Joleen Goff resides in Kansas City. She taught art at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, intermittently, from 1981-2020; and at the University of Central Missouri teaching Fiber and Design as an adjunct art instructor for sixteen years. She was employed by Hallmark Cards as a Creative Product Designer for four years.

Joleen Goff’s mixed-media artwork conveys a strong connection to the elements of color, texture, and pattern. She combines these elements through printmaking, painting, and collage with the intention of creating a layered, visual narrative that expresses a specific idea or simply a history of the processes involved.