Education:
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1990
Printmaking concentration, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
BA, Rutgers University, 1987
Printmaking concentration Newark, New Jersey
Solo Shows:
2004- Joann Thornton: Photographs, George Billis Gallery, New York, New York
- 2003
- Joann Thornton: Photographs, Atlantic City Art Center, Atlantic City, NJ
- 2001
- Joann Thornton: Photographs, George Billis Gallery, New York, New York
- 2001
- Ordinary Discovery, Zone VI Photo. Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
- 2000
- Joann Thornton: Photographs, George Billis Gallery, New York, New York
- 1999
- Wonderworks, Van Dyke and Cyanotype Prints, Druids, New York, New York
- 1992
- Joann Thornton: Prints and Photographs, Parsons School of Design Photo Gallery
Group Shows:
- 2002
- Perspectives on Nature, Kyle Hammond and Joann Thornton, Atlantic
Cape Community College Art Gallery, Mays Landing, New Jersey
- 2001
- Art Miami, FL, Represented by the George Billis Gallery, NY, NY
Herz, Magsig, Orient, Thornton, Manhatten Athletic Club, New York, New York
Art Santa Fe, NM, Represented by the George Billis Gallery, NY, NY
Collision of Cool, Exhibition/Silent Auction, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI
- 2000
- Curator’s Choice Show, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
Inaugural Reception; Group Show, Rico Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Patterned Flowers, George Billis Gallery, NY, NY
Brooklyn Photographers, Art Vanguard Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Hardiman, Siesel and Thornton, Frances Schervier Gallery, Bronx, NY
Group Show, Druids, New York, New York
- 1997
- The New York Times Annual Art Exhibition, The New York Times
- 1995
- Masks, Times Group Art Exhibition, River Run Gallery, NY, NY
- 1994
- Times Group Photography Exhibition, River Run Gallery
- 1993
- Aljira Fine Art Auction and Exhibition, Aljira A Center For Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
- 1992
- Parsons School of Design Small Works III, Parsons Main Gallery
Salon of the Mating Spiders, Test Site Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
By Any Means Necessary, Printed Matter Bookstore, NY, NY
Making Waves, Janus Avivson Gallery, London, England
- 1991
- CHOICE, A.I.R Gallery, NY, NY
Parsons Technicians, Parsons School of Design Fine Art Gallery
Photography Technicians, Parsons School of Design Photography Gallery
Marlou’s Magnets, Loren & Pere Gallery, NY, NY
Residual Light, Brand Name Damages, Brooklyn, NY
Spring Show, B.W.A.C., Brooklyn, Waterfront Artist Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
- 1990 -1991
- 9th Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey: Winters Celebration of the Senses, Christ Episcopal Church, Glenn Ridge, New Jersey Transit Gallery, Penn Station, Newark, NJ
- 1990 -1993
- Hunger Show 1990, Not By Bread Alone, Carson Square House Museum, Panhandle, TX
Traveled to: Red River Valley Museum, Art Institute-Permian Basin, Heritage Museum, Davis Art Gallery, Couts Memorial Museum of Art, Museums of Abilene, Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, Charles B. Goddard Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Wichita Falls Art Museum, Gallery of Fine Art.
- 1990 -1992
- At The Edge II, A National Print and Drawing Exhibition, juried by Wendy Weitman Assistant curator for Prints and Illustrated Books, Museum of Modern Art. Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Texas Fine Art Association, Austin, TX
- 1990
- Engines of Perception, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Cranbrook Summer Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum
Nine Person Show, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
Cranbrook Printmakers, Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Juried Forum Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art
- 1988
- The Fifth Leg, Town and Center Gallery, Southfield, MI
Brown, Cobelle, Ramos, Thornton, Main Street Gallery, West Orange, NJ
- 1987
- Traveling Metro Show, City Without Walls Gallery
- 1991
- Franklin Furnace Archives, Inc., NY, NY
Printmaking Workshop, NY, NY
Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- 1991
- Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX
- 1990
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Davidson College, Davidson, NC
The Dimmock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
University of Maine Museum of Art, Carnegie Hall, Orono, ME
Private collections in NJ, VA, NC, CA, NY, MI, England and Denmark.
Represented by George Billis Gallery.