Education and Background

Jo Moniz is an American artist and architect living and working in California and Hawaii. She paints primarily in oil and encaustic media from her studio in Sausalito, California. As an international artist, Jo works with private clients, art brokers and galleries. Her paintings have been installed in Singapore, Sweden and many locations in the United States. Gallery shows include the Seattle Art Museum Gallery, with whom she worked for ten years, the San Juan Museum of Art and Waterworks Gallery in Washington.

Ms. Monizʼ art education background began at Southern Oregon University. Jo received a BA in Environmental Design from the University of Washington and held architectural licenses in Washington and Minnesota. She currently holds a Hawaii architectural license. Architecture has been a strong influence on her artwork and her background includes the design of residential, commercial and public structures. Jo also was a lecturer in design drawing with the architect Frank Ching at the University of Washington College of Architecture previous to pursuing a career in art. Jo is a member of the Sausalito Center for the Arts, Marin Open Studios and NCWCA.

Select Shows and Exhibitions

May 2025, Sausalito Center for the Arts, MOS group show

April 2024, Sausalito Center for the Arts, Marin Open Studios group show

May 2018, San Juan Island Museum of Art, San Juan Island, Washington, Conversations With Gees Bend, group show

June 2017, SAM Gallery, Seattle Washington, Group show, Structural Configurations.

November 2015, Waterworks Gallery, Holiday Show-David French and Jo Moniz, Friday Harbor, Washington

September 2015, National Encaustic/Wax Competition, Santa Fe, New Mexico

May 2014, Solo Show, Northwest Encaustics, Seattle, Washington

March 2014, Geometrically, Palette Contemporary, Albuquerque, New Mexico

December 2013-April 2014, The Alexis Hotel, Seattle, Washington, Group show, Barbara Shaimin, curator.

November 2013, Idea Odyssey, A Sense of Place II, JuanAlonso curator. Seattle City Hall, Office of Arts and Culture Seattle, Washington

June 2013, Jane Richlovsky and Jo Moniz, TASTE Restaurant, curated by SAM Gallery, Barbara Shaimin

March 2013, SAM Gallery, Seattle Washington, Group show- New Introductions

May 2012, Shift Studio, Seattle, Washington, solo show, The Modern Landscape

Select Commissions and Collections

December 2021, Mixed Encaustic for reproduction, Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore

May 2020, Oil painting- Palazzo Suites, Las Vegas, Nevada

March 2020, Mixed encaustic painting- Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Washington

September 2017, two mixed encaustic paintings- Rothwell/Knaup residence, Seattle, Washington

November 2016, three works, mixed encaustic- Paramount Hotel, Seattle, Washington

July 2016, mixed encaustic painting- collections of Google, Inc., Kirkland, Washington

August 2014, four pieces, mixed encaustic- collection of Cooley Godward Kronish, Seattle, Washington