JoEllyn Loehr

Education
MA—Michigan State University
Bachelor of Fine Arts—Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR; 2000

Teaching
Eastern Michigan University; Ypsilanti MI; 1971-2; Design I, Interior Design I, Housing the Family
New Hampshire Institute of Art; Manchester NH; 1980-1; Design I

Juried Group Shows
Works of Faith—First Presbyterian Church; Portland OR; May–June 1998 (Juror’s Award)
PNCA at OHSU—Oregon Health & Sciences University; Portland OR; March–April 1999
Recent Graduates—Chosen by faculty to represent PNCA; Blackfish Gallery; Portland OR; July 2000
Emerging Artists—Catlin Gabel School; Portland OR; October–November 2000
Gifts of the Spirit—First Presbyterian Church; Portland OR; December 2000–January 2001
New Members Show—Blackfish Gallery; Portland OR; January 2001
Blackfish at PCC—Northview Gallery, Portland Community College; Portland OR; Feb. 2001
Montana Art Gallery Association—Travelling Show; 2001-2002
Paris-Gibson Square Museum of Art; Great Falls MT; November–December 2001
Liberty Arts Center and Gallery; Chester MT; May–June 2002
Western Montana College Museum; Dillon MT; September–October 2002
Expressions West 2003—Coos Art Museum and SWOCC; Coos Bay OR; May–June, 2003
Natural Abstraction—Mirror Pond Gallery; Bend OR; October 2003 (Jurors’ Award)
Around Oregon Annual II—Corvallis Arts Center; Corvallis OR; June 2004
New Work—Blackfish Gallery; Portland OR;
August 2001, April 2003, May 2004, July 2004, April 2005
Portland Art Dealers Association—Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Newmark Theater,
December 2005
Expressions West 2006—Coos Art Museum and SWOCC; Coos Bay OR; May–July, 2006;
Ed Musante, Juror (First Place Purchase Award)
North Bank Artists’ Gallery—Abstraction; Vancouver WA; August 2007, Judy Cooke, Juror
Sisters Art Show 2003, 2005, 2008—Sisters OR; (Judges’ Award - Painting)
Group Show—BICA Gallery, Bend OR; December 2009, February-March 2010
Group Show—Ten Years Later, North Bank Artists’ Gallery, Vancouver WA; October 2010

Solo Shows
Furlong Suite—Arts and Culture Council, City of Marquette MI—November 2006
A Poetics of Place—Rotunda Gallery, Central Oregon Community College, Bend OR; June-July 2010
Earth. Light. Water. Wind.—Deschutes Public Library System; Sisters OR; August 2010

Upcoming Shows
Group Show—Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR; January 2011
Solo Show—Art Adventure Gallery, Jefferson County Art Association, Madras OR; September 2011
Two Person Show—Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR, April 2012

Other
Guest speaker—Oregon Society of Artists, Portland OR; October 2005; “History, Ideas, and Processes in Abstract Art”
Guest speaker—Black Butte Art Guild, Sisters OR: March 2008; “Why Abstract Art Matters”
Guest speaker—Art in Action, Continuing Education, COCC; October 2010

Collections
Private Collections—US, France, Germany
Corporate Collections
Parsons, Farnell, and Grein Attorneys
The Gregory Condominium Association
Portland Community College - Cascade Campus
Southwestern Oregon Community College
Coos Art Museum
Black Butte Ranch Corporation - Commission, Butterflies of the Deschutes, 7-painting series

Media
Willamette Week, Richard Speer recommend, November 12, 2003
Bend Bulletin,Go! Magazine, Feature article: “Beauty in Chaos”, December 25, 2009




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