Joseph Anderson

Joseph Anderson is a contemporary artist who works primarily in watercolour and soft sculpture. His work explores themes around identity, the body, sexuality, horror, and the grotesque, often evoking the tropes and conventions of fairy tales and story-book illustrations.

Curriculum Vitae

JOSEPH ANDERSON
Born Lethbridge, AB
Lives and works in Saskatoon, Canada

Education

2009 - MFA, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK
2000 - BFA, University of Lethbridge, major in painting, Lethbridge AB
1998 - Visual Communications Diploma, Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat, AB

Solo Exhibitions

2005 - Tummy Ache, Le Petit Trianon, Lethbridge
2005 - No One Will Know, Red Room Gallery, Lethbridge
2004 - Tabernacle, Taber Museum, Taber, Alberta
2003 - The Ten Plagues of Alice, Round Street Gallery, Lethbridge
2002 - Annunciation, The New Gallery, +15 Window, Calgary
2002 - Reverence, Monkey Girl Gallery, Lethbridge
2001 - Playthings, Monkey Girl Gallery, Lethbridge

Group Exhibitions

2007 - That's So Gay III, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon
2007 - 5X7: Five Days Seven Artists, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon
2007 - Hoity-Toity, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon
2006 - Current, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
2006 - In Sequence, Profiles Public Art Gallery, St.Albert
2005 - Return to Sender, Trap\door Artist Run Centre, Lethbridge
2005 - Miniature, Gallerie Potemkin, Lethbridge
2005 - (Wide) Open House, Gallerie Potemkin, Lethbridge
2004 - Anderson & Andrist, Two-Person exhibition with Cheryl Andrist, Cultural Centre Gallery, Medicine Hat
2004 - Dollar Store, Gallerie Potemkin, Lethbridge
2003 - Your Dearest Wish Will Come True, Two-Person exhibition with Mary-Anne McTrowe, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge
2003 - A Spoonful of Sugar, University of Lethbridge Helen Christou Art Gallery
2001 - Pause, Off-site exhibition curated by Michael Campbell for the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
2001 - Science Fair 2, Gallerie Potemkin, Lethbridge
2001 - Here Kitty, Kitty, Monkey Girl Gallery, Lethbridge
2000 - Ballroom Dancing Finalists: Annual Juried Student Art Show, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge
2000 - BFA Graduate Show, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
1999 - Annual Juried Student Art Show, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
1998 - Beyond the Line: Graduate Show, Cultural Centre Gallery, Medicine Hat
1998 - Christmas Magic, Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
1997 - First & Second Year Juried Student Art Show, Cultural Centre Gallery, Medicine Hat
1997 - Cat Themed Art Show, Cultural Centre Gallery, Medicine Hat
1997 - Cheesecake & Other Visual Delights, Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
1996 - First & Second Year Juried Student Art Show, Cultural Centre Gallery, Medicine Hat

Other Projects

2004 - I feel better (than you), limited edition artist book (Selected for the 2005 Mobilivre Bookmobile Project Tour.)
2003 - Illustrations for Take Me To Your Leader! by Richard Stevenson
2003 - It's the Chance You May Be Waiting For, limited edition artist book (Selected for the 2004 Mobilivre Bookmobile Project Tour.)
2001 - You Can Do Better: A colouring book for Good girls & Good Boys, limited edition artist book (Selected for the 2003 Mobilivre Bookmobile Project Tour.)

Awards

Michael Pisko Memorial Award

Collections

Medicine Hat College
University of Saskatchewan
Private Collections