Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 "Joe Fig: Contemplating Compositions" Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York, NY
2022 "Joe Fig: Other Artists" Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
2022 "Contemplation Paintings" Cristin Tierney Gallery, ADAA The Art Show, New York, NY
2020 "Contemplation" Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York, NY
2016 "Drawings" EBK Gallery, Hartford, CT
2015 "Inside the Artist's Studio" Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York
"Inside the Artist's Studio" Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 “New/Now” New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2012 “Cinematic Paintings” Cristin Tierney, New York, NY
“Mining the Past and Present” Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
2011 “New Paintings” Cristin Tierney, New York, NY
“Inside the Painter’s Studio”, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston
2009 “Inside the Painter’s Studio” Hendershot Gallery, New York
“In the Painter’s Studio” Carroll and Sons Gallery, Boston, MA
“Inside the Painter’s Studio” Byron C. Cohen Gallery Kansas City, MO
2007 “Joe Fig: Studio in Miniature” Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
“Joe Fig: Studio Visit” John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
“Studio Visit” Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
"Artist Studios: Paintings, Photographs, and Sculpture" Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
“New Work” Plus Ultra Gallery, New York, NY
2005 "Artist Studios: Paintings, Photographs, and Sculpture" Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
2004 "Paintings" Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Pop" Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 “Contemporaries” Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001 “Work in Progress” Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 "From the Vault" New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2021 "XS" Parrish Museum of Art, Water Mill, NY
"DRAW" Glen Hansen Gallery, Southold, NY
"Squee!" Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD
2020 "Museum as Muse" Flatiron Project Space, SVA, New York
2019 "Florida Prize in Contemporary Art", Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
"Inside Baseball", Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York
"Small Worlds: Miniatures in Contemporary Art", Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2017 "Indirect Representations" Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York
2016 "Fellowship" Gallery at Constitution Plaza, Hartford, CT
2015 "House" Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
"The Miniature" Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
"Far Far Away" Children's Museum of the Arts New York, New York
"Feel Big, Live Small" Apex Art, New York
2014 "Olympus Photography Playground" Jack in the Box, Cologne, Germany
2013 “A Sense of Place” Wellin Museum of Art, Clinton, NY
“Inside the Artist’s Studio: Small-Scale Views” Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
2012 "Otherworldly” Musee des beaux-arts Eugene Leroy, Tourcoing, France
“Painting As History” Winkleman Gallery, New York
“The Persistence of Pollock” Pollock/Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, NY
2011 “Small Worlds” Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
“American Portraits: Treasures from the Parrish Art Museum” Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
“Otherworldly” Museum of Art and Design, New York
2010 “Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self Portraits”, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
“Single Lady” Jenny Salomon, Brooklyn, NY
“Size Does Matter” FLAG Art Foundation, New York
2009 “Picturing the Studio” The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
“Faces”, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
“Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art” Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
Contemporary Art and Portraiture”, Cristin Tierney Fine Art, New York
“Themes and Variations: On the Use of Repetition in 21st Century Art”, Cristin Tierney Fine Art, New York
2007 “Jackson”, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
“Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts”, American Academy of Art s& Letters, NY
2006 Model Citizen, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2005 Next Wave, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
"Precious Little" Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY
2004 “Beginning Here: 101 Ways” Visual Arts Gallery, NY
“Slice and Dice” Visual Arts Gallery, NY
“A Stereoscopic Vision” D.U.M.B.O Arts Center (DAC) Brooklyn, NY
“Ace Invitational” Ace Gallery Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
“The Sixth Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection”
2003 “Review / Preview” Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
“Inside Out” Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“AIM 23” Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2002 “-scopeMiami” Plus Ultra Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
“Art New York” Kunstraume Auf Zeit Gallery, Linz, Austria
“Inspiring Narratives” Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“All You Can Eat” Visual Arts Gallery, New York
2001 “Joe Fig, Dana Schutz, Brock Eisner” P.S.1/MoMA, Long Island City, NY
Author
"Inside the Artist's Studio" Joe Fig published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2015
"Inside the Painter’s Studio" Joe Fig published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2009
Publications
"Big Art /Small Art" by Tristan Manco, published by Thames and Hudson, 2014
"Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self Portraits" Contributed Essay, published by Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2011
"The Artist's Studio: Paintings, Photographs and Sculpture by Joe Fig" Bass Museum of Art, 2005
Documentaries
"Fig's Representations" 2016 by Jonathan Napolitano
"Model Citizens: A Miniature Epic" 2006 by Michael Oatman
Selected Bibliography
Saltz, Jerry "See Joe Fig", New York Magazine, October 9 - 22, 2023
Carrier, David "Joe Fig's Cagey Meta Paintings" Two Coats of Paint, October 10, 2023
MacAdam, Barbara A. "Joe Fig: Contemplating Compositions" Brooklyn Rail, October 2023
Schwendener, Martha "Painting Ranks First, but Other Works Flourish", New York Times, November 4, 2022
Hedera, Celeste "The Art Dealers Association of America's The Art Show, Now Exhibiting 78 Artists in NYC", stupidDOPE.com, Nov 7, 2022
Ghassemitari, Shawn "The 2022 ADAA Art Show is Back at New York's Park Avenue Armory" November 4, 2022
Allen, Brian T. "Finding Real Beauty among the Gimmicks at the Premier Art Fair", National Review, November 5, 2022
Goodman, Jonathan "Joe Fig at Cristin Tierney", Whitehot Magazine, September 2020
Fateman, Johanna, "Joe Fig: Contemplation" The New Yorker, September 15, 2020
Stephens, Andrew, "From Bean Sized Art to Thumbnail Books, Tiny Worlds Hold Us Spellbound", The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, January 24, 2020
Gardner, Jan "The Art of making Art", Boston Globe, December 5, 2015
Abatemarco, Michael "Artscapes in Miniature", Santa Fe New Mexican, November 6, 2015
Boucher, Brian "What We Learned About Famous Artist's", artnet, September 1, 2015
Land, Ann "Artist Studios: The Dollhouse Version" ARTnews, June 2014
Dunne, Susan "Where Imagination Lives", Hartford Courant, May 9, 2014
Bierend, Doug "Meticulous Miniature Replicas Reveal Fanatical Side of Art", Wired Magazine, March 28, 2014
Gold, Sylviane “Masterpieces in Miniature” New York Times, February 23, 2014
Denton, Monroe “Inside Joe Fig’s Studio”, Art New England, July/August 2012
Blinn, Linda “Meet Joe Fig”, Studios Magazine, Fall 2012
Lipson, Karen “Celebrating the Birth and Impact of Pollock” New York Times, May 18, 2012
Trippi, Peter “ Artists Making their Mark” Fine Art Connoisseur, April 2012
Schewndener, Martha “Faces Telling American Stories” New York Times, November 4, 2011
Rosenberg, Karen “Alternative Worlds Where even McMansions Are Tiny” New York Times, June 17, 2011
Boucher, Brian “Joe Fig at Cristin Tierney” Art in America, June/July 2011
Bianchi, Paolo “Wie Joe Fig Atiliers Als Minaturmode Nachbaut” Kunstforum, May/June 2011
McQuaid, Kate “Charged Visuals, Dark Themes, Animated Ideas” Boston Globe, February 16, 2011
Fabri, Anne R. “An artist’s favorite subject is…”Broad Street Review, October 26, 2010
Sozanski, Edward J. “Art: Artists as they see themselves” The Philadelphia Enquirer, Oct 31, 2010
Landi, Ann “Where the Art Happens” ARTnews, June 2010
Wolff, Rachel “He Shrunk Andy Warhol” ARTnews, October 2009
McQuaid, Kate “Workspace, as art or documentary?” Boston Globe, Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Gerard, George “Joe Fig: In the Painter’s Studio” Artscope Magazine, May/June 2009
Vanderbilt, Tom “The Lives of Others” Modern Painters, March 2009
Packham, Chris “In Painter’s Heads” The Kansas City Pitch, Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Genocchio, Benjamin “Artists at Work (Very Tiny Ones) New York Times, Sunday, July 8, 2007
Goodbody, Bridget L. “Tiny People Painting: Look In, Look In” New York Times, Friday, July 6, 2007
Taylor, Kate “The Parrish Readies an Expansion” New York Sun, Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Fasolino, Elizabeth “A Room of One’s Own” The East Hampton Star, June 5, 2007
Weiss, Marion Wolberg “Art Commentary” Dan’s Paper, Issue #14 June 29, 2007
McQuaid, Kate “The creative process, in miniature” The Boston Globe, Thursday, November 30, 2006
Schewndener, Martha “Joe Fig: Plus Ultra” Artforum, September 2006
Asper, Colleen “Joe Fig: Plus Ultra” Beautiful Decay, Issue P
Johnson, Ken “Joe Fig at Plus Ultra Gallery” New York Times, Friday, May 19, 2006
Saltz, Jerry “Geppetto-Bot: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Painter” The Village Voice, May 17-23, 2006
Gelber, Eric “Joe Fig: Plus Ultra Gallery” Artcritical.com, May 2006
Genocchio, Benjamin “More Room to Grow Creatively: Finding Inspiration far From Usual Artists’ Haunts” New York Times, Sunday, May 22, 2005
Bailey-Gates, Christine “Artist’s Sculptures are Others’ Studios” Norwalk-Citizen News, Friday, August 5, 2005
Sommereyns, Omar “From Very Big to Very Small: Christo’s monumental projects share space with intricate miniatures by Joe Fig”, Miami New Times, March 31, 2005
Brickman, David “Small Wonder” Metroland, vol # 28, February 2005
Miller, Francine Koslow “Review: Joe Fig, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston” Tema Celeste Contemporary Art, September/October 2004
Sloat, Ben “The Action Figure Artist: Joe Fig At Bernard Toale Gallery” Big Red & Shiny, May 20, 2004
Kangas, Matthew “Humor, social commentary leave lasting impression” The Seattle Times, Friday, January 9, 2004
Cotter, Holland “Joe Fig” New York Times, Friday, November 7, 2003
Mason, Brook S. “Open Sesame” Art & Antiques, December 2003
Rosenberg, Karen “Joe Fig” New York, November 3, 2003
Schmerler, Sarah “TGIF” Time Out New York, October 16 – 23, 2003
La Rocco, Benjamin “Joe Fig Contemporaries” The Brooklyn Rail, November 2003
Gray, Emma “Inside Information” ArtReview, International Edition V1 N11
Rosenberg, Karen “Statements and Strategies: Young Artists Negotiate Their Entry Into the Gallery Scene Market Share” The Village Voice, August 22, 2003
Johnson, Ken “ From Small Sculptures to Glimpses of Signs, a Mix of Works in the Bronx” New York Times, Friday, August 15, 2003
Pollack, Barbara “Fig’s Newman” ArtNews, April 2003
Robinson, Walter “Maximum Miami” Artnet.com, December 6, 2002
Halm, Dan “Portfolio” Visual Arts Journal, School of Visual Arts Magazine, Fall 2002
Eleey, Peter “Plus Ultra Gallery/P.S.1” The Brooklyn Rail, January - February 2002
Hibino, Yasuyo “Should buy,” Esquire (Japan), November 2001
Awards
2019 People's Choice, Florida Prize for Contemporary Art, Orlando Museum of Art
2014 Connecticut Council on the Arts, Artist Fellowship Program
2002 AIM: Artists in the Market Place, Bronx Museum of the Arts
Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts
1991 Lucille Blanch Award, Woodstock Artists Association
1990 Francis Criss Award, School of Visual Arts
Selected Museum Collections
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
JP Morgan Chase Collection, New York
Library of Congress, Washington DC
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Lectures/Visiting Artist
2023 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
2020 University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
FAEA, Florida Art Education Association, Jacksonville, FL
2017 New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Ridgefield Artists Association, Ridgefield, CT
2016 Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Parrish Museum of Art, Water Mill, NY
Symposium for The Historic Artist' Homes and Studios Program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (HAHS)
2015 92 St Y, NYC
University of Hartford, President's College
University of Connecticut, School of Fine Arts
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
University of New Haven, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Lyme CT
2014 New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2012 Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
University of Cincinnati, School of Art, Cincinnati, OH
Northern Kentucky University, Department of Visual Arts, Highland Heights, KY
Xavier University, College of Arts and Sciences, Cincinnati, OH
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2011 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Bowling Green State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Bowling Green, OH
University of Hartford, Hartford Art School
2010 Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
School of Visual Arts, New York
2007 University of Connecticut, School of Fine Arts
Parrish Museum of Art, Southampton, NY
2005 Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
The Cooper Union, New York
Education
2002 MFA School of Visual Arts
1991 BFA School of Visual Arts
Born
1968 Seaford, NY