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Engelman captured this scene somewhere near Lake Eyre South in 2009. She tells us she fell to her knees and cried so overtaken was she by the emotion of the experience.

Recognition of Joy Engelman's contribution to the arts continues to grow with inclusion in an important art history book by Roslynn Hayne, Adjunct Assoc Prof of Arts and the Media at UNSW. This unique book is a pivotal study of the Australian Desert and its value and influence on the cultural development of Australia.

The book can be found here:

https://www.routledge.com/The-Australian-Desert-Nature-Culture-Future/Haynes/p/book/9781032835051

Joy Engelman is a well known artist who has lived in the Central West of New South Wales in Australia for most of her life. Her arts career spans over 50 years and she has been awarded and exhibited many, many times here in Australia and overseas.
A 30 year survey of her work was held in Gallery One at the Orange Regional Gallery in 2010.

She has explored the back roads and wild places since her mother started taking her on journeys as a child and has painted with a love of Australia's bushland and outback over the years.

Engelman’s interests lay in the use and abuse of the environment as she has watched with dismay the desecration and loss of forest, waterways and landscape over her life. She has observed mans increasing impingement on the natural world through agriculture, mining and deforestation with increasing alarm.

A collaborative work with Ngairi (Nyree) Reynolds hangs in the Department of the Environment in Canberra having been purchased by the Director of the Dept of Climate Change in 2007, an artwork that belongs to the Dept.

Now semi-retired, she works on her art diligently when inspired and feeling the creative urge rise and desire to be meditative.

Engelman was brought to international attention when she was awarded a Medici Medal in Florence, Italy in 2007 at the Biennale dell Art'e di Contemporanea and since then has been invited to exhibit in many international shows. The ones that Engelman has chosen to be a part of are focused on environmental issues and peace, issues that are close to her heart and her art.

Engelman has been exhibited and awarded internationally in curated shows:

Maltepe University Istanbul Turkey 2025

Milan Museum of Science and Technology Italy 2025

New York Art Expo NY 2024

Niagara Falls History Museum Canada 2024-25

Haegeumgang Theme Museum South Korea 2024

Maya Museum, Cancun Mexico 2022

Casoria Contemporary Museum Naples Italy 2022

Niagara Falls Museum Canada 2018

Castle Estense Italy 2009

Australian National Library, Canberra 2007

Fortezza di Basso Firenze 2007

Her works are included in many collections both nationally and internationally.

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STATEMENT FROM THE ARTIST JOY ENGELMAN
This site has been created without AI and represents the truth of my life. The site is a reference site only for historical purposes. I do not sell from this website nor do I intend to. If you want to purchase art, you need to visit a gallery or my studio as I believe art is only fully appreciated in real time. The works are all original single works and few have ever been copied for print purposes. Original art can never be replaced by digital imitations or AI and are the results of the interaction of the artist's intuition, character, paint and ground. They are like diamonds, rare and valuable cultural references. The works herein are just a few of many I have created and I do not use them in a commercial (to make money) capacity thereby ensuring their value over time.