Joe Houston

JOE HOUSTON

b. 1962

Lives and works in Kansas City, MO

EDUCATION

1995     M.F.A. Northwestern University Department of Art Theory and Practice, Evanston, IL

            Undergraduate studies at School of the Art Institute of Chicago and San Antonio Art Institute

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021     RUINS, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1993     P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1986     P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1984     Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021     Tidal Motion, P·P·O·W and Joe Sheftel, Provincetown, MA

2018     The Armory Show, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1996     EXPO Chicago, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1995     Surfacing, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

1994     Intimate Observations, Baxter Art Gallery, Portland School of Art, Portland, ME

Reality and Beyond, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE

Critic’s Choice, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

1993     Recent Acquisitions, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE

1991     Expressive Voices and Exquisite Visions: Two Aspects of the Art of the 80’s, Meadowbrook Art Gallery, Oakland University, Rochester, MI

Art for Your Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1990     Group Exhibition, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1989     Small Format, Lang and O’Hara, New York, NY

Chicago Visions, University of the South Gallery and Museum, Sewanee, TN

10 Years: Invitational Exhibition, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1988     Un/Natural Visions, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL

Small Works/ BIG IDEAS, Harper College, Palatine, IL

Figurative Imagery, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

VIEWS: The Contemporary American Landscape, University of the South Gallery and Museum, Sewanee, TN

Group Exhibition, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1987     Waterworks, SSC&B Lintas Worldwide, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, NY

The 8th Chicago International Art Exposition, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1986     The Fire and Ice of Black and White, P·P·O·W, New York, NY; Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

1985     Very Small, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

East Village au Centres, Centre Saidye Bronfman Montreal, Canada

New Work, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1984     The 80th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

6/6: 10th Annual Exhibition of Illinois Artists, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1983     Group Invitational, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

1982     The School Show, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

1994     Northwestern University Fellowship

1993     Bemis Foundation Residency

1991     Bemis Foundation Residency

1989     Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

MacDowell Colony Fellowship

Yaddo Residency

1987     Illinois Arts Council Fellowship

1984     John G. Curtis, Jr. Prize for Painting, The Art Institute of Chicago

SELECT COLLECTIONS

Allen Memorial Arts Museum, Oberlin, OH

BHF Bank, New York, NY

Community Arts Inc., San Francisco, CA

List Center for Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA

Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE

New York State Education Department, Albany, NY

Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH

RISD Museum, Providence, RI

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT