Grants, Commissions and Awards
Caldera Artist in Residency Fellowship, 2007
MacDowell Colony Fellowship, July-August, 2004
Kimmel Harding Nelson Artist in Residence Fellowship, June, 2004.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2004.
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant, 2003.
Artists’ Fellowship Inc. Grant.
Change, Inc. Foundation Grant.
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe NM. Artist in Residence Scholarship Award, 2002.
J. Robert Duncan,"Keystone." Marble, aluminum, fiberglass and steel sculpture, 2001.
Steven and Carol Bloch, "Bella Figura." Marble/ Steel sculpture. "Taglia Luce." Granite sculpture, 2000.
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE. Four-month residency award,1998.
Selected solo exhibitions
July 2004, darkroom Gallery, Omaha, NE. "Who’s First? New works by Joe Girandola."
May 30-July 7, 2003. Cloud Cliff Artspace, Santa Fe, NM. "Breadpeace" installation.
December 13-January 30, 2002. Vera Mercer Gallery, Omaha, NE. "New Work, Joe Girandola."
June 5-July 10, 1998. University of Nebraska-Omaha Gallery, Omaha, NE.
December 7-20, 1996, Classic Screen Print Building, Athens, GA. "Evidence," Thesis Exhibition.
March 4-16, 1996, William J. Thompson Gallery, Athens, GA. "Ill Communication."
August 3- September 2, 1993, SACI Gallery, Florence, Italy. "New Work, Joe Girandola."
Selected group exhibitions
February–April 2006, Palm Beach International Sculpture Biennale. Palm Beach, FL. Peoples Choice award.
October - November 2005, New Mexico State Capital Gallery, Santa Fe, NM "Food Show."
August 13- October 7, 2005, Empire Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY, "Rapture." Outdoor sculpture Exhibition.
October, 2004, Magnifico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, "Evidence."
March 26-April 14, 2003, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM. "Duct & Cover." Artists response to War.
June, 2002, Free Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland. "Majority Rules." Tara McDowell and Letha Wilson Project.
June 24-Aug. 15, 2001,Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts,Omaha, NE."20 Years of Excellence,Part 1."
May, 2001, Fluxion Gallery, Omaha, NE. "Omaha 16."
April 8-29, 2000, Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE." More,More,More." With Dan O’Kane and Kyle Geer.
February 12-April 9, 2000, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA. Third Place Award. Juror, Susan Talbott.
June 2-August9,1996, Lyndon House 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Athens, GA. Juror, Susan Talbott.
February 2-16, 1993, St. James Gallery, Florence, Italy. Juror, Jules Maidoff.
Selected invitational exhibitions
May 10-June 9, 2003, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa
Fe, NM. "Peace Show." Curated by James Westwater.
November 9-December 6, 2002, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM. "Daily Terrors: Leon Golub, Nancy Spero,
Adrian Piper, Monika Bravo, Joe Girandola, and others." Curated by Diane Karp and Betty Gold.
June 15-July 20, 2002, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA. "all small."
Curated by Lisa Alembik, Rachel Buffington and Richard Gess.
January 16-March 18, 1998, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO. "In the Name of the Place." GALA Committee.
Curated by Sean Kelly and Margaret Hall Silva.
April 4-May 24, 1997, Nexus 1997 Biennial, Atlanta Center for Contemporary Art (Nexus), Atlanta, GA.
Curated by Teresa Bramlette.
March ‚June 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Geffen Temporary Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA.
"Uncommon Sense; In the Name of the Place." Collaboration with Mel Chin, GALA Committee.
Curated by
Julie Lazar and Tom Finkelpearl.
July 13-August 23, 1996, Lowery Gallery, Watkinsville, GA. "Just Another Election Year."
Curated by Robert Lowery.
February 10-March 10, 1995, Pemberi Gallery, Hollywood, FL.
"SCREEN." Curated by Mary Johnson.
Education
University of Georgia, Athens, GA Master of Fine Arts,
Sculpture, December, 1996.
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, 1992. Special emphasis in Sculpture.
-International Honors Program: Florence, Italy 1989-1990.
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy April-August, 1991.
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