Kuckei + Kuckei

Joe Biel

Works

Exhibitions

Biography

Joe Biel was born in Boulder, Colorado in 1966. 1988 he received a BFA in Painting and Art History from Drake University, Des Moines, IA. In 1990 he graduated with an MFA in Painting from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Grants and Awards

  • 2008

    • Pollock-Krasner Foundation- Grant Award recipient

    • Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Award

  • 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

Solo Shows

  • 2014

    • Short Stack, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2013

    • Sentry – Works by Joe Biel, UCR Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA

  • 2011

    • Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle

  • 2009

    • Lexicon, Nettie Horn Gallery, London, England

    • Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2007

    • 18th Street Arts center, Santa Monica, CA

  • 2006

    • Goff + Rosenthal Gallery, New York

    • Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2005

    • New Work, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle

    • Captain ILL, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles

  • 2003

    • Joe Biel: Drawings, Mixture Gallery, Houston, TX

    • Joe Biel: Works on Paper, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

    • Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, Oregon

  • 2002

    • Small Graphite Drawings, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle

    • Post Gallery, Los Angeles

    • Works on Paper, Galerie Katia Rid, Munich, Germany

  • 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

    • 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, MA

    • 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

Group Shows

  • 2022

    • Imperfect Crystal, Moskowitz Bayse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2016

    • TeleGen. Kunst und Fernsehen, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz

  • 2015

    • TeleGen. Kunst und Fernsehen, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany

    • Hearsay, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA

  • 2014

    • Choice Cuts, Mark Wooley Gallery, Portland, OR

    • Hoge Horizon, Bruegelland, vroeg 21ste eeuw, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en Baron Caroly, Lier, Belgium

    • In 2040….., JAUS, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2013

    • PLURAL, WW Gallery, London

    • Tierstücke der Sammlung SØR Rusche Oelde/Berlin, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh

    • Drafted, Schema Projects, New York City, NY

  • 2012

    • New Prints 2012/Summer, International Print Center New York, New York City, NY

    • Alptraum, Green Papaya Art Projects, Quezon City

    • Alptraum, Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, Johannesburg

  • 2011

    • ALPTRAUM, Blank Projects, Cape Town

    • ALPTRAUM, The Company. Los Angeles, CA

    • ALPTRAUM, Washington D.C., London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Kapstadt, Projektraum Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin

    • Embodying, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta

  • 2010

    • Exquisite Corpse, Cream Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

    • MADE IN U.S.A., Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

    • Paper!Awesome, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA

  • 2009

    • Back To The Drawing Board: A New Look At Contemporary Drawing, Arin Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA

    • Backyard Funerals, Sam Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

    • Drawn/Draft/Depict, IVC Art Gallery, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, USA

  • 2008

    • Looky See, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles

    • The Unruly and the Humorous, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles

    • The Clearing, Nettie Horn Gallery, London

    • Ashes for Breakfast, Goff and Rosenthal Gallery, New York

  • 2007

    • The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection, De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

    • Weltempfänger, 10 Jahre Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

    • On Death and Drawing, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    • Rogue Wave, L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

    • It figures, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

  • 2006

    • The Square Root of Drawing, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Irland

    • First Bienal de las Americas, Tijuana, Mexiko

  • 2005

    • Paradise Lost, Goff + Rosenthal Gallery, New York City, NY

    • The Manifesto Show, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL

    • Erotic Drawing Part 2, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

    • Erotic Drawing Part 1, Diverseworks, Houston, TX

  • 2004

    • Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR

    • Drawn Fictions, The Art Gym, Marylhurst, OR

  • 2003

    • Not Always the Same Part One, Hammer/Sidi Gallery, London, England

    • Not Always the Same Part Two, Mjellby Art Center, Halmstad, Sweden

  • 2002

    • Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

    • Works on Paper, Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

    • Relative Objects, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

    • What a painting can do, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

  • 1997

    • Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, 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

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