JOAN CALLISTER
Born in Sarnia, ON
Lives and creates in both Guelph ON and Tobermory ON

EDUCATION
McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Bachelor of Arts Degree
SAIT, Calgary AB
Conestoga College, Kitchener ON
Sheridan College, Oakville ON
Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga ON
Haliburton School of Art and Design, Fleming College, Haliburton ON
Studio Journey, Santa Cruz CA
In the Studio, Postwar Abstract Painting, Museum of Modern Art, New York City NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Cambridge Galleries, Printmaking Fairs, Cambridge ON
Crimea Street Studio, Printmaking Shows, Guelph ON
Gallery M, Cambridge ON
RICA Gallery, Guelph ON
Red Brick Café, Guelph ON
Taren White Gallery, Paris ON
Art Alchemy, Toronto ON
Nine Online Gallery, Worldwide
Artworks Gallery Guelph, Guelph ON
Craig Gallery, Meaford ON
Wellington County Museum and Archives, Elora ON
Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre, Southampton ON
Paula White Diamond Art Gallery, Waterloo ON
Red Schoolhouse Gallery, Ferndale ON
Aird Gallery, Toronto ON
Kefi Art Gallery, Toronto ON
Matilda Gallery and Art Bar, Stratford ON
Gallery in the Grove, Bright’s Grove ON
Guelph Studio Tour, Guelph ON
Bruce Peninsula Society of Artists Studio Tour, Tobermory ON

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Joan Callister
Artist Statement

Through my lens and vision, I connect with elements in my surroundings. Often these images inform my abstract painting.
I am a Canadian painter and photographer whose life is centered around the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes. Born in Sarnia, summers in Bayfield, and now in Tobermory, Lake Huron has provided me with a constant source of raw beauty and wonder from which I share my exposure, being at one with nature.
Flow state is the highly pleasurable sync between body and mind being completely absorbed in effortless momentum. I find that idealist bliss by intuitively applying paint to substrate, abstracting my environment, and capturing the immediacy of 3D emotions on to a flat surface, be that my studio floor, or creating along the Lake Huron shoreline. That intense raw and emotional experience is as vital to me as breathing. This release exposes a vulnerable, soulful, and honest expression of my source.
My art offers authentic visual poetry where my idea of beautifully different and interesting can speak to all.
I invite you to explore my work and get lost in the details.