Joyce Pensato

Joyce Marie Pensato was an American painter. Pensato was born on August 20, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York. She studied at the Art [Students League of New York] and the New York [Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture|New York Studio School]. Pensato was known for her painted interpretations of pop culture and cartoon characters such as Batman, Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat, and Homer Simpson.
Pensato was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Anonymous Was [A Woman Award], and the Robert [De Niro Sr.] Prize. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of [Modern Art, New York]. as well as the Centre Pompidou, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the San Francisco [Museum of Modern Art].
Pensato died on June 13, 2019, in Manhattan.