b. Wichita Falls, TX
EDUCATION
Encaustic Monotype Printmaking, Paula Roland Workshop, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM
Master of Fine Art, Painting and Drawing, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, graduated magna cum laude
Texas A&M University, post-baccalaureate Interdisciplinary Studies (Art, Psychology, and Film), Corpus Christi, TX campus
Bachelor of Fine Art, Photography, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Light as a Feather, Mariboe Gallery, Hightstown, NJ
2021
Palimpsest: Envelope Poems, Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Tacoma, WA
2020
Due Belle Voci (Two Beautiful Voices), ArtX Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2017
WUNDERKAMMER: Into the Pink, Suzanne Zahr Gallery, Mercer Island, WA
Slash and Burn, ArtXchange North Gallery space, Seattle, WA
2016
Embodiment, School of Theology & Psychology, Seattle, WA
In the Loft, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015
UNSENT, The Provincetown Library, Provincetown, MA
2013
The Body, Incarnate, Shoreline Community College Art Gallery, Shoreline, WA
Portals, Northwest Encaustic Center, Seattle, WA
Sev Shoon Studios, David French guest artist, Seattle, WA
2012
SKIN, artXCHANGE Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sensorium, The Encaustic Center, Richardson, TX – KERA (NPR affiliate) Art and Seek pick
2009
Breathing In, Breathing Out, artXCHANGE Gallery, Seattle, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Third Coast National Bienniel, KSpace Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX, juried by Leandra Urrutia
Like Mother, Lynnwood City Hall, Lynnwood, WA, curated by Kelly Lyles
In the Dark There is Light, ArtX Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2024
Faculty Show, Tarrant County College|Trinity River Campus, Fort Worth, TX
Into the Woods, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX, with artists Bonny Liebowitz and Pilar Uribe
50 Years, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Faculty Show, Tarrant County College|Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, TX
The Process of Making, ERA Living/AMI, Mercer Island, WA, curated by Anna Macrae
Like Mother, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
2023
Faculty Show, Collin College, Plano, TX
Wall Hanging, The Vestibule Gallery, Seattle, WA, curated by Kascha Semonovitch
Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Patricia Miranda
Hiraeth, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA, curated by Sarah Jo Lightner
2022
Faculty Show, Collin College, Plano, TX
Fiber and Felt, University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, curated by June Sekiguchi
Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, juried by Narong Tintamusik
Like Mother, White River Valley Museum, Auburn, WA
An Artist’s Photographic Eye, The Lakeshore, Seattle, WA
Like Mother, University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA
2021
(Re)Building, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, juried by Jerry McLaughlin
Like Mother, Highline Heritage Museum, Burien, WA, curated by Kelly Lyles
Like Mother, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon Island, WA, curated by Lynann Politte and Kelly Lyles
One in a Year, The Painting Center, New York, NY, juried by Kathy Cantwell and Shazzi Thomas
11th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA, juried by Shamim M. Momin, Senior Curator, Henry Art Gallery
Wax Applications: Showcasing the Depth and Breadth of Encaustic and Cold Wax Mediums, University of Texas A&M-Commerce, Commerce, TX, juried by Jane Cornish Smith
2020
Glow, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
Tiny Assemblages, Artist Alliance, curated by Erin McCluskey Wheeler
Rough Around the Edges, online exhibition, curated by Jen Tough
Socially Distanced: Work Created in Lockdown, online exhibition, Jen Tough Gallery
Art of the Pandemic: Best Foot Forward, online exhibition published in Two Coats of Paint, Part 1, 7/2/20, curated by Joanne Mattera
Art during Covid, online exhibition, Part 2, 5/11/20
Bent, Cut, Cracked, Stapled, Smashed and Hammered, Castle Hill Gallery, Truro, MA, juried by Kaveh Mojtabai, Founder and Publisher, Artscope magazine
The Legacy of an Artist Educator, South Texas College, McAllen, TX
2019
Frozen Gesture, M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY
Alchemy, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA
Anything But Flat, Castle Hill Gallery, Truro, MA
Hurt, M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY
Reasons Revealed, Fong-Wheeler Atrium, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA
Like Mother, North Seattle College Gallery, Seattle, WA
Slash & Burn, Green River College, Auburn, WA
2018
Folded, M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Northwest Encaustic, Seattle, WA
Traveling Textiles, The Lakeshore, Seattle, WA
Exquisite Corpse, Bushwick Open Studios, M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY
PLEASE TOUCH, A/NT Gallery, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Salon des Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
Keep It 100, On Center Gallery, Provincetown, MA, curated by Winston Mascarenhas
Like Mother, Like Daughter (PLUS A FEW SONS), Aljoya Thornton Place, Seattle, WA, curated by L. Kelly Lyles and June Sekiguchi, Seattle, WA
Following a Thread, Ballard Works, Seattle, WA, curated by Cameron Mason
Like Mother, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Intersections: Natural, Intuitive, Intentional; Blakely Hall, Issaquah, WA, curated by Anna McRae
High in Fiber, Ida Culver Broadview, Seattle, WA
Connecting Threads, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA
2017
Eileen Fisher Chop Challenge, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
Wanderlust, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
Slash and Burn, Sammamish City Hall, Sammamish, WA
Like Mother, Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg, WA
Like Mother, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016
Square Foot Art Basel Miami, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL
Ekphrastic Assimilations, Vala Art Center, Redmond, WA
L X W X H, curator Ozlem Ayse Ozgur, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
S'Agapo, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
Presence/Absence, curator Martha Pfanschmidt; Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA
2015
Square Foot Art Basel Miami, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL
Paradise, Ugly Art Room, Corvallis, OR
Slash and Burn, curator Suze Woolf; Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
CRAVE, curator Stefano Catalani and Trimpin; Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
Celebrating 20 Years, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
Poetry of the Surface, ERA Living/Aljoya Northgate, Seattle, WA
2014
Who Does She Think She Was?, TK Building, Seattle, WA
Unsettled Bodies, Phoenix Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
Year of the Encaustic Monotype, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
HOME, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013
Affordable Art Fair, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
(Inter)Connections, WOCA Projects, Ft. Worth, TX
Bone and Blood, Squid 3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
NW Fine Arts Competition, Phinney Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Beyond Quotidian, Aljoya, Mercer Island, WA
Instructors Show, artEAST Studios, Issaquah, WA
Encaustic USA, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Elephant in the Room, Laconia Gallery Boston, MA
The Calligraphic Gesture, Tao Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Instructors Show, Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2012
ArtXchange Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Seattle, WA
The Wax Book, X Gallery, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
Instructors Show, Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Water and Light, Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Affordable, but Priceless, Conrad Wilde Gallery, AAF, Los Angeles, CA
Seventh Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
WAX, Pajarro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
TRAINING
2024
Canvas Online Instructor Certification, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX
2023
Engaged Learning Institute Completion, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX
2022
Quality Matters: Designing Your Online Course, Collin College, Celina, TX
2019
Canvas, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Seattle, WA
2019
Art & Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies for Your Classroom, The Museum of Modern Art on Coursera
2015 – 2019
Creative Aging Museum Conference, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, for teaching older audiences
2014
Oral History Projects, Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA
2015
Creative Capital, Sharon Louden Professional Practices for Artists, New York, NY
2007
EDGE Professional Development Program for Visual Artists, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025
Full-time Faculty, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX
2024
Associate Faculty, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX
2023
Associate Faculty, Tarrant County College, Fort. Worth, TX
2022
Associate Faculty, Collin College, Celina, TX, Blue Ridge, TX, Plano, TX, Art Appreciation, Painting
Online Instructor, one-on-one watercolor classes for grandparents and grandchildren, Seattle, WA
2019 - present
Associate Faculty, South Seattle College, Seattle, WA, Drawing, all online through Canvas LMS
2014
Instructor, Daniel Smith, Bellevue, WA
2013
Instructor, Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA
Instructor, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2011-21
Lecturer, Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2012
Instructor, The Encaustic Center, Richardson, TX
COMMISSIONS
2009
Sexton House, Tallahassee, FL (two works)
PUBLICATIONS, POSTS, and ARTICLES
2023
Catalog, Tenuous Threads, Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York, curated by Patricia Miranda
2021
Monmouth Museum, NJ, online feature, March 8, 2021 edition
Artist Spotlight: Adrian Arleo & Deborah Kapoor, R&F Newsletter, Uncommon Surfaces, March 2, 2021 issue
2020
Joanne Mattera’s Art in the Time of Pandemic, Best Foot Forward, Part 1, 07/02/20
Joanne Mattera’s Art in the Time of COVID, Part 2, 5/11/20
2019
Cover of Encaustic Arts Magazine, Spring 2019 June 1 issue, 22-page article
2017
Vasari 21, Ann Landi on-line review of contemporary artists, June 16, 2017
Pro Wax Journal, quarterly magazine, March 19, 2017 issue, http://prowaxjournal2.blogspot.com
2016
Fiber Art Now, September 2016
Clark, David, 'Length x Width x Depth at Conrad Wilde Gallery,' The Artist's Periscope, April 24, 2016
Kapoor, Deborah, 'Dialogue of the Unsent,' Surface Design Journal, Winter 2015/2016 issue, Albuquerque, NM
Rooney, Ashley, “Encaustic in the 21st Century,” with foreword by Kim Bernard, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
2015
Mariano, Luciano, 'Seattle Artist Shows Poetry Inspired Works,' Bainbridge Island Review, Bainbridge, WA
Unsent, Provincetown Library, Provincetown, MA
Solberg, Gayle “Poetry of the Surface,” Bellevue College website, Bellevue, WA
2014
Pull of Paper, Deborah Winiarski, ProWax Journal
Jane Nodine, Sketchbooks, Journals, Notebooks … Collecting the Idea, http://studio-rsvp.blogspot.com/
2013
Lisa Pollman, Artist Explores Crossover Between Cultures
2013
Ellen Kurek, New Art Program Uses Pigmented Wax to Appeal to the Senses, Bellevue College
2012
Catherine Nash, Contemporary Paper & Encaustic (published book)
Lisa Marie Sipe, Culture Seen
Michelle Belto, Paper + Wax, Techniques for Combining Handmade Paper with Encaustic Paint (published book)
Holly Cohen-Roochvarg and Christopher Calderhead, The World Encyclopedia of Calligraphy (chapter on Indic scripts) (published book)
2010
Daniella Woolf, Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility (published book)
2010
Shelly Seale, “Art as Cultural Exchange,” Seattle Woman Magazine
2008
Studio Visit Magazine, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, Volume two
GRANTS
2023
Climate Solutions Program Workshop, South Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2021
Equity and Excellence in Education (EEE) Grant, Social Justice and Activism in the Art Studio Classroom, South Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2020
BRIC Grant, for research on Anti-Bias Anti-Racist (ABAR) teaching materials for Teaching and Learning, South Seattle College, Seattle, WA
CERF+ Grant, Safeguarding + Sustaining Artists’ Careers, Montpelier, VT
Community of Inquiry, Practice and Excellence (CIPE) Grant, South Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2019
Faculty Development Grant, South Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2016
William Radcliffe Studio Challenge finalist, Michael Monroe, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2013
Honorable Mention, WOCA Projects Inter(connections), Fort Worth, TX
RESIDENCIES and TRAVEL
2019
M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY (September)
M. David & Co., Brooklyn, NY (February)
2018
Bushwick Open Studios Residency, David&Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY (December)
Bushwick Open Studios Residency, David&Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY (September)
2008
Sai Baba Temple, New Delhi, India
2006
Ajanta and Ellora Cave Temples, Maharashtra, India
2006
Cholamandal Artists’ Colony, Chennai, India
2005
Hindu and Jain Temples, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
CATALOGS for EXHIBITION
2013
Calligraphic Gesture, Tao Water Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Elephant in the Room, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
2012
The Wax Book: Altered, Repurposed, Remade, Gallery X, Truro, MA
2008-2012
Catalog for exhibition, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ (one per year)
2009
Catalog for exhibition, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA
REPRESENTATION
artX Contemporary Gallery, Seattle, WA
Convergence 3D7, member of women’s artist collective: 6 women, 3 countries, 3-d minded