Joan Waltemath is a New York–based artist whose paintings, drawings, and mixed-media works investigate the spatial and material possibilities of abstraction. Working in oil on panel, graphite on mylar, mixed media on paper, and sewn canvas, she uses materials for their connotative and experiential properties.

Her paintings construct spatial voids through harmonic progressions, reflective pigments, and carefully structured relationships between surface, light, and perception. Drawing remains central to her practice, serving as a way to map the development of thought.

Waltemath’s work has been shown in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Basel, and Cologne, and is included in collections including the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Harvard University Art Museums. She is editor-at-large of The Brooklyn Rail and served as director of MICA’s LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting from 2010 to 2023.