Joan Branca

Education

MFA	University of Pennsylvania
BA	State University of New York at Cortland, cum laude Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

Selected Exhibitions

2018	Gallery North: Joan Branca and Deborah Katz, Setauket, NY
2006-’18	Islesford Artists Gallery: Gallery Artists, Islesford, ME
2017	Gallery North: The Art of Eating, Setauket, NY
2014	Long Island Museum: Home: The Way We Live Now, Stony Brook, NY The Heckscher Museum of Art: Long Island Biennial, Huntington, NY Blend Studio Gallery: Solo Exhibition, Nashville, TN Gallery North: Poetry and the Art of Eating, Setauket, NY Gallery North: Local Color, Setauket, NY
2012-’13	Gallery North: Local Color, Deck the Halls, Setauket, NY
2006-’10	Gallery North: Local Color, Setauket, NY
2009	The Long Island Museum: Works on Paper, Stony Brook, NY Gallery North: Holiday Art, Setauket, NY
2008	Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University: Shared Experience: The Collection of Steven Barbash, Ithaca, NY
2007	SUNY College at Cortland: Four Alumni Exhibition, Cortland, NY Kirkland Art Center: Sea and Sky, Invitational curated by Mary Murray, Curator, Munson Williams Proctor Museum, Utica, NY
2005	The Union League Art Gallery: Solo Exhibition, NY,NY Gallery North: Landscape at 40, Setauket, NY Gallery North: The Art of Brookhaven, Setauket, NY
2004	East End Arts Council: Savor Long Island, Riverhead, NY Munson Williams Proctor Museum, From the Permanent Collection, Utica, NY State of the Art Gallery: Autumn in America, Ithaca, NY
2002	Arnot Art Museum: Regional Exhibition, Elmira, NY Heckscher Museum of Art: Long Island Artists, Huntington, NY

Selected Collections

• Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, NY
• Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Roslyn, NY
• Munson Williams Proctor Museum, Utica, NY
• SUNY College at Cortland, Cortland, NY
• The Union League Club, New York, NY
• Foundation for Latin American Anthropological Research, Guatemala City
• Jim Simons Collection
• Steven Barbash Collection

Awards and Grants

• Finalist - Landscape Category, The Artist's Magazine 31_st & 32_nd Annual Art Competition
• Painting Fellowship - New York Foundation for the Arts, NY
• Artists-in-Residence Grant - New York State Council on the Arts
• First Place Works on Paper - Islip Art Museum

Selected Publications

• Wine Press : 2010, Fall/ Winter Publication, LI, NY, Cover Illustration
• Bone Island: 2007, Poems by Gregg Weatherby, Finishing Line Press, Cover Illustration
• The New York Times: 4/03/05, p.12 illustration. LI “The Art of Brookhaven”
• The New York Times: 9/12/04, LI, “Of Marshes, Coastal Inlets and Zippers”