b. 1953, Sacramento, CA Education American River College, Sacramento, CA Solo Exhibitions 2005    Project, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2003    Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY 2003    Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT 2002    Artifact (Quote), POST, Los Angeles, CA 2002    Sublime-in-Reverse, Galerie Bernard Jordan, Paris, France 2001    Leytonstone Center for Contemporary Art, Leytonstone, UK 2001    Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY 1996    Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY 1989    Turske & Turske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland 1987    Turske & Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1986    Ivory/Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1985    Fiona Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibitions 2009    Paper/Mylar/Vellum, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2004    Open House, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY 2004    The Drawn Page, The Adrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT 2003    Next/Next Visual Arts, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Brooklyn, NY 2003    BQE Part II, curated by Christian Viveros­Fauné, White Box, New York, NY 2003    Word Works, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY 2003    Summer Reading, curated by Larry Wolczac, Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, NY 2003    B-List, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY 2003    American Dream, Ronald Feldman Gallery, curated by Ronald Feldman, New York, NY 2003    Valence, Ecole des Beaux Arts, France 2002    Overt Operation, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY 2002    EXIT Art, Art 2002 SOS Save Our Senate, Benefit for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, October 29 2002    Selection One; Made in Brooklyn, curated by Phong Bui, Wythe Studio, Brooklyn, NY 2002    Im'n'il, Brooklyn, NY 2002    ACME; 25 Years, 25 Artists, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2002    Proximity, curated by Robin Hill, The Work Space, New York, NY 2001    Brooklyn, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL 2001    Cool, Refrigerate After Opening, Cynthia Broan Gallery, NY, NY (curated by Edward Winkleman) 2001    Out of Context, curated by Sue Joyce, Robert V. Fullerton Museum, Fullerton, CA 2000    The Brooklyn Zoo, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, curated by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk 2000    The Brooklyn Zoo, Musée D'art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France, curated by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk 2000    Summer Reading, Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY 1999    The Stroke, (selected by Elizabeth Murray), Exit Art (The First World), New York, NY 1999    Wordsmiths, curated by Karen Shaw,Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY 1999    Valentine '99, Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY 1999    Babel, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY 1998    Southern Exposure, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL 1998    Can't We All Just Get Along, DevonGolden, New York, NY 1998    Wallpaper, curated by Lisa Jacobs,Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, NY 1998    Interior Landscapes, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware 1998    Paint, Flipside, Brooklyn, NY 1998    Redefinitions: A View From Brooklyn, curated by Sue Joyce, Robert V. Fullerton Museum, Fullerton,CA 1997    Just What Do You Think You're Doing Dave?, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn,NY 1997    Abstracted and Unfixed, Art In General, New York, NY 1996    Hodgepodge Lodge East, Hovel, New York, NY 1995    The Ocean by Could Do, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY 1995    Other Rooms, Four Brooklyn Galleries, Ronald Feldman, New York, NY 1994    American Fine Arts Benefit, American Fine Arts, New York, NY 1994    DYAD, Curated by Annie Herron, Brooklyn, NY 1994    The Pleasure Principle, Kohn, Pedersen, Fox Architects, New York,NY 1993    Four Walls Benefit, David Zwirner Gallery, NY 1993    P.S.1, Seven Rooms-Seven Artists, The Four Walls Model Backroom 1993    Stand-Ins, Long Island City, NY 1992    Activated Walls, Artists Space, New York, NY 1990    Angeles Press 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Associated American Artists, NY 1989    Art and Leisure, Associated American Artists, New York, NY 1988    Small Size, Turske & Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1987    ART/LA87, Turske & Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1987    The Figure in Prints,Associated American Artists, New York, NY 1987    Turske & Turske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland 1986    Turske & Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1985    Pepper Art Gallery, Redlands, CA 1985    Art & Architecture Tour, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Trident Center, Los Angeles,CA 1985    Art Quest, (Video Format), US Tour, Traveling Exhibition 1985    Up Against Hunger, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA 1985    Fiona Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1984    A Broad Spectrum, The Design Center, Los Angeles, CA 1984    Mitzi Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1984    Mixed Bag, Swope Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1983    Wonderful Things, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1983    Available Clay, Swope Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1983    Expose VI, Los Angeles Museum of Art, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1983    Lony Gans Gallery, Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA 1983    Spring Show #2, Los Angeles Museum of Art, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Selected Bibliography Yablonsky, Linda. 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"Overt Operation: Joe Amrhein, Xu Bing, Mark Lombardi, Ivan Navarro, David Opdyke, David Schild," Writer's Picks, January Preview, Berliner Kunst, International Edition, Vol. 8, No. 1, Jan. 2003. p. 41 (illus.) Gomez, Edward M., "Taking the Spirit of Brooklyn on a Florida Vacation," The New York Times, September 16, 2001. Zellen, Jody, "Artifact (Quote), Joe Amrhein at Post," d'art International, Fall 2002. Reid, Calvin, "Joe Amrhein at Roebling Hall," Art In America, September 2001. Cotter, Holland, "Cool," The New York Times, July 27, 2001. Buck, Louisa, "Contemporary art finds a home in Leytonstone," The Art Newspaper, Vol.XII, June 2001. Schmerler, Sarah, "In Review: Joe Amrhein at Roebling Hall, www.wburg.com, Vol. 1, No. 4, SU '01. Aske, Art, "Joe Amrhein at Roebling Hall," The Brooklyn Rail, May/June 2001. Kalm, James, "Joe Amrhein: Typography, Painting and Poetry, NYArts Magazine, May 2001. Smith, Roberta, The New York Times, March 30, 2001. Kino, Carol, "Babel," Time Out NY, February 11-18, 1999. Nahas, Dominique, "Babel," Review, February 1, 1999. Smith, Roberta, "Can't We All Just Get Along?," The New York Times, July 24, 1998. Schmerler, Sarah, "Paint," Time Out, April 9-16, 1998. Carasso, Roberta, "Redefinitions: A View from Brooklyn," www.artscenecal.com, December 1997. Arning, Bill, Time Out, July 1997. Freedman, Matt, "Flipside," Waterfront Week, March 26­April 8, 1997. Curtis, C., Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1987. Laurence, Michael, Flash Art, February-March, 1986. California Magazine, March 1986, p20. Laurence, Michael, West Hollywood Paper, October 24, 1985. Gardiner, Colin, Los Angeles Times, November 1, 1985. Experience 2001    Visiting Critic, ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program), NY, NY 2001    Visiting Critic, Columbia University, Graduate School of Fine Arts, NY, NY 2000    Parsons Fine Arts Dept. New York Studio Program Lecture Series; Artist/Gallerist talk 2000    The 2000 Everson Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, March-May 2000    Five Sculptors Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY, June 15th-October 31st 1999    Brooklyn New Work, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, Sept 4-Nov 11. Co-curated with David Brown 1999    Package, PS122, New York, NY 1999    Flatfiles, The Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery (University of the Arts), Philadelphia, PA 1997    Current Undercurent, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, Co-curated with Charlotta Kotik 1994­–Present    Owner/Director of Pierogi 2004, an artist run gallery located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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