Joanna Aslanian

I am both an artist and art therapist. My work reflects this by highlighting the emotional impact of art through depictions of emotional vulnerability and hope.

Working with acrylic and oil paint on canvas, I create imagery that exposes my own vulnerability through the revealing nature of art-making. Viewers are invited to find consolation and solidarity from the universality of these human emotions—and in doing so, unveil the meaning and beauty derived through connection with others.

Recent work features the complex array to emotions arising from living in a post-pandemic world, spanning from disillusionment to hope.

2017 MA Counseling: Art Therapy- Adler University- Chicago IL
2011 BA Studio Art and English, Humboldt State University- Arcata CA

2021
The Thin Line- Highland Park Art Center, Highland Park IL
Portraits- Gallery Café, Chicago IL
Dreams & Nightmares- Fulton Street Collective, Chicago IL
Portraits- Fulton Street Collective, Chicago IL
SOS Planet Earth- Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Commodity Form: Labor/Pop Perspectives- Gallery Sabine, Chicago, IL
Liberty and Justice for all? - Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
44th Annual Art Competition Show- Beverly Art's Center, Chicago, IL
2019
Figurative Sundays- Harrison's Cafe, Chicago IL
Contemporary Finds- Icehouse Gallery, Evanston IL
enLIGHTen Juried Exhibition-The Art Center Highland Park, Highland Park IL
2018
Invisibilia: Artists exploring invisible life forces Juried Exhibition- Governors State University, University Park IL
Seasons of Change- The Gallery at Unity, Chicago IL
Beautiful Monstrosities: From she-beasts to final girls- Columbia College, Chicago IL
Something Wicked- Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin IL
2017
Beginnings- Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette IL
2016
Art Therapy Student Exhibition- Adler University, Chicago IL
Annual Abilities Symposium- Adler University, ...