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Joanna Coke

 

 

 

 

artist@joannacoke.com


941-726-5218


 

Joanna has a strong background in figurative and landscape painting. She received her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts in these genres from the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

 

She also was trained by nationally known artists, Michael Del Priore in portraiture and Leonard Wren in landscape painting. She studied art abroad in Paris in 2000 and in Venice, Rome and Florence in 2004.
 


 

 

    Madonna of the Kitchen - oil on canvas

 

 

 

One-Person Shows:

 

Venus Luncheon - 2006, Maria Saraceno Gallery, St. Petersburg Beach, FL

 

Persona - 2005, MFA Thesis Show, LSU School of Art Gallery, Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA

 

In One's Glory - 2001, Center Gallery, Tampa, FL

 

 

Gallery Representation:

 

Giclée Ink  - 2006, Sarasota, FL

 

Contemporary American Realism - 2005, Harris Gallery, Houston, TX

 

 

Artist-in-Residency:

 

Salamander Ridge - August 2006, Greenville, NC


 

Cloudscape

 

                                         Juried Shows:

 

Portraits & Figure Exhibition - 2007, Venice Art Center, "Best of Show"

 

Women Contemporary Artists - 2006, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL

 

Art of Travel - 2006, Art Center Longboat Key, FL

 

I Love Me, I Love You Not - 2006, White Dog Design, Sarasota, FL

 

Portrait and Figure - 2006, Art Center Venice, FL

 

15th Annual Town of Longboat Key - 2006, Art Center Longboat Key, FL

 

Small Treasures - 2005, Art Center of Sarasota, FL 

 

Art and Money - 2005, Shaw Center Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (Best of Show)

 

Venus Envy - 2005, Oculus Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA           

 

22nd Annual NSA National Show - 2004, National Society of Artists, Santa Fe, TX

 

                               10th Annual Gulf Coast National Art Competition - 2004, Texas Art Museum, Port Arthur, TX

 

Color II International Exhibition - 2004, Period Gallery, Lincoln, NE  (Special Recognition)

 

38th Annual Mother Lode National Art Exhibit - 2004, Placerville Arts Association, Placerville, CA

               

     (Award of Excellence)

 

34th Annual River Road Show - 2003, Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, LA  (Honorable Mention)

 

Drawing V International Exhibition - 2003, Period Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Honorable Mention)

 

                                Louisiana Art &: Artists' Guild - 2003, National Archive Building, Baton Rouge, LA (Honorable Mention)

 

Current Works - 2003, Gallery Enormous, St. Petersburg, FL

 

Las Damas d' Arte - 2002, Scarfone/Hartley Galleries, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL   (Scholarship

 

     Award of Excellence)

 

Figurative Explorations - 2002, Gallery Enormous, St. Petersburg, FL

 

Valentine Peepshow - 2002, Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, FL

 

Collage - 2001, Center Gallery, Tampa, FL

 

Influx - 2001, Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, FL

 

8th Annual All Florida Show- 2001, Center Gallery, Tampa, FL

 

ARThouse, Salon de Refuse - 2001, USF, Tampa Campus, FL  (People's Choice Award)

 

Valentine Peepshow - 2001, Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, FL

 

Crossroads and Echoes, Paris - 2001, Center Gallery, Tampa, FL

 

Honors 2D - 2001, Teaching Gallery, USF, Tampa Campus, FL

 

Member's Winter Show - 2001, Art Center of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL

 

Member's Fall Show - 2000, Art Center of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL

 

 

 

Teaching            Instructor             Acrylics and Pastels, Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL,  2006

Experience        Instructor             Color Theory Simplified, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL,  2006

                             Instructor             Figure Drawing I, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA,  2005

                             Instructor             Figure Drawing Workshops, Associated Women of the Arts,

                                                   Baton Rouge, LA,   2004-05   Instructor Drawing II and Art History-

                                                            Museums. 

Teaching            Assistant              Baton Rouge, LA for Arthur Skinner, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL,  2003-04

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                      

                                                                                                                          David at Table - oil on canvas

 

 

 

 

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Palm Overlook - oil on canvas

 

Portrait of Grace

 

Popsicle Trees - oil on canvas

 

 

Lizzi’s Back - pastels

 

 

Abby - oil on canvas

 

 

Poet Man - charcoal

 

 

Resting in Color - pastels

 

 

Anima, Anima -

 mixed media

 

 

Robyn and Cupid - pastels

 

 

Suzi - oil on canvas

 

 

Keeping - 

oil on canvas

 

 

Out Door -

oil on canvas

 

 

Recline Back - pastels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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