Joanna M. Wezyk (Jo) is a fine artist, curator, and art educator. Born and raised in Kraków, Poland, she moved to New York City to pursue her career as a children's book illustrator before transitioning to painting.

Her artistic practice spans various media, including traditional oil painting, alcohol inks on Yupo paper, and experimental digital imagery. Her work delves into themes of nostalgia, melancholia, abandonment, and concepts deeply rooted in both European and American history.

Joanna’s paintings explore intimacy and the restoration of forgotten or secret spaces, such as churches, bedrooms, and royal chambers, as well as the haunting remnants of American ghost towns, sublime mystical landscapes, and abandoned industrial giants.

Blending traditional techniques with innovative approaches, she experiments with oil glazing, gouaches, inks, and alcohol-based materials. These are processed and manipulated using digital tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate, and a Wacom Intuos tablet.

Her work captures eerie, cinematic atmospheres, often illuminated by glimpses of light that evoke a sense of omniscient wisdom or quiet hope.