Artist Statement, 2011

This year I have continued with my Kyoto inspired blossom theme, primarily sourcing blossom scenes from Kyoto's sister city and my home town, Adelaide.

The paintings in 2011, formed the body of work for my first solo show, Hanami, meaning flower viewing and also the name of the parties which the Japanese throw to celebrate the beginning of the Cherry Blossom season.

In my Hanami I celebrate this delicate flower and the branches which support it by presenting to the viewer tonal realist paintings which are both larger than life as well as small scenes featuring trees in full bloom.

Artist Bio

Joanna Poulson is an Adelaide based artist who has been exhibiting regularly since 2005. She is graduate of the Adelaide Central School of Art, where she completed her Associate Degree in 2007.

Joanna's dedication and artwork has been recognised through commission prizes, grants and awards in South Australia. In 2008 she has established a studio in Prospect. Blossom themed commission requests are welcome.

Artist Resume

Education
2007 Associate Degree in Visual Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, Norwood
1997 Bachelor of Management, University of South Australia, Adelaide
 
Accolades
2010 Awarded SA Life/Loreto Spring Art Emerging Artist Prize
2008 Baulderstone Hornibrook/Helpmann Academy Commission Award
  Finalist, CIBO/Loreto Spring Art Emerging Artist Prize
2007 Awarded First Prize at the Adelaide Cathedral Art Show
  Helpmann Academy Grant
  Awarded ACA Scholarship
2006 Exter Hotel/ACSA Commission prize
 
Professional Experience
2007 Visual Art Fair Coordinator, Sundays Adelaide Festival Centre
 
Exhibitions
2011 Hanami, Solo Show, Kensington Gallery, Norwood
  Adelaide Intercontinental Foyer, Adelaide
2010 Loreto Spring Art, Loreto College, Marryatville
  SA Life Emerging Artist with Spring Art, Lion Hotel, North Adelaide
  Watershed Art Prize, John Harvey Gallery, Salisbury
  Summer Exhibition, Max Dawn Gallery, Torrensville
2009 Adelaide Cathedral Art Show, St Peter's Cathedral, North Adelaide
  Loreto Spring Art, Loreto College, Marryatville
  Saint Ignatius Art Show, St Ignatius College, Norwood
  Princes Contemporary Art Show, Prince Alfred College, Kent Town
  Art Inq show, The Robin Hood Hotel, Norwood
2008 Made in Prospect, Prospect Gallery, Nailsworth
  Bald Clanger Portrait Prize, Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
  Ignite, St Ignatius College, Norwood
  Adelaide Cathedral Art Show, St Peter's Cathedral, North Adelaide
  Loreto Spring Art, Loreto College, Marryatville
  Authentic, Poulson & Profanter Studio, Prospect
  Princes Contemporary Art Show, Prince Alfred College, Kent Town
  Works on Paper, Adelaide Central School of Art Student Gallery, Norwood
2007 Bald Clanger Portrait Prize, Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
  Innovative Art, Terrace Floors & Furnishings, Eastwood
  Adelaide Cathedral Art Show, St Peter's Cathedral, North Adelaide
  Art East, Eckersley's Adelaide
  Loreto Spring Art, Loreto College Marryatville
  Out from the Crowd, Artistic License Gallery, North Adelaide
  Flight 3 (art inq), The Robin Hood Hotel, Norwood
  Flight 2 (art inq), The Robin Hood Hotel, Norwood
  Catwalk, Tin Cat Cafe Restaurant & Gallery, Kent Town
  Princes Contemporary Art Show, Prince Alfred College, Kent Town
  ETSA Utilities Foyer, ETSA Utilities, Keswick
  Objects & Images, St Ignatius College, Athelstone
  Cube Interiors, Hippo Hair, Kent Town
  Wallpaper Incognito, Alex Silano Hair, Adelaide
  Some Women 2007, Freerange Gallery, McLaren Vale
  Reverie, Tin Cat Cafe Restaurant & Gallery, Kent Town
  International Women's Day, Hawker Street Gallery, Bowden
  Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda Contemporary Arts Centre, St Kilda
  Art West Series 2, Phat Coffee, Adelaide
2006 Made in Prospect, Prospect Gallery, Nailsworth
  Art West Series 1, Rockford Hotel, Adelaide
  10 x 10, Adelaide Central School of Art Student Gallery, Norwood
  Bald Clanger Portrait Prize, Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
  Adelaide Cathedral Art Show, St Peter's Cathedral, North Adelaide
  Loreto Spring Art, Loreto College Marryatville
  ab5, Flightpath Architects, Adelaide
  Objects & Images, St Ignatius College, Athelstone
  Remnants:surviving traces, Tin Cat Cafe Restaurant & Gallery, Kent Town
2005 Aids Council Silent Auction, Greenhill Gallery, North Adelaide
  Flutterby, Adelaide Central School of Art Student Gallery, Norwood
  Bald Clanger Portrait Prize, Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
  Frenzy, Port Dock Brewery, Port Adelaide
  Fusion, Adelaide Central School of Art Student Gallery, Norwood
  Background, Prospect Gallery, Nailsworth
2004 Under the felts, Adelaide Central School of Art Student Gallery, Norwood
  A4 Play, Helpmann Academy, UniSA Underdale campus, Underdale