JoAnn Coffino began studying art in earnest after 21 years as the owner and head baker of the highly regarded True Confections Bakery in Mill Valley, California. Her progression from baking to ceramics was a natural one, and she later expanded her artistic practice into the fields of painting, drawing and printmaking. She began her studies at the College of Marin where she continues today, presently with a focus on printmaking. She also studies at the Fort Mason Campus of San Francisco City College.

JoAnn delights in exploring and experimenting with new ways of representing the printed image through relief as well as intaglio techniques. With a focus on reconfiguring her original photographs and drawings, JoAnn thrives on unexpected results that she can use to her visual advantage. Using chine collé and collage JoAnn plays with the relationship between paper and image; often the results possess a textural and abstract quality.

In 2005, along with classmates at the College of Marin, JoAnn formed the printmakers collective “Plateline Press” and in 2007 she was selected by the Mill Valley Art Commission to present her first solo show. JoAnn maintains a studio at her San Rafael home. She is married and has two grown sons.

Website: www.joanncoffino.com

Bio

Born 1951, Bronx, New York
Relocated to Marin County 1976
Began Formal Art Training in 2000

Solo Exhibitions
2008
Works on Paper, Gelateria Cici, Mill Valley, California
2007
Works on Paper, Mill Valley City Hall Council Chambers, California

Group Exhibitions
2008
New Prints 2008/Spring, International Print Center New York, New York

Annual Bay Area Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, California

28th Annual National Print Exhibition Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2007
Fine Art/Fine Craft, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, California

2006
Fine Art/Fine Craft, Marin County Fair, San Rafael, California

Student Show, College of Marin, Kentfield, California

2005
Student Show, College of Marin, Kentfield, California

2004
Student Show, College of Marin, Kentfield, California

To Never Forget: Faces of the Fallen, College of Marin, Kentfield, California


Education
2008
Photogravure Workshop, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA.

2004-Present
Printmaking, San Francisco City College, Fort Maso

2000-Present

Ceramics; Sculpture; Drawing; Painting and Printmaking, College of Marin

1973
Bachelor of Arts, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio


Selected Bibliography

Le Draoulec, Pascal. “Vive la Buche!” Marin Independent Journal, 17 Dec. 1997.

Harlib, Leslie. “Recipe for a New Life: from Baker to Artist.” Marin Independent Journal, 1 Nov. 2007.

Harlib, Leslie. “The Art of American Pie.” Marin Independent Journal, 15 May, 2002.

Nakano, Craig. “Cooking Teacher Shares Her Pie-in-the-Sky Ideas.” San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 1999.

Polito, Richard. “Weddings Still Take the Cake.” Marin Independent Journal, 19 Jun. 1996.

Saekel, Karola. “Tips from the Pros for Home Bakers.” San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Dec. 1994.

Takeshita, Wat. “Pastry Shop for Mill Valley.” Marin Independent Journal, 24 Jan. 1978.

Unterman, Patricia. “No Time to Bake?” San Francisco Examiner Magazine, 21 Dec. 1997.

Wolf, Marina. “Break from Baking.” San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jul. 1999.