JOAN MALKERSON
Artist Statement
Artists: Who could blame them for doing hommage to the beauty of the world?
I like to bring to light or unveil a core, a spirit, an inward nature of an object, scene or person. I go inside to find the soul, heart or attributes within. Always curious, I search with a joyful spirit.
Joan Malkerson opened Malkerson Gallery 408 in Carrizozo in 2005. You can view the Gallery HERE
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITS
2018 "A Rose is a Rose is a Rose" Gallery 408 on Twelfth Street, Carrizozo, NM
2018 The Stone Catcher: An Installation, inspired by the book "Just Mercy" by Brian Stevenson.
A Gallery within a Gallery, 408 Twelfth Street, Carrizozo, New Mexico
2018 The Catcher in the Rye: An Installation, inspired by the book by J.D. Salinger.
A Gallery within a Gallery, 408 Twelfth Street, Carrizozo, New Mexico
2017 A Carrizozo Love Story: An Installation with over 100 works of art represented.
Downstairs at the Lutz Building, 401 Twelfth Street, Carrizozo, New Mexico
2014 Four Views, 401 Twelfth Street, Carrizozo, New Mexico
2010 Portraits Jeanne d'Arc. Installation of eight portrait stations mixed media.
Malkerson Modern Gallery
2010 Finalist for Prospectus #210 New Mexico Arts: Art in Public Places, Spine Series #8
2010-2013 Anita Sue Kolman Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2009 Art for Choice, Group Show, Nina Bliese Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2009 Open Door Five, Group Show, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008 Artists for Peace, Gallery 408 on Twelfth Street, Carrizozo, New Mexico
2008 Thirteenth Annual Artists Art Loop, Lincoln County, New Mexico
2007 Sketching with Stitches: Joan Malkerson and Wendy West, Corazone Gallery,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007 Twelfth Annual Artists Art Loop, Lincoln County, New Mexico
2006 Eleventh Annual Artists Art Loop, Lincoln County, New Mexico
2005 Creative Places, Group Show, Seasons on St. Croix, Hudson, Wisconsin
2005 Solo Show, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
2004 Dynamic Conversations, Solo Show, The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004 Solo Show, Ripple River Gallery, Aitkin, Minnesota
2004 Three Visions: Kirsten Johnson, Joan Malkerson and Riki Kölbl Nelson, Hopkins
Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota
2003 Minnesota Artists Exhibition, Group Show, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota
2003 The Figure, Group Show, Minnetonka Center of the Arts, Minnetonka, Minnesota
2003 Two-Person Show, The First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003 Visiting Alaska, Solo Show, Eden Prairie Senior Center, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
2001 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition, St. Paul, Minnesota
2000 Recent Works, Two-Person Show, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, Minnesota
OTHER SELECTED EXHIBITS
2008 Joan Malkerson: The Spine Series, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006 The Collectors’ Show, Group Show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005 Parade of Homes, Builders Association of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
2005 The Collectors’ Show, Group Show, Shelley Holzemer Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004 WARM Mentorship Show, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
2003 Scenes of Alaska, Solo Show, Howard Luke Academy, Fairbanks, Alaska
2003 WARM Members’ Exhibition, Mira Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000 Foot in the Door, Group Show, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1998 DEBUT, Group Show, 108 High Street Gallery, Portland, Maine
1997 Senior Exhibition, Group Show, Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
REPRESENTATION
Gallery 408 and the Studios on Twelfth Street, Carrizozo, New Mexico
Kohlman Pryor Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
PUBLIC ART
2018 World Art Day April 15, 2018. In collaboration with Cindy Johnson who initiated the first World Art Day celebration, April 15, 2018 in Carrizozo, I organized twenty-five artists to participate in an installation for the occasion. Each artist chose a country to represent by painting an old fence post in the flag colors of that country. The installation commenced with a parade to the public sculpture garden on Twelfth Street. The post holes were organized in concentric circles. The colorful installation is inviting and easy to walk in and around and enjoy. See images on our Facebook Page!
2006-2008 Carrizozo, New Mexico, Co-organizer of Burro Serenade, Thirty-two local artists paint and embellish life size burro sculptures to be installed as public art sculptures in the town of Carrizozo and Lincoln County
2006 Carrizozo, New Mexico, Designed and lead a team of 14 artists and 75 children in the execution and installation of a sculpture for the Happy World Playground
COMMISSIONS
2006 Van and Karen Patten
2004 Wall Installation: Joan Malkerson and Sharol Nau, On Your Toes School of Dance,
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
2001 Elizabeth and William Dopp
1999 Becky and Mark Roloff
CORPORATE & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2018 Christine McGill
2017 Elizabeth Dopp
2017 Stephen and Mary Watson
2011 Becky Malkerson
2003 The Goff Investment Group
TEACHING
2003 Artist Mentor, El Colegio Charter School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2003 Watercolor and Ink, Burnsville Continuing Education, Burnsville, Minnesota
2003 Watercolor, Burnsville Continuing Education, Burnsville, Minnesota
2002 Experience in Seeing: Adult Intermediate Drawing, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, Minnesota
2002 Investigating Oil Painting, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, Minnesota
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2005-Present Owner and curator of Gallery 408 and The Studios on Twelfth Street, Carrizozo, NM
1998 Co-Founder of the 108 High Street Gallery, Portland, Maine
EDUCATION
2007 Monoprints with Professor Paula Wilson, New Mexico
2002-2004 Mentorship (Gita Kar, mentor), Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota
2002-2003 Ceramics workshops, Edina Art Center, Edina, Minnesota
2003 Doll-making workshop with Sandra Self, St. Paul, Minnesota
2002 Intaglio workshops, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997 Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, B.F.A., painting, cum laude
1968 Secondary Teacher Certification in Colorado and Minnesota
1968 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Bachelor of Arts Philosophy
