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1969 Born in Berkeley, CA

EDUCATION
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design

AWARDS & HONORS
1994 Painting Fellowship, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
1993 Basil H. Alkazzi Award
Visual Arts Fellowship, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center
1992 Florence Leif Prize for Men, Rhode Island School of Design

EXPERIENCE
2002 Artist-Teacher, MFA Program at Vermont College of Union Institute & University
1993-03, 06 Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design
1999 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
1994 Teaching Foundation Drawing, Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College Program

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Bo Joseph: A Persistent Absence, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
Bo Joseph-Attempts at a Unified Theory (History as Medium 1/3), Thompson Gallery, Garthwaite Center for Science and Art, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA
2008 Become From Someplace Else, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
The Essence of Things: Bo Joseph with African Art, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
2007 Bo Joseph: Archetypes and Anomalies, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
At the Crossroads, Soho House, New York, NY
1994 Bo Joseph: Recent Work, 1993/1994 Visual Arts Fellows Series, Fine Arts Work Center,
Provincetown, MA
1991 Bo Joseph: Paintings, Drawings, Studio One, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Berliner Geschichten: featuring works by Terrell James, Bo Joseph, and Adam Raymont, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 Winter Group Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 8 Artists 8 Books, 5 + 5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Red Dot Art Fair, New York, NY (Sears-Peyton Gallery)
Los Angeles Art Show, CA (Sears-Peyton Gallery)
2007 Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL (Sears-Peyton Gallery)
Options within Realism, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
Works on Paper: Lindsey Brown, Judy Huson, Bo Joseph, Rose Burlingham Contemporary
Watercolor, New York, NY
Red Dot Art Fair, New York, NY (Sears-Peyton Gallery)
2006 Greatest Hits, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
Illuminati: Ellen Banks, Lori Ellison, Bo Joseph, Bernard Maisner, Marc Sapir, Rose Burlingham
Contemporary Watercolor, New York, NY
Bright Ideas, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Rigorous Fun, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
Michael Oatman: A Lifetime of Service and a Mile of Thread, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art
Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
Alexis Portilla, Bo Joseph, Jamie Scott, ParadigmArt, New York, NY
2004 Under the Influence, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, NY
2003 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2002 Text/Textile: Words and Weaving in Contemporary Art, Deutsche Bank Lobby Gallery, New York, NY
2001 The Art of Illumination: Medieval to Modern, Manhattanville College Library, Manhattanville
College, Purchase, NY
Talent 2001, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Paper Invitational IV, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
Small Works by Former Fellows of 1985-2000, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center,
Provincetown, MA; Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA
2000 New Directions ‘2K, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (Juror: Lisa Messinger, Metropolitan
Museum)
Tontine, Hermen Goode Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue)
1999 Paper Invitational II, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
Former Fellows of New York, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA;
Lamia Ink Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
Katonah Museum 1999 Members Juried Exhibition, Katonah Village Library, Katonah, NY (Juror:
Harry Philbrick, Aldrich Museum)
1998 Talent 1998, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Artist As Curator, Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1997 Talent 1997, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Featuring the Art of, The 4E Gallery, New York, NY
1994 1995 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship Recipients Exhibition, Providence, RI
1995 Protective Covering, Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
1993 1993/1994 Visual Arts Fellows Exhibition, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center,
Provincetown, MA
Open Juried Painting Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
1992 Rhode Island Artists’ Exhibition, Pawtucket Arts Council, Pawtucket, RI
Invitational, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Domino, March 2008, ill. pg 82.
Radio interview on Judy Charmichael’s Jazz Inspired, various stations, October/November 2007,
59 minutes.
——, “‘Bo Joseph: Archetypes & Anomalies’ At Sears-Peyton Gallery April 19,” Antiques and The Arts
Weekly, April 13, 2007.
Television interview on Art Scene with Kipton Cronkite, NYCTV, New York, 2007.
Buhmann, Stephanie, Archetypes and Anomalies, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, 2007 (catalogue essay).
——, “Kemper Museum Acquires Bo Joseph Painting,” Antiques and The Arts Weekly, July 14, 2006.
The Brooklyn Rail, Dec 2004/Jan 2005, pg. 37.
Will, Jesse, “Show Time,” House and Garden, Oct. 2004, ill. pg. 204-205
——, “After 9.11.01,” Views/Rhode Island School of Design, Winter 2000
Muller, Mario, Text/Textile, Deutsche Bank Lobby Gallery, May 2002.
McKown, Rich, “Cape Museum of Fine Arts/Dennis: Small Works from the Fine Arts Work Center,” Art New
England, Dec. 2001/Jan 2002, pg. 34, 38.
McCormack, Ed, “Navigating the Pluralistic Pleasures of ‘Talent 2001,’” Gallery&Studio, December 2001/
Janauary 2002, vol. 4 no. 2.
Silander, Lisa, “Making a Tontine,” Views/Rhode Island School of Design, Fall 2000, p. 39.
McCormack, Ed, “New York Notebook,” Gallery&Studio, September/October, vol.3 no. 1, 2000, p. 15-16.
Dell, Roger, Tontine, Hermen Goode Gallery, 2000 (exhibition catalogue).
McCormack, Ed, “New York Notebook,” Gallery&Studio, September/October, vol.2 no. 1, 1999, p. 12-13.
Bell, J. Bowyer, “New Talent,” Review, October 1, 1997.
McCormack, Ed, “Allan Stone Gallery Celebrates ‘Talent 1997’ with a Spectacular Show,” ArtSpeak,
September, 1997, p. 24.
Gross, Kathy, “Journey of Images,” R.I.S.D. Views, March, 1994, p. 24.
Horshack, John, “Interview with Bo Joseph,” Object Lesson, Summer/Fall, 1993, pp. 131-134.
Van Siclen, Bill, “R.I. Artists Get a Showcase in Pawtucket,” The Providence Journal-Bulletin,
Nov. 13, 1992.