Joe Biel

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Lives: and works in Los Angeles

Education
1990 MFA, Painting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1988 BFA, Summa Cum Laude, Painting and Art History, Drake University,Des Moines, IA



Solo Exhibitions
2006 New Work, Goff+Rosenthal, New York, NY.
New Work, Galerie Kuckei/Kucei, Berlin, Germany



2005 New Work, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA.



2004 Lightness, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.



2003 New Work, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR.
Works on Paper, Galerie Kuckei+Kuckei, Berlin, Germany
Drawings, Mixture Gallery, Houston, TX.



2002 Works on Paper, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Works on Paper, Galerie Katia Rid, Munich, Germany


2001 Works on Paper, Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Installation, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE.


2000 Installation, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA.


Group Exhibitions
2007 Rogue Wave 2007, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA.
It Figures, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA.


2006 !st Drawing Bienal de las Americas, Unidad de gestion de Tijuana, Mexico
On-Line: Contemporary Drawing, Sonoma St University Art Gallery, Sonoma, CA
The O-Scene, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
The Square Root of Drawing, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Draw/Paper/Scissors, Domestic Setting, LA, CA.
Configuration, Bentley Projects Phoenix, AZ.
Talking Heads, Huntington Beach Museum of Art, Huntington Beach, CA.


2005 Captain Ill, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Paradise Lost, Goff and Rosenthal Gallery, New York, NY.
Erotic Drawing, Part One: Diverse Works, Houston, TX.
Part Two: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT.
Manifesto, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL.


2004 Frame of Mind, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA.
Drawn Fictions, Marylhurst University, Portland, OR.


2003 Not Always the Same, Part One: Hammer/Sidi Gallery, London, England
Part Two: Mjellby Art Center, Halmstad, Sweden
Little Disasters, Red Dot Gallery, 2003 Scope Art Fair, New York, NY.


2002 What a Painting Can Do, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Works on Paper, Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Relative Objects, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC.


1997 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.


Bibliography
2006 "Joe Biel", Clayton Campbell, Contemporary 21, issue 83, July 2006, pp. 24-27
"Bedtime Fairy Tales These Are Not", Tom Morris, ArtReview, issue 01,
July 2006, pp. 70-71



2004 "Joseph Biel at Mark Woolley", Sue Taylor, Art in America, February 2004, pp. 132-133




2003 "Dark Star of Humor", D.K. Row, The Oregonian, September 12, 2003, p. AE-56.


2001 "Delicate and Inquisitive", Holly Myers, The Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2001, p.F-26.


2000 "A Room of One's Own", Soyon Im, The Seattle Weekly, July 13, 2000
"Traveling Between Objects", Molly Rhodes, Art Access, July/August 2000


Grants/Awards
2005 Featured Artist, New American Paintings: 2005 West Coast Edition.


2004 Residency, The Ballinglen Foundation, Ballycastle, North County Mayo, Ireland
Residency, 18th St. Arts Complex. Santa Monica, CA.


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


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


1999 Oregon Arts Commission Grant for a specific project proposal