Joan Winter is a Dallas, Texas–based artist whose prints and sculpture are influenced by contemporary Japanese architecture, particularly spaces that emphasize light and transparency as primary elements. Her work investigates light as an inner source of form, as well as concepts of time in relation to memory, physical transformation, and movement through space. Winter’s subtle, reductive use of materials—including light natural woods, translucent cast resin, and handmade paper—reveals forms of physical lightness and an ethereal presence.
For the Counterpoint photogravures, Winter photographed a series of small sculptural maquettes made from carved acrylic. By cropping and reconfiguring these images, she transformed the original objects into new abstract compositions, extending her sculptural concerns into the two-dimensional print medium.
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Winter lives and works in Dallas, Texas.
Selected Collections
Dallas Museum of Art (Deedie & Rusty Rose Collection); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Tyler Museum of Art; Museum of Texas Tech University; Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts; Kingdon Capital Management, New York; The Capital Group Companies, Los Angeles; Baker Botts LLP, Dallas; Baker McKenzie LLP, Houston; W Hotel Residential Tower (Public Areas), Dallas; Four Seasons Residences (Public Areas), Austin; Mansion Hotel, Rosewood Properties, Dallas; PlainsCapital Bank Headquarters, Dallas; Suntex Capital Investments, Dallas; Citation Oil & Gas Corporation, Houston; Architectural Lighting, Inc., Dallas; Thomas Property Group Headquarters, Philadelphia.