HEAD, SHOULDERS, KNEES & TOES
2004
AMORE
2002
...ISMS
2001
CHALKBOARD
2001
STYLES
2001
ALL VIDEO IS PICTORIAL
2001
Joe Zane
E-mail: joe@uncertainty-principle.com
Web: www.uncertainty-principle.com

Education

2003 MFA, Cornell University
1992 BFA, Alfred University

Selected Exhibitions and Projects

2007
JOE, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA (two person exhibit with Joe Gibbons)
Pull My Finger, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA (curatorial work)
Let's Put on a (Puppet) Show!, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT, Cambridge, MA (curatorial work)

2006
Don’t Know Much About History, ArtSpace New Haven, New Haven, CT, Curator: Denise Markonish
Kapital, Kent Gallery, New York, NY
Scope London, courtesy of Allston Skirt Gallery, London, England
Personality, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
Two Friends an So On..., Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Lumen Eclipse Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Portland Art Fair, Portland, OR, courtesy Allston Skirt Gallery
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, ICA Boston, Boston, MA, Curator: Matthew Higgs

2004
NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL, courtesy Allston Skirt Gallery
Techspace, Boston, MA, Curator: Camilo Alvarez
CCA Emerging Artist Exhibition, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Pulse 2004,1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Mise en Scene, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston MA (solo)
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

2003
DUPED!, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, McGraw Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (solo)
LCD Screens, Palm Pilot, Pendulum, Pixel Proximity, Sound Piece went live at Rhizome.org
BASIC, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Curator: Andrea Inselmann (solo)
Just Stand There!, MIT List Visual Art Center--Media Test Wall, MIT, Boston, MA , Curator: Bill Arning

2002
small & UGLY, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Timothy Nohe
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA (Video screening)
Transient Moorings, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Emerging Video Artists, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2nd Year MFA Exhibition, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

2001
Look What Washed Ashore, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1st Year MFA Exhibition, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY
Sound Piece, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY (solo)
Pixel Proximity, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY (solo)
Eleven Artists Who Are Better Than Me, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY (solo)
Revolving Show, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY

Bibliography

2008
Nuit Banai, Art Papers, March/April, 2008

2007
Cate McQuaid, "Identity Crisis",Boston Globe, December 20, 2007
Ken Johnson, "Pointing out Creativity's Goofy Side", Boston Globe, July 17, 2007
Cate McQuaid, “Best Gallery Shows of 2006”, Boston Globe, January 3, 2007

2006
Ben Genocchio, “Show Gives Art History New Meaning”, New York Times, December 31, 2006
Judy Birke, “Provocative ‘History’ Goes Beyond Any Textbook”, CTcentral, December 9, 2006
Hank Hoffman, “History Examination”, CT Artscene, November 23, 2006
Cate McQuaid, "It's not what it looks like", Boston Globe, pg h8, March 9, 2006
Jason Schiedel, “Joe Zane @ Allston Skirt”, BigRedandShiny, issue 39
Artworld Digest, Unambiguous,March 2006, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pg. 13
"The Museum of Contextual Amputations.", Shifter magazine, www.shifter-magazine.com
Francine Koslow,”Joe Zane, Allston Skirt”, Tema Celeste, issue 115
Ann Wilson Lloyd, “Joe Zane at Allston Skirt”, Art in America, Nov. 2006

2005
Anneka Lenssen, Interview, “Gimme Gimme Portraits: an interview with Joe Zane”, BigRedandShiny, issue 18
Christine Temin, “Here's looking at You”, Boston Globe, January 23, 2005

2004
Joe Zane: Mise en Scene, Boston Globe, by Cate Mcquaid, April 16, 2004

Publications

2005
Introduction essay for 2005 MFA Thesis catalog, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2004
Review of FEED - artist and digital influence, BigREDandShiny, issue 13
“Boston-ism” - BigRedandShiny, issue 17

Grants / Awards

2008
James and Audrey Foster Prize (finalist)

2007
AICA Best Show of an Emerging Artist: Boston Area, International Association of Art Critics.

2002
Individual Artist Grant, Cornell Council for the Arts

Collections

Museum of Modern Art
Fogg Museum, Harvard
Art Institute of Chicago

JOE
2007
PERSONALITY
2006
A PRETTY GOOD SCREW
2004
MISE EN SCENE
2004
DUPED!
2003
PIXEL PROXIMITY PIECE
2001
SOUND PIECE
2001
ELEVEN ARTISTS WHO ARE BETTER THAN ME
2001
NEONS
2006 - 2007
THE STANDINS
2004
BOBBLE-HEAD
2004
LCD SCREENS
2002
PENDULUM
2001
QUOTATIONAL PAINTINGS
Acrylic on canvas
various sizes
2007
GARDNER PAINTINGS
Oil on canvas
various sizes
2006
FORGERS
Oil on canvas
16"X20"
2005
PORTRAITS
Pencil on paper
12"X12"
2003-05
VIDEO GAME PAINTINGS
Acrylic on canvas
2003-04
BOOK INSERTIONS
Books
2002

 

JOE
Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
December 7 - December 29, 2007

Art Papers, pg 55, March/April, 2008, Nuit Banai

Boston Globe, pg d7,December 20, 2007, Cate McQuaid

Boston Globe, Sidekick,December 20, 2007

Boston Globe, pg e1,July 17, 2007, Ken Johnson

Art in America, Nov. 2006, Ann Wilson Lloyd

Tema Celeste issue 115, Francine Koslow Miller

Big Red and Shiny, issue 39, Jason Schiedel

Boston Globe, pg h8,March 9, 2006, by Cate McQuaid

Big Red and Shiny, issue 18, Anneka Lenssen

JOE ZANE

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