Joanne Probyn is a Vancouver-based, Canadian artist.
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Last Updated: November 2021
Education Highlights
2020-2021
Guitar and Songwriting, Mike Ferraro, Long & McQuade
Modern Fusion BellyDance, Candace Aldridge Sanchez, Harmony BellyDance Co.
Poetry, Christine Bissonette, 9 Creative Lives
MasterClass online: Jeff Koons, Es Devlin, Robin Roberts, Christina Aguilera
2019
MasterClass online: Frank Gehry and Malcolm Gladwell
The Great Courses online: Kat McTee
Marketing Management Certificate, UBC Sauder, Vancouver, BC, Canada
IDEA Program Diploma, Capilano University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Select Solo Exhibitions
2021
Eastside Culture Crawl, Studio 10B, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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
Explore, Interior Design Show (IDS), Vancouver, BC, Canada
Summer Show, Grandview Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Group Exhibitions Highlights
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
Inizio curated by Innovare Art, The Beaumont Studios, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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
Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada (CARFAC fee paid)
ARTBOMB, Online/National, Canada
2017
CANADA 150, KIMOTO Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
FEROZA, The Beaumont Studios, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Art in the Park, Haro Park Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010-2011
Bouquet of Hope and Inquiry Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2001-2002
Art Rental Program Exhibition, North Vancouver Community Arts Council, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Celebration of Spring, Burnaby Arts Council, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Select Murals and Public Projects
2020
Founded Make Safe Brigade, mask-making coalition of 30 volunteers, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019
Vancouver Mural Festival with Carmen Chan, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018
Vancouver Mural Festival with THRIVE Art Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011
City Entrance Installation Design (spirit bear logo; wood, paint), Klemtu, BC, Canada
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 (employee)
2002
Award of Excellence for Painting, North Vancouver Arts Council
Select Donations and Fundraisers
2019/2021 2019
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
2010
Kids Up Front 19th Hole (for children), Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 – 2012
Bouquet of Hope with James Picard, Jay Senetchko; Gallery Gachet/Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Teaching, Panels and Professional Activities
2021
Maya Lin: A Clear Strong Vision film screening, Studio 10B, Eastside Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019
Kusama ~ Infinity film screening, Grandview Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019
Burnaby Art Gallery Curator’s Private THRIVE Tour and Recap, probynart.com, Burnaby, BC Canada
2018
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
2021
Fun Size, Jen Tough Gallery, New Mexico featuring Blue Grace and Purest Pleasure
2019
Blank Spaces Magazine, four-page feature artist profile
2018
The Georgia Straight, artist profile
2000 / 2001
EVENT Magazine, The Douglas College Review, cover artist for two years
Professional Association Memberships
- Artist Alliance, Santa Fe, NM
- Founding Member, FLOURISH Art Group
- North Van Arts, North Vancouver, BC
- PRAXIS Center for Aesthetics, NY, NY
- THRIVE Art Studio, Vancouver, BC
- Canadian Artists’ Representation (CARFAC), Ottawa, ON
- Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT), Vancouver, BC
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.