Joe Mangrum
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Joe Mangrum's installations have been shared with national and international audiences . He attended the Florence Biennale in 2003, where he received the prestigious Lorenzo de Medici award in "New Media", for his striking piece, "Fragile". Joe has also been nominated for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art "SECA" award. An alumnus of The Art Institute of Chicago, Joe began his training as a painter and moved toward installations of found objects, while traveling abroad. He continues to explore multiple mediums and materials in his work.
Many of Joe's recurring themes explore our relationship to modern life juxtaposed with our organic natures and desires for freedom. Joe examines the indomitable power of creation in relation to the grid of imposed structures of cities and hegemonies of power constructs. He often employs the use of iconographic and spiritual forms such as the mandala and the pyramid in surprising configurations. Joe's inspiration is served by the challenge of maintaining a complex dialogue with the viewer encapsulated by our current world of affairs.
b. 1969 Florissant MO
Resides New York, NY
(917) 348-4474
| education: | ||
| (BFA) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago | ||
| awards: | ||
| 2003 | Lorenzo De Medici Award Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy | |
| 1998 | Market Street Art In Transit, San Francisco Arts Commission | |
| 1991 | Merit Scholarship, SAIC | |
| 1990 | Dr. R. A. Koetting Prize, St. Louis Artists Guild | |
| 1987 | Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville | |
| 1986 | Portraits of India, Asia Society, New York | |
| residencies | ||
| 2007 | de Young Museum of San Francisco | |
| public art | ||
| 2008 | Red Ink Flint, Flint River Project Flint, MI | |
| 2002 | Muni Bus Stop 22nd @ Mission St. Funded by San Francisco Arts Commission | |
1998 |
“Trans-mission Temporary Project Funded by San Francisco Arts Commission | |
| solo | ||
| 2006 | Chi Contemporary Fine Art Brooklyn NY | |
| 2005 | “Urbis Ouroboros” Wolfe Contemporary Art San Francisco Ca | |
| 1997 | "Virus" San Francisco Ca | |
| 1996 | “Garden of Earthly Delights”, Daniel Arvizu Gallery, Santa Ana Ca | |
| “Echoes of Corrective Surgery” Laguna Beach Ca. | ||
| 1995 | “Creation, Capitalism and Corrective Surgery” Laguna Beach Ca | |
| “Hypothesis 1995” San Francisco State University San Francisco Ca | ||
| group | ||
| 2008 | Bridge Art Fair New York | |
| BAM Annual Silent Auction | ||
| Chi Contemporary Fine Art, Brooklyn NY | ||
| 2007 | “Bridge” Miami FL | |
| “Conflux Festival” Brooklyn NY | ||
| “Artopolis” Chicago | ||
| “Liminality” Exploratorium San Francisco Ca | ||
| “Dustfish Massive” Oakland Ca | ||
| 2006 | Chi Contemporary Fine Art Brooklyn NY | |
| SFMOMA Artists Gallery Fort Mason San Francisco Ca | ||
| 2005 | Photo NY | |
| AAF NY | ||
| “Diversitas”, Bioneers Conference San Rafael Ca. | ||
| Supper Club San Francisco Ca | ||
| Das Fruitcake Sonoma Ca | ||
| " Summer Heat" Chi Contemporary Fine Art Brooklyn NY | ||
| Black Rock Arts Foundation Community Art Carnival San Francisco Ca | ||
| "Bayennale" Old Oakland Ca | ||
| "Real" San Mateo Ca | ||
| "Detonation Earth" Red Ink Studios San Francisco Ca | ||
| Mind States Conference San Francisco Ca | ||
| "Spiritus Mundi" Lola gallery San Francisco Ca | ||
| "DustFish" NIMBY-Space Oakland Ca | ||
| 2004 | "Participate" Monkey Fresh Studios San Francisco Ca | |
| "Pinhole" Monkeyfresh Studios San Francisco Ca | ||
| “Ignite” Cellspace San Francisco Ca | ||
| “Participate” Monkeyfresh Studios San Francisco Ca | ||
| 2003 | “Fragile” Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea Florence Italy | |
| “Grazie” 111 Minna Gallery San Francisco Ca | ||
| Burning Man Festival Black Rock City NV | ||
| “Doctrine” Lola gallery San Francisco Ca | ||
| “Ignite “Cellspace San Francisco Ca | ||
| “Breathless” 608 Folsom Gallery San Francisco Ca | ||
| The Lab San Francisco Ca | ||
| Varnish Gallery San Francisco Ca | ||
| “Infuse with Flora” Coachella Music Festival, Indio ca | ||
| 2002 | 9/11 memorial Justin Herman Plaza San Francisco Ca | |
| “Arte” produced by Lord Huckleberry @ F3 San Francisco Ca | ||
| “Forest”produced by Pollenmedia @ F3 San Francisco Ca | ||
| East><West “Art from The other side” @ F3 San Francisco Ca | ||
| Superheroe's New Years Costume Ball @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium San Francisco Ca | ||
| 2001 | "Powers That Be" @ Coachella Arts Festival, Indio, Ca | |
| "Polli-Nation 4" SOL Festival Griffith Park, L.A. | ||
| Pistahan Festival Yerba Buena Gardens San Francisco Ca | ||
| Earthdance Festival Santa Rosa Ca | ||
| Fusion Festival, Angels Camp Ca | ||
| Art-Span open studios San Francisco Ca | ||
| 2000 | Polli-Nation 3, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, Ca | |
| Pistahan Festival Yerba Buena Gardens San Francisco Ca | ||
| Installations and Observations, Cellspace , San Francisco, Ca | ||
| 1999 | Polli-Nation 2, Kaiser Convenion Center Oakland, Ca. | |
| Pistahan Festival Yerba Buena Gardens San Francisco Ca | ||
| Element of Temporary, Four Walls, San Francisco Ca | ||
| 1998 | Polli-Nation , Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, Ca | |
| 1997 | CCAC in SF opening celebration of building on Irwin st. San Francisco Ca |
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| "City" Cats Alley, San Francisco Ca | ||
| "Festival on the Hill", Randall Museum, San Francisco Ca | ||
| "Spring" Minna Street Gallery, San Francisco Ca | ||
| 1996 | "Embarrassment of the Riches" Huntington Beach Art Center Ca | |
| "Pick Up" Capp Street Project, San Francisco Ca | ||
| "Festival of First Fruits" Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Ca | ||
| "Gallery Invitational" Daniel Arvizu Gallery, Santa Ana | ||
| “Alternative Landscapes” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach Ca. | ||
| 1995 | “10,000 Plus” , SAIC Alumni Traveling Exhibition | |
| 1991 | “4x & 2y” Chicago IL | |
| “1st Anniversary Show” Space Gallery, Chicago IL | ||
| “One Liner Show” Gallery F IV, Chicago IL | ||
| “Two Artists” Space Gallery, Chicago IL | ||
| 1990 | “Special” Mars Gallery, Chicago IL | |
| broadcast | ||
| 2006 | KQED channel 9 SPARK! “Playing With Technology” | |
| 2005 | KALX Radio interview with Greg Scharpen | |
| CindyCenter Podcast interview by Chris Shields | ||
| 2003 | Sky TV Europe interview at Florence Bienalle aired on SKY TV Dec 22-25 | |
| publications | ||
| 2007 | “Art In Action” pg 64-65 Pub by Natural World Museum curated by Randy Rosenberg | |
| 2006 | Best in Show, Village Voice NY 4/11/2006 | |
| Go Brooklyn review of Impressions @ Chi by Rebecca Migdal | ||
| Bioneers Annual Report featured article | ||
| 2005 | Artbusiness.com review Nov 3rd | |
| SF Weekly Nov 2-9th 8 days a week | ||
| San Francisco Magazine November issue | ||
| SPARK program on KQED Channel 9 San Francisco | ||
| San Francisco Chronicle “The Granite Lady sure knows how to host a ball April14th | ||
| Review in Stretcher.org for “Breathless” june 27th | ||
| The Brown reference Group “Does Art Matter?” | ||
| Art of Northern Ca Alcove books | ||
| cover art for Jou jou | ||
| Shades Magazine | ||
| 2002 | pollen magazine forest issue #3 |
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| 2001 | http://www.sfartmagazine.com nov issue | |
| http://www.pollenmedia.com | ||
| 1998 | Artweek- May "A Transporting Mandala" pg.27 | |
| News of the Weird | ||
| 1996 | Artweek - November Vol. 27 #11 pg. 23 | |
| O.C. Weekly , Vol 1 #26 March 8-14 pg.22 | ||
| LA. Times- Section F pg. 2 October 14t | ||
| Coast Magazine- pg. 24 October 17th | ||
| 1995 | LA.. Times- Orange County Section, pg. 2 December 14th | |
| Golden Gater SFSU- October 3, Volume 58, Issue 9, pg. 1 | ||
| Golden Gator SFSU- September 19th, Volume 58, Issue 5, pg. 6 | ||
| 1994 | LA.. Times- Orange County Section, pg. 1 November 17th | |
| Orange County Register- Metro Section, pg. 4 November 18th | ||
| “Restaurant Design Three” Feature on Border Grille - St. Louis | ||
| 1986 | SPAN Magazine |
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