Joan Snyder was born on April 16, 1940 in Highland Park, New Jersey, USA. She has been married to Margaret Ellen Cammer since June 10, 2012. She was previously married to Larry Fink.
She earned a graduate degree from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1966.
Daughter of the late Edythe Synder and Leon Snyder of Highland Park, New Jersey.
A retrospective of her work (1963-2010) entitled "Dancing With the Dark: Joan Snyder Prints," has been touring the country and will at the University of New Mexico Art Museum in September 2012.
Painter and printmaker whose works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, and the late Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum all in New York City.
She earned a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in painting from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.