Joseph Adolphe was born in Calgary, Canada. After receiving his MFA in New York City, Adolphe continued to live in the United States. His paintings have been featured in numerous exhibitions both within the U.S. and abroad. Within his body of work, there is a rich diversity of subjects all of which speak to an underlying conviction that the world our senses perceive reflect deeper metaphysical connections to the world within us. His paintings share an underlying interest in the universal yet also reflect an intimate autobiographical context that seeks to come to terms with those forces that shape his life. As much as Adolphe strives to capture the physical essence of a created thing, he also tries to give form to the forces that shape the created thing. EDUCATION 1994 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY1991 BFA, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 Fischer Gallery, New Work, Ridgeland, MS2024 Pryor Fine Art, A Floating World, Atlanta, GA2022 Hugo Galerie, Symbols & Messages, New York, NY2021 Hugo Galerie, Perspectives, New York, NY2020 Hugo Galerie, Interventions, New York, NY2019 M Fine Arts Galerie, Premonitions, Boston, MA2019 Pryor Fine Art, Epiphanies, Atlanta, GA2018 Simon Breitbard Fine Arts, In Depth, San Francisco, CA2017 M Fine Arts Galerie, Joseph Adolphe: Overflow, Boston, MA2016 Gremillion & Co Fine Art, Joseph Adolphe: More Stories, Houston, TX2014 Gremillion & Co Fine Art, Joseph Adolphe: Messages, Memories and Dreams, Houston, TX2014 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New Paintings, New York, New York2012 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Toro Bravo, Recent Work, New York, New York2011 Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Paintings, New Haven, Connecticut2010 West Rock Gallery, Paintings from Italy, New Haven, Connecticut2009 Kehler Liddell Gallery, Affinities, New Haven, Connecticut2008 Kehler Liddell Gallery, Deconstruction & Resurrection, New Haven, Connecticut2005 Galerie Françoise, New Works: Figures, Baltimore, Maryland2003 Galerie Françoise, Joseph Adolphe: Urban Landscapes, Baltimore, Maryland2003 Gallery 119, Joseph Adolphe: Urban Landscapes: Brooklyn & Rome, Jackson, Mississippi2003 The Object Image Gallery, New Paintings, Brooklyn, New York2002 The Late Show, Rome: Paintings From the Eternal City, Kansas City, Missouri2002 Pulmone Pulsante, Joseph Adolphe: Drawings 1993–2002, Rome, Italy2002 The Late Show, Urban Landscapes-Brooklyn, Kansas City, Missouri2002 North 6th Gallery, Joseph Adolphe: Drawings and Paintings, Brooklyn, New York2001 Bogigian Gallery, Joseph Adolphe: Paintings, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION 2024 Pryor Fine Art, 2 person exhibition, Atlanta GA2023 Hugo Galerie, Winter Collective I, New York, NY2022 Hugo Galerie, Winter Collective I, New York, NY2021 M Fine Arts Galerie, Exposition Collective, Boston, MA2020 Hugo Galerie, Winter Collective II, New York, NY2020 M Fine Arts Galerie, Art We Love, Boston, MA2019 M Fine Arts Galerie, Winter Collective, Palm Beach, FL2019 Hugo Galerie, Winter Collective, New York, NY2018 M Fine Arts Galerie, Summer Collective, Boston, MA2017 M Fine Arts Galerie, Summer Collective, Boston, MA2016 M Fine Arts Galerie, Inaugural Group Exhibition, Boston, MA2016 Jenn Singer Gallery, Winter Salon, NYC2015 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Summer Collective, NYC2014 New Zones Gallery, G’ddy Up!, Calgary, Canada2014 Axelle Gallery, Winter Collective, Boston, MA.2013 The Art Directors Club, Round ZERO, NYC2012 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, NYC2011 Jonathan Frost Gallery, New Artists Showcase, Rockland, Maine2011 Norwalk College Gallery, Zoology 101, Norwalk, Connecticut2010 A-Space Gallery @ West Cove Studios, Large Works Show, West Haven, Connecticut2010 Fontbonne University Fine Arts Gallery, Figure Now, St. Louis, Missouri2010 Kehler Liddell Gallery, Size Matters, New Haven, Connecticut2009 Paper New England, Go Figure, Newspace Gallery, Manchester, Connecticut2009 Paper New England, Current Connecticut, Artspace, Hartford, Connecticut2009 Ct. Comm. on Culture & Tourism, Touring Connecticut, C.C.C.T Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut2008 Kehler Liddell Gallery, Change, New Haven, Connecticut2005 Delgado-Tomei Gallery, Figuratively Speaking, Brooklyn, New York2005 NY Law School, Print: O.I.A. Group Show, New York, New York2004-5 Manhattan Graphics, Touring Group Show: Mono-prints, throughout India2003-5 Conversations, Touring Group Exhibition, Beginning in Baltimore, MarylandEvergreen House, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Oct.2–Jan.23,2004 Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware. Feb. 6–May 23,2004 University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut. July 15–Aug. 20, 20042003 Galerie Françoise, Summer Group Show, Baltimore, Maryland2002 The Object Image Gallery, Brooklyn Artists, Brooklyn, New York2002 Gallery 119, The Self Portraits Show, Jackson, Mississippi ART FAIRS 2024 ArtMRKT San Francisco, with SBFA, San Francisco, CA2022 Art Market, Hamptons, NY. with GALLERyLABS2019 Context Art Miami, Miami FL.. with Galerie Artima, Paris2019 Boston International Art Show, Boston, MA. with M Fine Arts Galerie2019 Bridgehampton, Market Art & Design Fair with Sturgis Art Gallery2019 London Art Fair, London, UK. with Galerie Artima, Paris2018 Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL. with GALLERyLABS2017 Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL with GALLERyLABS2017 Malaga Art Fair, Malaga, Spain with GALLERyLABS2016 Art Wynwood, with Yeelen Gallery, Miami, FL2014 Art Silicon Valley, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Mateo, CA.2014 ArtMRKT SAN FRANCISCO, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA.2014 Dallas Art Fair, Newzones Gallery, Canada,2014 Miami International Art Fair, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, NYC.2014 ArtPalmBeach Contemporary Art Fair, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, NYC.2013 Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, NYC AWARDS AND HONORS 2014 Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy, United Nations, NY.2011 ManifestGallery.org, INPA2, International Painting Annual 2. Finalist. Chosen for coverimage.2011 ManifestGallery.org, INDA6, International Drawing Annual 6. Two large scale drawingsselected.2010 1st place winner, The Figure Now 2010, International Juried Exhibition, FontbonneUniversity, St. Louis, Missouri. "An International Juried Exhibition, which reconsiderstraditional and contemporary approaches to the figure.2009 Studio Visit Magazine, volume eight & volume nine. Juried publication.1998 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant.1992 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA Program, Full Academic Scholarship PRESS Indesign Magazine Cover/GA Chapter, winter edition 2017, courtesy of Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA. Image: Glass Elegy No. 10White Hot Magazine, Winter Salon: Joseph Adolphe, Miriam Cabessa, Daniel Maidman & Timothy Wilson, February 2016Rae, Haniya, “Heavyweight Paint”, Guernica Magazine, June 26, 20132010-2014 Documentary, Heavyweightpaint. www.Heavyweightpaint.comPoetsArtists, Joseph Adolphe, Issue No. 40, November 2012, pgs, 8-10 3Sepulvida, David, Westville Painter makes “Heavyweight” Cut, The New Haven, Advocate, June 4, 2012. Web version:http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/pugilistic_painters_film_features_westvillean/The Coffin Factory, Shelter, Paintings by Joseph Adolphe Issue 3, pgs 43 & 46Sepulvida, David, New Haven, Independent, “Open Studios Meets Westville Renaissance”, Oct15, 2010. Arts Section.Hoffman, Hank, A Continuum of Gesture, The New Haven Advocate Pg. 35, January 7–13, 2010Catlin, Roger The State Through Artists’ Eyes, The HartfordCourant, Art Week section, pg. 12,November 6, 2008Duran, Elvira J. Critic’s Pick, We All Need a Little, New Haven Magazine, pg. 38, October 2008City Wide Open Studios Catalogue, 2008–2009 Artists Directory, Pg. 159Glaser, Brian Visual Arts Journal, School of Visual Arts Magazine, Alumni Exhibitions, NewYork, NY, Volume 16, Number 2, pg. 90, 92.Birke, Judy Two artists, two approaches make one fine show at Kehler Liddell, New HavenRegister & (NewHAvenRegister.com), Section E pg.1–2, February 3, 2008Duran, Elvira J. Joseph Adolphe at The Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven Magazine, pg. 48–49, January 2008Kobasa, Stephen, V. 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