Lives/Works: Brooklyn, NY
 
Education:  
1976
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, BFA
 
Solo Exhibitions:
2007
Cynthia Broan Gallery, NYC
2007
JG Contemporary, NYC
2005
JG Contemporary, NYC
2004
Mai’s Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2002
Jay Grimm Gallery, NYC
1998
Nicholas Davies Gallery, NYC
1997
Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
1997
Nicholas Davies Gallery, NYC
1983
Barbara Toll Fine Arts, NYC
 
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006
Intersections, Meyers School of Art, Univ. of Akron, Ohio
2006
Paint/Not Paint, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, NYC
2006
Project room, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, NYC
2005
Traces Everywhere, Tracy Williams, Ltd., NYC
2005
Field Questions, Rosenwald-Wolf gallery, Univ. of the Arts, Phila., Pa.
2005
Glimpse, Mixed Greens, NYC
2005
Helter Skelter, Capsule Gallery, NYC
2004
Summer Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004
A Conversation, Marvelli Gallery, NYC
2004
Under the Influence, Barbara Mathes Gallery, NYC
2003
Grisaille, JC Contemporary, NYC
2003
Simple Marks, Cheim & Read, NYC
2003
The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
2003
Contra/post, JG Contemporary, NYC
2002
ZenRoxy, Von Lintel Gallery, NYC
2002
Landscape, Lindsey Brown Gallery, NYC
2002
Group,Slideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Project Wall, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Group, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
Abstraction II, New York Studio School, NYC
2000
Project Wall, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Fundamental Occurences, Malca Fine Arts, NYC
1999
Joe Fyfe, James Hyde, Merlin James: Drawings, Thomas Korzelius Gallery, NYC
1999
Double Vision, curated by Micheal Pittari, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1999
Painting III, N-3 Project Space, Bklyn NY
1999
Gramercy International Art Fair
1996
Madeleines, Apex Art, NYC
1996
Fin de Siecle, Nicholas Davies Gallery, NYC
1996
Art Exchange Show, 60 Broad Street, NYC
1996
Living Room, 558 Broadway, NYC
1995
Visiting Faculty Biennial, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
1993
Men, Myths, and Masculinities, LedisFlam Gallery, NYC
1992
360, Pino Molica Gallery, NYC
1985
Drawings, Knight Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1984
Painting and Sculpture Today: 1984, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
1983
Art on Paper; 1983, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1982
Spring Exhibition, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1980
The Times Square Show, Colab, NYC
 
Awards:
2006-2007
Fulbright Award, research in Vietnam & Cambodia
2005
Pollock-Krasner Award
2002
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Award
1999
Handhollow Foundation Award (PFAW Fellowship)
1998
McDowell Fellowship
1998, 2001 ,2003
Yaddo Fellowships
1986
Bessie Award, set design for "The Memory Theatre of Guilio Camillo"
 
Teaching:
2005
Adjunct Professor, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Phila.,PA
2005
Visiting Professor, Blossom Kent State University
2004
Visiting professor, Graduate Program in Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2003
Instructor, Painting, the New School, NYC
2002-2004
Queens College, Instructor, Color, Painting
2002-2004
National Academy of Design, Watercolor
2001
Instructor, Drawing at the Met, Beginning Painting and Drawing, New School, NYC
2000
Instructor, Art History, Long Island University
1994
Visiting Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1985-1989
Instructor, Parsons School of Design, NYC
 
Curated Exhibitions :
2007
Abstract ptg., Norman Bluhm and others, Graham Gallery, NYC
2004
Band of Abstraction, Van Brunt Gallery, NYC
2004
The Apollonian Style, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Vessels, Greenwich House pottery, NYC (catalog with essay)
1999
Om, Dorsky Gallery, NYC (catalog with essay)
1996
Try a Little Tenderness, Apex Art, NYC (catalog with essay)
   
Publications:
New York Sun, April, 12 2005, "Joe Fyfe, Mary Heilman…. " By David Cohen
Brooklyn Rail,April,2005 "Joe Fyfe: Paintings from Vietnam", Stephanie Buhman
New York Times, April 27,2005 "Joe Fyfe: Paintings from Vietnam", Ken Johnson
Vietnam Net Bridges June 27, 2004 “Americans Message to Vietnam”
Boggy Nov. 2003 “Some Chelsea Shows”
Fallon and Rosoff’s Artblog January 24, 2005 “A Painters Question”
  Brooklyn Rail Feb 2005 “Traces Everywhere” Benjamin La Rocco
  Brooklyn Rail, July 2004, ‘A Boom Grows in Brooklyn” James Kalman
  Vietnam News, June 1, 2004 “Exhibit Samples the Simple by US Artist” Thu Ngoc.
  The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 28, 2005 “Abstracts with no obvious links” Edward Sozanski
  The New Yorker, Sept.3 2003 “Simple Marks”
  Art in America, March 2003 “Joe Fyfe at Jay Grimm Gallery”
  Artnet.com, Aug 2, 2002
  The New Yorker, ‘Joe Fyfe’ review, July 1,2002
  New York Times, July 1, 2000, review by Ken Johnson, Fundamental Occurences, Malca Gallery
  New York Times, Oct. 22, 1999, review by Ken Johnson, 'Drawings" Thomas Korzelius Gallery
  Modern Painters, "This Wonderful Exile of the Artist" Fall 1999, pp. 77-79 (photo)
  Art In America, "Joe Fyfe at Nicholas Davies" review by Alfred Corn, (incl. photo.) April 1999
  Appearances, Number 24, 1997 pages 6,48 ( 2 photos)
  Artnet, Feb 11 1998 "Joe Fyfe's 'Land of Make Believe'"
  New York Times, Sunday Magazine, Sept. 1, 1996 p.35 (incl. photo)
  Art, Das Kunstmagazin, December,1994, pp.89-91 (incl. photo)