Artist Resume 2011
Joyce Koskenmaki
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2011: “Paintings from the Spirit”, with Carmel Anderson, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Solo Exhibition, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
“Northern Lights” Invitational, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan
2010: “Kalevala Images,” Solo Show, Vertin Gallery, Hancock, Michigan
Drawings for “Naked in the Stream,” Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, Michigan, and the Reflection Gallery, Finlandia University
“Robert Frost Invitational.” Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, Michigan
National Juried Show, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, AWARD
“North of the Bridge,” Upper Peninsula Artists, Crooked Tree Art Center
2009: Solo Exhibition, Bay de Noc College, Escanaba, Michigan
Two-person show with Ritch Branstrom, Northern Michigan Univerity
“Animals in Hiding Places,” Solo Show, Vertin Gallery, Calumet, Michigan
2008: “Three Keweenaw Artists,” Oasis Gallery, Marquette, Michigan
“Finnish-American Artists,” Duluth Institute of Art, Duluth, Minnesota
2007: “Stones and Walls,” Solo Show, Community Arts Center, Hancock
“Negative Spaces, Positive Forces,” Three Person Show, Center for the Visual
Arts, Wausau, Wisconsin
“Celebrating the Upper Peninsula as Home,” (curator), travelling through
Michigan and Wisconsin, 2007-8
“Paradise Lost? Climate Change in the North Woods.” Travelling through
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin 2007
2006: Permanent Collection Exhibition, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
2005: “Artists in Times of War,” (co-curator) ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Forest, Rock, Wind and Water,” with Amy Arntson, Helen Klebesadel and
Jennifer Williams, Bonifas Art Center, Escanaba, MI
“Five Finnish American Artists,” Northern Michigan University Gallery, Marquette, MI
2004: “Nature and Metaphor,” with Amy Arntson and Helen Klebesadel, Grace
Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Governor’s Invitational Exhibition for Michigan’s Leading Artists, Lansing, MI
Invitational Group Show, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
“Northern Exposure,” Juried regional exhibition, Bonifas Fine Arts Center,
Escanaba, MI TWO PURCHASE AWARDS
Solo Exhibition, University of Michigan Hospital Main Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2003: “Birch Trees,” Solo Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Superior
“Forest Spirits,” Solo Show, Community Art Center, Hancock, Michigan
“Northern Exposure,” Juried regional exhibition, Bonifas Fine Arts Center,
Escanaba, MI FIRST PLACE AWARD
“Water and Metaphor,” with Amy Arntson, Jennifer Williams, Carol Bjerke,
Finlandia University Gallery
“Sticks,” with Kayo Miwa, Pine Tree Gallery, Ironwood, Michigan
“Finnish American Artists” exhibition travelling throughout Finland
2002: “Drawings from the Wilderness,” Solo show, Interchurch Center, New York City
Invitational Group Show, Nicollet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
2001: Solo Exhibition, Odin Gallery, LaCrosse, Wisconsin
“Waterfalls,” Solo Exhibition, Pine Tree Gallery, Ironwood, Michigan
“Nature Studies,” Solo Show, Viterbo University Library Gallery, La Crosse, WI
STARTS (Social Transformation through the Arts) Exhibition, Madison, WI
Invitational Group Show, University of Wisconsin/River Falls, WI
Invitational Group Show, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Invitational Group Show, University of Wisconsin/Superior
Juried Regional Exhibition, Michigan Technological University, AWARD
Travelling Exhibition, Isle Royale Artist Residents
2000: 6'x12' Mural, "The Owl", Houghton County, Michigan
"Northern Exposure", Juried Upper Peninsula Exhibition, Escanaba, AWARD
Regional Juried Exhibition, Michigan Technological University, AWARD
Northern National Juried Art Exhibition, Nicollet College, Rhinelander, WI
1999: “Animal Protectors,” Solo Exhibition, Northern Michigan University
"Isle Royale Remembered,” with Jennifer Williams, Omphale Gallery, Calumet
Juried Chicago Women's Caucus for Art Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
1998: “Animal Protectors,” Solo Show, Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock Solo
Exhibition, Evergreen College Gallery, Olympia, Washington
1997: Solo Exhibiton, DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin
1996: "Global Focus" travelling exhibition, National Gallery of Women's Art, Washington, D.C.
1995: Solo Exhibitions, Nelimarkka Museum, Alajarvi, Finland
Gallery of the School of Art, Kuopio, Finland
Helsky Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
"From Celestial to Earthly", The Open Center, New York City & Paterson Museum, Paterson, N.J.
National Women's Caucus for Art Juried Show, San Antonio, Texas
National Women's Caucus for Art Exhibition, International Women’s Conference,
Beijing, China (co-curator)
1994: "Koskenmaki and Klebesadel,” University of Wisconsin/Platteville
International Rock Art Exhibition, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
1993: "Beauty and the Beast, and other Myths and Fairy Tales,” Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Juror Exhibition, All-Michigan Juried Show, Northern Michigan University
1991 and 1992: National Affiliate Exhibitions, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City
WORK IN COLLECTIONS:
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Nelimarkka Museum, Alajarvi, Finland
President’s Collection, University of Sonora, Mexico
Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
Isle Royale National Park
Bay de Noc College, Escanaba, Michigan
Michigan Technological University, Houghton
Northern Michigan University, Marquette
Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Sandra Conn Associates, Chicago
Little Rapids Corporation, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Numerous private collections in the U.S. and Finland
HONORS, GRANTS, TRAVEL:
2005: Artist in Residence, Jentel Foundation, Wyoming
2004: Artist in Residence, Montana Artists Refuge, Basin
2002: Artist in Residence, Eagle Harbor, Michigan
2001: Artist in Residence, Voyageurs National Park
1998: Artist in Residence, Isle Royale National Park
1997: Research Grant, University of Wisconsin/LaCrosse, travel to Africa
1996: University exchange artist to Guanxi University, Nanning and Guilin, China
1995: Finlandia Foundation Grant, travel to Finland
Artist in Residence, Nelimarkka Museum, Alajarvi, Finland
University Grant, travel to Beijing, attend International Women's Conference
1994: Sonnemann Grant, travel to Lapland, visit petroglyph sites
1992: Research Grant, University of Wisconsin/LaCrosse, visit rock art, U.S., Canada
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
“NAKED IN THE STREAM: THE ISLE ROYALE STORIES,” Vic Foerster, Arbutus Press,
Traverse City, Michigan, 2010, cover and illustrations.
“PARADISE LOST? CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NORTH WOODS,” catalogue for the exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2006, page 32.
"THE ISLAND WITHIN US", Isle Royale Natural History Association, Houghton, Michigan, 2000, featured artist, pages 126-129.
Wisconsin Academy Review, Madison, summer 1997, covers and pages 24-30.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
“Stories from the Kalevala,” Vertin Gallery, Calumet, Michigan, 2010
“On Being an Artist in an Old Mining Town in the North Woods,” Northern Michigan
University, Marquette, 2005
“My Work as Environmental Art”, Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition, 2005
"Landscape Drawing," University of Wisconsin/LaCrosse Summer Graduate Program, 2005
“On My Art and Ink Drawing,” Michigan Art Education Association Conference,
Sault Ste Marie, 2003
“My Art and Finnish Influences,” Finnish Center of Detroit, Michigan 2003
"Returning Home to the North," College Art Association Conference, Toronto, 1998
"Moral and Ethical Dilemmas in the Appropriation of Rock Art Images: An Artist's
Journey”, International Rock Art Conference, Flagstaff, 1994 and College Art
Association Conference, Seattle 1993, published in conference proceedings
"Visual Metaphors and Personal Change,” Women's Caucus for Art Conference,
Washington D.C. 1990
Presentations and talks about my work to varied audiences, 1977- present
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan, 1998-2002, half-time (retired)
University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, 1987-1998
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1986-87
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 1977-86
University of Wisconsin, Superior, 1964-66
Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1962-63
EDUCATION:
MFA in Painting, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1962
BA, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1960
