J O S E P H S M I T H
smithj@mtholyoke.edu

EDUCATION
1980 MFA Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
1977 BA Fine Art, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1996-2018 Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, Professor of Art
1992-96 Vassar College, Adjunct Instructor in Drawing

RESIDENCIES
2022 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2008 Siena School for Liberal Arts, Siena, Italy

GUEST LECTURES

• 2017 Guest critic/evaluator at Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT. December
• 2016 Presenter ART SALON September, Florence MA.
• 2016 Guest critic/juror at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. May
• 2016 Guest critic at Boston University MFA program, Boston. May
• 2015 Guest critic/evaluator at Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT. December
• 2013 Guest critic/evaluator at Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT. May
• 2010 Guest Critic, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT. May
• 2008 Guest Lecture, Siena School for Liberal Arts, Siena, Italy
• 2008 Guest Lecture, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
• 2007 Guest Critic, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
• 2004 Guest Critic, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
• 2004 Awards Juror, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
• 2003 Guest Lecture, Siena School for Liberal Arts, Siena Italy
• 2000 Awards Juror, UMass Amherst, Amherst, MA
• 2000 Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
• 1995 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
• 1994 Columbia University, New York, NY
• 1991 Bard College, Annandale, NY
• 1990 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
• 1988 RISD, Providence, RI

EXHIBITIONS

• 2020, NONFICTION, Pulp Gallery, 80 Race Street, Holyoke, MA
• 2019, PULP, group show, 80 Race Street, Holyoke, MA
• 2018 CONTRARY TO FACT, Homme and Home Design Store 534 Main Street Amherst , MA April
• 2016 U&US @ Blanchard Gallery, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. January
• 2016 BEAUTY SHOW, Openings Collective, Cathedral of St.Paul The Apostle, NY,NY. September
• 2016 FORGET WHAT I SAID, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA. November
• 2015 Group Show, Available Potential Enterprises Gallery, Northampron, MA. Dec.
• 2015 Group Show, SYNECDOCHE, Oxbow Gallery, 275 Pleasant Street, Northampton, MA. May
• 2015 One Person Show, Church of Saint Paul The Apostle, 58 Street and 9th Ave. NY, NY. April 9-May31
• 2013 Group Show, “Collage Logic”, University of Massachusetts, Hampden Gallery, Amherst MA.
• 2012 Group Show, Mount Holyoke College, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, February-March
• 2010 Two Person Show, "Joe Smith/Nathan Margalit", Widener Gallery, Trinity College, 300 Summit St., Hartford CT, September-October
• 2010 Two Person Show, "30 YEARS" Joe Smith & John Gibson, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA, March
• 2009 One Person Show, "Joe Smith Sculpture", Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT, February
• 2008 Two Person Show, "Improvisation in Form and Photography", Sculpture by J. Smith and Photography by Jacqueline Tune, Galleria Celeste, San Gimignano, Italy, December
• 2008 Three Person Show, "Space and Communication", Siena School for Liberal Arts, Pendola Building, Siena, Italy, November
• 2007 Group Show "INSTALLATION: ANGELS HERE", Open Square Fine Arts Center, Holyoke, MA, April-June
• 2006 Group Show "Talking Back", Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, February-March
• 2006 "INSTALLATION: RAFT" Open Square Fine Arts Center, Holyoke, MA, May I5-June 15
• 2005 “Common Emergencies”, 55 Mercer Street Gallery, 55 Mercer Street, New York, NY, September
• 2005 “INSTALLATION “, Square Fine Arts Center, Holyoke, MA, May-June
• 2003 “One Person Show”, 55 Mercer Street Gallery, 55 Mercer Street, New York, NY, October
• 2002 Group Show "Five by Ten" Five College Drawing Studio Faculty, Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, October-November
• 2002 “Three Artist Show”, Washington Art Association Gallery, Washington Depot, CT, April 27-May
• 2001 “One Person Show”, 55 Mercer Gallery, 55 Mercer Street, New York, NY, November
• 2000 “New Sculpture”, Saul Kofler Gallery, Providence, RI, April
• 2000 One Person Show, Barrows Exhibition Rotunda, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
• 1999 Group Show, "Sculpture & Works on Paper", Kendall Art & Design, Hudson, NY
• 1999 Faculty Exhibit, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA
• 1998 One Person Show, 55 Mercer Street Gallery, New York, NY
• 1998 One Person Show, Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
• 1997 Group Show, "Abstraction", New Image Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
• 1996 Group Show, "Colleagues", Kleinert Center, Woodstock, NY
• 1995 Faculty Show, Marist College Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
• 1994 Group Show, "Concrete Voice", Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
• 1993 "Arts International Exhibit", Louisville Art Association, Louisville, KY
• 1993 Group Show, "Fish Show", Brooklyn Waterfront, Brooklyn, NY
• 1992 Group Show, John Post Lee Gallery, 588 Broadway, New York, NY
• 1991 Faculty Show, College Gallery, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
• 1991 "Auction for AIDS", Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
• 1991 Group Show, John Post Lee Gallery, 588 Broadway, New York, NY
• 1990 "Summer Group Exhibition", Wolff Gallery, 580 Broadway, New York, NY
• 1989 Group Show, Center for Contemporary Art, "Polly Apfelbaum, Richard Rezac, Joe Smith", Chicago, IL
• 1989 One Person Show, College Center Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
• 1989 One Person Show, Wolff Gallery, 580 Broadway, New York, NY
• 1987 One Person Show, Wolff Gallery, 580 Broadway, New York, NY
• 1987 "Inaugural Exhibition", Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• 1987 Group Show, Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1987 Group Show, PPOW, Broadway, New York, NY
• 1986 Group Show, "New Works on Paper", Wolff Gallery, 580 Broadway, New York, NY
• 1984 Group Show, "Salvage: Art from Found Objects", The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, PS 1, Long Island City, NY
• 1983 Group Show, "Chapter and Verse", Visual Arts Gallery, SUNY Purchase, NY
• 1982 One Person Special Projects Room, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, PS 1, 1982 Group Show, "White Columns", Spring Street, New York, NY
• 1980 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
• 1978 Group Show, "Four Sculptors", Page Street Gallery, 67 Page Street, Providence, RI
• 1978 "Annual Juried Show", University Union Gallery, Madison, WI

Bibliography

• 2013 Premier Magazine, Sept. Feature “Collage Logic”, University of Massachusetts, Hampden Gallery, Amherst MA. Sept-Nov.
• 2000 Springfield Sunday Republican, "Colleagues", Faculty Show, Mount Holyoke College. Museum of Art
• 1999 Hudson Valley Weekly, "Suspension of Disbelief', April 16, Jeanette Fintz
• 1990 Arts Magazine, "Chicago in Review", March, Kathryn Hixon
• 1990 New Art Examiner, "Polly Apfelbaum, Richard Rezek, Joe Smith", March, Michael F. Bulka
• 1990 Dialogue, "Sculpture", March/April, John Brunetti
• 1989 The New York Times, "Joe Smith-Wolff Gallery", Friday, February 24, Michael Brenson
• 1989 Splash, "Lux", February
• 1989 Art in America, "Joe Smith-Wolff Gallery", September, Walter Thompson
• 1987 The New York Times, "Sculpture That Springs from Surrealism", Sunday, March 9, Michael Brenson
• 1987 Artforum, "Joe Smith-Wolff Gallery", December, Charles Hagen
• 1986 Chicago Tribune, "What's New in Art?", Sunday, June 29, Alan Artner