EDUCATION
1982 B.A., University of Minnesota
1978 Carleton College, Northfield, MN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Joyce Melander-Dayton and Janis Pozzi-Jothnson: Evolution, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
2012 Joyce Melander-Dayton: Constructions in Concert, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Extravagant Constructions, June Kelly Gallery, New York, catalogue
2010 Joyce Melander-Dayton: Mid-Career Retrospective, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
2007 New Work, June Kelly Gallery, New York; traveling exhibition; catalogue
2004 Back and Forth: Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
2001 New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
1998 New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
1998 Basics: New Paintings, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1997 My Heart, My Soul, My Shoes, Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996 In Spite of What I Know, June Kelly Gallery, New York
1996 LKF The Gallery, Hong Kong
1996 Contemporary Gallery, Modena, Italy
1996 Galleria Il Sagittario, Messina, Italy
1996 Everything Matters: Recent Paintings, essay by Siri Engberb, Carolyn Ruff
1996 Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1995 The Things We Need, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1995 Every Day Is Different; Every Day’s The Same, Expressions In Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1993 A Reason To Stay, Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 South by Southwest, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN; catalogue
1996 Salon de Mars, Paris, France, in collaboration with Andres Art Gallery, The Netherlands
1995 Garden Party, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1994 Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 Review/Preview, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1992 Summer Show, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1991 Small Works, Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1991 A Sense of Place, Peyton-Wright Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990 Southwest ‘90: A Fine Arts Competition, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1990 Tales To Tell, The St. Paul Companies, Inc., St. Paul, MN, in collaboration with
1990 Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1990 Munson Gallery (invitational), Santa Fe, NM
1990 Substance and Light, Artbanque Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1989 Janus Gallery (invitational), Santa Fe, NM
1987 Armory for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1985 Minnesota Women ‘85, WARM Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Cargill Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Ceridian Employer Services Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Florsheim Company
Weyco Group, Incorporated, Milwaukee, WI
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2013 Rubin, Edward, “ Joyce Melander-Dayton,” New York Arts Magazine, spring
2012 Rockwell, Steve, “The Woven Archipelago”, dArt International, Volume 15 Number 1
2011 Rubin , Cynthia Elyce, “Constructions in Concert”, Surface Design Magazine, fall
2011 Conner, Jill, Joyce Melander-Dayton: Extravagant Constructions June Kelly Gallery, New York
2010 Wright, Jeffrey Cyphers, review: “Joyce Melander-Dayton,” Live Mag! #8, New York
Goodman,
2010 Jonathan, “Joyce Melander-Dayton: Inventions of the Mind and Hand,” Aaron PayneFine Art,
Santa Fe, NM
2010 Goodman, Jonathan, “Bits & Pieces,” Joyce Melander-Dayton: Mid Career Retrospective, The
Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
2010 Sheets, Hilarie M., “Private Universes,” Joyce Melander-Dayton: Mid-Career Retrospective,
The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
2010 Ayers, Will, “ Prolific artist warms to retrospective at Rymer,” Arts & Entertainment, The
Tennessean, April 18
2010 Williams, Herb, “Inside Out,” A Curatorial Perspective on Joyce Melander-Dayton,” “Spotlight,
” Nashville Arts Magazine, TN., April, p.12
2010 “Joyce Melander-Dayton: A Mid-Career Retrospective at the Rymer Gallery,” ARTS AND
ENTERTAINMENT-OUR CRITICS PICK, Nashville Scene, April 01
2010 “Joyce Melander-Dayton Mid-Career Retrospective, catalogue essays by Jonathan Goodman,
“Bits & Pieces,” pp. 4-5 and Hilarie M. Sheets, “Private Universes,” pp. 1-3, The RYMER
Gallery, Nashville, TN
2007 Sheets, Hilarie M., “Joyce Melander-Dayton: New Work,” June Kelly Gallery, New York
2004 Bostick, Alan, “A little bit Nashville, A little bit Santa Fe,” Life section, The Tennessean
2004 Frank, Peter, “Joyce Melander-Dayton,” New York Edition, Art Circles, May-June
2002 Landi, Ann, “Joyce Melander-Dayton,” June Kelly Gallery, New York
1995 Abby, Mary, “Things We Need and Other New Work”, Minneapolis Star Tribune