Joni West - Glasspixels

Mixed Media Art | Fine Art Mosaics | Toomey -Tourell | Gumps

	"Joni's mosaic art is created in a way that truly highlights the brilliance of the smalti. Through her art, Joni is exposing collectors in the United States to a treasured ancient Italian material in a bold new way." Lucio Orsoni Modern Master of Mosaic Art "The mosaic art of Joni West is intriguing, stimulating and reveals the unique vision of the artist. Using traditional materials carefully juxtaposed in non-traditional ways, West creates vibrant, texturally complex works that draw the viewer in to a closer relationship with each individual tessera, while from a distance they merge - transforming the tesserae into a sole work of art." Julie Benbow Executive Director Museo ItaloAmericano
	Joni West
	San Francisco-based artist, Joni West, creates vibrant art works with a variety of media that is unusual and captivating. Her work falls into two basic categories; epoxy resin based mixed media and fine art mosaic. Joni's artistic career began in New York as a retoucher for renowned photographer Irving Penn. This segued into a career as a fashion, commercial and pop art photographer in which she won several awards and a platinum album for a record cover design. As a means to fund further creative pursuits, she successfully ventured into the corporate production and entertainment world. She has worked for many of the world's largest and most prestigious companies as a photographer, creative director and producer. Joni is a member of the Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA). She is well known in the San Francisco artists' community for mixed media art as well as her mosaics.
		In January 2004, Joni was a featured artist in Opus Veritas: Fragments of Truth, a jury-selected exhibition of the finest and most innovative mosaic work being done by US and international artists. The exhibition was presented for a four month run at the Museo ItaloAmericano, the only museum in the USA totally dedicated to Italian Culture. In January 2005, Joni was selected to join the ranks of "Master Crafter" and participate in the "Master Crafter 2005" exhibition at Gumps which showcased a collection of her mosaics as well as works by other internationally renowned craft artists The Toomey -Tourell Gallery in San Francisco represents Joni West's mixed media fine art. Gumps of San Francisco represents Joni West's fine art mosaics.