A mid-career artist, Joan Robey has re-invented herself through her art. Robey grew up in New York and earned a BFA in English from the University of Florida. She spent a number of years in the Bay Area studying and teaching woodworking. In the early 80s she relocated to Denver where she opened the Joan Robey Gallery. After settling in Santa Monica in the early 90s, she started creating assemblage and sculpture from salvaged materials. Her work has been shown in galleries across the nation and collected by institutions including the Peter Norton Foundation and the Museum of Modern Art, Miami, and can be seen in the movie "Batman and Robin" and in numerous collections.