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		Born 1953, Sacramento, CA Education American River College, Sacramento, CA Solo Exhibitions 2017 Post Factual, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2015 Jochen Hempel Galerie, Berlin, Germany UN-NATURAL COURSE, Another Year in LA, Los Angeles, CA FireCat Projects, Chicago, IL 2012 Translation, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, Germany 2011 Possibility of Perception, Nusser & Baumgart Galerie, Munich, Germany FireCat Projects, Chicago, IL The Fallibility of Perception, Another Year in LA, Los Angeles, CA 2009 Dogenhaus | Volta New York, NY 2008 Perpetual IF (information friction), Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany 2007 Red Dot Contemporary, West Palm Beach, FL 2005 Abecedarian, Another Year In LA, Los Angeles, CA Project, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2003 Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT 2002 Artifact (Quote), POST, Los Angeles, CA 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 2020 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; exhibition catalog 2017 The Fabricated Drawing, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York Stacked, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York A Brief Gospel for Our Time, ART 3, Brooklyn, NY 2016 Triad, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA Break Ground, ART 3, Brooklyn, NY 2015 I am a Lie and I am Gold, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York A Sign Only Has to Serve as a Sign, Providence College Galleries, Providence, RI Museum Studies, The Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA Pay to Play, ODETTA, Brooklyn, NY 2014 Spaced Out: Migration to the Interior, Red Bull Studios, New York Opening Day, ODETTA, New York 2013 Jochen Hempel Galerie, Berlin, Germany 2011 In–and outside–writing, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium 2009 Paper/Mylar/Vellum, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA The Carnival Within, curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ, Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany SIGN/AGE | Fight the Power, Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, NY 2008 Perpetual IF (information friction), Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany Piecemeal, curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA From Brooklyn With Love, Parker’s Box, Brooklyn, NY 2007 Bare Words, curated by Leif Magne Tangen, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, Norway Signal, Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Between What Is Said and What Is Not Said, Red Dot Contemporary, West Palm Beach, FL 2006 Word, curated by Brandon Krall, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX Material Abuse, Caren Golden Gallery, New York, NY New Art. New York: Reflections on the Human Condition, curated by Margaret Mathews-Berenson, Trierenberg Corporate Kunsthalle, Taun, Austria Red Bull Kunsthalle, Hangar 7, Salzburg, Germany 2005 Superlores, curated by Marcin Ramaki and Bit Editions, Vertex List, Brooklyn, NY Writing Letters, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA Dogenhaus, Triple Crown, Leipzig, Germany Public Notice II; Paintings In the Landscape, curated by Gregory Volk and Sabine Russ, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO R3, Reading ‘Ritin ‘Ritmetic, 30 Years Later, curated by Susan M. Canning, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY World Play, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY Code Residue, curated by Marcin Ramocki, Vertex List, Brooklyn, NY SAFN Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 2004 Open House, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY The Drawn Page, The Adrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT 2003 Next/Next Visual Arts, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Brooklyn, NY BQE Part II, curated by Christian Viveros­Fauné, White Box, New York, NY Word Works, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY Summer Reading, curated by Larry Wolczac, Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, NY B-List, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY American Dream, Ronald Feldman Gallery, curated by Ronald Feldman, New York, NY Valence, Ecole des Beaux Arts, France 2002 Overt Operation, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY EXIT Art, Art 2002 SOS Save Our Senate, Benefit for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, October 29 Selection One; Made in Brooklyn, curated by Phong Bui, Wythe Studio, Brooklyn, NY Im'n'il, Brooklyn, NY ACME; 25 Years, 25 Artists, Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA Proximity, curated by Robin Hill, The Work Space, New York, NY 2001 Brooklyn, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL Cool, Refrigerate After Opening, Cynthia Broan Gallery, NY, NY (curated by Edward Winkleman) 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 The Brooklyn Zoo, Musée D'art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne, France, curated by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk Summer Reading, Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY 1999 The Stroke, (selected by Elizabeth Murray), Exit Art (The First World), New York, NY Wordsmiths, curated by Karen Shaw,Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY Valentine '99, Eyewash, Brooklyn, NY Babel, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY 1998 Southern Exposure, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL Can't We All Just Get Along, DevonGolden, New York, NY Wallpaper, curated by Lisa Jacobs,Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, NY Interior Landscapes, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware Paint, Flipside, Brooklyn, NY 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 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 Other Rooms, Four Brooklyn Galleries, Ronald Feldman, New York, NY 1994 American Fine Arts Benefit, American Fine Arts, New York, NY 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 P.S.1, Seven Rooms-Seven Artists, The Four Walls Model Backroom 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 The Figure in Prints,Associated American Artists, New York, NY Turske & Turske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland 1986 Turske & Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1985 Pepper Art Gallery, Redlands, CA Art & Architecture Tour, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Trident Center, Los Angeles,CA Art Quest, (Video Format), US Tour, Traveling Exhibition Up Against Hunger, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA Fiona Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1984 A Broad Spectrum, The Design Center, Los Angeles, CA Mitzi Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Mixed Bag, Swope Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1983 Wonderful Things, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Available Clay, Swope Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Expose VI, Los Angeles Museum of Art, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Lony Gans Gallery, Venice Art Walk, Venice, CA Spring Show #2, Los Angeles Museum of Art, Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Selected Bibliography Couzens, Julia. “Axis Gallery keeps exhibit all in the family Amrhein,” The Sacramento Bee, Oct 13, 2016 Roth, David M. “The Amrheins – Joe, Justin and Phil @ Axis,” SquareCylinder, October 20, 2016 Ollman, Leah. “Art Review: Joe Amrhein at Another Year in L.A.,” Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2011 Roth, David M. “Paper Mylar Vellum @ Brian Gross,” squarecylinder.com, August 10, 2009 Cashdan, Marina. “Now Opening | The Boiler,” The New York Times T Magazine, March 6, 2009 Bui, Phong. “Joe Amrhein with Phong Bui,” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2009 (Interview) Von Karweik, Hans-Adelbert, “Worte zerbersten in Scherben,” Wolfsburg Kultur, September 12, 2008 Rusinek, Von Hans. “Was willst du machen, bevor du stirbst?” RP Online, September 5, 2008 Classen, Marek. “Art Forum Berlin – Interview with Joe Amrhein,” ARTFACTS.net, October 10, 2007 “Text Messages,” The New Yorker, August 13, 2007 Maine, Stephen. “Letter by Letter, Word by Word,” The New York Sun, June 21, 2007. P.22 Baker, Kenneth. “Visceral art that pushes out of the comfort zone,” SF Gate, November 4, 2006 Mayerle, Astrid. “Ganz entschieden gemausert,” Kunstzeitung, November 1, 2006 (Illus.) Dalkey, Victoria. “He’s good on paper,” The Sacramento Bee, January 22, 2006 Kurtz, Katie J. “Writing Letters, The Luggage Store Gallery,” The San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 2, 2005 Baker, Kenneth. “What’s in a word? Artists at Luggage Store have ideas,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 5, 2005. p.E10 (Illus.) Bing, Alison. “Writing Letters | Text Appeal,” SFGate, November 2005 Bonetti, David. “Billboard-size work at Laumeier challenges notions of where painting should be seen,” Saint Louis Today, October 16, 2005 Miles, Christopher. “Finding a good use for art-speak,” Los Angeles Times, October 7, 2005. p.E21 Dirosa, Joe. “Joe Amrhein: ABECEDARIAN,” L.A. Artist Series, September 2005 David, Ben. “Technical Knock-Outs | “Superlowrez” at vertexlist,” artnet, June 2005 Helfand, Glen. “Joe Amrhein at Brian Gross Fine Art,” Art on Paper, May/June 2005. P.81-2 (Illus.) Falur, Einar. “Teikningar I tisku,” Morgunbladid, March 5, 2005. P. 29 (Illus.) (Reykjavik, Iceland) “Teikningar I Safninu,” Menning, March 3, 2005. (Reykjavik, Iceland newspaper) Baker, Kenneth. “Galleries: Subtle Evolution Marks Gonzalez’s Latest Abstracts,” San Francisco Chronicle, March 5, 2005. (Illus.) Cembalest, Robin. “25 Movers Shakers and Makers,” ARTnews, November 2004. P. 115, 132 Yablonsky, Linda. “Borough Sprawl: The Brooklyn Museum celebrates its new entrance with an unruly show of work by local artists,” Time Out New York, Issue No.448, April 29–May 6, 2004. pp.72-3 K.R. "Opening, Prospect Heights: The Brooklyn Museum Comes Home," New York Magazine, April 19, 2004. p.104 "Joe Amrhein," The New Yorker, November 17, 2003. p.40 Illus. Time Out NY, November 6­13, 2003. p.64. Kalm, James, "Joe Amrhein: Slightly Cryptic, Roebling Hall," The Brooklyn Rail, November 2003. p.10. Maine, Stephen, "Dateline Brooklyn," artnet.com, October 29, 2003 Patricia Rosoff, "Real Art Ways/Hartford, Joe Amrhein: Retro and Re-Site," Art New England, August/September 2003. p.28 "Word Works," The New Yorker, August 11, 2003. p. D15 Huntington, Richard. "Humor, 'bad art' blur all lines in 'B-List' show," Buffalo News, May 2, 2003 Schmerler, Sarah, "Profile: Open Files," Art on Paper, January 2003 Johnson, Ken, "'Overt Operation,' Joseph Helman," The New York Times, January 10, 2003. "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 1994–present Owner / Director of Pierogi Gallery, an artist run gallery located in New York. 2000-10 Board member, Farpath Residency, Dijon, France 2005 The Art Institute of Chicago, 2005 Fellowship Juror (May 14 and 15) Skógasafn Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. Exhibition curator 2001 Visiting Critic, ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program), NY, NY 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 The 2000 Everson Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, March-May 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 Package, PS122, New York, NY 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