Education

BA in Art with highest distinction, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE (May 2018)

K-12 Art Education Endorsement, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE (May 2018)   

Grants, Awards, Distinctions

Generator Grant Recipient, Amplify Arts, Omaha, NE (2023)

Microgrant Recipient, Amplify Arts, Omaha, NE (2021)

Outstanding Group Show Nomination, Omaha Arts and Entertainment Awards, Omaha, NE (2019)

Peggy Arenz Art Fellowship Recipient, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE (2018)

Grand Prize Recipient for Artwork, Illuminations Literary Journal vol. 16 (2015)

Art Talent Scholarship Recipient, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE (2013)

Solo* & Duo Exhibitions 

Drop Stitch, Generator Space, Omaha, NE (Jan 2023)

First Friday, Roots Collective, Lincoln, NE (Aug 2022)*

 Some Drawings, San Paro, Lincoln, NE (Dec 2019) *

 Material Ritualism, Ghost Gallery, Online Exhibition (July 2018)

 The Whole Cow, Confluence, Lincoln, NE (May 2018) *

Group Exhibitions

Come On, Come Over vol. 1, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE (forthcoming)

Garden Apartment, 6804 Mayberry St, Omaha, NE (October 2023)

Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE (Oct 2022)

 Benefit Art Exhibition, Radial Arts Center, Omaha, NE (May 2021)

 Women in Noise & Art Showcase, Duffy’s Tavern, Lincoln, NE (March 2020)

Bibliophilia, Kaneko UNO Library, Omaha, NE (Aug 2019)

Interlaced, The Sanctuarium, Omaha, NE (July 2019)

Scrapbag, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Oct 2018)

Loading…, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE (May 2018)

Parrish Studios First Friday, The Aliens Studio, Lincoln, NE (March 2018)         

NICF Annual Juried Art Exhibition, O’Keefe Elevator Co., Omaha, NE (April 2018)  

Nebraska Wesleyan Juried Student Art Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Feb 2018)

Nebraska Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Sept 2017)

Nebraska Wesleyan Juried Student Art Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Feb 2017)

NICF Annual Juried Art Exhibition, O’Keefe Elevator Co., Omaha, NE (April 2017)

bio

Joelle Wellansa Sandfort is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Omaha, Nebraska.  She makes drawings, tapestries, fabric collages, and installations using an experimental approach to traditional craft processes. Her practice reflects how cultural information is learned, inherited, and lost. Joelle graduated with the highest distinction from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2018, where she earned her BA in Art and Art Education Endorsement. She has exhibited work at Elder Gallery, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, Tugboat Gallery, The Sanctuarium, and Amplify Arts Generator Space. Joelle was a 2022 Amplify Arts Alternate Currents Working Group member and a 2023 Amplify Arts Generator Grant Recipient.