Joe Biel | Resume

1966 Born in Boulder, CO; Lives in Los Angeles

EDUCATION

1990
MFA, Painting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1988
BFA, Summa Cum Laude, Painting and Art History, Drake University, Des Moines, IA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2006
New Work, Galerie Kuckei/Kuckei, Berlin, Germany

2005
Joe Biel: Drawings, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Erotic Drawing, group exhibition, DiverseWorks Gallery, Houston, TX (Traveling to Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Ridgefield, CT)
Captain Ill, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Paradise Lost, group exhibition, Goff and Rosenthal Gallery, New York, NY.
Drawings, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Manifesto, Ambrosino Gallery, group exhibition, Miami, FL.
New, New, group exhibition, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, IA.

2004
Solo Exhibition, "Lightness", Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Frame of Mind, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA.
Drawn Fictions, Marylhurst University, Portland, OR.

2003
Joe Biel: Drawings, Mixture Gallery, Houston, TX
Joseph Biel: Works on Paper, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin, Germany
Not Always the Same Part One, group exhibition, Hammer/Sidi Gallery, London, England
Not Always the Same Part Two, group exhibition, Mjellby Art Center, Halmstad, Sweden
Little Disasters, group exhibition, Red Dot Gallery, 2003 Scope Art Fair, New York

2002
Works on Paper, group exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Small Graphite Drawings, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
Post Gallery, Los Angeles
Works on Paper, Galerie Katia Rid, Münich, Germany
Works on Paper Gallery, Los Angeles

2001
New Works on Paper, Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles
Fayerweather Gallery, installation, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Mark Woolley Gallery, installation, Portland, OR
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, installation, Omaha

2000
Greg Kucera Gallery, Installation with Richard Kraft, Seattle

1999
Draft of a Landscape, installation, The Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Portland, OR

1998
Study for a Book, installation, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Yellowman Actions 1, 2, and 3, live performance pieces, Portland, OR

1997
Oregon Biennial, group exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
House of Cards, outdoor installation, May 1, 1997, Portland, OR
Quartersaw Gallery, installation, Portland, OR

1996
Fragments from a German Requiem, group exhibition, Gallery 299, Portland State University, OR
Traces through an Ash Board, installation, Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Quartersaw Gallery, installation, Portland, OR

1995
With a Variable Key, installation, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Between Spectacle and Silence: The Holocaust in Contemporary Photography, installation
Photographic Resource Center, Boston
From Darkness to Darkness, installation, The Light Factory, Charlotte
Work by J. Biel and R. Kraft, Savannah College of Art and Design

1994
Metropolitan Arts Commission Space, installation, Portland, OR

1993
Merit Award, Bradley National Works on Paper, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Small Works Exhibition, Loyola University, New Orleans
Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Clemson University, SC
SODARCO Internationally juried Exhibition, Sodarco Gallery, Montreal

AWARDS AND HONORS

2003
Pollock-Krasner Foundation- Grant Award recipient
Featured Artist, New American Paintings: 2003 West Coast Edition

2000
Residency, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha
Artist in Residence, Multnomah County, OR

1999
Oregon Arts Commission Grant for a specific project proposal

1998
Regional Arts and Culture Council Project Grant for an exhibit at the Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Portland, OR

1993
Merit Award, Bradley National Works on Paper, Bradley University, Peoria, IL

1991
Charles Cinnamon Award, Grant given by the NFAA to assist artists with a specific project

1989
Ned Dybvig Award for an outstanding first year graduate student, Stipend, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1986
Fellowship (one of thirty internationally), Yale Summer School of Music and Art, two month intensive program in all media. Program included seminars and workshops with visiting artists

1984
Finalist (one of five nationally), National Arts Recognition and Talent Search competition sponsored by the NFAA, Stipend. Competition included seminars, interviews and works on site, Miami Finalist, National Presidential Scholarship Competition, for academic excellence