BORN
March 1, 1954  Oberlin, Ohio  USA

EDUCATION 
Saga Bijitsu Tanki Daigaku, Kyoto, JAPAN 
Beloit College, Beloit WI  (BA)
Paris American Academy, Paris, FRANCE
Aaron Shikler, David Levine: The Painting Group, NY, NY


SOLO  EXHIBITIONS

   

2007

 

2006

Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY

Hoadley Gallery, Lenox, MA

Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT

Hoorn-Ashby Gallery

2005 Marin-Price Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
2004 Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2003 Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery
2002 Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
2001 Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery
Hoorn Ashby Gallery
2000 Hoorn Ashby Gallery
1999 ADD Gallery, Hudson, NY
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
1998 Hoorn Ashby Gallery
Paris, New York, Kent Gallery, Kent, CT
1997 The Berkshire Art Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
1996 The Berkshire Art Gallery
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
1995 The Berkshire School Gallery, Sheffield, MA
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
Paris, New York, Kent Gallery
1994 Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
1993 Five Points Gallery
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
1992 Jacob Fanning Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
Five Points Gallery
1991 Helio Gallery, New York, NY
Five Points Gallery
1990 Jacob Fanning Gallery 
Five Points Gallery
1989 Five Points Gallery
Jacob Fanning Gallery
The Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT
1988 Forecast Gallery, Garrison, NY
Five Points Gallery
1987 David Wright Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
David Gavin Gallery, Millerton, NY
1986 David Wright Gallery
1983 Broadway Frames and Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Broadway Frames and Gallery
1977 South Gallery, Beloit, WI

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Likeness, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
2005 Hiddell Brooks Gallery,  Charlotte, NC
Hoadley Gallery, Lenox, MA
Marin-Price Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD
2004 Marin Price Galleries
Geoffrey Young Gallery
2003 Inspired by Nature, Salisbury Land Trust, Academy Building, Salisbury, CT
2002 Geoffrey Young Gallery
True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit, The Meridian Center,Washington, D.C.,
The National Arts Club, New York, NY , The Topkapi Palace Musdum, Istanbul, TURKEY, 
Touring to EGYPT and Atlanta, GA
2001 The Seventh Annual Cup Show, Segreto Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Inspired by Nature, Salisbury Land Trust, Salisbury, CT
Geoffrey Young Gallery
2000 To Detail, Geoffrey Young Gallery
Inspired By Rivers, Meetinghouse Gallery, New Marlborough, MA
1999 Potluck, Nuovo Gallery, Lenox, MA
A Local Habitation and A Name, Geoffrey Young Gallery

1997
Beloit College Alumni Show, South Gallery, Beloit, WI
Genus Loci: Hail Corn, Geoffrey Young Gallery
1996 Berkshire Artists, RICA Gallery, Ludlow, MA
Alphabet of Trees, Westenberg Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA
Small Works, Clapp and Tuttle Fine Art, Woodbury, CT
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, Nantucket, MA
1995 Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
Clapp and Tuttle Fine Art, Woodbury, CT
1994 Red Windows, Barney’s Benefit for Little Red School House, New York, NY
Six Women and Six Men, Randall Tuttle Fine Arts, Woodbury, CT
Nature Seen Through The Artist’s Eye, Salisbury Land Trust, Salisbury, CT
Food and Symbol, Underhill Inn, Hillsdale, NY
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery
1993 Paintings, Geoffrey Young Gallery
Jacob Fanning Gallery
1992 Things, Geoffrey Young Gallery
Land/Flowers, Geoffrey Young Gallery
Berkshire Artisans, Pittsfield, MA
Upstate Main Street Scenes, The Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
Millbrook Gallery, Millbrook, NY
Art of 100 Pearl, Hartford, CT
Jacob Fanning Gallery
Spirituality and Symbols of Eroticism, Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
1991 Art for Land,  Five Points Gallery
Jacob Fanning Gallery
Clapp and Tuttle Gallery, Woodbury, CT
1990 John Pence Gallery, Winter Showcase, San Francisco, CA
Westenhook Small Works, Sheffield, MA
1989 John Pence Gallery, Winter Showcase
Naumkeag Carriage House Art Show, Stockbridge, MA
Scarborough Gallery, Chappaqua, NY
Store Hill Gallery, South Egremont, MA
Riversbend Art Gallery, W. Stockbridge, MA
Westenhook Small Works
Five Points Gallery
1988 Connecticut Gallery
Greene Gallery, Guildford, CT
Westenhook Small Works
Jacob Fanning Gallery
Gallery at Mill River, Mill River, MA
Five Points Gallery
1987 Bayless Gallery, Norfolk, CT
Berkshire Open Studios, Gt. Barrington, MA
Five Points Gallery

JURIED  EXHIBITIONS
1991 Bridgeport Area Arts Council “National Juried Art Exposition,” Juror: Lisa Phillips, Curator of the Whitney Museum 
1990 Sheffield, MA Art League
1989 Sheffield, MA Art League
1988 Chatham Shaker Museum “Small Works 88,” Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of the Booklyn Museum, Old Chatham, NY
Sheffield, MA Art League
1987 Sheffield, MA Art League
1986 Ridgefield, CT Guild of Artists
Cooperstown, NY 51st Annual Exhibit

CORPORATE  COLLECTIONS 
Damian Productions, Norfolk, VA
Edward M. Greenberg, New York, NY
Berkshire Telephone Corporations, Kinderhook, NY
Fish & Neave, New York, NY

PRIZES 
1991 Bridgeport National Juried Expositions
1990 Purchase Award, Sheffield Art League
1987 Prize for Excellence, Sheffield Art League
1986 Frame Award, Sheffield Art League 
Prize for Portraiture, Ridgefield Guild of Artists

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“A Wide Open View Through Glass Panes”, William Zimmer, The New York Times, New York, NY, August 2002
“The Abstract in the Real”, Michelle Gillett, Berkshires Week, Pittsfield, MA 2000
“Joan Griswold: Geometry & Dynamic Brushwork”, Anna Clune, The Artful Mind, Gt. Barrington, MA, June, 1999
“Pushing the Boundaries,” Joan Baldwin, Compass Magazine, The Lakeville Journal, Lakeville, CT, January, 1999
Cover Illustration, Homestyle Magazine, Austerlitz, New York, October, 1996
“Joan Griswold: Recent Work,: Rosemary Starace, The Artful Mind, October, 1996
Cover Illustration, Homestyle Magazine, Austerlitz, New York, October, 1996
“Reverence for Van Gogh, a Way with Light,” Vivien Raynor, The New York Times, August 20, 1995
“New Berkshire Landscapes,” Daniel M. Klein, The Berkshire Magazine, Spring 1995
Cover Illustration, Homestyle Magazine, Austerlitz, New York, May 1995
Remembering Main Street, Pat Ross, Viking Studio Press, 1994
“Looking Out, New Paintings by Joan Griswold,” Laura Chester, The Women’s Times, September?October 1994
“Griswold’s Paintings,” William Jaeger, Albany Times Union, September 1994
“The Light on the Wall,” Eunice Agar, American Artist, May 1993
“The Spirit of Empty Rooms,” Rose Gilbert, Stylewatch Colonial Homes, Fall 1992
“Griswold Explores Possessions with Paint,” Thomas Lail, The Times Union, Albany, NY , June 11, 1992
“Artisan’s Show Blends Work of Three Artists,” Daniel Grant, The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA, August 14,1992
“Distinctive Styles Excite and Sedate,” Jude Schwendenwien, Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, August 9, 1992
“Artistic Couples Compete and Console, “ Pat Nichols, The Berkshire Eagle, November 17, 1992
“Art Works at Five Points Evoke, Benefit the Land,” Ben Lifson, The Independent, Chatham, NY, September 25, 1991
“Light Fantastic,” Michel Magee, The Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket, October, 4, 1990
“Joan Griswold’s Everyday Images, “ Karen Aude, Cape Coedder, July 31, 1990
“Griswold Captures the Overlooked Scene,” Geoffrey Young, Berkshire Record, July 6, 1990
“Griswold at Five Points,” Geoffrey Young, Chatman (NY) Courier, July, 5, 1990
“What’s Up Wellfleet?“ Jim Hildreth, Provincetown Magazine, June 13, 1989
“Four Artists on View at Connecticut Gallery,: Bernard Hanson, The Middletown Press, March 23, 1989
“Sheffield Artist Finds Beauty in Landscape, : Karen Shreefter, Berkshire Courier, September 8, 1988
Garrett Hicks, The Register Star, July 11, 1988
“Warming Up For the Winter,:Suzanne Slein, New York Times, November 6, 1986
“These Dogs Never Make Trouble,” Berkshire Eagle, September 1986