Education
Master of Environmental Design, Yale University, 1974
Bachelor of Arts – Architecture, Washington State University, 1970
Awards
2013 “In the Wings” Arts Award from the Arts Council of Greater New Haven
2008 Artist Fellowship Grant – Sculpture, Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism
2006 Achievement Award for Environmental Education, Guilford Art Center, Connecticut
2006 Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, Projects2k Organization Grant
2006 Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Artistic Excellence, Projects2k
2005 Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Artistic Excellence, “Terra Mirabila” event & educational program
2004 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, “Izzy in Lumina Land” installation & education program
2003 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, “Terra Lumina” Series 2003
2002 Connecticut Department of Tourism, Projects for a New Millennium 2002-2003 programming promotion
2002 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, “Terra Alchemica 2002-03” series of events
2001 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, “Terra Lumina 2002” a epic multi media event illustrating the story of light through laser, theatrical light, original score, water, fire, rock climbers, and dance
2000 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, "Marvels Continued" Workshop series to accompany "Continuum Marvels" and publication for national distribution
2000 State of Connecticut for "Navigation in Time" presented at OpSail 2000, New London
1999 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Organizational Challenge Grant, to Projects for a New Millennium, Inc., "Continuum Marvels", an international traveling art and science presentation program.
1999 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Partnership, to Projects for a New Millennium, Inc.
1998 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Artistic Excellence, "Terra Continuum", to Projects for a New Millennium
1998 Montana Arts Council, Arts Are Central to Our Communities, "Shapes of the Wind"; Partnership with Projects for a New Millennium, Lincoln School Foundation and Park County Friends of the Arts
1998 Montana Arts Council, Artists in Schools/Communities Special Project, "Shapes of the Wind"; Partnership with Projects for a New Millennium, Lincoln School Foundation and Park County Friends of the Arts
1997 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Partnership, to Projects for a New Millennium, Inc., Branford Land trust, and the Blackstone Library
1996 Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, Arts Initiative Grant to Projects for a New Millennium
1996 Connecticut Commission of the Arts, Artistic Excellence to Projects for a New Millennium
1995 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Partnership, to Projects for a New Millennium
1994 Weissman Visiting Artist, Connecticut College
1995 New England Foundation for the Arts, New Forms Grant, to Wulke/Taccani collaboration
1995 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Projects Grant, to Projects for a New Millennium
1995 Weir Farm Artist in Residence
1993 Selected to design Pro Bono Publico Award for the American Bar Association
1992 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Projects Grant, Projects for a New Millennium and New Haven Artist's Theater
1992 International Sculpture Center, International Contemporary Fair, Japan
1991 International Design Magazine, Annual Design Review, Wulke selected in Environments category.
1991 Selected to design Commission on Women in the Profession Award for the American Bar Association, works in the collections of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Madeleine K. Albright, Janet Reno, Anita Hill and others
1990 National Art Award Nominee, SCCA, Winston-Salem, NC
1989 New Art New Material; First place in national competition, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
1989 Ragdale Fellow, Forest Hills, IL
1987 Polaroid Corporation, Polarizer Division, Materials Grant
1987 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
1986 Artist's Showcase Invitational, Hartford "350"; Award for "City of Precarious Balance"
1981 Montana State Arts Council; Exhibition Grant
1981 Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
1974-76 The Teacher Center, member of team receiving a National Endowment for the Arts grant to study and work Environments in education
1972-76 Member of team receiving a Title III grant to develop special preschool programs and to build learning
1972-76 Environments for children with learning disabilities in Cheshire, CT
1974 Collegiate Schools of Architecture Grant, Yale School of Architecture
Museum Collections
1993 Polaroid
2007 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2009 Beinecke Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts, Yale University, archives.yale.edu
Affiliations
2006-2014 Present American Institute of Architects – Associate member
1993-2014 Founder and President of Projects for a New Millennium, Inc., a non-profit organization creating educational programs and events focusing on the environment, arts, and technology in collaboration. www.projects2k.org
1998-2004 Project Coordinator for Art in Public Spaces with the Connecticut Commission on the Arts
1996-2000 Cultural Planning Council, Regional Cultural Plan for Greater New Haven
1995-2014 Advisory Board for the School of Architecture, Washington State University
1989-1997 Board of Directors, David Bermant Foundation: Color, Light, Motion.
Selected Commissions
2011 “Safe Travels into the Light”, Superior Court for Juvenile Matters, Bridgeport, CT
2008 Brainard Airport, Hartford, CT, Façade work commissioned by the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism
2008 Beverly Willis Foundation, New York, Series of 10 architectural sculptures
2006-2008 Needham High School, MA; Atrium and outdoor work utilizing solar & wind power, to include artist residency design of a Public Art course
2007 North Carolina State University, Light Sculpture for library addition
2007 Private Residence, NYC
2007 Greenway Project, Urban Arts, Boston, MA, Finalist
2005 Milwaukee Historical Society, Milwaukee, WI, Finalist
2005 Beecher School, New Haven, CT, Finalist
2004 Atrium Sculpture, Middlesex Hospital
2004 Fountain, Albuquerque, NM
2003 Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
2003 Massachusetts Bar Association – Design for John Adams Award
2002 Illuminated park entry atrium, Walnut Hill Park (Fredrick Law Olmsted), City of New Britain, CT
2002 Glass Garden Screen, Wilber-King Gardens, Guilford, CT
2001 Atrium Sculpture, Eastern Connecticut State University, CT
2000 Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1998 National Shopping Centers, Cermack Plaza, Chicago, IL
1997 Bermant Collection, Santa Barbara, CA
1996 Montana State University, Business Administration Building, Missoula, MT
1996 Design for garden ornament as part of the Children's Garden, Central Park, NYC
1994 Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT
1993 Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT
1991 Lincoln Center Film Forum, NYC
1991 Santa Barbara Corporate Center, Santa Barbara, CA
1991 Collaborations with Charles Moore, FAIA
1990 Atrium sculpture for the Oceanside Civic Center, Oceanside, CA, Charles Moore, FAIA
1990 Fountain and lighting fixtures for the Brillstein Residence, Malibu, CA, Charles Moore, FAIA (on cover of May 1991 Architectural Digest)
1989 Sculpture for National Shopping Centers, Chicago, IL
1989 Sculpture for National Shopping Centers, Harrison, NY
1989 Atrium sculpture for United Technologies Research Center, Hartford, CT
1989 Sculpture for National Shopping Centers, Pittsfield, MA
1986 Sculpture for Connecticut Bank and Trust, Hartford, CT
1986 Sculpture for National Shopping Centers, Hamden, CT
1985 Sculpture for Centerbrook Architects, Essex, CT
1984 Sculptures for the "Wonder Wall", Louisiana World's Fair, New Orleans, LA, Charles Moore, FAIA
Curated Productions and Exhibitions
2007-2010 "The Great Alone", National Touring Exhibition of a 22 year photo essay of a MT School House, the Beinecke Collection
2007 "With Dream Awakened Eyes", Stage & media design w/ Ellen W. Kaplan-Smith College, Springfield Museum, MA
2006-2007 "Terra Firma", Experiencing geology through science & art, A summer camp for 3rd-6th graders in collaboration with the Yale Peabody Museum
2005 “Terra Mirabila”, A collaboration with Yale Geologist to present the history of Stony Creek Granite from the beginning of geological time, presented in the Stony Creek Quarry, CT illustrated by laser, light, music, water, steam, & more
2005 "Luminata", National Curated exhibition of works using light, Guilford Arts Center, CT
2004 "Izzy in Lumina Land", A collaboration with Biologists to present an evening of ecology & antics of frogs in the Bluefish Baseball Stadium in Bridgeport, CT accompanied by family programs at the Beardsley Zoo and a fine art exhibition at the Housatonic Museum all focused on frogs their transformation and place in the larger echo-systems
2003 “The Planets”, A collaboration with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra creating a revolutionary experience of classical music, visual art and technology, Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2002 “Tetra Lumina”, an illuminated public sculpture accompanied by an exhibition and performance. - New Haven Edge Festival
2002 “Terra Alchemica”, a day of geological discovery in the Stony Creek Quarry in collaboration with Ralph Lewis, Connecticut State Geologist
2001 "Terra Lumina", light, sound, laser performance visualizing the quest for the explanation for the phenomenon of light; laser light, original score, dance and light performance in the Stony Creek Quarry, CT with the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT
2000 "Navigation Through Time", light, sound, laser performance visualizing the Geological and Archeological history of the coastline of Connecticut during the OPSAIL2000CT celebration of tall ships in Groton, CT
2000 "Continuum Marvels", in collaboration with the Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, pilot traveling art/science program
1999 "Terra Continuum", Opera performance, light, sound, laser performance for the Millennium, a pre event for International Festival of Arts and Ideas
1998 "Tempus Continuum", student competition an the professional exhibition, Hastings, NY
1997 "Shapes of the Wind", Art/Science/Nature school and exhibition program in Livingston, MT
1997 "Shapes of Time & tide", International invitational exhibition with art/science public programming, Mystic Art Association, CT
1997 "Sun Wind Tide" International competition for art/science collaborative proposals for public art in New London, CT (replace existing) found under 1996-2007
1996 "Celebration of Branford Waters", Library, children's and seniors program and environmental awareness day with working boat parade, pirates, star & sun gazing and a laser light and sound spectacle
1995 "Visualization of Time", Quarry Sundial & Laser Chronometer, a major performance event including hour markers by twelve individual sculptors a cantor, an orator, a lighting designer, composer, and community involvement to create an evening of theatrical light, sound and poetry in an abandoned quarry, written and produced by Joy Wulke and sponsored by Projects for a New Millennium
Selected Exhibitions
2008 "Sublime Climate" Thompson Gallery, Weston, MA
2007-2008 "Trainscapes" DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2006 “Landscapes of Dark and Light", Moria Fitsimmons Gallery, New Haven, CT, solo
2006 "Morphology" Chappell Gallery, Chelsea-New York, NY, Solo
2005 "Can't Get There From Here", RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2004 “Izzy the in Lumina Land”, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
2004 “Looking Towards the Light”, Sasaki, Boston, MA
2004 "Celebration of Connecticut Forests", CT Environmental Protection Agency traveling exhibition (curator)
2003 “Evanescent Environs – Fields & Frogs”, University of New Haven, CT
2003 “Unbuilt”, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2003 “Luminata”, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT (curator)
2002 “Places…Real?”, The New Haven Lawn Club, New Haven, CT
2002 “Where Earth Meets Sky, Architecture in Fabric”, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT (curator)
2002 “Ancient Sea Beds – Current Coastlines”, Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, Stony Creek, CT
2002 Glass Garden Screen, Wilber-King Gardens, Guilford, CT
2001 John Slade Eli House, New Haven, CT
2000 "Spirit Landscapes", Manchester Community College, CT
1999 "Up from Under Before Going Down", Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, MD
1998-99 "Glass Artists", Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1998 "Inside In-Search", Botanica, Bozeman, MT
1997 "Forest for the Trees", Steven Gang Gallery, NYC, NY,
1997 A.I.R., 25th Anniversary Exhibition, NYC, NY
1996 "People in Glass Houses", Urban Glass, NYC, NY, curated by Alison Sky
1995 "Dance of the Day", Weir Farm, Wilton, CT
1995 "Death & Transformation", Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
1995 "1995 Weir Farm Visiting Artists", Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1995 "Exploration into the Visualization of Time", Washington State University, School of Art, Pullman, WA
1994 "Millennium Garden", Connecticut College, Manwaring Gallery, New London, CT
1994 "New Millennium Garden", University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1994 "New Millennium City Plan", University of California, Davis, CA
1994 "Nature Time & the Built Environment", Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT exhibition & performance
1993 “Ambiance of Entrance”, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
1993 “Ghost Lights of Invented Pasts”, American Institute of Architects, Albuquerque, NM
1993 San Bernardino County Museum, CA Fine Arts Institute 28th Exhibition, juried by Peter Frank
1993 Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, ANA 22
1992 "Breathless”, Samuel S.T. Chen Art Center, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
1992 "Upstream Swimmers" Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT, with Silvia Taccani
1992 "New Worlds", Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
1992 "Resonance", Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
1991-1992 "Evanescent City", New York University, Broadway Windows, NYC, NY
1991-1992 "Beyond Photography", Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX
1991-1992 "Kristallnacht", American Interfaith Council, Philadelphia, PA
1991 "The Hoist Room", Hiles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
1991 "From the Frying Pan into the Fire", Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, Connecticut Artists, installation
1991 "Purgatorial Negotiation", Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, Connecticut Biennial, installation
1989 "Dance of Dark and Light, City Spirit Artists, Merchants Bank, New Haven, CT
1988 "Breaking the Box", O.K. Harris, New York, NY
1988 "Montana Ghost Lights", The Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
1988 "I Always Take the Fun Way Home", Double Rocking G Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988 "Stories in Sculpture and Drawings", Artifacts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 "Home, Hearth, and Other Follies", Paul Mellon Art Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT
1988 "About Light", John Lyman Center, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1986 Artists Showcase Invitational, Hartford "350"; Award for "City of Precarious Balance"
1986 "City of Memory & Anticipation", Connecticut Commission on the Arts Artist Showcase, Hartford, CT
1986 "Architectural Sculpture", Gallery Jazz, New Haven, CT
1986 "3 Artists", Interart De St. Amand Gallery, New York, NY
1986 "National Competition", Artwest Gallery, Jackson, WY
1986 "Glass", 50 West Gallery, New York, NY
1984 "Bloomer/Wulke-World's Fair Wonders", Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
1982 "A New Light", School of Architecture, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1981 "Shadow and Shelter", American Thread Co. Building, New York, NY
1981 "Passage", Wadsworth Athenaeum, Lions Gallery of the Senses, Hartford, CT
Lectures | Teaching | Papers
2004-2008 Rhode Island School of Design, Public Art, Providence, RI
2006-2008 Needham High School, MA. Initiation of a public Art Course
1997-2008 Art and Technology Biannual Symposium, Connecticut College, New London, CT, Paper presentations
2007 Invited Presenter "Cross Roads II" Collaborative Research for Social Justice, Hartford, CT
2006 Terra Firma, Peabody Museum Summer Camp, Yale University, New Haven, CT Geology Collaboration
2005 Rhode Island School Of Design, Presentation on work to Alumni, Providence, RI
2003-2004 Massachusetts College of Art; Spring Course, Art Public Places/Art for the Public, Boston, MA
2003-2004 Rhode Island School of Design, Public Art, Providence, RI
2003 University of New Haven, Contemporary Art Survey, New Haven, CT
2003 Public Art Fund; Boston, MA, Juror
2003 Guest Critic – Roger Williams University School of Architecture, Rhode Island
2002 ArtSci2001 symposium, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC, Session leader “ArtSci Collaborations” Feedback
2002 HOT School Summer Institute “Navigation Through Time” teacher training program
2001 ArtSci2001 symposium, CUNY, Graduate Center, NYC. Session leader "ArtSci Collaborations"
2000 Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT; "Marvels Continued" family workshops
1999 Presented by Laura Cloud, Professor, Michigan State University, as part of "Contemporary Women Artists in the US" in Australia at the Sydney College of Art
1998 Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1997 Lyman Allyn Museum of Art, New London, CT
1996 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1996 Broward Community College, Coconut Creek, FL
1996 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, Graduate Student Advisor
1995 Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1994 Connecticut College, New London, CT, Weissman Visiting Artist
1994 Yale University, Master of Environmental Design Studio critic
1994 Parsons School of Design, NYC, NY, Furniture Design critic
1989 University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, Centennial Scholar, guest critic for studios of Fine Arts and Architecture
1987 Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, UK, guest faculty for Art in Public Places studio in preparation for Glasgow's Designation as 1989 International City of Culture
1986-87 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, adjunct faculty, created and taught color and light course, Sophomore, junior, and senior design studios
1986 Collegiate Schools of Architecture, annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA; photographic studies in Vernacular, Architecture project selected for presentation
1984 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; guest critic for sculpture studio including projects designed for the 1984 World's Fair
1981-84 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Assistant Professor, taught fine art foundation courses, 3-D design, drawing, color and light, sophomore, junior and senior design studios, organized exhibitions and seminars, organized and administered a national symposium on art and architectural, student advisor, participated in departmental and university governance
1974-80 Yale University, New Haven, CT, guest critic for undergraduate foundation 3-D design projects
1974-80 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, guest critic for studios in Interior Design
1975-76 Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, adjunct faculty for lecture and studio series on Aesthetics in the Environment
1974 Yale University, New Haven, CT, created and taught Davenport Seminar/Studio studying growth forms and Vernacular architecture, and created sculptural/architectural works
Selected Publications
The New York Times, At Sundown, Train Station Trades In Drab for Dazzling, 2013, NYTimes.com
CT Insider, Inspiration planet Earth: Creating art in the natural world, 2010, CTinsider.com
Artists Talk on Art, Glass art: Beyond the glory hole, 2008, Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Artists Next Door, Edited by Cheever Tyler, The Partnership for Connecticut Cities, 2006
New Media Art, Michael Rush, Thames & Hudson, 2004
The New York Times, The View From/Hamden; Is There One Final Lap Left For the Ghost Parking Lot?, 2000, NYTimes.com
New Media in Late 20th Century Art, Michael Rush, Thames & Hudson, 1999
The New York Times, Q & A/Joy Wulke; Nature Champions the Millennium, 1999, NYTimes.com
The New York Times, The Guide, 1999, NYTimes.com
The New York Times, Connecticut Guide, 1997, NYTimes.com
The New York Times, Making the Leap From Science To Art and Beyond, 1997, NYTimes.com
Corning Museum of Glass, NewGlass Review 17, 1995, cmog.org
The New York Times, Theater in Review. 1994, NYTimes.com
The New York Times, Currents: Lights That Shine Out All Over, 1991, NYTimes.com
Corning Museum of Glass, NewGlass Review 11, 1990, cmog.org
The New York Times, Gallery Shows Furniture as Art, 1987, NYTimes.com
Architectural Ornamentalism: Detailing in the Craft Tradition, Jim Kemp, Whitney Library of Design, 1987
Interior Spaces Designed by Architects, Barclay F. Gordon & Charles King Hoyt, McGraw-Hill, 1981
Others 1999 Review Magazine, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Art Forum, Arts New England, Fabric in Architecture, Glass Quarterly, Interiors, International Design Review, LA Architect, Sculpture