Solo Exhibitions:
2025
Paintings by Joanne Holtje
Creative Connections Gallery, Ashburnham, MA
2024
Holyoke (and other states of being)
Pulp front gallery, Holyoke, MA
2022
Lamentations - the war in Ukraine
Oxbow Gallery, Easthampton, MA
2021
Land-escapes
Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2020
Landscapes
Curran & Keegan Offices, Northampton, MA
2019
Wild and Precious
The Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
Sixty Four Square
Creative Connections, Ashburnham, MA
2017
Odyssey
Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
Recent Work
Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, STCC, Springfield, MA
Sondra Peron, curator
Found Journal Series
Anchor House of Artists, Northampton, MA
Michael Tillyer, curator
2016
Anamnesis of Place
Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2015
Presenting Artist, Joanne Holtje
Hammond Real Estate, Belmont, MA
2014
A Place in Mind
Eagle Hill School, Hardwick, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2026
Carry Me Home
Pulp, Holyoke, MA
2024
Locals no.1
Pulp, Holyoke, MA
WOW: Wisdom of Women
ArtWorks Gallery, Ware, MA
Terry Rooney, curator
2022
7th Annual Juried Show
Gallery A3, Amherst, MA
Daniel Kojo Schrade, juror
2020
This Is Us: Regional Portraiture Today
D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Maggie North, curator
Dual Nature
The Sprinkler Factory Gallery, Worcester, MA
The Blues
The Painting Center, New York, NY
Kathy Cantwell, Lisa Pressman, curators
2019
The Mark of Emotion: Women in Abstract Expressionism
ArtSpace Maynard, Maynard MA
2018
Detours
Race Street Gallery, Holyoke, MA
Dean Nimmer, curator
Annual Juried Show
Gallery A3, Amherst, MA
Emma Chubb, juror
2017
Continuum: 5 Years On
Sprinkler Factory Gallery, Worcester, MA
2016
Annual Juried Show
Gallery A3, Amherst, MA
Mara Williams, juror
Playscapes
Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, STCC, Springfield, MA
Selby Miner, curator
2015
Annual Juried Show
Gallery A3, Amherst, MA
John R. Stomberg, juror
The Space Between
The Sprinkler Factory Gallery, Worcester, MA
2014
Francis Roddy Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Meg White, juror
2013
Community of Artists
Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Katherine French, juror
Massachusetts Artists Biennial
The Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
Dina Dietsch, juror
Members Juried II: Photography, Drawing, Mixed Media, Graphics,
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Kathy Halamka and Natacha Sochat, jurors
Members Juried I: Painting & Sculpture,
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
George Nick, juror
2012
Francis Roddy Competition
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Jen Mergel, juror
Discovering New England
Chabot Gallery, Povidence, RI
Michael Giaquinto, juror
77th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft
Fitchburg Museum of Art, Fitchburg, MA
Susan Stoops, Jamie Coyle, Dana Salvo, jurors
2011
Francis Roddy Competition
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Ellen Miller, juror
The Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition,
The Borderlands, North Easton, MA
David Lang, juror
76th Regional Exhibit of Art and Craft
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Candace Casey, Nick Johnson, Mary Ann Kearns, jurors
Massachusetts Artists Biennial
The Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
Jen Mergel, juror
Mixed Media Show
Post Road Art Center, Marlborough, MA
Catherine Carter, juror
Members Juried II: Drawing, Mixed Media, Printmaking, & Crafts
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Karen Hass, juror
Members Juried I: Painting & Sculpture
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Nina Gara Bozicnik, juror
2010
75th Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Julia Courtney, juror
Members Juried I: Painting & Sculpture
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Nina Nielsen, juror
Members Juried II: Drawing, Mixed Media, Printmaking, & Crafts
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Dana Salvo, juror
Education:
Tufts University, Medford, MA BA
Continuing Studies:
Art New England, Bennington, VT
Worcester Art Museum School, Worcester, MA
deCordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Affiliation:
Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA