Joan Wheeler (American, born )

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Wheeler is a contemporary American artist. Her painting and textiles comment on the state of the natural world and its reflection in her psyche.This is evident in the way that her art reflects the exploration of her life’s experiences,memories and emotions. Wheeler was represented by Monique Knowlton Gallery in Soho, NY, featured on the cover of Gallery Guide,listed in Art in America’s guide to contemporary artists, and exhibited in other NY galleries including Exit Art, First Run Gallery, Broadway Windows, the Works on Paper Show at the Armory, and the Outsider Art Show in Soho. She has had work in solo or group exhibits at New Britain Museum of American Art, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Discovery Museum, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Mattatuck Museum, the Barnum Museum, and Shore Institute for Contemporary Arts. Born in 1953, she resides and maintains her studio in CT.