J o a n G r a b e l 
Fine Art Photographer/Artist/Designer                                      

Public Art:
New Mexico Art in Public Places
2023 ‘Meditation 9’ White Sands, NM - Economic Development Department in Albuquerque,NM

2023 ‘Meditation 7’ White Sands, NM - University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque Fall 2024

2021 ‘Light Ascending’ photograph purchased by the Ranchvale Volunteer Fire Dept, Clovis, New Mexico
2021‘Sky Above Sangre de Cristo Mountains’ photograph purchased by the Placitas Community Library in Placitas, New Mexico

2020 New Mexico Prospectus #260 Acclaimed Artist Purchase Initiative
Three large scale works selected into the pool of artwork

Awards:
2022 International Color Awards 3 Nominations, Portrait,Nature & Abstract Category
2022 Black and White International Spider Awards 2 Nominations in Abstract Category 
2020 International Color Awards Honorable Mention ‘Light Ascending’ 2 Nominations in the Abstract category

Selected Exhibitions:

2024 ART Mozaik Fine Art Gallery - Desert Breeze group show - July 1-31st - Santa Fe, NM

2024 Chania Photo Festival – documentary category ‘The Cabin’ – July 22-26th Crete, Greece

2024 FotoNostrum Gallery Barcelona, Spain - The 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award For WomenPhotographers Honorable Mention – Meditations on White Sands, NM selected, honorable mention

2022 The 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition Women Photographers – Honorable Mention: Grabel portraits selected FotoNostrum Gallery Barcelona, Spain     
2022 Blank Wall Gallery Athens, Greece MOMENTS OF COLOR show (March)
2022 Blank Wall Gallery Athens, Greece LIFE IN THE PANDEMIC show (Jan)
2021 New Photographers Gallery Sidney, British Columbia FALL show (Dec)
2021 Photo Place Gallery Middlebury, Vermont ESSENTAIL WATER show (Sept)
2021 Blank Wall Gallery Athens, Greece ABANDONED BUILDINGS group show
2021 Laurent Gallery Melbourne, Australia Global Swap Print show
2020 Ceres Gallery Chelsea, New York City, EXPOSURE group show
2019 SITE Santa Fe Santa Fe, New Mexico SECRETS group show
2018 Ceres Gallery Chelsea, New York City EXPOSURE ‘One-person shows by artists with a distinctly personal and unique point of view’

1986 Joan expanded fine art from the canvas to the landscape and created Park Slope Design, a landscape design company designing landscapes that reflect the same adherence to minimalism, often using a single line to create movement and a single color to create mass.

1984  Swope Gallery Los Angeles, CA, group show
1979  Women’s Building, Los Angeles, CA, Solo Exhibition ‘Bodyscapes’
1978  Space Museum North Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Contemporary California Artists
1977  David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Twelve Female Artists, ‘The Dirty Dozen’
1976  Richard Mann Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Contemporary Artists

Education:
School of Visual Arts, New York City, studied painting with Robert Mangold

NYU New York University, B.S. Art Education

CSLA California State University, Los Angeles, M.A. Art Education

UCLA University of California, Los Angeles, studied Landscape Architecture