JOY WOLFENDEN BROWN
THE MEETING PLACE


24TH JULY UNTIL 22ND AUGUST

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Born in 1961 Stamford Lincolnshire. Living in Cornwall


Education

1980 - 1981
Foundation Art, Lincoln College of Art Fine Art

1981 - 1984
Degree, Bretton Hall College / Leeds University

1985 – 1986
Post Graduate Diploma, Art Therapy, Hertfordshire College of Art & Design


Selected Biography

1982 - 1984
Stanley Royd Mental Health Hospital, Wakefield – assisting in Art Therapy department

1983 - 1984
M.I.N.D. Barnsley - volunteer

1984 - 1985
Brookside Young People’s Unit, Goodmayes Mental Health Hospital, Essex. - full time as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a psychodynamically run residential therapy unit.

1986 - 1989
Ingledene, Church of England Children’s Society, Altrincham, Cheshire. - Full time Senior II Art Therapist /Residential Social Worker.

1989 - 1993
Stockport Health Authority Community and residential learning disability/mental health teams - Full time Senior I Art Therapist.

1995
Full time Mum to two boys.

1999
Moved to Bude, Cornwall (area where grandparents/mother had lived).

2000
Started to paint again



Solo Exhibitions


2003
Somerville Gallery, Plymouth

2004
Inside Out, Goldfish, Penzance

2005
Letting Go, Goldfish, Penzance

2006
Still Waters, Goldfish, Penzance

2007
Brief Visitor, Goldfish, Penzance
New Paintings, Beaux Arts, Bath

2008
Simple Truths, Goldfish, Penzance

2009
Sparrow, Beaux Arts, Bath

2010
The Meeting Place, Millennium, St. Ives


Selected Mixed Exhibitions

2002 - 2003
South West Academy, Exeter Phoenix - Awarded Somerville Gallery painting prize

2003 - 2008
Continued representation, Goldfish, Penzance

2005
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington

2006
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington
Work acquired for permanent exhibition at The Anthony Pettullo Outsider and Self Taught Art Collection, Milwaukee, USA

2007
Art Now Cornwall?, Goldfish, Penzance
FORM Art Fair, Olympia
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington
Summer Show, Beaux Arts, Bath
Margins, Sherborne Open 07 - Awarded First Prize Winner
Art London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea
Move, Goldfish at Vyner Street, Lime Wharf, London

2008
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington
The Figure Show, Jill George Gallery, London
Art London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea

2009
Mixed Winter Exhibition, Millennium, St. Ives
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington
The Figure Show, Jill George Gallery, Londo
n Chichester Painting Prize (Shorlisted)
Art London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea

2010
Mixed Winter Exhibition, Millennium, St. Ives
London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington
The House of Fairy Tales, Millennium, St. Ives


Selected Press Coverage

The Guardian, The Observer, Cornwall Today, Devon Today, Inside Cornwall, Galleries, Cornishman, Western Morning News