(b. 1969, Berkeley, CA)

EDUCATION

1992   Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023   Holding Spaces, McClain Gallery, Houston.
2020   Feeding the Beast, McClain Gallery, Houston.
2017   House of Mirrors, Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
2016   A Season of Psychic Noise, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
2015   Souvenirs from Nowhere, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX.
          Hiding in Plain Sight,  Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY. 
2012   Empire of Spoils, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX.
          Fragments of a Worldview, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
2011   Pulse Art Fair: Impulse, New York, NY (Sears-Peyton Gallery).
2010   A Lexicon of Persistent Absence, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR.
          Attempts at a Unified Theory, Thompson Gallery, Garthwaite Center for Science and Art, Cambridge School of Weston, MA.
          A Persistent Absence, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
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

2025   This is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, RISD Museum, Providence, RI.
          Dallas Art Fair, McClain Gallery, Dallas, TX
          In the Making, CityCentre, Houston, TX
2024   The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
          Dallas Art Fair, McClain Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2023   Dallas Art Fair, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2022   Discarded/Sourced, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH.
          Playground, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
          Intersect Palm Springs, Sears-Peyton Gallery,  Palm Springs, CA.
          Winter Group Show, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York.
2021   Dallas Art Fair, McClain Gallery, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Dallas, TX.
          New Year, New Works, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
2020   Summer Selections, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
2019   Summer Essentials, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York.
          Expo Chicago, William Shearburn Gallery, Chicago, IL.
          unfoldingobject — The Art of Collage, Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA.
          Encounters I, Cristina Grajales Gallery, New York, NY.
          Dallas Art Fair, McClain Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2018   Under the Night Sky, albertz benda, New York, NY.
          Design Miami, re:construction, Malcolm James Kutner, Miami, FL.
          Expo Chicago, William Shearburn Gallery, Chicago, IL.
          re:construction, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX.
2015   Warp and Riff: Unraveling Rugs as Raw Material, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX.
2014   September, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
          Looking Back Six Years-Part Two, Selected New Acquisitions, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME.
2013   Geometry Interrupted, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
          Portal, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX.
2012   Be Inspired!, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art at the Crossroads, Kansas City, MO.
          Confluence: Recent Work by Bo Joseph and Tim Hussey, Rebekah Jacob Gallery, Charleston, SC.
          Shelf Life, Kunsthalle Am Hamburger Platz, Weissensee, Berlin, Germany.
2011   Pulse Art Fair, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
          Scalding Hot, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
          Artists Ball, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
          Winter Group Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR.
2010   Black & White, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY.
          Berliner Geschichten, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX.
          Feed the Kitty, Spattered Columns, New York, NY.
2009   Kunsthalle: Deutschland nach Portland, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR.
          Winter Group Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR.
2008   8 Artists 8 Books, 5 + 5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
          Red Dot Art Fair, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.

          Los Angeles Art Show, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2007   Red Dot Art Fair, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Miami, FL.
          Options within Realism, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY.
          Works on Paper, Rose Burlingham Contemporary Watercolor, New York, NY.
          Red Dot Art Fair, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
2006   Greatest Hits, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY.
          Illuminati, 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.
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.
          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.
1995   Protective Covering, Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
1994   1995 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship Recipients Exhibition, Providence, RI.
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.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Guilin Art Museum, Guilin, China
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
Capital Group, New York, NY
The Core Club, New York, NY
Gunvor USA LLC, Houston, TX
Hovnanian Enterprises, Red Bank, NJ
Integrated Capital Associates, New York, NY
International Center for the Disabled, New York, NY
Iroko Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA
Thacher, Proffitt & Wood, New York, NY
Triton Collection Foundation, Liechtenstein

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, Rhode Island School of Design.

EXPERIENCE

2025   Artist Lecture and Instructor, Pace University, New York, NY.
2017    Artist Lecturer, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea.
2013    Artist Lecturer, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.
2011   Artist Lecturer, Pace University, New York, NY.
2010   Artist Lecturer and Instructor, Cambridge School of Weston, Weston MA.
2009 (1993-03, 06)    Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence.
2008   Visiting Critic, Parsons the New School for Design, New York.
2003   Artist-Teacher, MFA Program at Vermont College of Union Institute & University.  
1999   Artist Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.
1994   Drawing Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design.

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