Joe Zane
E-mail: joe@uncertainty-principle.com
Web: www.uncertainty-principle.com
Born Sept. 1, 1971
Lives and works in Boston, MA
Education
2003 MFA, Cornell University
1992 BFA, Alfred University
Selected Exhibitions & Projects
2007 JOE, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston (2 person exhibition with Joe Gibbons)
Pull My Finger, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA (curated)
group exhibition featuring, Joe Gibbons, Jason Schiedel, David Robbins, Carl Ostendarp,
John Bell,Tony Matelli
Let‟s Put on a Puppet Show, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Cambridge, MA (organized)
day long puppet event. puppet making working shop by Tucker‟s Tales Puppet troupe.
Performance by Karen Zasloff. Lectures by Linda Norden and John Bell
2006 Don’t Know Much About History, ArtSpace New Haven, New Haven, CT, Curator: Denise Markonish
Kapital, Kent Gallery, New York, NY
Scope London, courtesy of Allston Skirt Gallery, London, England
Personality, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
Two Friends an So On..., Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Lumen Eclipse Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Portland Art Fair, Portland, OR, courtesy Allston Skirt Gallery
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, ICA Boston, Boston, MA, Curator: Matthew Higgs
2004 NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL, courtesy Allston Skirt Gallery
Techspace, Boston, MA, Curator: Camilo Alvarez
CCA Emerging Artist Exhibition, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Pulse 2004,1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Mise en Scene, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston MA (solo)
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 DUPED!, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, McGraw Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (solo)
LCD Screens, Palm Pilot, Pendulum, Pixel Proximity, Sound Piece went live at Rhizome.org
BASIC, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Curator: Andrea Inselmann (solo)
Just Stand There!, MIT List Visual Art Center--Media Test Wall, MIT, Boston, MA , Curator: Bill Arning
2002 small & UGLY, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Timothy Nohe
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA (Video screening)
Transient Moorings, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Emerging Video Artists, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2nd Year MFA Exhibition, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2001 Look What Washed Ashore, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1st Year MFA Exhibition, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY
Sound Piece, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY (solo)
Pixel Proximity, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY (solo)
Eleven Artists Who Are Better Than Me, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY (solo)
Revolving Show, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY
Bibliography
2007 Ken Johnson, "Pointing out Creativity's Goofy Side", Boston Globe, July 17, 2007
Cate McQuaid, “Best Gallery Shows of 2006”, Boston Globe, January 3, 2007
2006 Ben Genocchio, “Show Gives Art History New Meaning”, New York Times, December 31, 2006
Judy Birke, “Provocative „History‟ Goes Beyond Any Textbook”, CTcentral, December 9, 2006
Hank Hoffman, “History Examination”, CT Artscene, November 23, 2006
Cate McQuaid, "It's not what it looks like", Boston Globe, pg h8, March 9, 2006
Jason Schiedel, “Joe Zane @ Allston Skirt”, BigRedandShiny, issue 39
Artworld Digest, Unambiguous,March 2006, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pg. 13
"The Museum of Contextual Amputations.", Shifter magazine, www.shifter-magazine.com
Francine Koslow,”Joe Zane, Allston Skirt”, Tema Celeste, issue 115
Ann Wilson Lloyd, “Joe Zane at Allston Skirt”, Art in America, Nov. 2006
2005 Anneka Lenssen, Interview, “Gimme Gimme Portraits: an interview with Joe Zane”, BigRedandShiny, issue 18
Christine Temin, “Here's looking at You”, Boston Globe, January 23, 2005
2004 Cate McQuaid, “Joe Zane: Mise en Scene”, Boston Globe, April 16, 2004
Publications
2005 Introduction essay for 2005 MFA Thesis catalog, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2004 Review of FEED - artist and digital influence, BigREDandShiny, issue 13
“Boston-ism” - BigRedandShiny, issue 17
Grants / Awards
2007 AICA Best Show of an Emerging Artist: Boston Area, International Association of Art Critics.
2002 Individual Artist Grant, Cornell Council for the Arts
Public Collections
Art Institute of Chicago
Professional Experience
2007 Visiting Lecturer, Foundations in Visual Art (4.301), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (spring 07, fall 07)
2006 Visiting Lecturer, Painting Critiques and Seminar (PAI 3056), School at The Museum of Fine Arts (spring 06)
Visiting Lecturer, Foundations in Visual Art (4.301), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (fall 06)
2005 - present Artistic Production Coordinator, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT
2004 Visiting Lecturer, Advanced Painting Critique Seminar (PAI 3059), School at The Museum of Fine Arts (spring 04)
2004 - 2005 Studio Assistant for Julia Scher (Design and production assistance, web design, dvd authoring)
2004 Studio Assistant for Wendy Jacob with HAHA Artist collective (Design and production assistance, Your Mes-
sage Here, for the exhibition The Interventionists, MassMoca, 2004-2005)
2004 Studio Assistant for Will Mentor (Video and DVD production and editing)
2003 Visiting Professor, figure/still life drawing (ART 159), Cornell University (summer term)
2003 Web-design, Cornell University, student.art.cornell.edu
2001 - 2003 Teaching Assistant, digital/painting, Cornell University
Introduction to Electronic Imaging (ART 171, Autumn, Spring and Summer Semesters, 2001-03),
Performance and Telepresence (ART 372, Autumn 2001)
Thesis Painting (ART 422, Autumn and Spring Semester 2002-03)
2001-2003 Design and production assistance, Buzz Spector book project, Between the Sheets, 2003, Olive Branch
Press, Ithaca; Buzz Spector exhibition catalogue, Public/Private Peace, 2002, Swarthmore College List Art Gallery;
Buzz Spector book project, Details: Closed to Open, 2001, Swarthmore College List Art Gallery
Lectures
2003 Panelist, New Media and Global Visual Culture: Interventions, Cornell University
2000 Artist Lecture, Introduction to Digital Imaging, Cornell University
1999 Technical Lecture on Digital Imaging, Tompkins Cortland Community College