Joyce Polance currently lives and works in Chicago. Her paintings are figurative, executed in both oil and encaustic.
Born in New York City in 1965, Polance holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She also attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Polance is a four-time grantee of the Community Arts Assistance Program from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, as well as a recipient of a Cliff Dwellers Artist in Residence Award, a George Sugarman Foundation Grant, and a Judith Dawn Memorial Fund Grant. Her work has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Reader. Additionally, she has been chosen as part of the Central States edition of American Art Collector, published in the fall of 2005. Polance's paintings are held in private and corporate collections including Commonwealth Edison, Deloitte, The University Club of Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Art. She has had solo exhibits in Chicago and the Midwest, and is represented by Addington Gallery in Chicago and Blue Gallery in Three Oaks, Michigan. Her paintings can be viewed at www.joycepolance.com.
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