Joyce Melander-Dayton
Born 1959, Warrenton, Virginia
Lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Education
1979-82 B.A., University of Minnesota
1977-78 Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Joyce Melander-Dayton: Mid-Career Retrospective, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN; catalogue
2007 New Work, June Kelly Gallery, New York; traveling exhibition; catalogue
2004 Back and Forth: Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
2001 New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
1998 New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
Basics: New Paintings, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1997 My Heart, My Soul, My Shoes, Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996 In Spite of What I Know, June Kelly Gallery, New York
LKF The Gallery, Hong Kong
Contemporary Gallery, Modena, Italy
Galleria Il Sagittario, Messina, Italy
Everything Matters: Recent Paintings, essay by Siri Engberb, Carolyn Ruff
Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1995 The Things We Need, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Every Day Is Different; Every Day’s The Same, Expressions In Fine Art, Santa Fe,
NM
1993 A Reason To Stay, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2004 South by Southwest, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN; catalogue
1996 Salon de Mars, Paris, France, in collaboration with Andres Art Gallery, The
Netherlands
1995 Garden Party, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1994 Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 Review/Preview, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1992 Summer Show, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1991 Small Works, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
A Sense of Place, Peyton-Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990 Southwest ‘90: A Fine Arts Competition, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Tales To Tell, The St. Paul Companies, Inc., St. Paul, MN, in collaboration with
Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Munson Gallery (invitational), Santa Fe, NM
Substance and Light, Artbanque Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1989 Janus Gallery (invitational), Santa Fe, NM
1987 Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1985 Minnesota Women ‘85, WARM Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Public Collections
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Cargill Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Ceridian Employer Services Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Florsheim Company
Weyco Group, Incorporated, Milwaukee, WI
Reviews, Articles and Catalogues
2007 Sheets, Hilarie M., “Joyce Melander-Dayton: New Work,” June Kelly Gallery,
New York
2004 Bostick, Alan, “A little bit Nashville, A little bit Santa Fe,” Life section,
The Tennessean, June 27
Frank, Peter, “Joyce Melander-Dayton,” New York Edition, Art Circles,
May-June
2002 Landi, Ann, “Joyce Melander-Dayton,” June Kelly Gallery, New York
1995 Abby, Mary, “Things We Need and Other New Work”, Minneapolis Star
Tribune