Joyce Polance currently lives and works in Chicago. Her paintings are figurative, executed in both oil and encaustic. Born in New York City in 1965, Polance holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She also attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Polance is a four-time grantee of the Community Arts Assistance Program from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, as well as a recipient of a Cliff Dwellers Artist in Residence Award, a George Sugarman Foundation Grant, and a Judith Dawn Memorial Fund...more