Lives and Works in Chicago, Illinois

                                                                                                                                                
Joseph Lauer                                                                                                    joseph.dillon.lauer@gmail.com • www.joseph-lauer.com 

   
Education: 

May 2009                    M.F.A., in Painting,
                                       New York Academy of Art, New York, NY 
 
May 2006                   B.F.A. in Studio Art,
                                       University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA   

2010                             Continuing Education - Drawing
                                       The Art Students League, New York, NY



Teaching:

2016-Present                    Visual Arts Instructor (Full-Time) - Josephinum Academy, Wicker Park, Chicago, IL
                                                             All-Girls College Preparatory High School in Wicker Park, Chicago 
                                                    - In charge of creating and implementing the International Baccalaureate (I.B.) Diploma                                                                                           Programme for the Visual Arts.   
​                                                                            - Teaching 70+ girls (ages 15-18) in a variety of art media (2D & 3D).
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2014-2015                         Art Professor (Full-Time) - National Park College, Hot Springs, AR
                                             Courses Taught: Design 1&2, Drawing 1&2, Painting 1,2 & Advanced, Art Appreciation

Spring 2012-Present       Computer Art and Design (Online) - Southwestern Community College, Creston, Iowa
Spring 2012-Present       Art History 1 (Online) - Southwestern Community College, Creston, Iowa
Spring 2012-2013             Art Appreciation – Muscatine Community College, Muscatine, Iowa
Fall 2011                             Painting I – Midland University, Fremont, Nebraska                                         
                                            Drawing I - Midland University, Fremont, Nebraska
                                                  Drawing II – Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Spring 2011                        Intro to Painting - Southwestern Community College, Creston, Iowa

 

Artist Residencies:

November 2013               Artist in Residence, The Art Students League – Vytlacil, Sparkill, NY
Oct 2010 - May 2011      Artist in Residence, Corning Center for the Fine Arts, Corning, IA



Service:
Oct 2009 - Oct 2010 (1 year)    AmeriCorps. The New York Restoration Project, New York, NY
                                                            - Environmental Restoration and Education                                                           

   
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2015    "This Land Is My Land" - The Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, May-July 20015
2011     “New Work”, Corning Center for the Fine Arts, Corning, IA, May 2011
2006    “B.F.A. Exhibition”, Checkered Space Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA April 2006

   
Selected Juried Exhibitions:

2013   “The Figure Now”, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO, February 1st, 2013
                     Juried By: Steve Huston and Nathan Lewis
2012    “Small Works”, The Chait Galleries Downtown, Iowa City, IA, November 9th, 2012
2010    “Small Works”, The Chait Galleries Downtown, Iowa City, IA
2010    “Summer Exhibition”, Wilkinson Gallery, NYAA, New York, NY, June, 2010
                      Juried By: George Adams, Clarissa Dalrymple, Kurt Kauper
2008    “Iowa Artist’s Show”, Okoboji Art Center, Okoboji, Iowa, January, 2008   
2008    “Southeast Iowa Regional Art Show”, Washington Public Library, “Washington, IA, April, 2008
2006    “President’s Best Juried Exhibition”, Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch, IA, August, 2006
   

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2012    “Lincoln CC Annual Invitational”, Lincoln CC Gallery, Omaha, NE, Fall, 2012
2012    “Current Gallery Artists”, Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Old Market, Omaha, NE, 2012
2011    “New Artist”, Anderson O'Brien Fine Art Countryside Village, Omaha, NE, September, 2011
2011    “Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again”, Sloan Fine Art, New York, New York, March 12, 2011
2009    “Something Different”, APW Gallery, Long Island City, New York July 17, 2009
2009    “M.F.A. Exhibition”, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, May, 2009
2009    “UN Women for Peace Gala”, Metropolitan Club of New York, New York, April 17, 2009 
2009    “Tribeca Ball”, New York Academy of Art, NYC, NY, Mar, 2009
2009    “World of Imagination Vol. 2”, APW Gallery, Long Island City, NYC, Mar, 2009
2009    “The Landscape”, New York Academy of Art Café Gallery, New York, NY, Jan-April, 2009
2008    “Ecstatic Drawing Show”, New York Academy of Art Café Gallery, NY, NY, Nov-Dec, 2008  

  
Bibliography:

2015
Mariah Wellman "Memorial Union opens new exhibit" Iowa State Daily, May 21st 2015

"New exhibit opens in the memorial Union" Ames Tribune, May 16 2015
http://amestrib.com/entertainment/new-exhibit-opens-memorial-union-0

2014

Studio Visit  Magazine, Spring 2014 edition: Juried by Trevor 
Richardson

2013
Maureen Bloomfield, "The Winners of The Artist’s Magazine’s 30th (2013) Annual Art
Competition" The Artist’s Magazine, December, 2013 

Mckenzie Graham, Associate Editor, "The Artist’s Magazine’s 2013 Annual Art Competition Back Stage With the Judges"  Commentary by Juror Ron Monsma. October 29, 2013.
http://www.artistsnetwork.com/articles/art-demos-techniques/the-artists-magazines-2013-annual-competition-meet-the-jurors-part-1

 Sarah Weinman, University gallery delivers impressive work in 'The Figure Now', St. Louis Jewish Light, St. Louis, MO, Sunday, February 24,
 2013. http://www.stljewishlight.com/blogs/art/article_1c492f38-7ebc-11e2-ae1f-0019bb2963f4.html

 Byron Kerman, People Who Need People: “The Figure Now” Dazzles at Fontbonne University, St. Louis Magazine, St. Louis, MO, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 http://www.stlmag.com/Blogs/Look-Listen/February-2013/People-Who-Need-People-The-Figure-Now-Dazzles-at-Fontbonne-University/?s=ra

2009
By  Jeremy Beiler, UrbanEye: The Tribeca Ball -  The New York Times, New York, NY, March 4th, 2009, (My work at 1:15 and 2:38 during Leif Schreiber Interview.) http://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/1194838337787/urbaneye-the-tribeca-ball.html?scp=1&sq=tribeca%20ball&st=cse

          
Awards:
2014                   Honorable  Mention Award – 38th  Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibit, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
2013                    Ruth Katzman Scholarship (Full-Scholarship) – The Art Students League – Vyt  Sparkill, NY
2013                    Honorable Mention – The Artist’s Magazine Annual Portrait Competition
2010                    National Service (1 Year) - AmeriCorps Tuition Reward - AmeriCorps
2009 - 2008        Tuition Merit Awards - New York Academy of Art Graduate School
2008                    Robbins Graduate Scholarship Trust – Two Rivers Bank & Trust, Burlington, IA