Joanna has been a professional artist for over 20 years and educator for 15. She is an R&F Artist Instructor, teaching Encaustic Painting and Drawing in Ireland and Internationally. Her teaching approach nurtures each individual's personal vision with plentiful one to one support, encouraging an experimental and intuitive approach to digging deep with materials, process, theory, interaction and reflection.
She has exhibited in Solo and Group Exhibitions in Ireland, France, Germany, UK and USA. She has been awarded a Cooper Foundation Grant (USA); Arts Council of Ireland and Wicklow County Council funding; a Royal Hibernian Academy Studio Award; a Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship and a Dublin Institute of Technology Award of Excellence. International residencies include Kiðjaberg, Iceland and Brigham Young University, Utah. Her practice includes collaborations with visual artists, dance artists and artists collectives. Her work is held in Irish and International Public and Private Collections. She sits on the Board of Directors of Mermaid Arts Centre, Co. Wicklow, is a co-founder of Outpost Artists Studios and co-hosts Wicklow Artists Salon with writer Philip St John.
