Joan Blond

Artist Statement

After working in the legal profession for 25 years Joan Blond has returned to her first love of painting. Joan is an abstract expressionist and contemporary artist who lived in the Yarra Valley, Victoria for over 20 years, and now lives near the ocean at Phillip Island, Victoria.

Mostly self-taught, Joan’s creative side was nurtured by her mother who constantly shared her love of drawing & painting. Joan loves painting generous blocks of colour and her style is vibrantly expressionistic, often incorporating energetic line work and she loves dots to add texture. Joan mostly paints using acrylics with substance which add texture to her work and at times works with oil paint. She also loves experimenting with different mediums & washes.

Joan works from her home studio at Phillip Island in Victoria and is creatively motivated by the location and the relaxed atmosphere it offers. Joan also takes many cues from contemporary design and her love of interior design.  She loves working with homeowners and designers looking for paintings with a custom colour scheme.

Joan has exhibited extensively, and her works are held by private collectors throughout Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, London, Germany, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand and recently Poland.

Joan’s work has been featured in popular magazines such as Home Beautiful, House & Garden and Art Edit and in 2018 featured on the TV series “The Block” and had a feature on Interiors Addict.

Solo Exhibitions

April 2023 Solo Exhibition New Beginnings at Art2Muse Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
February 2022 Solo Exhibition Surgency at Art2Muse Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
April 2021    Solo Exhibition at Art2Muse Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
Oct 2020    Gullotti Galleries, Perth WA
Feb 2020    Art to Art, Bulleen, Victoria
Jan 2020    Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, Sydney
Nov 2019    Gullotti Galleries, Claremont, Perth WA
Apr 2019    The Peisley Street Gallery, Orange NSW
Jan 2019    Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay, Sydney
Oct 2018    Linden Gate Gallery Yarra Glen, Victoria
2016    Linden gate Gallery, Yarra Glen, Victoria
2014    Linden Gate Gallery, Yarra Glen, Victoria

Group Exhibitions

Mar 2021    Forty-Five Downstairs, Melbourne, Victoria
Mar 2021    Art to Art, Bulleen, Victoria
Jan 2020    The Peisley Street Gallery, Orange NSW
Mar 2020    Battersea Art Fair in London UK, With Gullotti Galleries
Dec 2020    Sydney Road Gallery, Seaforth, Sydney
Dec 2019    Sydney Road Gallery, Seaforth, Sydney
Nov 2019    19Karen Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland
Sep 2019    Affordable Art Fair, Exhibiting with Vernissage Gallery
May 2019    Art to Art, Bulleen, Victoria
Mar 2019    Guggenart Gallery, Malvern VIC
Feb 2019    Art to Art, Bulleen, Victoria
Feb 2019    Sydney Road Gallery, Seaforth, Sydney
Aug 2018    Art to Art, Bulleen, Victoria
Aug 2018    Exhibition with Jessie Rigby – Online Exhibition ‘Light and Dark’
May 2018    Art to Art, Bulleen, Victoria
Apr 2018    Guggenart Gallery, Malvern, Victoria
Jul 2017    Art to Art Gallery, Bulleen, Victoria
Aug 2017    Art to Art Gallery, Bulleen, Victoria
Oct 2017    Art to Art Gallery, Bulleen, Victoria