Joanne Aono is a visual artist, curator, and holistic farmer. Her research-based drawings and installations address identity, immigration, and the environment. She draws inspiration from personal histories, observations of nature, and agrarian life.

Her solo exhibitions include Boundary, Chicago, IL; Mosnart, Chicago, IL; Lee Dulgar Gallery, South Holland, IN; and the Geneva Center for the Arts, Geneva, IL. She has been included in two-person and group exhibitions at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, New Haven, CT; the Illinois State Museums, Chicago, Springfield, and Lockport, IL; Firecat Projects, Chicago, IL; Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL; and O’Connor Art Gallery at Dominican University, River Forest, IL; among others.

Aono has received several Chicago DCASE grants, Illinois Arts Council grants, and an Artist Run Chicago HPAC grant. Her art has been reviewed in publications such as Hyperallergic, Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine, and the Huffington Post and was featured in an Arts Midwest film. She has served on art panels and has given numerous presentations on her art and the integration of her farm-based practice. Her art is held in public and private collections.

Aono directs the alternative art project, Cultivator - Chicago Art Exhibitions & Farm Art Projects. She maintains a studio at Bray Grove Farm in north central Illinois.

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