Joy Kloman is currently on the Fulbright Specialist Roster, from 2025-2028. Kloman was a tenured Associate Professor at University of Mississippi, who supervised graduate and undergraduate painting programs. Professor Kloman also taught drawing in London. She earned her MFA from University of Florida and BFA from Kansas City Art Institute. Joy Kloman was recently awarded a generous Ford Foundation Career Opportunity Grant, administered by Oregon Arts Commission to attend Hangar Center of Artistic Research Artist Residency in Portugal in March, 2026. Her art is in many private and public collections internationally, including, Rothko Museum, Art Circle, Slovenia, ExtrArtis, Italy, Vilaka Museum, the future Valdis Bušs Art Centre, Latvia, Balatonfüred City Hall, Hungary, Ringling Museum of Art, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Pensacola Museum of Art, and Meridian Museum of Art. She resides in Hood River, Oregon.