I am interested in the untold stories of everyday objects that exist on the periphery of our lives. The complex interweaving of natural and man-made structures is easily overlooked, yet it serves as a powerful metaphor for the cycle of life. The struggle for succession of plant over shard produces striking visual contradictions that serve as a complex metaphor for human encroachment on the environment. This is a world in conflict where the fragile and the tenacious at once embrace and co-exist.

Joan Wadleigh Curran

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Education

1974 M.F.A. Yale University, New Haven, CT
1972 B.S. in Art Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2008 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
2007 Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Inventory, A Reaction to the Collection, Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Witherspoon Gallery, Princeton, NJ
2004 Philadelphia International Airport Exhibitions Program, Terminal F, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Boland Hall Gallery, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Richard Stockton College Art Gallery, Pomona, NJ
1995 Bayard Gallery, New York, New York
1992 Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
1991 Widener Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
1989 Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
1982 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1982 Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1979 Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
1977 Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA
1976 Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA
1975 University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
1975 LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

Teaching Experience

2001-Present Lecturer, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Visiting Assistant Professor, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
1997-2001 Adjunct Associate Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
1994-1995 Instructor, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
1982-1986 Assistant Professor, Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
1978-1982 Assistant Professor, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
1978 Artist-in-Residence, Artist-in-the-Schools Program (National Endowment for the Arts), North Attleboro, MA
1977-1978 Lecturer, New England College, Henniker, NH
1974-1977 Assistant Professor, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

Collections

Townsend Wolfe
Astra Zeneca Corporation
McGraw Hill
First USA Bank, Wilmington, DE
Sheraton Resort Hotel, Bal Harbour, FL
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals, Collegeville, PA
Albany State Legislature, Albany, NY
Summy-Birchard Music Corporation, Princeton, NJ
LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, Lamar Dodd Museum, LaGrange, GA



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