INFORMATION (statement and bio coming soon...)  
     
  Lou Joseph  
  b. November 11, 1975, in Youngstown, Ohio (USA)  
  lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland (USA)  
  active in projects in Baltimore, New York and Berlin  
     
  download RESUME here  
     
  EDUCATION  
     
  MFA (Master of Fine Arts), Indiana University  
  Bloomington, IN, USA, August 2004          
  -- Printmaking and Installation Works  
  -- Master’s Thesis on quantity theory: Repetition and Repetitious Acts   
  -- Thesis Exhibition: Perfecture_01  
     
  BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts), Ohio Wesleyan University  
  Delaware, Ohio, USA, May 1998  
  -- Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking  
  -- History minor  
  -- Graduated Cum Laude  
     
     
  AWARDS  
     
  2007-2008, Emerging Artist Grant, Durham Art Council (NC); 1500 USD  
  2005 May, First Prize, CityLights Exhibition, Academy of Art, Krakow, Poland; exhibition, catalogue, installation of work in bus stops throughout city  
  2004-05, Book Arts and Printmaking Fellowship, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italyhousing, supplies, 10,000 Euro stipend  
  2005 June, Merit Scholarship, Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, Saugatauk, Michigan; 1000 USD  
  2005 June, Work Scholarship, Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, Saugatauk, Michigan; 550 USD  
  2005 April, Doctoral Grant-in-Aid of Research, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; 700 USD    
  2003-04, Associate Instructorship, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, tuition waiver, 8000 USD stipend  
  2003 October, Doctoral Grant-in-Aid of Research, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; 500 USD  
  2002-03, Associate Instructorship, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, tuition waiver; 7800 USD stipend  
  2001-02, Graduate Assistantship, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indianatuition waiver; 6800 USD stipend  
  1998 May, Cum Laude, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio  
     
     
  EXHIBITIONS  
     
  2010  
     
  Tent Cities, Durham, North Carolina (SOLO): September 3 – October 30, 2010, Upfront Gallery  
  Hope Against Hope, Baltimore, Maryland: September 28 - December 5, 2010, Phoenix Shot Tower  
     
     
  2009  
     
 

No Danger, Bloomington, Indiana: January 7 – March 14, 2009, SoFA Gallery

 
 

Displaced, Chicago, Illinois: March 25 – 31, 2009, A+D Gallery

 
 

Lotta Art, Baltimore, Maryland: April 24-30, School 33 Gallery

 
 

One Year, Baltimore, Maryland: May 1-30, Wind-Up Space

 
 

An Abundance of Forms, Hasselt-Stevoort, Belgium: June 21 – August 29, 2009, Galerie In Vorm

 
 

Abandon Ship, Baltimore, Maryland: July 12 – August 11, 2009, Current Gallery

 
 

Everybody’s Got (More) Money Issues, Chicago, Illinois: August 10 – December 31, 2009, Mess Hall

 
  Germ Theory, Baltimore, Maryland (SOLO): September 11 – October 3, 2009, School 33 Gallery  
 

Hexchange, Baltimore, Maryland: October 10 – November 15, 2009, Hexagon Gallery

 
     
     
  2008  
     
  Here Be Monsters, Raleigh, North Carolina; March 7 – April 2, 2008, Flanders311 Art Gallery  
 

Repressed III, Richmond, Virginia; March 18 – April 22, 2008, Gallery 5

 
 

PRINTED: Prints and Books from North Carolina Artists, Greensboro, North Carolina; January 19 – February 28, 2008, Greenhill Center for NC Art

 
 

No Danger, Richmond, Virginia; West Lafayette, Indiana; February 1 – 28, 2008, Richmond International Airport,

 
  September  2 – October 12, 2008, Purdue University Art Gallery  
 

Art on Paper 2008, Greensboro, North Carolina; October 19, 2008  – Jan. 25, 2009, Weatherspoon Art Museum

 
     
     
  2007  
     
 

War in Heaven II, Greensboro, North Carolina (DUO), February 14 – March 14, 2007, EUC Art Gallery

 
 

Emission, Penang, Malaysia, July 1 – 31, 2007, Penang State Art Gallery

 
 

Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 23 – 31, 2007, Flanders Art Gallery

 
 

The Sketchbook Project, Atlanta, Georgia, November 27 – December 17, 2007, Art House Gallery

 
     
     
  2006  
     
 

War in Heaven I, Bloomington, Indiana (DUO), November 17-30, 2006, Art Hospital

 
 

Emission, Columbia, SC; Philadelphia, PA; Stauton, Virginia, West Lafayette, Indiana
May 15 – June 30, 2006, University of South Carolina
May 1 – 31, 2006, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
September 4 – 20, 2006, Mary Baldwin College, Stauton, Virginia

 
  September 15 – October 20, 2006, Purdue University  
     
     
  2005  
     
 

View from Venice: From the Collection of the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, New York; NY, January 28 – April 9, 2005; Center for Book Arts

 
 

Passaparola, Rome, Italy, May 1-15, 2005; Biblioteca Centrale Nazionale

 
 

Accumulation #1 (You know us better than you think), Venice, Italy  (SOLO), May 30 – June 7, 2005; Galleria il Sotoportego

 
 

CityLights, Krakow, Poland, May 15 – June 12, 2005; Academy of Arts, Krakow

 
 

Bienalle del Libro d’Artista, Cassino, Italy, September 1 – October 24, 2005; Biblioteca Communale

 
 

Accumulation #2 (piles), Berlin, Germany  (SOLO), October 7 – November 3, 2005; KunstOffice Gallery

 
 

Emission, Berlin, Germany; Venice, Italy

 
  September 3-7, 2005; Universitat der Kunste Berlin Gallery  
  December 20, 2005 – January 9, 2006 Galleria il Sotoportego, Venice  
     
     
  2004  
     
 

Regime Change: New Work by Lou Joseph and Dan Hlavinka, Venice, Italy  (DUO), August 15-Sept 10, 2004; Galleria il Sotoportego

 
 

Perfecture_01: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bloomington, Indiana (SOLO), March 30-April 10, 2004; School of Fine Arts Gallery

 
 

Elements: IU Graduate Printmakers, Bloomington, Indiana, February 10-21, 2004; School of Fine Arts Gallery

 
 

Cream: A Juried Show of IU MFA & BFA Students, Indianapolis, Indiana, Feb. 1-16, 2004; Dean Johnson Gallery

 
     
     
  2003  
     
 

The Library of Babel: Collaborative Books 2000-2003, Bloomington, Indiana  (SOLO), March 14-31, 2003; Fine Arts Library Gallery

 
 

Graduate Printmakers: Indiana University, RISD & Tyler, Rome, Italy, June 20-July 28; Tyler Univ in Rome Gallery

 
 

The Regular Paper Show, Roswell, New Mexico, June 25-July 17, 2003; University of New Mexico-Roswell

 
 

The Regular Paper Show, Roswell, New Mexico, June 25-July 17, 2003; University of New Mexico-Roswell

 
 

Bed, Bloomington, Indiana (SOLO), August 1-20, 2003; Fuller Projects

 
 

Wexford Artist’s Book Exhibition, Wexford, Ireland
September 6-October 10, 2003; Wexford Art Centre  
July 16-28, 2003; Fairlawn Gallery, Dublin, Ireland               

 
  November 1-15, 2003; University Of West England, Bristol, England  
 

Live Loads/Modular Facades Bloomington, Indiana  (SOLO), October 29-November 9, 2003; Art Building

 
     
     
  2002  
     
 

Insulation, Bloomington, Indiana  (SOLO), December 4-7, 2002, School of Fine Arts Gallery

 
 

Thirteen (IU Graduate Printmakers), Bloomington, Indiana, December 3-7, 2002, School of Fine Arts Gallery

 
     
     
  2001  
     
 

Prints/Paintings, Columbus, Ohio  (SOLO), June 28-July 10, 2001; Exposure Gallery

 
     
     
  1998  
     
 

B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Delaware, Ohio  (SOLO), April 16-21, 1998; Lynn Mayhew Gallery

 
 

Student Juried Exhibition, Delaware, Ohio, April 5-20, 1998; Beeghly Gallery

 
     
     
  TEACHING EXPERIENCE  
     
 

2007-2008, Visiting Artist, Cyanotype, Collaborative Print Methods
            Anchor Graphics and New Hampshire Institute of Art; Chicago, IL & Manchester, NH

  • Taught one weekend workshop in cyanotype printing to a group of 10 students, various ages and experience levels (Anchor Graphics, May 2007)
  • Taught one 2 day workshop to undergraduates and BFA in collaborative print methods, delivered two lectures on my work, gave individual critiques to BFA students (NH Institute of Art, March 2008)
  • Taught weekend workshop in collaborative print methods to a group of 10 students (Anchor Graphics, July 2008)
 
     
     
 

2006, Adjunct Instructor, Visual Studies Department
            Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Taught course in beginning drawing to undergraduate students, writing the syllabus and assignments. (Instructor of record.)
  • Worked to other drawing instructors to implement curriculum in department.
 
     
     
 

2004-05, Book Arts and Printmaking Fellow, Annual Courses, Study Abroad Programs, Summer Programs
            Scuola Internazionale di Grafica; Venice, Italy

  • Taught one year-long, one semester-long, one five week and one two week intensive book arts classes with Italian and study abroad students. (Instructor of record)
  • Assisted one year-long advanced printmaking class, and one five week intaglio printmaking class.
  • Managed the shop assistant with the school director.
  • Recommended non-toxic processes in existing facility.
 
     
     
 

2003-04, Associate Instructor, Printmaking
            Indiana University, Bloomington; Indiana

  • Taught screen printing, intaglio, lithography and relief as well as advanced topics and techniques. (Instructor of record)
  • Managed print studio, maintenance and budget.
  • Implemented non-toxic processes in existing facility
  • Researched and implemented facility improvements.
 
     
     
 

2002-03, Associate Instructor, Beginning Drawing
            Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana

  • Taught foundations level drawing to majors and non-majors, developing my own syllabus and assignments. (Instructor of record)
  • Integrated lectures on historical masters with contemporary applications.
 
     
     
 

2001-02, Graduate Assistant, Printmaking Department
            Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana

  • Assisted professor with teaching upper-level screen printing class.
  • Conducted demos and assisted with critiques for class.
  • Co-managed graduate print shop, maintenance and budget.
 
     
     
  PROJECTS, COLLABORATIONS AND EXCHANGE PORTFOLIOS  
     
  2009: Displaced: exchange portfolio of 22 artists, as part of the 2009 Souther Graphics Council  
  2008: Love, Death, Life, Soul: group residency with 6 international artists, in Kasterlee, Belgium, at the  Frans Masereal Center, to produce a portfolio of prints  
 

2005: Emission: exchange portfolio with 20 international artists, as part of the Impakt printmaking conference in Berlin, Germany, participant.

 
  2005: De Ja Vu: editioned book, participant.  
 

2004: Home: IU Printmaking Workshop exchange portfolio, organizer and participant

 
  2004: Print: editioned book, participant.  
  2003: Time: IU Printmaking Workshop exchange portfolio, participant.  
  2003: Art Building: Off-campus temporary exhibition space, participant  
 

2000-2008: Collaborative Book Project: ongoing project, involving 50 artists and writers in books that are exchanged via the postal service, organizer and participant.

 
     
     
  PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES  
     
  2008: Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg University, exhibtion curator “Safety Architecture”  
  2008: Frans Masereel Center, artist-in-residence  
  2008: Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, artist-in-residence  
  2005: Atelier Toos Neger, artist-in-residence  
  2004-2005: Scuola Internazionale di Grafica; curating and installing exhibitions in the school’s gallery, managing the school’s residency and visiting artist programs and helping overseas studies students adapt to Venice  
  2004: Ox-Bow Summer School of Art; artist-in-residence  
  2003-2004: Graduate Employee Organization; steering committee member  
  2003-2004: Graduate Print Exhibition; co-organizer- worked with another graduate student to organize the printmaking group exhibition, securing a curator and overseeing installation  
  2002: Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, IU Summer Program, participant  
  2000-2001: Wexner Center for the Arts; tour guide and volunteer usher  
  1998-1999: Tucson Public Art; assistant, helped plan and execute murals in Tucson, Arizona.  
  1997-1998: OWU Fine Arts Gallery; Gallery Assistant; worked with professors and student to prepare senior BFA exhibition  
     
     
  LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS  
     
  2008: Professional Artist Lecture; New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH  
  2008: Studio Work to Date; New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH  
 

2007: Collaborative Processes; Duke University, Durham, NC (undergraduate seminar)

 
 

2006: Studio Practice(s); University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (graduate student seminar)

 
  2005: Accumulation #2; KunstOffice Gallery, Berlin, DE (gallery talk)  
  2005: Studio Work to Date; Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice IT (slide talk on my work to date, given to University of Iowa study abroad students)  
  2005: Accumulation #1; Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice IT (gallery talk)  
  2005: Studio Work to Date; Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice IT (slide talk on my work to date, given to Boston University study abroad students)  
  2004: Perfecture_01; SoFA Gallery, Bloomington IN (gallery talk)  
  2004: Repetition and Repetitious Acts; Indiana University, Bloomington IN (grad student seminar)  
  2003: Zu Bing and Repetition; Indiana University, Bloomington IN (grad student seminar)  
  2002: Recent Work and Influences; Indiana University, Bloomington IN (grad student seminar)