Born Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.A., 1925; Died Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S.A., 2014
Degrees Conferred
Art Institute of Chicago 1943–47 bachelor of fine arts
Art Institute of Chicago 1948–50 master of fine arts
Ohio State University 1960–66 doctorate
Taught
St. Francis College, Indiana 1947–48
Kenosha Vocational College, Wisconsin 1950–54
Kenosha Public Museum, Wisconsin 1951–54
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston 1957–61
Ohio State University, Columbus 1963–66
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1966–90
Awards
1982: Wisconsin Telephone Company. Purchase of “Muffy’s Sunporch”; selected from work submitted for telephone directory cover competition.
1980: 39th Northwestern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Award for Watercolor.
1978: National Print and Drawing Show, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha. Purchase Award.
1976: 19th Annual Winnebagoland Art Exhibit, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Cash Award – Watercolor.
1976: Best Four of 35th Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Judges: J.D. Peterson, Director, Cranbrook, and T. Bartels, Omaha.) Invitation to Honors Exhibition.
1975: 18th Annual Winnebagoland Art Exhibit, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. $100 Purchase Award – Watercolor.
1973: 16th Annual Greater Fall River National Art Exhibition Fall, River, Massachusetts. (Judge: Joseph J. Orze, Southeastern Massachusetts University.) Honorable Mention.
1973: 32nd Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Judges: Richard Brauer, Director, Sloan Galleries, Valparaiso, Indiana and Mel Somerski, Kent State University, Ohio.) $200 Special Cash Award.
1972: 15th Annual Winnebagoland Invitational. Best of Show Award.
1972: 31st Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Judges: Moishe Smith; Paul R. Smith, Hamline University, St. Paul Minnesota.)
1969: 12th Annual Winnebagoland Invitational. Special Award – Painting.
1968: 11th Annual Winnebagoland Invitational. 1st Place – Painting.
1965: Columbus (Ohio) Gallery of Fine Arts, 55th Annual May Show.
(Judge: H.H. Arnasen, Museum of Modern Art.) 1st Place – Watercolor.
National Juried Exhibitions (* indicates an award conferred; see Awards above)
1978: *National Print and Drawing Show, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha.
1973: *Fall River, Massachusetts. Art Association National Art Exhibition.
1972: Fall River, Massachusetts. Art Association National Art Exhibition.
(Judge: Richard Merkin, Rhode Island School of Design.)
1970: College of the Pacific National Painting Exhibit, Stockton, California.
1960: Wichita (Kansas) Art Association National Decorative Arts.
(Judge: Bernard Leach.)
State and Regional Juried Exhibitions (* indicates an award conferred; see Awards above)
1985: 43rd Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1981: 2nd Annual Invitational, Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
1981: 40th Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1980: Wisconsin Biennale, Madison Art Center, Madison.
1980: *39th Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1980: Uniquely Wisconsin, Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Center.
1979: 38th Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1978: 37th Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1976: Women in the Arts ’76, West Bend (Wisconsin) Gallery of Fine Arts.
1976: *35th Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1975: All Wisconsin Juried Art Exhibit, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
1975: Wisconsin Women in the Arts 1st Annual Competitive Art Exhibition, Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
1973: 16th Annual Beloit (Wisconsin) and Vicinity Exhibition.
1973: Wisconsin ’73, Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
1973: *32nd Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1972: *31st Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1971: 30th Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1971: 37th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art, Madison. Drawing reproduced in catalog. (Judges: Carol Summers, Harold Altman, Edward Foster.)
1970: 29th Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1969: 12th Annual Beloit (Wisconsin) and Vicinity Exhibition.
1967: 26th Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual, Neville Museum, Green Bay.
1965: *Columbus (Ohio) Gallery of Fine Arts 55th Annual May Show.
1965: Columbus (Ohio) Art League Drawing and Sculpture Exhibition.
1959: Annual Tri-State Art Exhibition, Evansville (Indiana) Museum.
1958: Annual Tri-State Art Exhibition, Evansville (Indiana) Museum.
(Judge: Fredrick Sweet, Art Institute of Chicago).
1955: Chicago Area Artists, Hyde Park Art Center.
One-Person and Two-Person Shows
2012: One-Woman Show, “Intimate Journey: Smaller Works by Joann Kindt,” Evergreen Retirement Community, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
2003: One-Woman Show, “Joann Kindt- Paintings and Drawings,” Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
1985: One-Woman Show, Ripon College Art Gallery, Ripon, Wisconsin.
1983: One-Woman Show, The Blue Moon, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, small oils and watercolors.
1981: One-Woman Show, The Center Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, Menasha.
1980: One-Woman Show, Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, recent paintings and drawings.
1977: Four-Man Show, “Artists of the Northeastern” Honors Invitational, Neville Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
1977: One-Man Show, “A Summer Sampler,” Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
1973: One-Man Show, Park Plaza Gallery, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
1972: One-Man Show, The Changing Scene Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
1971: Two-Man Show, Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
1970: Two-Man Show, West Bend (Wisconsin) Fine Arts Center.
1970: One-Man Show, Oshkosh, (Wisconsin) Public Museum.
1969: One-Man Show, Bergstrom Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin.
1968: One-Man Show, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston.
1968: One-Man Show, Northside Gallery, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
1968: One-Man Show, Dempsey Gallery, Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh.
1966: One-Man Show, Ohio State University, Columbus.
1964: One-Man Show, Ohio Stater Inn, Columbus.
Invitational, Gallery and Faculty Group Shows (* indicates an award conferred; see Awards above)
1986: “Variations on a Garden Theme,” Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
1985: Home Life-Appleton Gallery of Art. 4th Annual Exhibition, Appleton, Wisconsin.
1985: Women in the Arts, “Courageous and Experimental Works,” University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, Menasha.
1983: Drawings: Art Faculty of University of Wisconsin System.
1982: “Legacy of Hoyt Sherman,” Institute of Art, Denver, Colorado, and Gallery of Fine Art, Ohio State University, Columbus.
1981: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Faculty Exhibit, Priebe Gallery.
1981: Six Area Artists, Exhibition In Congressman Tom Petri’s Washington, D.C., office.
1980: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Faculty, Reeve Memorial Union.
1979: Appleton (Wisconsin) Gallery of Fine Arts Group Exhibition.
1979: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Faculty Exhibition.
1978: Artists of the University of Wisconsin Faculties, Harry Nohr Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
1977: Women in the Arts – Invitational Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac.
1977: “Art Faculty Drawing,” Ripon College, Lawrence University, and University
of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
1976: *19th Annual Winnebagoland (Wisconsin) Art Invitational.
1976: Awards Winners of the Winnebagoland Exhibit, Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Public Museum.
1976: “A Mixed Bag,” University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Faculty Exhibition, Priebe Gallery.
1975: *18th Annual Winnebagoland (Wisconsin) Art Invitational.
1975: Winnebagoland Art Exhibit Winners, Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Public Museum.
1974: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Art Faculty Exhibition, Priebe Gallery.
1974: A Decade in Review Invitational Exhibition, Bergstrom Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin.
1973: 16th Annual Winnebagoland (Wisconsin) Art Invitational.
1973: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Art Faculty Exhibition, Priebe Gallery.
1972: *15th Annual Winnebagoland (Wisconsin) Art Invitational.
1972: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Art Faculty Exhibition, Priebe Gallery.
1970: Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh Art Faculty Annual Exhibition, Priebe Gallery.
1970: Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh Faculty Exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota.
1970: 13th Annual Winnebagoland (Wisconsin) Art Invitational.
1969: Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh Art Faculty Annual Exhibition, Dempsey Gallery.
1969: Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh Faculty Exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota.
1969: *12th Annual Winnebagoland (Wisconsin) Art Invitational.
1968: Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh Group Exhibition, Ripon College.
1968: *11th Annual Winnebagoland (Wisconsin) Art Invitational.
1967: Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh Annual Faculty Show.
1965: 11 Painters, Bryson Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
1964: Columbus Art League Members Group Show, Columbus, Ohio.
1964: Ten Graduate Painters, The Ohio Stater Inn, Columbus, Ohio.
1961: Eastern Illinois Annual Faculty Show, Charleston.
1960: Eastern Illinois Annual Faculty Show, Charleston.
1959: Eastern Illinois Annual Faculty Show, Charleston.
1958: Eastern Illinois Annual Faculty Show, Charleston.
1953: Kenosha Art Association Annual Exhibition, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
1950: 750 Gallery, Chicago.
1950: All Chicago Show, Navy Pier.
Collections
Affinity-Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Bell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin-Waukesha.
American Can Company Research Center, Neenah, Wisconsin.
Green Bay Post Gazette, Wisconsin.
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Helene A. Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico.
Oshkosh Public Museum, Wisconsin.
Oshkosh North High School, Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac.
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Grants and Commissions
1986: Designed and executed front scenic drop curtain for the Grand Theatre Restoration, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
1971: Helene A. Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico. Three-month stay
at the foundation.
Publications
1986: Wisconsin Review, vol. 19, no. 3, drawings.
1982: Wisconsin Review, vol. 16, no. 2, cover illustration.
1972: La Revue Moderne des Arts et de la View, October issue, Paris. Paintings reviewed and reproduced.
1969: Catalog, 2nd Annual Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh Invitational Drawing Exhibition, “Drawings, Past and Present,” essay.
Miscellaneous
1983: The Special Collection on Wisconsin Women Artists, Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A taped interview with slides of paintings.
Joann Kindt Artwork 