Artist List    Joan Livingstone   Images  |  Bio Born: 1948, Portland, Oregon EDUCATION M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1974 B.A., Portland State University, Portland, OR 1972 AWARDS Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1984, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship 2000 Illinois Art Council Artist Fellowship Finalist 1995, 1999 Virginia A. Groot Foundation, Illinois, Individual Grant 1998 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship 1992 The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Artist Fellowship, Brown University, RI 1990 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Artist Fellowship (catalogue) 1989 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship 1989 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship 1986 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship 1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship 1979 Portland Shakespeare Company Founders Award, Portland, OR 1972 ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1995, 2001, 2004 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 1992, 1995, 1997, 2001 “variable quantities,” Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oaks, MI 2000 “Limits of Capacity,” Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI 1998 resistSTANCEs, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1997 “Joan Livingstone: Sculpture, Prints, and Collages, 1990-1997,” Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (brochure) 1997 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 1992,1995,1997 Cabell Center for the Arts, The Catlin Gabel School, Portland, OR 1994 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1992,1994 Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR 1994 Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1988,1990 "Joan Livingstone: Recent Sculpture and Collage," Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA 1986 "Figures and Curtains: 1980-1984," 341 W. Superior, Chicago, IL 1984 "Dante's First Curtain," Ferris State College, MI & Marygrove College, Detroit, MI 1982 "Lamia Lemures," Hadler-Rodriguez Gallery, New York, NY; The Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, MO 1980 "Recent Work," The Gallery, Art and Design Building, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS 1978 Hadler-Rodriquez Gallery, New York, NY 1977 GROUP EXHIBITIONS “Soft Edge,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL 2004 “Kanazawa World Craft Forum,” Kanazawa, Japan (catalog) 2003 “New Acquisitions,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 2003 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003 “In the Material World,” Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2002 “Jane Lackey/Joan Livingstone,” Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000 “Embodiment,” ArkansasArt Center, Little Rock, AR 1999 “Ingestions,” Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Il 1998 “Assemblage,” Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 1998 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1994,1996,1998 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998 Betty Rymer Gallery, SAIC, Chicago, IL 1998 “Assemblage,” Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI 1998 “Sum Greater Than The Parts: Contemporary Sculpture,” Rockford College Art Gallery, IL 1997 “Contemporary Work, Rockford Museum of Art, IL 1996 “Pleasure (Beyond Guilt),” Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1996 "The Tool Show," Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, OR 1996 "Fiber as Sculpture," Parkland College Art Gallery, Champaign, IL (brochure) 1995 "Chicago Prints," Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (catalog) 1995 "National Objects Invitational," Arkansas Art Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR (catalog) 1995 “Chicago Prints,” Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (catalog) 1995 “Artists Choose Artists,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL 1995 "Red Windows," benefit for Continuing Studies, Barney's, Chicago, IL 1994 "Building the Cranbrook Collection," Cranbrook Academy of Fine Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1994 "Out of Context," Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL 1993 "XX Anniversary Show," Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1993 "The Fine Art of Patronage," Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1993 "Another View," University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA 1993 "A Sequence of Forms: Sculpture by Illinois Artists," Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 1993 "State of the Art," Loveland Museum of Art, Loveland, CO 1993 "Few and Far Between," Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 1992 "Artful Nature," Evanston Art Center, IL 1992 "Domestic Ontogeny," California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1992 "International Contemporary Fiber Art, Now," Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju, Korea (catalogue) 1992 "Natural Forces/Human Observations," The Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, MO (catalogue) 1992 "Organic Sensibilities," The Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies Detroit, MI 1992 "New Acquisitions: the MCA Collects," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL 1991 "Faculty Show," Betty Rymer Gallery, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1991 "Contemporary Works in Felt," School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, OH; Western Carolina University, NC (catalogue) 1991 "Recent Concerns," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 1991 "Bion," Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL 1991 "New Ends," Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY 1991 "The Chicago Show," The Chicago Cultural Center, IL (catalogue) 1990 "Crossovers," The Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO (catalogue) 1990 "U.S.A./Columbia: Fibers," Florida State University Gallery and Museum, Tallahassee, traveling to Bogota, Medellin, Calle, Columbia (catalogue) 1990 "Armor: Seven Chicago Sculptors," currated by Anne O'Malley, Randolf Street Gallery, Chicago, IL 1989 "Mesh: Five Chicago Sculptors," Foster Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI 1989 "Fifteenth Anniversary Show," Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL (catalogue) 1988 "Fiber Variations," Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL 1988 "Joan Livingstone/Perry Venson," Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI 1988 "Imaging Form: Six Sculptors," State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, IL 1988 "The Matter of Sculpture," Bowling Green State University Gallery, OH 1987 "Her Infinite Variety: A Celebration of Sculpture by Chicago Women," Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1986 "Sculpture Textile," 12th Biennale Internationale de la Tapissiere, Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland (catalogue) 1985 "Vivid Form: New Inventions," The Kemper Gallery, The Kansas City Art Institute, MO (catalogue) 1985 "American Fiber: A New Aesthetic," Diverse Works, Houston, TX 1984 "Fiber Crosscurrents," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 1984 "Impulse," Detroit Artists Market, MI (catalogue) 1984 "Cloth Forms," Dayton Art Institute, OH (catalogue) 1982 "Dimensions: Felt," Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1982 "Fiber Directions," Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1982 "Contemporary Art in Detroit Collections," Detroit Institute of Arts, MI 1982 "Fiber in Collusion," The Banff Center Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada; The University of North Dakota Art Galleries, Grand Forks, ND 1982 "Old Traditions--New Directions," The Textile Museum, Washington, DC 1982 "Cranbrook Fiber: Knodel, Livingstone, Saarinen," Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1980 "Felting," The American Craft Museum, New York, NY (catalogue) 1980 "American Fiber Art: A New Definition," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX (catalogue) 1980 "Beyond Tapestry," The University of Iowa Museum of Art, IA (two-person exhibition with Arturo Sandoval, brochure) 1980 "Five in Fibers," Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (catalogue) 1979 "Kansas City Abstraction," Crown Center, Kansas City, MO (catalogue) 1979 "Artists Choose Artists," The Gallery, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO 1979 "Diverse Directions," University of Washington, Pullman, WA, and the Henry Gallery, Seattle, WA (catalogue) 1978 "Paper and Felt Redefined," Louisville School of Art, Anchorage, KY 1978 "Art in Craft: Works in Fiber, Clay and Metal," Bronx Museum, New York, NY 1978 "Artistry: Clay and Fiber," Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 1977 "Fiberworks: The Americas and Japan," Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan (catalogue) 1977 "Fiberworks," Cleveland Museum of Art, OH 1977 "Three Spacial Attitudes," Central Michigan State University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI 1976 "Interactions," Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR 1975 "Recent Work: Five Fiber Artists," The Kemper Gallery, The Kansas City Art Institute, MO 1975 COLLECTIONS Boise Museum of Art, Boise, ID Burke Hoffman Law Offices, Kansas City, MO Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI Detroit Institute of Art Museum, MI Metropolitam Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKald, IL Peat Marwick Executive Education Center, Chicago, IL Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection, Landcaster, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI Detroit Institute of Art Museum, MI Metropolitam Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKald, IL Peat Marwick Executive Education Center, Chicago, IL PUBLICATIONS Row, D.K. “Joan Livingstone, Chris Gander and Henk Pander,” The Oregonian, June 11, 2004, p. 25 Cantor, Allyn, “Joan Livingstone: Migrations, Recent Sculpture,” Preview, June/July/August 2004, p. 44 Beyer, Mary Gustaitis, “'Turning Home' at Track House,” Panel-House.com, May 3, 2004; exhibition review Livingstone, Joan, and John Ploof, The Object of Labor: Critical Perspectives on Art, Cloth, and Cultural Production, SAIC Press, Chicago, IL, Fall 2004 Cassidy, Victor, “Focus: Joan Livingstone,” Sculpture Magazine, April 2003 (essay, illustrations) Miro, Marsha, “Review,” Art in America, January 2003 (review, illustration) Weins, Ann, “Material,” CS Magazine, May (essay, illustrations) Craig, Gerry (essay), Portfolio: Joan Livingstone, monograph published in Winchester, England, with introduction by James Yood, 2002 (48 pages, 20 color plates) Artner, Alan, “Utilitarian Forms a Common Bond in Art Center's 'Material World',” Chicago Tribune, January 24, 2002 (review) Ocvrik, Otto G. Art Fundamentals: Theory & Practice, McGraw-Hill, New York (Ninth Edition), 2001, p. 224 “American Craft Council Awards 2001,” American Craft Magazine, October/November 2001 Row, D.K., “Tip Sheet,” The Oregonian, January, 2001 Livingstone, Joan and John Ploof, The Object of Labor, SAIC Press, Chicago, IL, 2001 Sorkin, Jennifer, “Jane Lackey/Joan Livingstone,” The New Art Examiner, June, 2000 Ullrich, Polly, “Jane Lackey/Joan Livingstone,” American Craft Magazine, Summer 2000 Craig, Gerry, “Reviews: Joan Livingstone,” Sculpture September 1998 Colby, Joy Hakanson, “Assemblage,” The Detroit News, June 1998 Cohen, Keri Guten, “Assemblage,” Detroit Free Press, May 1998 Shinners, Jaqueline, “Limits of Capacity,” Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI, 1998 Craig, Gerry, “Reviews: resistSTANCEs, “ Finearts Magazine, summer 1998 Newport, Mark, “The Masculine in Fiber, “Surface Design Journal, Spring 1998 Crawford, Lynn, “Sculpture With guts,” Metro Times, Detroit, MI, November 1997 Cohen, Keri Guten, “Fiber sculptures link bodies, machines,” Detroit Free Press, November 1997 Colby, Joy Hakanson, “Review,” Art Review,” Detroit, MI, November 1997 Fernandes, Joyce, “Joan Livingstone” Northern Illinois University Museum, DeKalb, IL, August 1997 Cassidy, Victor M., “Behind the Studio Door: Joan Livingstone’s Dance,” Chicago Artists’ News, December 1996 Gragg, Randy, “Polar Forces at Work,” The Oregonian: Friday Arts,” November 1995 Craig, Gerry, “Imagination and Sensation,” Fiberarts Magazine,” November 1995 Klemic, Mary, “Exhibit Comes to Life,” The Detroit Eccentric, January 1995 Newport, Mark, “Points of View,” Fiberarts Magazine, January 1995 Provenzano, Frank, “Fine Arts: Taking a Deep Breath,” The Detroit Jewish News, January 1995 Linn, Shanna , “A Sense of the Possible,” Newsmagazine, Chicago, IL , 1995 Colby, Joy Hakanson, “Exhibits,” The Detroit News, December 1994 Goldsmith, Layne, “On Marking Progress in Creative Discovery,” Surface Design Journal, Fall 1994 Gragg, Randy, “Seen and Felt,” The Oregonian: Sunday Arts Section,” January 1994 Adrian, Dennis, “Joan Livingstone,” American Craft Magazine, June 1993 Yood, James, “A Sequence of Forms,” The New Art Examiner, 1993 Holg, Garrett, “Sculptors Make Statements With Everyday Objects,” Dialogue Magazine, 1993 Broadrup, Elizabeth, “Re-envisioning Craft,” Macquette, International Sculpture Center, November 1993 Brunetti, John, “Joan Livingstone,” The New Art Examiner, December 1992 Miro, Marsha, “Two Artists Work Fiber Differently,” The Detroit Free Press, Sunday Art Section, February 1992 Thorson, Alice, “Modern Concerns Inspire Dramatic Modern Sculpture,” The Kansas City Star Sunday Art Section, February 1992 Fry, Logan W., “Multiple Directions: Contemporary Works in Felt,” Fiberarts Magazine, March 1992 Bonesteel, Michael, “Art Acts Naturally,” Pioneer Press, Evanston, IL, September 1992 Hixson, Katheryn, “Chicago in Review: Joan Livingstone,” Arts Magazine, February, 1991 Shermeta, Margo, “Contemporary Sculpture: A Question of Elegance,” Fiberarts Magazine, 1991 Dickson, Carol, “Crossovers: Exploiting the Possibilities,” Fiberarts Magazine, Summer 1991 Scheinman, Pamela, “New Ends: The Medium as Message,” Fiberarts Magazine, 1991 Spector, Buzz, “Chicago: Joan Livingstone,” Art Issues, 1990 Artner, Alan, “The Chicago Show,” The Chicago Tribune Sunday Arts Section, Golden, Devin, “Armor,” The New Art Examiner, September 1989 Artneer, Alan, “Art,” The Chicago Tribune, June 1989 McCracken, David, “Gallery Scene: Expression is Fiber Artists’ Common Thread,” The Chicago Tribune, July 1988 McCracken, David, “Gallery Scene: Exhibit Shows Diversity of Artists’ Approach,” The Chicago Tribune, February 1988 Abell, Jeff, “Imagining Form,” The New Art Examiner, 1988 Cocurn, Marcia Froelke, “Arts: Woman’s Works; Sculpture Exhibit’s Strong Forms Shatter False Images,” The Chicago Tribune, December 1986 Donahue, Victoria, “Art,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 1986 Taylor, Diane and Elmer, “Twelfth International Biennial of Tapestry,” Fiberarts Magazine, November 1985 Lamarova, Milena, “:Textile Sculpture,” American Craft Magazine, October 1985 “Quand Le Textile Devient Sculpture,” La Suisse, Geneva, Switzerland, June 1985 “Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie,” Journal d’Yverdon, Yverdon, Switzerland, June 1985 Hotel & Touristik Revue, Bern, Switzerland, June 1985 Monteil, Annemarie, “Einzug der Sanften aus dem Land des Lachelns,” Der Landbote, Winterthur, Germany, June 1985 Montiel, Annemarie, “Leiser Vormarsch aus dem Land des Lachins,” Luzerner Neueste, Nachrichten, Germany, June 1985 Montiel, Annemarie, “Der Sanfte Einmarsch der Japaner,” Basler Zeitung, Basel, Switzerland, 1985 Lasser, Marie Louise, “Die Textikunst Erobert Neuland,” Neue Zurcher Nachrichten, Zurich, Switzerland, July 1985 Corwin, Nancy, “Vivid Form: New Inventions,” American Craft Magazine, June 1985 “Joan Livingstone,” taped interview, The Video Data Bank, The School of the Art Institiute of Chicago, IL, 1982 Larsen, Jack and Mildred Constantine, editors, The Art Fabric: Mainstream, New York, NY 1981 Lutz, Winifred, “Felting,” American Craft Magazine, August 1980 Malarcher, Patricia, “Joan Livingstone,” Fiberarts, July 1980 Melcher, Victoria Kirsch, “Kansas City: Sunspots and Night Ladders,” Art News, November 1980 Hoffman, Donald, “Symbolic Emblems Luminous,” The Kansas City Star, February 1980 Melcher, Victoria Kirsch, “Fiber Artist Users Ancient Textures in Ways of the Future,” The Kansas City star, Sunday Art Section, July 1980 Cicotello, Louis, “Joan Livingstone,” The Forum, Kansas City Artists Coalition, March 1980 Richerson, Suzanne, “Beyond Tapestry,” The Dailey Iowan, February 1980 Gordon, Beverly, Feltmaking, New York, : Watson-Gupill Publications, 1980 Marein, Shirley, “Joan Livingstone,” Craft Horizons, October 1977 Hammel, Lisa, “Crafted in Graceful Layers,” The New York Times, May 1977