Joann Renner

Joann Renner is an Expressionist painter, looking for unseen connections, a sense of experience and place, exploring forgotten or overlooked spaces. Published artist, author, and current member Pittsburgh Pastel Artists League. Pittsburgh Society of Artists, the Professional Artists Association, and the Create Collective HQ.



During the late 1960s-70s she grew up in York, PA and Seaside Heights, NJ alternately. Earning her BA Studio Art/Fine Art University of Pittsburgh, PA in 1986, she has had 4 solo exhibitions, participated in numerous juried and nonjuried group exhibitions, including virtual.



Featured artist in “The Great Book of Artmakers – 2025 Edition”, ATH Magazine no.8 and "Art and Woman", collector books curated and published by the Arts to Hearts Project, an international arts organization for women artists. Joann is also featured in the inaugural publication of The Art Queens Quarterly Vol. 1 (AQ1), highlighting the work of Art Queens Society members, curated by Ekaterina Popova, published by Create! magazine. The pastel painting, "Salmon Run", was featured in "Nocturnal Canvas 2" (Aug. 2023), a collaborative concert of art and music presented by world-renowned composer and pianist Margin Alexander, who composed ...

1986 BA Studio Art/Fine Arts (Art History) Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA

1981-83 Studio Arts major, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA

Aug.-Nov. 2024 -Exhibitor "Rendering Radiance" Juried Members Exhibition, Pittsburgh Pastel Artists League,
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Ligonier, PA

Jan. 2024-Juried Members Group Exhibition-Art Queens, Paradigm Gallery/PXP Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

2023-Exhibitor, "Pure Color 2023" Annual Member Group
Exhibition, Pittsburgh Pastel Artists League,
North Hills Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA

2023- Exhibitor with over 100 artists in "Make A Marc", an
exhibition focused on bringing awareness to the
detention by Russia of Pittsburgh teacher, Marc Fogel.

2023-Magical Beings Juried Group Exhibition, Ketchup City Creative, Sharpsburg, PA

2023-Fun A Day Pittsburgh, Group Exhibition, former
Panza Gallery, Millvale, PA

2022-Exhibitor, Nightscapes Juried Group Exhibition-Mr. Roboto Project, Pittsburgh, PA

Aug. 2021-Exhibitor, Roadkill Gallery Pop-Up Exhibition, Millvale Music Festival, Pittsburgh, PA

Spring 2021-Exhibitor, All Abstract Contemporary Art Online Exhibition

Spring 2021-Exhibitor, Dakota Pastel 2Q21 Online Exhibition

October 2020-Exhibitor, Mini Virtual Exhibition, Roadkill Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2018-2024 (Virtual Exhibition)-Exhibitor, Art All Night, Pit...