - "An Evening of Art & Jazz" 2000 Maxwell Gallery, Chicago, IL Selected Group Exhibitions 2005 Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL - Many Perspectives, Many Lives.... Gallery H, Three Oaks, MI - curated by Charles Gniech Illinois Institute of Art - Structures - national show curated by Charles Gniech 2004 Gwenda Jay/ Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL - Waxworks 3 - curated by Dan Addington ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL - WCA Midwest Regional Exhibition - curated by Carrie Secrist, Margaret Hawkins, and Janet Bloch 2003 Chicago Athenaeum Art Museum, Schaumburg, IL - Chicago Artists Against the War Illinois Institute of Art - Options - Proposed Work for the Corporate Collection - curated by Charles Gniech 2002 Chicago Athenaeum Art Museum, Schaumburg, IL - Sept. 11 - curated by Julie Reichert-Marton The California Building Gallery, Minneapolis, MN - Skyscraper - curated by Aldo Moroni Visual Aids Gallery, New York, NY Chicago Art Source, Chicago Cliff Dwellers Gallery, Chicago - 12 Voices Landmark Arts Gallery, Chicago Blue Moon Studio & Gallery, Chicago - Blue 2001 Thirteenth Floor Gallery, Chicago Suite Home Chicago - public painted furniture exhibition School of the Art Institute of Chicago - "Chicago Art Open" 2000 Mimi Gallery, Chicago www. Guild.com - juried online gallery School of the Art Institute of Chicago - "Chicago Art Open" Artisans 21 Gallery, Chicago 1999 Artisans 21 Gallery, Chicago 1998 First Creations Gallery, Chicago Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL Grants and Awards 2005 Judith Dawn Memorial Fund Grant 2001 & 02 City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant Cliff Dwellers Artist in Residence Program Collections Commonwealth Edision, Chicago The Illinois Institute of Art Corporate Collection, Chicago Deloitte, Chicago The University Club of Chicago Press 2005 American Art Collector, Central U.S. edition 2001 - 02 Press Features: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, iPLUGin Magazine, Chicago Reader Featured artist on LACC Chicago TV program Iz it Art?

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