(b. 1969, Berkeley, CA)
EDUCATION
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Chasing Ghosts, SLAG&RX, New York, NY
2023 Holding Spaces, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2020 Feeding the Beast, McClain Gallery, Houston,TX
2017 House of Mirrors, Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul, KR
2016 A Season of Psychic Noise, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Souvenirs from Nowhere, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2015 Hiding in Plain Sight, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Empire of Spoils, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 Fragments of a Worldview, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Pulse Art Fair: Impulse, (Sears-Peyton Gallery), New York, NY
2010 A Lexicon of Persistent Absence, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2010 Attempts at a Unified Theory, Thompson Gallery, Garthwaite Center for Science and Art, Cambridge School of Weston, MA
2010 A Persistent Absence, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Become from Someplace Else, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 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
2007 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
2025 Dallas Art Fair, McClain Gallery, Dallas, TX
2025 In the Making, CityCentre, Houston, TX
2024 The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2024 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
2022 Playground, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Intersect Palm Springs, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2022 Winter Group Show, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Dallas Art Fair, McClain Gallery, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Dallas, TX
2021 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, NY
2019 Expo Chicago, William Shearburn Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 unfoldingobject — The Art of Collage, Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA
2019 Encounters I, Cristina Grajales Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Dallas Art Fair, McClain Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 Under the Night Sky, albertz benda, New York, NY
2018 Design Miami, re:construction, Malcolm James Kutner, Miami, FL
2018 Expo Chicago, William Shearburn Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 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
2014 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
2013 Portal, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2012 Be Inspired!, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art at the Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
2012 Confluence: Recent Work by Bo Joseph and Tim Hussey, Rebekah Jacob Gallery, Charleston, SC
2012 Shelf Life, Kunsthalle Am Hamburger Platz, Weissensee, Berlin, Germany
2011 Pulse Art Fair, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Scalding Hot, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Artists Ball, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Winter Group Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2010 Black & White, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
2010 Berliner Geschichten, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2010 Feed the Kitty, Spattered Columns, New York, NY
2009 Kunsthalle: Deutschland nach Portland, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
2009 Winter Group Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 8 Artists 8 Books, 5 + 5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Red Dot Art Fair, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Los Angeles Art Show, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Red Dot Art Fair, Sears-Peyton Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 Options within Realism, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, NY
2007 Works on Paper, Rose Burlingham Contemporary Watercolor, New York, NY
2007 Red Dot Art Fair, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Greatest Hits, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Illuminati, Rose Burlingham Contemporary Watercolor, New York, NY
2006 Bright Ideas, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Rigorous Fun, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Michael Oatman: A Lifetime of Service and a Mile of Thread, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
2005 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
2001 Talent 2001, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Paper Invitational IV, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
2001 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)
2000 Tontine, Hermen Goode Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Paper Invitational II, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Former Fellows of New York, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA; Lamia Ink Gallery, New York, NY
1999 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
1998 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
1993 Open Juried Painting Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
1992 Rhode Island Artists’ Exhibition, Pawtucket Arts Council, Pawtucket, RI
1992 Invitational, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Guilin Art Museum, Guilin, CN
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.
1993 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, KR
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, RI
2008 Visiting Critic, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY
2003 Artist-Teacher, MFA Program at Vermont College of Union Institute & University, VT
1999 Artist Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
1994 Drawing Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, RI
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