Solo Exhibitions
2009 | | James Graham & Sons, New York NY |
2007 | | JG Contemporary, NYC |
| | Ryllega gallery, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| | Cynthia Broan Gallery, NYC |
2005 | | JG Contemporary, NYC |
| | Galerie Pitch, Paris (Ron Johnson) |
2004 | | Mai's Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
2002 | | Jay Grimm gallery, NYC |
1998 | | Nicholas Davies Gallery, NYC |
1997 | | Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky |
| | Nicholas Davies Gallery, NYC |
1983 | | Barbara Toll Fine Arts, NYC |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 | | Abstractionists Unite! Who Give You Just Enough To Last A Life Time, curated by Nancy Chaikin, Glendale College Art
Gallery, Glendale CA, June 21-August 8 |
| | POTLUCK SERIES Assemblage Abstract, Dinter Fine Art, (March) |
| | Selected Photographs, online project room: www.dinterfineart.com, July-August |
| | Blue, curated by John Zinsser James Graham & Sons, New York NY |
2008 | | "Present Tense" Spanierman gallery, New York NY |
2006 | | Intersections, Meyers School of Art, Univ. of Akron, Ohio, (April)
| | | Paint/Not Paint, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, NYC, (March) |
| | Project room, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, NYC, (April) |
| | Carton Rouge, Atelier Tampon-Ramier, Paris (Sept.-Oct.)
| 2005 | | Traces Everywhere, Tracy Williams, Ltd., NYC |
| | Field Questions, Rosenwald-Wolf gallery, Univ. of the Arts, Phila., Pa.
| | | Glimpse, mixed greens, (summer)
| | | Helter Skelter, capsule gallery (aug.-sept.)
| 2004 | | Summer, Bruno marina gallery, Brooklyn NY
| | | A Conversation Marvelli gallery, NYC, (July) |
| | Under the Influence, Barbara Mathes Gallery, NYC (July 30-Oct.9) |
2003 | | Grisaille, JG contemporary, NYC |
| | Simple Marks, Cheim & Read, NYC |
| | The Invisible Thread; Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY |
| | Contra/post, JG contemporary, NYC |
2002 | | ZenRoxy, Von Lintel gallery, NYC |
| | Landscape, Lindsey Brown Gallery, NYC |
| | Group, Sideshow gallery, Brooklyn
| 2001 | | Project Wall, Pierogi 2000, Bklyn, NY January-current
| | | Group, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco
| | | Abstraction II, New York Studio School (May 24-June 30)
| 2000 | | Project Wall, Pierogi 2000, Bklyn, NY April-May
| | | Fundamental Occurrences, Malca Fine Arts, 580 Bway, NYC May 9-July 29) |
| | Fourwalls, London Diary
| 1999 | | (Oct. 14-Dec. 5) Joe Fyfe, James Hyde, Merlin James: Drawings, Thomas Korzelius Gallery, NYC |
| | Double Vision (June 25-Aug 14) Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Ga., curated by Micheal Pittari |
| | (Jan.15-Feb.17)N-3 Project Space, Painting III, 85 North Third St. Bklyn NY
| | | Gramercy International Art fair
| 1996 | | "Madeleines" Apex Art, NYC |
| | "Fin de Siecle" Nicholas Davies Gallery, NYC |
| | "Art Exchange Show" 60 Broad Street, NYC |
| | "Living Room" 558 Broadway, NYC |
1995 | | "Visiting Faculty Biennial" University of Tennessee, Knoxville
| 1993 | | "Men, myths and masculinities" LedisFlam Gallery, NYC |
1992 | | "360" Pino Molica Gallery, NYC traveled to Rome, Italy (catalogue) |
1985 | | "Drawings" Knight Gallery, Charlotte, NC
| 1984 | | "Painting and Sculpture Today: 1984" Indianapolis Museum of Art,IN
| 1983 | | "Art on Paper: 1983" Weatherspoon Gallery, U of NC, Greensboro
| 1982 | | "Spring Exhibition" Weatherspoon Gallery, U of NC, Greensborough
| 1980 | | "The Times Square Show" Colab, NYC |
Lectures
"Paris Report" NY Studio School, Dec.3, 2003 "Baudelaire's concept of the perfect flaneur as it applies to contemporary art." NY Studio School, March, 2001 UCLA, and OTIS, Los Angeles, April 2001, Fordham University, June, 2002
Panels
As Critic: The Review Panel at the National Academy Museum, December, 2004, "Working Locally, Thinking Globally 2: Critical Infrastructure" — The Cleveland Institute of Art, November, 2005. As Moderator: "No Image Painting", Tyler School of Art, February, 2006
Awards & Residencies
Guggenheim Fellowship 2008 |
Sitterwerk Zentrum für Kunst und Kulturwirtschaf, 2007 residency, atelierhaus |
Fulbright Award (Research in Vietnam & Cambodia) 2006-7 |
Fundacion Paraiso Mojacar, Spain, 2006 |
Pollock-Krasner Award, 2005 |
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Award, 2002, 2008 |
Handhollow Foundation Award (PFAW Fellowship), 1999 |
McDowell fellowship 1998, Yaddo fellowships 1998,2001,2003, 2005, 2008 |
Bessie Award, 1986 Set design for "The Memory Theatre of Guilio Camillo" |
Teaching
2008 | | Associate Professor, Pratt institute, Brooklyn, NY |
2005 | | Adjunct Professor, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Phila.,Pa. |
| | Visiting Professor, Blossom Kent State University |
2004 | | Visiting professor, Graduate Program in Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
2003 | | Instructor, Painting, the New School, NYC |
2002-04 | | Queens College, Instructor, Color, Painting;
| | | National Academy of Design, Watercolor
| 2001 | | Instructor, Drawing at the Met, Beginning Painting and Drawing, New School, NYC |
2000 | | Instructor, Art History, Long Island University.
| 1985-89 | | Instructor, Parsons School of Design, NYC |
1994 | | Visiting Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Curated Exhibitions
2008 | | "Color Climax" James Graham & Sons, NYC |
2004 | | "Band of Abstraction" Van Brunt gallery, NYC |
| | "The Apollonian Style", (Sept. *-Oct.10) Bruno Marina gallery, Brooklyn |
2003 | | "Vessels" Greenwich House pottery, NYC (catalog with essay) |
1999 | | "Om" Dorsky Gallery, NYC (catalog with essay) |
1996 | | "Try a Little Tenderness" Apex Art, NYC (catalog with essay) |
Publications
Art, Das Kunstmagazin, December,1994, pp.89-91 (incl. photo)
New York Times, Sunday Magazine, Sept. 1, 1996 p.35 (incl. photo)
Artnet, Feb 11 ,1998, " Joe Fyfe's 'Land of Make Believe'"
Appearances, Number 24, 1997, pages 6,48 ( 2 photos)
Art In America, "Joe Fyfe at Nicholas Davies" review by Alfred Corn, (incl. photo.) April 1999
Modern Painters, "This Wonderful Exile of the Artist" Fall 1999, pp. 77-79 (photo)
New York Times, Oct. 22, 1999, review by Ken Johnson, "Drawings", Thomas Korzelius Gallery
New York Times, July 1, 2000, review by Ken Johnson, Fundamental Occurences, Malca Gallery
The New Yorker, 'Joe Fyfe' review, July 1,2002
Artnet.com, Aug 2, 2002
Art in America, March 2003, "Joe Fyfe at Jay Grimm Gallery"
The New Yorker, Sept.3 2003, "Simple Marks"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 28, 2005 "Abstracts with no obvious links" Edward Sozanski
Vietnam News, June 1, 2004, "Exhibit samples the simple by US artist" Thu Ngoc.
Brooklyn Rail, July 2004, "A boom grows in brooklyn" james kalman
Brooklyn Rail, February 2005, "Traces everywhere" benjamin la rocco
Fallon and Rosoff's artblog, January 24, 2005, "a painters question"
Boggy, Nov. 2003, "some chelsea shows"
Vietnam net bridges, June 27, 2004, "americans message to Vietnam"
NY Times, April 27,2005, 'Joe Fyfe' Paintings from Vietnam, Ken Johnson
Brooklyn Rail, April,2005, Joe Fyfe' Paintings from Vietnam, Stephanie Buhman
New York Sun, April, 12 2005, Joe Fyfe, Mary Heilman…. By David Cohen
Vietnam News November, 12 2006.
NY Times, March 9, 2007, 'Joe Fyfe'Paintings 2004-07 Roberta Smith/notable exhibition weekend arts
The New Yorker, March 12 2007, Joe Fyfe
New York Sun, February 2, 2007, 'Minimalism with feeling…. By David Cohen
Gay City News, February 16, 2007, "A Contrarian's Esthetic", by Stephen Mueller
Art in America, September 2007, "Joe Fyfe at JG Contemporary" Stephen Maine
Set Design
1990 | | "Cities in Print" (scenic design) Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC |
1988 | | "The Tower" Home Theatre for Contemporary Performance, NYC |
1986 | | "The Memory Theatre of Guilio Camillo" La Mama ETC and the expanded version presented by Creative Time, Inc. at the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage (additional set) |
Education
BFA, University of the Arts, (Philadelphia college of Art) 1976
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