Joy Scanlon
Lives and works in Austin, TX. Born on Long Island, New York. 


Education
MFA, 2022
The University of Texas at Austin

BFA, 2016
Hunter College, The City University of New York


Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
Catchpenny Parlor (two-person exhibition), Sparky Pocket Park, Austin, TX, 2024
Devotions (solo exhibition), Goodluckhavefun Gallery, Austin, TX, 2023
Difficult Whole (solo exhibition), Trinity Street Theatre, 2023


Group Exhibitions
People's Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX, 2024
Leap Day, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX, 2024

Queer Sublime, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX, 2023
Difficult Whole, Trinity Street Theatre, Austin, TX, 2023

yours, Goodluckhavefun Gallery, Austin, TX, 2022
Bag Lunch, Unsmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, PA, 2022
Small Spring Thing, goodluckhavefun, Austin, TX, 2022
Art & Object Contemporary Art Fair (online booth), Artandobject.com, 2022
Painted Hooves, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin, TX, 2022

Mirror Drama, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin, TX, 2021

Small Works Juried Exhibition, Kent State University Galleries, Kent, OH, 2020

All Hallow's Eve, Brooklyn, New York, 2019
Artist in Residence Open Studios, Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, New York, 2019

Sense Suspense, Treasure Town, Brooklyn, 2018
Medium Mode Range, Newburgh, New York, 2018


Lectures
"Courting Chaos through Papermaking," UT Austin, 2024
"Repetition, Aberration," UT Austin, 2024
"Engaged Pedagogy in Museums," UT Austin, 2024 


Residencies
2019 Byrdcliffe Colony, Woodstock, New York
2017 Lacawac Artist Residency, Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania


Awards
2024 Frick Art Award
2024 Nexus Grant, Economic Development Department, Austin, TX
2020 Provost Award, University of Texas at Austin
2019 Semi Finalist, Fulbright Student Research Program
2015-2016 Fellow, Kossak Painting Fellowship, Hunter College
2014 Recipient, The Edna Wells Luetz/Frederick P. Riedel Endowed Scholarship for achievements in the Art and Art History program, Hunter College