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JOEL JANOWITZ
- 1967
- BA Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
- 1969
- MFA in Painting, University of California, Santa Barbara
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
- 2023
- Schoolhouse Gallery, “Rescue – New Work from Joel Janowitz,” Provincetown, MA
- ARTI Gallery, Joel Janowitz and Anne Lilly, Marblehead, MA
- gWatson Gallery, “Janowitz: Summer Work,” Stonington, ME
- 2022
- Mary Heaton Vorse House, “Joel Janowitz & Friends by the Sea,” Provincetown, MA
- gWatson Gallery, “Janowitz: Summer Work,” Stonington, ME
- PAAM, “Joel Janowitz: Recent Gifts to the Permanent Collection’” Provincetown, MA
- Gallery Kayafas, “Refuge,” Boston, MA [Dec]
- 2019
- Gallery Kayafas, “Rising,” Boston, MA
- Gladstone, “Passages and Waterways,” Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
- gWatson Gallery, “Another Shore: paintings by Joel Janowitz,” Stonington, ME
- 2017
- Gallery 344, “Protected Trees,” Cambridge, MA
- 2016
- Spotlight Gallery, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University, “Merge,” Cambridge, MA
- 2014
- Clark Gallery, “Finding Yourself There,” Lincoln, MA
- gWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
- 2012
- gWatson Gallery, “New Paintings,” Stonington, ME
- Art Institute of Boston, “Breathing Spaces,” (2 person exhibition), Boston, MA
- 2011
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston, MA
- 2009
- Regis College,”Seeing in Three Media: Monotype, Oil, Watercolor,” Weston, MA
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, “Watercolors,” Boston MA
- 2008
- St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA
- 2007
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, “The Monotypes,” Boston, MA
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, “A Diner, a Porch, and a Parking Lot,” Boston, MA
- 2006
- gWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
- 2005
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, “Venetian Shadows and Northern Shores,” Boston, MA
- High Point Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
- 2003
- gWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
- 2002
- Clark Gallery, “Paintings, Watercolors, Monoprints,” Lincoln, MA
- 2000
- Drury Gallery, Marboro College, Marlboro, VT
- 1998
- Bernard Toale Gallery, “New Paintings,” Boston, MA
- 1997
- Bernard Toale Gallery, “Monoprints,” Boston, MA
- 1996
- The Painting Center, “Recent Paintings,” New York, NY
- 1995
- Thomson Gallery, “Egg Tempera Series,” Minneapolis, MN
- 1992
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, New York, NY
- Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
- 1988
- Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
- Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
- 1987
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
- 1986
- Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
- 1984
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
- 1983
- Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2023
- PAAM Provincetown Art Assn & Museum, “Watercolors from the Permanent Collection,” Provincetown, MA
- Art Complex Museum, “50/50 Fifty Years of Collecting Art,” Duxbury, MA
- Cove Street Arts Gallery, “Singular and Serial: Expanding the Circle,” Portland
- 2021
- Schoolhouse Gallery, “Joel Janowitz and Philip Malicoat,” Provincetown, MA
- 2022
- Schoolhouse Gallery, “Best of 2022,” Provincetown, MA
- gWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
- 2021
- Schoolhouse Gallery, “Joel Janowitz and Philip Malicoat,” Provincetown, MA
- 2021
- Minneapolis Institute of Art,”The Contemporary Print: 20 Years at Highpoint Editions,” Minneapolis, MN
- Concord Art, The 22nd Annual Roddy Juried Exhibition, Concord, MA
- 2020
- Cove Street Gallery, “Singular and Serial,” Portland, ME
- gWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
- Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
- 2019
- Northeastern University, Gallery 360, “Figure Focus,” Curated by Andrew Fish, Boston
- Gallery Kayafas, “Water,” Boston, MA
- Soprafina Gallery, “Singular and Serial,” Boston, MA
- Concord Center for the Visual Arts, “OBSERVATION and IMAGINATION: Works on Paper” Curated by Clifford Ackley, Curator of Prints and Drawings, MFA, Concord, MA
- 2018
- Soprafina Gallery, “Ink, Paper, Press: Mixit Print Studio, Selected by Clifford Ackley,” Boston, MA
- 2017
- Concord Center for the Visual Arts, “Space as Narrative,” Concord, MA
- Clark University, SchiltKamp Gallery, “Water + Color,” Worcester, MA
- Schoolhouse Gallery, “Nozkowski, Janowitz, Falcetta, Kincaid, Dyjak, Epp-Carter,” Provincetown, MA
- 2016
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, “The Nature of Nature,” Minneapolis, MN
- 2015
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, “The Nature of Nature,” Minneapolis, MN
- Schoolhouse Gallery, Mark Adams/ Adam Davies/ Joel Janowitz/ Ellen Rich Provincetown, MA
- gWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME
- Hopkins Center for the Arts, “The Fine Print: Artwork from Highpoint Editions,” Hopkins, MN
- 2013
- Schoolhouse Gallery, “5 Artists,” Provincetown, MA
- Cantor Art Gallery, Holy Cross, “reThink Ink: 25 years at the Mixit Print Studio,” Worcester, MA
- Soprafina Gallery, “Printmakers Exhibition,” Boston, MA
- Boston University, “2013 North American Print Biennial,” Boston, MA
- Art Institute of Boston, “Centennial Faculty Exhibition,” Cambridge, MA
- 2012
- Boston Public Library, “Rethink Ink,” Boston, MA
- University of New Orleans, St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, “Paintings and Drawings,” Boston, MA
- French Cultural Center, “The Par Avion Project,” Boston MA // City Hall, Strasbourgh, France
- 2011
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, “Highpoint Editions—Decade One,” Minneapolis, MN
- Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, “A Sense of Place: Landscapes from Monet to Hockney,” Las Vegas, NV
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, “Paintings, Drawing, Sculpture,” Boston, MA
- South Street Gallery, “About the Sea,” Greenport, NY
- Soprafina Gallery, “Prints Exhibition,” Boston, MA
- Concord Art Association, “State of Art: MA Cultural Council Fellows and Finalists,” Concord MA
- 2010
- Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, “Changing Soil: Contemporary Landscape Painting,” Nagoya, Japan
- Danforth Museum, “Community of Artists,” Framingham, MA
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, “Paintings and Work on Paper,” Boston, MA
- Concord Art Association, “The Unique Print,” Concord MA
- 2008
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, “Now & Then,” Boston, MA
- 2007
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, “Observing the Natural World,” Boston, MA
- Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
- 2006
- DeCordova Museum, “Recent Print Acquisitions-The Workshop Portfolios,“ Lincoln, MA
- Regis College, “Drama of Scale,” Weston, MA
- Victoria Munroe Fine Art, “Presence,” Boston, MA
- 2005
- Davis Museum, “Extended Boundaries,” Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
- Fine Arts Work Center, “Mass Art MFA Program Faculty Exhibition,” Provincetown, MA
- Naga Gallery, “Whatever Meredyth Wants,” Boston, MA
- 2004
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, “Recent Acquisitions,” Minneapolis, MN
- Jewett Art Center Gallery, Wellesley College, “Visiting Faculty Exhibition,” Wellesley, MA
- 2003
- Museum of Fine Arts, “Visions and Revisions: Art on Paper Since 1960,” Boston, MA
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Waltham, MA
- University Gallery, University of Wisconsin, “Two Years of Prints from High Point Center for Printmaking, La Crosse, WI
- 2002
- The Drawing Center, “25th Anniversary Benefit Selections Exhibition,” New York, NY
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Recent Acquisitions, Waltham, MA
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, “The Figurative Tradition,” Waltham, MA
- 2001
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, “Contemporary Work on Paper: 1990-2000,” Minneapolis, MN
- Boston University, “Workshop Traditions: Printmaking in Boston since 1960,” Boston, MA
- Wiggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, “Proof in Print,” Boston, MA
- Virginia Lynch Gallery, “First of the Season,” Tiverton, RI
- 2000
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, “Visual Memoirs,” Waltham, MA
- 1999
- The Carnegie Gallery, “Connoisseurs,” Cincinnati, OH
- DNA Gallery, “Escape,” Provincetown, MA
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, “Faculty Exhibition,” Boston, MA
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, “A Special Tribute to Stephen D. Paine,” Boston, MA
- Bernard Toale Gallery, “Greatest Hits,” Boston, MA
- 1998
- Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, “1998 University of Massachusetts National Print Competition,” Amherst, MA
- 1997
- Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, “North American Print Exhibition,” Boston, MA
- 1995
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, “The Herbert W. Plimpton Collection of Realist Art,” Waltham, MA
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, “Recent Acquisitions, Works on Paper,” Minneapolis, MN
- Virginia Lynch Gallery, “Group Show,” Tiverton, RI
- 1994
- Osaka Foundation of Culture, “Osaka Triennale 1994 – Print,” Osaka, Japan.
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Grossman Gallery, “Visiting Faculty Exhibition 1994,” Boston, MA
- 1992
- Frumkin Adams Gallery, “Large Scale Drawings,” New York, NY
- 1990
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, “Academy-Institute Invitational Exhibition of
Painting and Sculpture,” New York, NY
- Tampa Museum of Art, “At the Water’s Edge,” Tampa, FL. Traveled to Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA; The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
- DeCordova and Dana Museum, “Explorations in Handmade Paper: A Selection of Work from Rugg
Road,” Lincoln, MA
- 1987
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, “Hassam Fund Purchase Exhibition 1987,” NY, NY
- National Academy of Design, “Realism Today: American Drawings from the Rita Rich Collection,”
New York, NY
- 1986
- Museum of Fine Arts, “Boston Collects: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture,” Boston, MA
- Frumkin Gallery, “First Impressions, Recent Monotypes by 15 Artists,” New York, NY
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, “Selected 20th Century Paintings,” Waltham, MA
- 1985
- Museum of Fine Arts, “Recent Paintings and Sculpture, 1944-1984” Boston, MA
- Worcester Art Museum, “Gifts from the Sidney Rose Collection,” Worcester, MA
- 1984
- Colby College Museum of Art, “Call and Response: Art on Central America,” Waterville, ME
- Victoria Munroe Gallery, “A Sense of Place,” New York, NY
- 1983
- The Drawing Center, “Selections 21,” New York, NY
- Victoria Munroe Gallery, “Inaugural Exhibition,” New York, NY
- Danforth Museum, “Watercolor on a Grand Scale,” Framingham, MA
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, “Inaugural Exhibition,” Boston, MA
- 1982
- Museum of Fine Arts, “A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection,” Boston, MA
- Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “Urban Visions,” Cambridge, MA
- Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley College, “Faculty Show,” Wellesley, MA
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, “The Herbert W. Plimpton Collection of Realist Art,”
- 1980
- Brooklyn Museum, “American Drawing in Black and White: 1970-1980,” Brooklyn, NY
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, “Hassam Fund Purchase Exhibition 1980,” NY, NY
- Phoenix Art Museum, “Visitors to Arizona 1846-1980,” Phoenix, AZ
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
- Aidekman Art Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
- Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- Brown University, Providence, RI
- Colby College, Waterville, ME
- Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
- Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
- Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
- DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
- Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
- Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
- Museum of Art and Archaeology—University of Missouri, Coumbia, MO
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- New York Public Library, New York, NY
- Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA
- Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington DC
- Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
- Yale University Art Gallery
SELECTED AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS
- 2021
- Concord Art, 22nd Annual Roddy Juror’s Prize, Concord, MA
- 2016
- Massachusetts Cultural Council, Artist Fellowship, Painting
- 2013
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship
- 2008
- Massachusetts Cultural Council, Artist Fellowship: Painting
- 1988
- New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist’s Fellowship, NY
- 1987/1980
- American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Hassam and Speicher Fund Purchase, NY
- 1982/1976
- National Endowment for the Arts, Artist’s Fellowship, Washington, DC
- 1979/1975
- The Artists Foundation, Artist’s Fellowship, MA
RECENT TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 2015
- Lesley University College of Art and Design (LUCAD), Visiting Artist
- 2012-2013
- Art Institute of Boston, Adjunct Faculty
- 2003-2010
- Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, Assistant Professor
- 2006-2010
- MassArt/Fine Arts Work Center Low Residency MFA program, Senior Critic
- 1994-2000
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Visiting Faculty
- 1994-1998
- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Summer Session, Instructor
- 1997
- Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Lecturer in Visual Arts
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Kany, Dan, Island, Paintings by Joel Janowitz, book published by gWatson Gallery, Stonington, ME, 2015
- Ballinger, James K., Visitors to Arizona 1846-1980, exhibition catalogue, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ 1980.
- Belz, Carl, The Herbert W. Plimpton Collection of Realist Art, exhibition catalogue, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1995, pp. 24-25.
- Bergstein, Gerry, “Art Feature Joel Janowitz,” AGNI 53, Boston University, 2001, p. 197-200.
- Duffin, K. E., “Variation and Continuity: The Workshop Portfolios,” Contemporary Impressions, Spring 2000, Volume 8, #1, pp. 17-22.
- Dyment, James, “Master Printmaker: Robert Townsend,” Artscope, January/February 2011, p. 15.
- Enstice, Wayne and Melody Peters, Drawing: Space, Form, Expression, Prentice Hall, 1990, p. 83.
- Koenig, Phyllis, “Joel Janowitz at Barbara Krakow Gallery/Boston,” Art New England, July/August, 1987, p. 31.
- Koslow Miller, Francine, “Joel Janowitz’s Greenhouses,” (Cover Article) Art New England, June/July 2002, vol. 23,
no. 4, p.18.
- Laferriere, Catherine, “Joel Janowitz: The Monotypes,” Artscope, August 2007, p. 20.
- Masters, Greg, “Joel Janowitz,” Arts Magazine, December 1984, p. 13.
- McQuaid, Cate, Building a Dream of Summer,” The Boston Globe, May 25, 2011.
- McQuaid, Cate, “Seeing life’s lushness through blurred lines,” The Boston Globe, November 11, 2005.
- McQuaid, Cate, “Greenhouse Theme is Fertile Ground for Artist’s Imagery,” The Boston Globe, March 8, 2002, p. E16.
- Mickenberg, David, “Joel Janowitz: Recent work 2000-20005,” Publication: Victoria Munroe Fine Art, 2005
- Morgan, Robert C., Arts Magazine, September 1988, p. 108.
- Morgan, Robert C., “Tactility and Contrast: The Italian Sojourn of Joel Janowitz,” Between Modernism and Conceptual Art, McFarland Press, 1997.
- Nesbett, Peter, “Three artists reinvigorate realist, abstract tradition,” South End News, November 26,1998, p. 12.
- Pierce, Ben, “Taking Their Talents to ARTI,” Marblehead Weekly News, Oct. 11, 2023
- Postel, Louis, “Rhythms of Life,” New England Home, January/February 2008, p. 110.
- Reed, Sue and Carol Troyen, Masterpieces of American Watercolor, (1994 engagement calendar), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1993, pp. 70-71.
- Storer, Abe, “Joel Janowitz Works From the Inside Out, A painter’s landscapes explore the inner act of perception,” The Provincetown Independent, June 8, 2022
- Temin, Christine, “Joel Janowitz,” Boston Globe, December 22, 1988, p. 73.
- Toale, Bernard, Basic Printmaking Techniques, Davis Publications, Inc., Worcester, MA, 1992, pp. 11, 22.
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