Joanne Probyn is a Vancouver-based, Canadian artist.
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CV Hightlights Below
Last Updated: November 2023 (current CV downloadable above)
Education Highlights
2023
Asawa on Paper and Asawa’s Paper Web, Whitney Museum, New York, NY
Bio-plastic Casting Workshop with Gwenyth Chao, Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC
2020-2023
Guitar and Songwriting, Mike Ferraro, Long & McQuade
2021
Embodied Poetry Workshop, Christine Bissonette, 9 Creative Lives
2020-2021
Modern Fusion BellyDance (online), Candace Aldridge Sanchez, Harmony BellyDance, Victoria, BC, Canada
2019-2021
MasterClass online, Frank Gehry, Malcolm Gladwell, Robin Roberts, Christina Aguilera, Jeff Koons, Es Devlin
The Great Courses online: Kat McTee, embroidery
2015
Marketing Management Certificate, UBC Sauder, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2002
Intermedia (video, installation art) with Eric Metcalf, Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD),
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2001
20th Century Art with Art Perry, ECUAD, Vancouver, BC, Canada
IDEA Program Diploma, Capilano University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Select Solo Exhibitions
2023
Eastside Culture Crawl, Studio 10B, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada (upcoming Nov 16-19)
Concert Series featuring Tamami Maitland, Zach Kleisinger, Kardias Quing, Theda Phoenix, Jesse Waldman and Monica Lee with co-host Tiny House Concerts, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Several First Saturday Exhibitions, Studio 10B, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2022
100 Day Project, Eastside Culture Crawl, Studio 10B, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2021
Eastside Culture Crawl, Studio 10B, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2021
Reimagining Balance, Studio 10B, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019
Restoration, Britannia Art Gallery, curated by Haruko Okano, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CARFAC fee paid)
2018
Sewn Open, Grandview Studio, Eastside Culture Crawl (ESCC), Vancouver, BC, Canada
2017
Fairhaven Art Walk (feature artist), Current and Furbish, curated by Scott Ward, Bellingham, WA, USA
2017
Explore, Interior Design Show (IDS), Vancouver, BC, Canada
Select Group Exhibitions
2023
Pre-Crawl Preview, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada (upcoming Nov 10)
Art & Wine Stroll, by Ladner Business Association at Ladner Village Arts & Crafts, Delta, BC, Canada
Outsiders and Others, Rath Art Supplies, curation Theresa Frazao, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Taking Shape: Abstraction to Figuration, Artsy, Artist Alliance, Jen Tough curator, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Escape Into Art, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2022
Winter Solstice, Gallery George, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pre-Crawl Preview, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
NEXT, The Cultch, Eastside Culture Crawl Preview Exhibition, Curated (CARFAC fee paid)
Escape Into Art, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2021
Surfacing, The Cultch, Eastside Culture Crawl Preview Exhibition, curated by Alanna Edwards, Paul de Guzman, and Connie Sabo, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CARFAC fee paid)
Artfully Anonymous, South Delta Artists Guild, Delta, BC, Canada
Tiny Assemblages and Water Stories, Jen Tough Gallery, Artist Alliance (online), Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2020
Art Rental Program and Exhibition curated by Florene Belmore, North Van Arts, N. Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019
Ten Squared, Federation of Canadian Artists, Federation Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019
Inizio curated by Innovare Art, The Beaumont Studios, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019
Outside the Lines curated by Innovare Art, Quitely, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018
SPACES, TRACES AND PLACES curated by Paul de Guzman, Eri Ishii, and Connie Sabo, Eastside Culture Crawl (CARFAC fee paid), Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018
ARTBOMB, Online/National, Canada2017 CANADA 150, KIMOTO Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2017
ARTBOMB, Online/National, Canada
2017
Biennial, MONA, Skelf, London, UK
2017
FEROZA, The Beaumont Studios, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Select Murals and Public Projects
2020
Make Safe Brigade, collaborative mask-making coalition, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018-2019
Vancouver Mural Festival with THRIVE Art Studio and Carmen Chan, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011
City Entrance Installation Design (spirit bear logo; wood, paint), Klemtu, BC, Canada
2003
Murals, Museum of Science and Technology (SciTech), Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Awards
2013
Vancity Credit Union (storytelling client), BCAMA Marketer of the Year
2005 – 2006
Magellan Awards USA and MarCom Creative Awards USA, Chandler Chicco Agency (design employee)
2002
Award of Excellence for Painting, North Vancouver Arts Council
Select Donations and Fundraisers
2019/21/22
Daffodil Ball, Canadian Cancer Society, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver and online, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018
Women of Distinction Awards (for low-income mothers), YWCA, J. W. Marriot Parq, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2017
Columbus Residence Calendar Girls (for seniors), Metro Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015
Art in the Park Exhibition Organizer, Haro Park Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Teaching, Panels and Professional Activities
2023
Seaside Splendour: Intro to Watercolour: Ladner Village Arts & Crafts
Amazing Squeegee Art; Acrylic Techniques: Create with Joanne, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada CREATE! Arts Festival by Eastside Arts Society, Strathcona Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2021-2023
First Saturday Steering Commitee Member, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2022
Easy Abstract Painting Demo, Eastside Culture Crawl, Studio 10B, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Daring to be an Artist; Canadian Federation of University Women South Delta, Delta, BC, Canada2018
The Adventure of Being an Artist with Richard Tetrault, probynart.com, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008 – 2015
Therapeutic Art Teacher, Haro Park Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2004 – 2006
Art Student Mentor, New York School Board and Manhattan School of Art and Design, New York, USA
Select Publications
2023
Artist Feature, The Artist’s Journal, BC, Canada
2021
Fun Size, Jen Tough Gallery, New Mexico featuring Blue Grace and Purest Pleasure
2019
Blank Spaces Magazine, four-page feature artist profile
Professional Association Memberships
- Artist Alliance, Santa Fe, NM
- South Delta Artists’ Guild, Delta, BC, Canada
- First Saturday, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Select Illustration Clients *
- Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance (CCIRA) Vancouver Opera Spirit Bear Adventures
- Saudi Crown Prince, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Weyerhaeuser
Corporate Collections *
- Portland Hotel Society (PHS)
- Wild Garlic Restaurant
Works are collected locally and internationally.
* Complete illustration commissions and collectors lists available upon request.