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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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