Joyce Pensato
Pensato in 2016
Born(1941-08-20)August 20, 1941
Brooklyn, New York
DiedJune 13, 2019(2019-06-13) (aged 77)
New York, New York
NationalityAmerican
EducationArt Students League of New York, New York Studio School
Known forPainting

Joyce Marie Pensato (1941-2019) was an American painter.[1] Pensato was born on August 20, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at the Art Students League of New York and the New York Studio School.[2] Pensato was known for her painted interpretations of pop culture and cartoon characters such as Batman, Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat, and Homer Simpson.[3][4][5]

Pensato was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Anonymous Was A Woman Award, and the Robert De Niro Sr. Prize.[6] Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[7] the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[8] as well as the Centre Pompidou, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[6]

Pensato died on June 13, 2019, in Manhattan.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Joyce Pensato (1941–2019)". www.artforum.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2019. Retrieved Jun 16, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Roberta (24 June 2019). "Joyce Pensato, Who Made Cartoon Characters Complex, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ Searle, Adrian (26 March 2014). "Batman, Beavis and Bart: welcome to artist Joyce Pensato's funland". Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Randy (15 December 2016). "For Joyce Pensato, It's Not the Same Without the Ambient Muck". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  5. ^ Istomina, Tatiana (2 April 2015). "Joyce Pensato". The Brooklyn Rail. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b Greenberger, Alex (13 June 2019). "Joyce Pensato, Creator of Punkish Paintings of Cartoon Characters, Dead at 77". ARTnews. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Joyce Pensato". www.whitney.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  8. ^ "Joyce Pensato - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 2019-04-11. Retrieved 2019-04-11.

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