Education
1977–1979
University of Wisconsin, Madison: M.A., M.F.A., Painting and Sculpture
1971–1976
University of Wisconsin, Madison: B.S. Honors, Painting and Printmaking,
Minor concentration, Art History
Other Schools Attended:
Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA; Trenton State University, NJ; Tyler School of Art, PA; Lake Placid School of Art, NY; Princeton University, NJ; University of Maine, ME
Current Employment
Professor:
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
Exhibitions
Solo And Two-Person
2017
Solo, See the Woods for the Trees, Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT
2015
Solo, In the Grain, Launch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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Solo, Fifteen-Year Survey, Paintings 2000–2014, The Kellogg Art Gallery, California State University, Pomona, CA. Catalog funded by a Faculty Enrichment Grant from Art Center College of Design, and by the Endowment for the Kellogg Art Gallery
2014
Two-Person, Undercurrent, Cole Case and Joan Kahn, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
2010
Solo, Transparencies, POST, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Two-Person, Measure, Joan Kahn and Byoung Park, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2002
Recent Paintings, Dawn Arrowsmith and Joan Kahn, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998
Two-Person, Joan Kahn and Linda Kallan: Paintings, The Arroyo Arts Collective Sixth Discovery Tour of Art and Architecture, Mt. Washington, CA
1986
Two-Person, Joan Kahn and James Larsen, Paintings and Sculpture, St. Stephen’s Chapel Gallery, Rome, Italy
1982
Solo, Set for Princeton Ballet Society, Princeton, NJ
1981
Solo, A Sculptural Environment, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
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Solo, The Outer from the Inner, a sculpture for dancers and a musician, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. Funded by the Sheboygan Artists-in-Residence Program, The Wisconsin Arts Board, and The National Endowment for the Arts
1980
Solo, Installation for Dancers, Tenny Park, Madison, WI. Funded by the Wisconsin Arts Board
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Solo, Earth, Air, Water, and Fire: A Sculptural Environment, Joan Kahn and the University Schools Students, Southeastern Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
1979
Two-Person, Page Coleman and Joan Kahn, Wisconsin Union, Madison, WI
1978
Solo, Painted Work, Center Gallery, Madison, WI
Group
2017
Universe of the Interior, ANDLAB, Los Angeles, CA
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Faculty Exhibition, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
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Lift Off, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
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Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
2016
Faculty Exhibition, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
2014
Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
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Local Color, Artistree Gallery, South Pomfret, Vermont
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Toward the Heart of the Matter: Abstracting From Nature, Haaga Gallery, Descanso Gardens, LaCanada, CA
2013
Faculty Exhibition, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
2012
New Work, Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT
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Faculty Exhibition, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
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Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
2011
One Wall, Holiday Show, Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT
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Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
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Faculty Exhibition, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
2010
Holiday Show, Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT
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Faculty Exhibition, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
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Woodie, The Attic, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Wood Show, Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT
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Faculty Exhibition, Pasadena City College, CA
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4th of July, One Week Only, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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On the Down Low Exhibition, The Attic, Los Angeles, CA
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West Coast Painters, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
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Edges and Boundaries, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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iCandy, Current Abstraction in Southern California, Inaugural Exhibition Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
2007
Keeping It Straight, Right Angles and Hard Edges in Contemporary Southern California Art, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
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Pillow Talk, Small Comforts in Hard Times, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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Works on Paper, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Faculty Exhibition, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
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Plasma CD, 2003,’04,’05,’06, Film Art LA, Los Angeles, CA
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Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
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Group, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Faculty Exhibition, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
2004
Faculty Exhibition, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
2003
Painting Today, The Art Institute of California, Santa Ana, CA
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No Chaser; Straight Ahead Abstract Painting, POST, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Kaleidoscope: Color Systems in Painting, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
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Digital Print Portfolio, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2001
Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
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Hand Painted, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
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Mixed Bag, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
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Inauguration of Architecture M, Long Beach, California, CA
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Rising Tide, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2000
Ten Degrees of Abstraction, Biola University Gallery, La Mirada, CA
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Sextet, in the Key of Space, Burning Lotus Studios, Los Angeles, CA
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Abstraction, Santa Monica College Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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The Part to the Whole, Laband Gallery, Loyola University, Los Angeles, CA
1999
Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
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The Arroyo Arts Collective Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Good Paintings Make You Want to Paint, POST, Los Angeles, CA
1998
Faculty Exhibition, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
1997
Shelter, The Brandeis-Bardin Institute, Brandeis, CA
1993
Faculty Exhibition, Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA
1988
Figure dallo Sfondo, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy
1984
In-a-Sense: 27 New Jersey Artists, Winner First Cash Award, Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
1982
Connections, Western Electric Gallery, Hopewell, NJ
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Pieced Work, 26 Federal Plaza, N.Y.C. Competition, NY Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art
1981
Wisconsin Union Invitational, Madison, WI
1979
Faculty Show, Southeastern Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
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51st Annual Union Show, Memorial Union, Madison, WI
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National Small Painting Purchase Exhibition, Museum Gallery, W. Illinois University, Macomb, IL
1978
National Invitational Exhibition, State University College, New Paltz, NY
Publications
2015
Betty Ann Brown, Joan Kahn: Fifteen-Year Survey, Paintings 2000–2014, Catalog Essay: Color, Harmony, and the Vibrations of the Soul: Joan Kahn’s Painted Geometry, Kellogg Gallery, California State Polynechnic University, Pomona, CA
2014
David Pagel, Undercurrent, Cole Case and Joan Kahn, Catalog Essay, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
2008
Peter Frank, To Be Known, Joan Kahn: Paintings 2002–2008, Catalog Essay, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Max Presneill, Kaleidoscope: Color Systems in Painting, Catalog Essay, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Peter Frank, Galleries: Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, March 3–9; Peter Frank, Galleries: Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, February 11–7
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Chris Miles, The Part to the Whole, Catalog Essay, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
1997
Ulysses Martinez and Daniel Torres, Budget cuts etch out the Art Gallery, Pierce College Round-up, Woodland Hills, CA, October 1
1988
Dede Auregli and Cristina Marabini, Figure dallo Sfondo 3, Catalog Essay, Galleria Civica D’Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Commune di Ferrara, Italy
1984
Eileen Watkins, Hands on approach livens Bergen exhibit, The Star Ledger, Paramus, NJ, June 22
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Judith Harris, In-A-Sense, Catalog Essay, Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
1982
Ann Woolfolk, Where science connects with art, Town Topics, Princeton, NJ, April 21
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Sabra Moore and The New York Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, Views by Women Artists: Pieced Work, Catalog Essay, New York City, NY
1981
Mary Eckardt, North High hosts Artist-in-Residence, The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, WI, March 18
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Paint, imagination turn scrap to art, Post-Crescent, New London, WI, October 22
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Sherry Rindt, From a storeroom to a work of art, Press-Star, New London, WI, November 5
1979
Carole Huber, A look at earth, air, water, and fire, The Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, MO, December 31
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Joan Kahn brings her artistic skills to lab school, Bulletin-Journal, Cape Girardeau, MO, November 11
1978
Joel Safranek, Stark geometry, bold colors mix in Center Gallery exhibit, Press Connection, Madison, WI, November 17
Collections
Maggie and Al Rosa, Burlington,VT
Julie and Peter Parker, Rochester, VT
Charles and Ann Rathbone, Burlington, VT
Lynn Goyette, Colchester, VT
Catherine Lorenz, Los Angeles
Randy Lakeman, Los Angeles, CA
Catherine Arias and Bert Vorhees, Los Angeles, CA
Carolyn and Scott Siegal, Altadena, CA
Barbara Maxwell, Altadena, CA
Patti Baker, Los Angeles, CA
Clare Tayback, Pasadena, CA
Monte Cedro Senior Housing Community, Altadena, CA
Tom Goffigon, Los Angeles, CA
Joan Fauvre, Pasadena, CA
Shelley Sackett and Mark R. Nay, Pasadena, CA
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Mark Baratta, Pasadena, CA
Brian McPherson, Los Angeles, CA
Craig Deines, Pomona, CA
Gene Ogami, Claremont, CA
Kathryn L. Beranich and Stephanie Freidenreich, Los Angeles, CA
Carolie Parker, Altadena, CA
Sandy O’Rourke, Pasadena, CA
Mimi Sander, Boulder, CO
Noel Korten, Los Angeles, CA
Julie and Scott Ward, Pasadena, CA
Renee Dominique, Eagle Rock, CA
Walter Yoka, Los Angeles, CA
Andy Schwartz, Los Angeles, CA
Cherie Benner Davis, Los Angeles, CA
Alissa and Barry Duel, Long Beach, CA
Susan and Jim Crawford, San Marino, CA
Mary Blodgett and Carlton Calvin, South Pasadena, CA
Toni McDonald Pang, Irvine, CA
Ruth Shor, Newport, RI
Larry Agran, Irvine, CA
Geoff Tuck and David Richards, Los Angeles, CA
John Marc Edwards, Los Angeles, CA
Libby Breen, Pasadena, CA
Nancy Monk, Pasadena, CA
Julie McManus, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Darretta, Princeton, NJ
Patty Hansen, Rome, Italy
Carmen Rinaldi, Rome, Italy
Susan Yablon, Chicago, IL
Kyle Berney, Madison, WI
Hannah Kahn, Princeton, NJ
Martin Kahn, Princeton, NJ
Naomi Kahn, Malden, MA
Peter Kahn, Barnard, VT
Grants and Awards, Lectureships and Honorary Positions
Faculty Council Representative, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2015-present
Faculty Enrichment Grant, ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2014
Lecturer, Art Forum, Contemporary Issues in Art and Architecture, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA, 2005
Judge, LaSalle High School Art Exhibition, Pasadena, CA 2001
Core Curatorial Group, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA, 2001–2002
Advisory Board, Pasadena Arts Council, Pasadena, California, 1991–1999
Judge, Pasadena Arts Council Visual Arts Scholarships, Pasadena, CA, 1992–1994
Juror, The Los Angeles Printmaking Society: Northwest Print Council Exchange Exhibit, Portland, Oregon, 1993
Visiting Lecturer, Collage Artists of America, Woodland Hills, CA, 1993
Judge, Annual Art Exhibition, Pasadena Christian School, Pasadena, CA, 1992
Visiting Lecturer, Artists Beyond Disabilities Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
Advisory Board, PACED Artists Beyond Disabilities, Pasadena, CA, 1990
Advisory Council, The Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA, 1990–1991
Visiting Lecturer, Pasadena Society of Artists, Pasadena, CA, 1990
Board, Pasadena Arts Council, California, Pasadena, CA, 1989–1991
Visiting Lecturer, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1988
Wisconsin Arts Board Grant, 1980
Benefit Auctions
2018
25th Annual Evening of Art, benefit auction, artworx LA, Los Angeles, CA
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Pasadena Art Alliance Biennial Auction, Pasadena Arts Alliance, Vibiana, Los Angeles, CA
2017
PØST benefit auction, Los Angeles, CA
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artworxLA benefit auction, Los Angeles, CA
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Off the Wall, benefit auction for Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
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Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2016
24th Annual Evening of Art, benefit auction, artworx LA, Los Angeles, CA
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Pasadena Art Alliance Biennial Auction, Pasadena Arts Alliance, Vibiana, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Pasadena Educational Foundation Annual Art Auction, Pasadena, CA
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Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
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23rd Annual Evening of Art, benefit auction, artworx LA, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Pasadena Art Alliance Biennial Auction, Pasadena Arts Alliance, California Club, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2010
A Taste of Art, benefit for The Foothills Wellness Community, Gale’s Restaurant, Pasadena, CA
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Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2009
A Taste of Art, benefit for Pasadena’s AIDS Service Center, Gale’s Restaurant, Pasadena, CA
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Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2008
A Taste of Art, benefit for Pasadena’s AIDS Service Center, Gale’s Restaurant, Pasadena, CA
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The HeArt Project, Los Angeles, CA
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Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2007
A Taste of Art, benefit for Pasadena’s Aids Service Center, Pasadena, CA,
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For Darfur Victims, Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
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Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2006
The HeArt Project, Los Angeles, CA
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Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2005
For Hurricane Katrina Victims, LA Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
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The HeArt Project, Hotel Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Annual Art Auction, Eagle Rock Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2003
For Union Station Homeless Shelter, Haus, Pasadena, CA
2001
For Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2000
Under $300 Show, Miller Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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Pasadena Art Alliance Biennial Auction, Art Center College, Pasadena, CA
1998
$99 Show, POST, Los Angeles, CA
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$99 Show, Miller Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997
$99 Show, POST, Los Angeles, CA
1979
Channel 21 Telebid Invitational, 2nd Place Cash Award, Madison, WI