Joan Ladendorf

Solo Show: Common Threads

march 2 – april 12, 2024

Artist Reception:
Friday, March 8, 2024 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

About the Artist:
“Common Threads”, a new exhibition by artist Joan Ladendorf, will open March 6, 2024 in the Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery located inside the Elmhurst Art Museum. Joan’s work was featured in March of 2019 in the same gallery in a retrospective show titled “Collections”. Her new show will feature only work created since then. Joan calls her current artwork style “Digital Photo Collage.”

Her unique creations are assembled from bits and pieces of photos she has taken. For additional interest and texture, she creates hand-painted and hand-altered recycled papers which are scanned and incorporated in the compositions. Shapes are drawn with the computer mouse, sections of the papers and photos are chosen, and all are combined in Photoshop in a collage style, with added dimensional effects.