STATEMENT:
My paintings evolve out of my subconscious in a free flowing intuitive process - I do not start with a preconceived idea or plan – the art is my reflection. The work I create makes people feel good & instills positive emotions and harmony, along with a curiosity. My work frees the mind and spirit; inspired by the early Abstract Expressionists I seek the emotion and spirit of the painting by way of the unconscious and spiritual.
Connections are important in my pieces - I find it intriguing to connect odd materials or colors I might not previously think would “go together” to see how they work. Sometimes I am surprised how they can easily become unified and live harmoniously within the space once given the chance. I like an isolated quiet space and that is reflected in some works but there is always a connection to be found or one I am still seeking. The white spaces become restful & contemplative giving the viewer time to think.
The space we occupy physically & emotionally is important to us all so is the space these materials occupy within the surface. Whether confined, enclosed, open or vast the space comes alive through the colors, shapes and layers that work their way in often by collage of handmade, monoprint & marbled papers, fabrics and other diverse materials onto a surface of canvas. Some paintings arise from applying gesso over earlier paintings, sanding them down and letting some of that imagery come through. Others are the direct application of materials onto the surface. Each completed vision portrays a sensitivity and fragility along with a strong visual image. The image is abstract but the feeling is solidified and they become conversational.
My work can inspire generosity in the viewer by them feeling better and more open to look for another viewpoint if they take the time to really look at what is going on. One’s connection to the painting is the reason you want to live with it; the only thing that matters is how you feel about the work of art whether mine or someone else’s. It can be positive or negative, peaceful & quiet, full of action or an image you don’t agree with but are struck by its power.
A collector of mine has said my painting she has is beautiful and gives her energy & joy. Art shows us how we could strive to find this in one another and I could not imagine my life without it as it brings out the best in me.
RESUME:
Upcoming Exhibitions:
April: Lichtundfire NYC group
May: FOCUS NY fair
Selected One Person Exhibitions:
2016 Weill Cornell Medical Center, West Side; curated by Jennifer Groves, Oct. 19th through Dec.
Gallery at IntoWhite, Window Show, LIC, NY; Sculptural Constructs Jan & Feb, curated by Rosetta Bentz
2015 AD20/21, Exhibitor sculptural constructs & mixed media paintings, Mar. 26-29th @ Cyclorama Boston, MA
Schaefer Landing Lobbies, Williamsburg, NY; solo; Jan-Apr. 24th
2014 AD 20/21, Exhibitor, Mar. 27-30th, Cyclorama, Boston, MA
2013 Gallery 705, solo, Stroudsburg, PA; August 24-Sept. 20th
The Fashion Center Public Art Program; Window Installation; W. 38th St, NYC; June/July
AD 20/21, Art & Design Exhibitor; March 21-24th; Boston, MA
Gallery at IntoWhite, Window Display, curated by Rosetta Bentz; Jan/Feb; LIC, NY
2012 Bau Gallery, Beacon, NY; solo, Feb/Mar
2009 Gallery 705, Stroudsburg, PA; April 4-May 30th; works on paper, canvas and wood
2008 Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum; May- Aug
2005 Interchurch Center, Treasure Room Gallery, Riverside Drive, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 Transcending Time, Lichtundfire NYC, December 2024
Little Treasures 2024, Bologna Italy, Nov-Dec
The Magical Garden @ Lichtundfire NYC, group, April
Riverside Gallery NJ, 3-person show: Pattern & Oscillation
Small Works/ Big Impressions, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, group juried show, Feb.
2023 In it for the Long Haul, curated by Robert Curcio @ Lichtundfure Gallery, NYC, group, Oct-Nov.
Pelham Art Center Artist Club Exhibition, Sept-Oct., Pelham NY
Lemon Sky @ Lichtundfire NYC, group exhibit, June
Natural Abstraction @ Wartburg Lobby Space, through Pelham Art Center, group, June- Sept.
Annual Small Works Open Juried Show 2023 @ MAG Gallery, Larchmont, NY; Mar. 28th- April 22nd
Abstractions, Layers, and Perception, 3 person show, Riverside Gallery, NY; March 30-April 13th
Refracture, group exhibit @ Lichtundfire, NYC, Feb.
2022 Pelham Art Center, Art Boutique, Nov. 12-Dec 22nd, Pelham Art Center, NY
Art Santa Fe with ADC Fine Art, July 15th -17th
ADC Fine Art Blink catalog launch/ group exhibit, Cincinnati, OH; July 29th-Aug 22nd
Summer Blues, group exhibit @ Lichtundfire, NYC, Jun. 29 - July 23rd
Featherweight, Lichtundfire Gallery NYC, curated by Priska Juschka, May 5-28th
Pelham Artist Club Exhibition, Pelham Art Center, Apr-May
Reshuffle, group exhibit of collage & assemblage, Lichtundfire Gallery NYC, curated by Priska Juschka &
Robert Curcio, Feb 3-26th
Flatfile Gallery online 8x8" works on paper, group
2021 Art Boutique Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY; Nov/Dec
Arnold Grummer's Paper on the River group exhibit, Oct. 1-30th, WI
Flatfile Gallery online exhibition, 2 works selected Jan. & Aug. 2021
2020-21 Riverside Gallery, NJ Expressions III group show Dec-Jan 2021
2019 Riverside Gallery, Hackensack NJ, group show July
Market Art + Design, Bridgehampton Museum, w/Artblend Gallery, July 5-7th
2018 Winterfest Art & Crafts Show, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers NY, Dec. 1st-Dec.29th
Kinda Blue, group exhibit @ Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY, Oct. 27-Nov 17th
Recreating Nature, curated by Gin Stone, Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston, MA, Aug. Associate Member Show
2017 The Yard, 3-person exhibit, curated by Jessica Porter of Porter Contemporary, May-Aug. 2017, NYC
Miller White Fine Arts, Invitational, Freedom of Expression; Apr. 28-June 16th, South Dennis, MA
Masur Museum Auction, Monroe, LA
Artexpo w/ Artblend Gallery
2016 Blanche Ames National Art Exhibition, curated by Todd Bartel, The Ames Mansion Museum, North Easton, MA, Sept. 20-Oct. 8th; group
Art Comes Alive, juried group exhibit; ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH; July23-Aug 26th
Art Santa Fe, ADC Gallery/Blink Art Resources, July 7-10th
Art Hamptons, Artblend Gallery; June 23-26th, Bridgehampton, NY
Danforth Art Annual 2016 Juried Exhibition, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA; June 19-Aug 18; juror Jessica Roscio
2015 Spectrum Miami with Artblend Gallery, Dec. 2-6th
Art San Diego with Blink Art Resource, Nov. 5-8th
Artblend Gallery, group exhibit, Spring & Fall exhibitions
Scope Art Fair NYC, Untitled Projects, LA; curated by Terrence Sanders;
Mar. 6-8th
2014 International Black & White; Gallery 705, Stroudsburg, PA; August 18-Sept 18th, group
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA; 51st Annual Juried Competition, juror Kelly Schindler, Associate Curator @ the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis; Feb 27-June 14
Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, juried group exhibition; Feb-May, 2014, Delray Beach, FL; juried by Michael Monroe, Director of Curatorial Affairs Bellevue Arts Museum, WA
Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum, Marshall, MN; group exhibit, Primarily Black & White, curated by Edward Evans; Jan 20- Feb 20
2013 Alfred van Loen Gallery, South Huntington Public Library, 3-person show, Dec. 2013-Jan 2014, curated by Deborah Katz
Porter Contemporary, Starting small, group exhibition, Aug. 1st- Sept. 7th, Chelsea, NYC
Alliance Gallery, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY; July 12-Aug 3, 2013; 2 person
Piece by Piece, Skylight Gallery, group exhibition curated by Jennifer Groves; Jan/Feb; Chelsea, NYC
2012 Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY: Studio Café, Fundraiser; Nov. 3rd
Muriel Guepin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; “To Be Considered”; Art Auction/Fundraiser Benefit; Oct. 25-28th
Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ; members exhibition juried by Kristen Accola, co-owner/director Accola Griefen Gallery; Sept 25, 2012-Jan 6, 2013
Art Comes Alive 2012; ADC, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH; June-July; juried exhibition
Brightness & Contrast, Skylight Gallery, Chelsea, NYC; 2-person exhibition, April 2-May 5
Under 30, Skylight Gallery, Chelsea, NYC; Jan-Feb
2011 CHEERS!, Gallery 705, Stroudsburg, PA; Dec-Jan
2010 “Looks Good on Paper”, Gallery 705 group exhibition; April 10-May 30, Stroudsburg, PA
2009 “Color Expressions”, Gallery 705, Stroudsburg. PA; Joyce Pommer and Georg Zuter; Dec. 5th-January 29th, 2010
“Heads and Tails”, Pritzker Gallery, Highland, NY; exhibition of 7 artists that are gallery owners; Nov. 1-30th
The Abstract Show, curated by Jan Selving, Pocono Community Theater, East Stroudsburg, PA- June/July
“Take Out”, The Brevard Museum, Melbourne, FL; May-June, group
2008 “Flower Fantasia”, Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum, curated by Edward Evans, through January 31st
2007 “Body Art”, Gallery 705, Stroudsburg, PA; July 4-August 26
“Body Art”, Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum, Marshall, Minn.; Jan 23 to Feb 16; curated by Edward Evans
2006 “It’s a Small World”, Gallery 705, Stroudsburg, PA; Dec 2-Jan 31
“Drawing the Line”, Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum; curated by Edward Evans; Oct 3-Nov 10th
Mills Pond House Gallery, Smithtown Township Arts Council Works on Paper Exhibition; juried by Colta Ives, Curator, Department of Prints & Drawings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Aug. 26-Sept. 23, St. James, NY
1998 Pound Ridge Museum, juried Art Show 98, Pound Ridge, NY; curated by Ellen Keiter, Contemporary American Art, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Art Fairs
2024 May 9-12th: Focus Art Fair, NYC
2023 Sept. Superfine NYC
2022 Boston International Fine Art Show, Oct. 20th-23rd, Cyclorama, Boston MA, Booth 6S
2021 TOAF Virtual Edition Nov. 8-29th
2019 Boston International Fine Art Show, Cyclorama, Boston MA, Oct. 24-27th, Booth 12A
2018 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Expo, Stand #3, Brooklyn, NY sponsored by Saatchi Art, Nov. 8-11
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Expo, presented by Saatchi Art; May 3-6th
AD20/21 Home show, Boston, MA; April 12-15th, Booth #22
2016 Boston Home Décor Show, Boston, MA, Solo Exhibitor, Nov. 17-20th
Works are in numerous Private Collections
Public Collections:
Carol Maryan, architect, NYC (for client)
Collection of the Southwest Minnesota State University Art Museum, Marshall MN
Sweet Life Café, NYC
Y&K Enterprise, LIC
Curatorial:
Franklin 54 Gallery (previously owned/all exhibitions)
NAWA annual
Barebrush online
Cornell Medical (off site space) with Jennifer Groves, co-curator
NY Law School
Online Sites:
musee.nyc
RtistiQ
Pelham Art Center Artist Club
theartling.com
circle arts foundation
premizez.com
artshow.com
Saatchiart.com
Turningart.com
Publications/Features:
2025 Whitehotmagazine.com, Transcending Time exhibit @ Lichtundfire NYC by Myles Fucci
2023 AATONAU "Unveiling a Symphony of Mixed Media Mastery", feature article, by Ewan Shah
2021/2022 Art Herald Magazine Cover & Artist Feature: Piecing the Fabrics of Art
Art Review City Q&A
2020 Art Folio
2019 The Language of Making, Visual Voices from the Textile Study Group of New York
2017 Art Market Magazine, Gold List /Top Contemporary Artists of Today, Special Edition
Women Arts Quarterly Journal, Volume 7, Cover & feature, University of Missouri St. Louis, MO
Studio Visit, Volume 36, curated by Jessica Roscio, Curator at Danforth Museum
2014 Not the Same Story; ArtVoices cover & feature article by Robert Curcio; Summer issue
2013 Word of the Day: Ephemeral; Jonathan Fox, The River Reporter; August
2012 Daughters of an American Revolution: The Art of Carol Flaitz and Joyce Pommer, by Siba Kumar Das, Field Notes/ Green Door Magazine, June
2009 “Joyce Pommer to Exhibit at Gallery 705”, The Pocono Record, April
2007 Paintings Direct.com – featured artist January 8-22nd
Trendsetters: Art Business News, August 2007
2003 BIGnews, published by Mainchance; cover art & feature artist; November 2003
Awards/Memberships:
2023 Spliced Connector Collective, member
2022/2023 Pelham Art Center, Artist Club
2021 Certificate of Artistic Excellence Circle Foundation for the Arts, May 2021
Hammond Museum Artist page
Pelham Art Center Artist Club
TSGNY
2020 Circle Foundation for the Arts juried member
2018- Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY, member
2019 Textile Study Group of New York, member (TSGNY)
Fountain Street Fine Art, Boston MA, Associate member
2016 New York Artists Equity, member
Textile Study Group of New York, member
American Craft, member
2014 Award of Merit; Four Points Contemporary, 2nd Bi-annual; Juried by Reginald Charles Adams founder of Museum of Contemporary Art Houston
2013&
2014 ArtTable, member
2003 Makeready Gallery 214 ArtSpace, NJ; internet publication & promotion on www.makereadypress.com
2000 Miriam E. Halpern Memorial Award, NAWA
Education:
Art Students League, NYC
Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA