Joyce Byrnes

Joyce Byrnes is an award winning pastel artist and instructor living in Rockland County, NY. She is a Juried Artist Member of both the National Association of Women Artists and the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America. She is a past President and current Exhibition Chairperson of the Nyack Art Collective. Joyce also formerly handled Operations and Membership at the Edward Hopper House Museum and Study Center. Her work is held in private collections and has been exhibited throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut including the Pomona Cultural Center, Salmagundi Art Club, Ridgewood Art Institute, the Monmouth Museum, and the Lyme Art Association. Joyce currently teaches Pastel Painting classes at the Clarkstown Community Learning Center and the Rockland Center for the Arts.

My artwork is an expression of the joy and peace I experience while enjoying nature. Spending time outdoors rejuvenates me and helps put everyday concerns in perspective. On hikes and bike rides, while skiing or sailing, I am endlessly inspired. Through my art, I hope the viewer can be transported and share in my appreciation of nature. Whether in an exotic locale or in my own backyard, I find beauty and gratitude in the everyday.

Selected Exhibitions

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Juried Members Show, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT, 2024

Reflecting Nature, Solo Exhibition, Union Arts Center Gallery One, Sparkill, NY, 2023

Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, 2023

Art for Grabs, Pictor Gallery, New York, NY, 2023

Juried Artist Member Show, Edward Hopper House Museum and Study Center, Nyack, NY, 2023

Annual Juried Show, Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ, 2022-24

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Annual Juried Exhibition, Salmagundi Art Club, New York, NY, 2021, 2022

Annual Members Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists, One Art Space, New York, NY, 2020-24

Winter Exhibition, Three-person Exhibition, Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona, NY, 2021

Resident Artist at The Edward Hopper House Museum and Study Center in Nyack, NY, 2019

Awards

The Pastel Society of America Award at the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 125th Open Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club, NY, NY, 2022

NAWA Merit Award for Pastel Painting at NAWA's 133rd Annual Members' Exhibition at One Art Space, NY, NY,  2022

Publications

Local Arts Index, Interview by Bill Batson, Nyack News and Views, 2015

Art in Conversation with Farrin, Interview with Farrin Chwalkowski, NAWA, 2021

Changing the Narrative for Women in Art, by CherieDawn Haas, FineArtConnoisseur.com, 2021

Professional Associations

The Pastel Society of America, The National Association of Women Artists, The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, The Nyack Art Collective

Education

State University of New York at Binghamton, The Art Students League of New York, The Pastel Society of America

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United States