Madeline de Joly

"Chasm" - Minimalist Abstract in Acrylic

1988

Madeline de Joly was born in 1943. Originally from New York, Madeline earned a BFA (Painting) degree in 1964 from Rhode Island School of Design; a BA (art history and printmaking) degree in 1980 from University of California, Santa Cruz and is continuing her education in Vedic science, advanced studies in consciousness (begun in 1975) from Maharishi International University, USA, Europe and India. Madeline de Joly has had more than a dozen solo exhibitions and has participated in dozens of group exhibitions. She has held numerous professional positions as an instructor and lecturer nationally and abroad, and has published more than a dozen articles. Madeline has been interviewed many times on radio and television. She has received the following awards and honors: Eureka Fellowship Nominee Exemplary Contemporary; University of California Santa Cruz Second Place Award, curated by Barbara Haskell; Whitney Museum of American Art LAX Crowne Plaza Commission: Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA; Blanche Coleman Foundation Award Finalist, Boston, MA; European Honors Program; Rhode Island School of Design Full Academic Scholarship: Rhode Island School of Design. Her works are in the following museum collections: Museum of Art and History Santa Cruz, CA; Brockton Art Museum Fuller Memorial Brockton, MA; Jewish Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Art and History Santa Cruz, CA and her works are included in dozens of national and international collections, both public and private.