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Joan Vaupen
Experimental artist | assemblage, sculpture, printing & painting
Joan Vaupen Retrospective Exhibit at LA Artcore, December 2–27, 2009.
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Joan Vaupen grew up drawing and experimenting with art materials in Seattle, Washington. Her exposure to many cultures, current and historical, plus the Seattle Art Museum’s collections of Asian art provided her early aesthetic education. She had opportunities to live, work and study in many places including Mexico, France, British Columbia, California and Japan.
She was fortunate to receive one of three available art scholarships to Central Washington University, and upon graduation was offered a job in the University Art Department. She has been an art educator most of her working life.
Joan’s artwork has been exhibited throughout the world, including in the United States at the University of Washington, USC Fischer Gallery, TAG Gallery, VIVA Gallery, Roberts Gallery, LACC, LA Artcore Gallery, Laguna Art Museum, Ventura College, CSULA Luckman Gallery, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, U.J. Platt Gallery and Biola University Art Gallery; in Japan at the Kitakushu Museum of Art and the Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art; and in Thailand at the 2008 International Art Exchange at the National Cultural Arts Center and Burpha University.
Her interests as an artist are subject to multiple influences including art history, social history, institutions, human endeavors, satire, and the effects of light and color on metal and unique translucent materials.
“I love rich saturated color and have experimented with printing images, moiré patterns, and controlled and abstract forms on clear acrylic sculptures. I work to turn ideas into images and vice versa using assemblage, sculpture, printing and painting. Some of my work is political, most experimental, seeking solutions using familiar materials in different ways. In my current work I’ve been experimenting with the effects of heat on industrial titanium. ” – Joan Vaupen
