Joe Sola
B. 1966
Lives and works in Los Angeles
EDUCATION
MFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, 1999
BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1989
Full CV below images
A Short Film About Looking, 2010, HDV with sound, 4:30 minutes
Torch Trouble, Live Performance (with Michael Webster), Happy Lion, Los Angeles, 2010
Image courtesy Marshal Astor
Studio Sessions (Studio Visit, 2005), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (installation view), 2009
DOODE DOGG (with Gary Cannone, Gerald Davis, Dave Deany, Charles Irvin, Joe Sola), 2009
W.P.A., Los Angeles
Hard Targets: Masculinity and Sport (Saint Henry Composition, 2001), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (installation view), 2008
In the Woods, 2008, DVD with sound, 6:00 minutes
Shakey’s, Live Performance (with Michael Webster), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 2006
Watercolor (2006), DVD with sound, 5:00 minutes
Studio Visit (2005), DVD with sound, 8:00 minutes
More Cinematic Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2003), Digital video loop with sound.
Riding with Adult Video Performers (2002), DVD with sound, 2:00 minutes
Climaxes 1966-2001 (2002), DVD with sound, 1:30 minutes
Saint Henry Composition (2001), DVD with sound, 5:00 minutes
Armageddon Rental (2001), 1:30 minute excerpt
Come Ons (2000), DVD with sound, 2:00 minutes
JOE SOLA
Solo Exhibitions (*catalogue)
2009
Happy Lion, Los Angeles
Open Space, CRISP, London/Los Angeles, Art Cologne, Germany
2008
SOLO SOLO: Male Fashion Models Make Conceptual Art curated by Jenée Misraje, CRISP, London, England
New York Mega Millions and other work, Bespoke Gallery, New York, NY
2007
The Buck Stops Here, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
3’s, p/m Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006
Let’s Go Do Some Watercolor Painting, Bespoke Gallery, New York, NY
Grin and bear it, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Taking a Bullet, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA *
2005
Taking a Bullet, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA *
Group Exhibitions
2010
Substitute Teacher co-curated by Regine Basha and Stuart Horodner, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA
Hard Targets, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
2009
Mixed Signals, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook, MI curated by Chris Bedford *
The Studio Sessions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Vancouver Biennale, Vancouver, BC, Canada
With Gratitude, traveling through ICI, New York, curated by Jane Simon
2008
Hard Targets: Masculinity and American Sport, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA
California Video, J. Paul Getty Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (screening)
2007
Dark Mirror, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (screening)
Night of the Living Dolls, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (performance)
Super Secret Cachet, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Inaugural Group Show, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Reckless Behavior, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Signs of Life, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
Humor Me, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
Drawn In, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Cavities, University Art Gallery, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA*
Delusionorium 3, Grand Central Arts, Fullerton, CA*
2005
Rogue Wave 05, LA LOUVER Gallery, Los Angeles, CA *
Landmarks, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR *
Still: Things Fall from the Sky, UCR/California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA *
Dreaming of a More Better Future, Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH
2004
Ritalin, Art2102, Los Angeles, CA curated by Renaud Proch
Pop, Play, Replay, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
2003
17 reasons, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Recon/Decon, Pacific Film Archives, Berkley Museum of Art, Berkley, CA
Corporeal Punishment: The Body of Evidence Lies Naked and Bruised, Video Mundi, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2002
California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA*
Brand Spanking New, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Gimme Shelter, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
WORDSinDEEDS, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, OR
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, LOW Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
How Do We Know the Sky Isn’t Really Green and We’re not Just Colorblind?, Johan Grimonprez Video Lounge, Project Room, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA
2001
City Game, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Forever Infinite, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
Alone Again, (Naturally), The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA curated by Yvonne Force
Fluxus Revisited, Art in General, New York, NY
2000
In Site 2000, San Diego, CA + Tijuana, Mexico *
Short Video Works, Instituto Cubano del Art e Industria Cinematografico, Havana, Cuba in conjunction with the Havana Biennial
VA(MEDIA.DOC.)VA, Association for contemporary Art, Sophia, Bulgaria
1999
RE: Rauschenberg, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA curated by Stuart Horodoner
Cold Drink, Artists Space Gallery, New York, NY
Videophoto, Bucknell Art Gallery, Bucknell University, PA
5th Mostra De Video, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain
Geneva Media Arts Biennial of Moving Images, Center for Contemporary Images Geneva, Switzerland *
1998
Inventory, White Columns, New York, NY curated by Paul Ha
Pandaemonium, The Lux Center, London, England *
Second Nature, New Wight Biennial, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Caption, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles
1997
Current, Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
BIBLIOGRAHPY
2010
Hebron, Micol. Critic’s Pick, Artforum, January 2010
Knight, Christopher. Los Angeles Times, 22 January, 2010
2009
Smith, Roberta “Chelsea Galleries-Chockablock With Art Encyclopedic in Range, The New York Times, November 18, 2009, A. 1.
2008
Smith, Sarah-Neel, “Hard Target: Masculinity and Sport” Frieze, October, Vol 119, 2008. P.100.
2007
Eler, Alicia. “Joe Sola” Time Out Chicago, Issue 141: November 8-14, 2007, p. 68
Hawthorne, Christopher. “Reminder of our impermanence here,” Los AngelesTimes, 15 May, 2007, E1+16.
Waxman, Lori. “Joe Sola” Artforum.com, November 8-14.
2006
Auslander, Phillip “Joe Sola, Atlanta College of Art Gallery” Artforum, April. 2006,Volume 64, No. 8, p. 252
Corsano, Otiono “Cliffhanger” ART US, June-August, Volume 14, pp 18-21.
Fester, Felecity “Movie Crazy” Creative Loafing, March 7-14, 2006, p.24
Frank, Peter “Still Things Fall from the Sky” Artweek, February Volume 37, Issue 1, 2006, pp. 15-16
Niemi, Llona “Humor Me” Artpapers, May/June, Vol 30, No 3, p. 60
Nesbitt, Peter “Slight of Hand: Understated drawing in an overstated time” Art on Paper, Vol 10. No. 5, pp 33-35
Sirlin, Deanna “Joe Sola Atlanta” Artpapers, March/April, Volume 30, No 2. pp.53-54
Thorson, Alice “’Humor Me’ is heavier than it looks” The Kansas City Star, February 23, 2006 p. 30
2005
Fogarty, Steve, “Worlds of Tomorrow” The Chronicle-Telegram, October 21, 2005
Goddu, Jenn, “Things fall into Place for ‘Sky’ group show, Chicago Tribune, June 10, 2005 C32
Hickson, Katherine, “The sky is falling“ Time Out Chicago, July 9-16, 2005, p56.
Litt, Steven, “Artists’ visions of the future range from goofy to grave” The Plain Dealer, November 27, 2005 J6
Ollman, Leah, “Things Fall,’ but not quite together,” Los Angeles Times, November 23, 2005, E24-25
Pagel, David. “Summer sampler has a dark side” Los Angeles Times, 8 July, 2005, E2
2004
Buuck, David, ‘Tonite!’ at Spanganga” Artweek, Issue 10, Dec 2003/Jan 2004, p.34
Myers, Julian, “tonite” Frieze, January, Issue 80, pp. 102-103
2002
Frank, Peter “2002 California Biennial” LA Weekly, August 30-September 5, 2002, p. 136
Gellantly, Andrew, “2002 Orange County Biennial Orange County Museum of Art,” Frieze. Nov/Dec, Issue 71, 2002, p. 112
Hofmann, Irene Catalogue, 2002 California Biennial, 2002 pg 42-46
Marlos, Daniel, “Climax Artist,” Adult Video News, December, 2002
Mendenhall, Lauri, “A Multi-Layered Debut,” Coast, June 2002, pp 86-88
Pagel, David “‘California Biennial’ is on the right laugh track,” LA Times, July 17, 2002, F1
Pincus, Robert, “Ordinary Strangeness,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 20, 2002, p. 38-39
Row, D. K., “Two Hands Clapping,” The Orgonian, June 23, 2002
Row, D. K., “The Connectors, The Orgonian, May 12, 2002, D1*
Schoenkoph, Rebecca, “ Conceptualists’ Stories,” OC Weekly, July 12, 2002, p. 11
Walsh, Daniella “Avant Art” Rivera, May-June, 2002, pp 198-1999Walsh, Daniella, “Exhibit Two Years Young,” Orange County Register, June 2, 2002
2001
Painter, Jim “Hollywood Cameras Coming to St. Henry, The Daily Standard, April 14,2001, A1
FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
2005
Wexner Center for the Arts Residency, Columbus, OH
2003
Wexner Center for the Arts Residency, Columbus, OH
2002
LEF Foundation, St. Helena, California
2001
Wexner Center for the Arts Residency, Columbus, OH
1999
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship
1997
Jerome Foundation New York City Media Arts Grant, St. Paul, MN
LECUTURES
2007
Saint Louis Museum of Art, Saint Louis, MO
2005
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
2001
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA