About me

Short Bio

Jo Dounis is an acrylic and mixed media artist.  The daughter of an architect who also painted in his later years, she was born into a world of creativity and from a very young age has been passionate about colour and design.  A student of both art and interior design,  Jo has a foot in both worlds and has always had the belief that these two worlds can mesh together to create something special and meaningful in one’s environment.

Jo has two distinctive art styles, through which she expresses her passion for light, texture and colour.  One is fluid with an ethereal quality where colours blend and flow together to create organic shapes and designs, and the other is textural, creating a 3-dimensional, tactile experience for the viewer.  Many of her textured land, sea, and skyscapes have an abstract, dream-like quality through which she expresses a deep desire to transport her viewers into a natural Utopian environment, free from our turbulent and over-developed world.

An optimist by nature, Jo’s wish is to connect with people on a deeply emotional level, inspiring positive feelings of joy, serenity, peace and calm and encouraging them to dream…

Dounis’s art can be found in private collections in Malta as well as in the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, the Middle East and several countries in Europe.

 

Looking for

Collaborations, Exposure, Exhibition Opportunities

Other Roles Artist
I Manage Jo Dounis (Facebook), Jo Dounis Art (Instagram), www.jodounis.com
Skills Abstract Acrylic Mixed Media Painting Sculpture

Education

Education History

New York Institute of Art & Design

Constantly learning…various art courses of interest to me as I come across them.

Experience

Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • REVERIE – Solo Exhibition – The Phoenicia Malta, Palm Court Lounge, Valletta – November 2023
  • Ongoing Solo – Aalto, Blue Grotto – May 2023
  • YFES – Solo Exhibition – Gemelli Art Gallery, Attard – November 2022
  • Ongoing Solo – Commando, Mellieha – November 2022
  • CHROMATIC JOURNEY – Solo Exhibition – Rudy Buhler Art Gallery, Marsascala – November 2020

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

  • CELEBRATING FEMALE ARTISTS – Rudy Buhler Art Gallery, Marsascala – March 2024
  • DOKRA – Grandmaster’s Palace, Valletta – February 2024
  • COLLECTIVELY SOLO III – Gallery 23, Balzan – December 2023
  • ORDER OF MALTA NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION – St. John’s Cavalier, Valletta – March 2023
  • INWADAR – Rudy Buhler Art Gallery, Marsascala – February 2023
  • ART AT THE CORINTHIA PALACE – Corinthia Palace, Balzan – November 2022
  • YELLOW & BLUE – Cavalieri Art Hotel, St. Julians – November 2022
  • I SEE BEAUTY – San Anton Palace – October 2022
  • A MIDSUMMER’S RED DREAM – BOCO Boutique Hotel, Cospicua – June 2022
  • SAFE HAVEN –  Collective Exhibition in aid of Ukarainian Refugees in Malta – Casino Maltese, Valletta – May 2022
  • REFLECTIONS & SHADOWS OF THE SOUL – Art By the Seaside Gallery, Senglea – March 2022
  • THE PANDEMIC: SURVIVAL, ART & NEW ACTION – Malta Enterprise – December 2021
  • Online Arts Auction – MCCFF – November 2021
  • THE BIG SHOW – Wignacourt Museum, November – December 2021
  • DREAM WORLD – MSA Online Exhibition, November – December 2021
  • ALLURA TRAIL – Iniala Harbour Hotel, Valletta – October 2021
  • REFLECTION 21.1 – Rudy Buhler Art Gallery, Marsascala – February 2021
  • Collective Art Exhibition, organised by Art Club 2000, Paradise Bay -January 2021
  • CELEBRATING WOMEN – Wignacourt Museum, Rabat – March 2020
  • OHLOMLI HOLMA – Palazzo de Piro, Mdina – March 2020
  • Artisans Collective – Palazzo de Piro, Mdina – December 2019
Achievements

Many of my works can be found in private collections in Malta as well as in the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, the Middle East, and several countries in Europe.

Work

Interior Designer – 2007 –

Artist – 2018