Joanne Aono is an artist, curator, and farmer. Her research-based drawings and installations address identity, immigration, and the environment. Solo exhibitions include Boundary (Chicago), Mosnart (Chicago), Geneva Center for the Arts (Geneva, Illinois), and Indiana University (2024, Gary, Indiana). She has been included in two-person and group exhibitions at Firecat Projects (Chicago), the Illinois State Museum (Chicago, Springfield, and Lockport), Terrain Biennial, and the Rockford Art Museum. Aono has received Illinois Arts Council, Artist Run Chicago HPAC, and several Chicago DCASE grants. Her art has been reviewed in publications such as Hyperallergic, Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine, and the Huffington Post. Aono directs the alternative art project, Cultivator - Chicago Art Exhibitions & Farm Art Projects and serves as gallery director for the Riverside Arts Center. She maintains a studio at Bray Grove Farm in north central Illinois.

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