Joseph Adolphe was born in Calgary, Canada. After receiving his MFA in New York City Joseph moved to Connecticut where he currently lives and works in his art studio. His paintings have been featured in numerous exhibitions both within the U.S. and abroad. There is a rich diversity of subjects in his body of work, all of which speak to an underlying conviction that the world our senses perceive reflects deeper metaphysical connections to the world both around and 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. Joseph is also a Professor in the Department of Art and Design at St. John’s University in New York City where he teaches drawing and painting, where he and his spouse live with their 7 wonderful children. "My work is really about two notions competing for attention. One is based on an idealism I have about the way I wish things were. the other is based on what I need to do to in order to maintain that idealism." Adolphe