See it in person.
Joan Hornig with Kyle Agustines
at Well Street Art Company.
Pieces of a place.
One piece speaks
to another.
“I live and work in Fairbanks, Alaska, surrounded by boreal forests, braided rivers, mountain ranges, wildlife and, in the summers, my flower garden.”
Joan builds layered compositions in encaustic, collage, and pastel on wood. Alaska’s landscape meets the patterns of textiles, embroidery, and quilts.
Read Joan’s statementA painting
becomes a quilt.
Transparent color, stenciled pattern, and scraped-back surfaces become small painted panels — then a larger whole.
Pattern and Decoration, Bonnard, Matisse, and the beauty of the ornamental all find a place here.
Out in the world.
Always
making.
Hornig received a B.A. in Studio Art from the University of California at Davis in 1981, attended the San Francisco Art Institute in 1982, and received an M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Washington in 1985. Her work has been exhibited throughout Alaska since 2001.
M.F.A., University of Washington · 1985
B.A., UC Davis · 1981
Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Project Grant · 2014
Alaska State Council on the Arts Career Opportunity Grant · 2024, 2001
Alaska State Museum
Alaska Contemporary Art Bank