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
  2008

Red Gate Gallery Beijing China

  2007 de Young Museum of San Francisco
public art    
  2010

“Sand Series” New York City

  2009 Copenhagen 15 “CO2 Cube”
  “Sand Series” Over 45 temporary works created in the streets of New York
  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    
  2009 Chi Contemporary Fine Art, Brooklyn NY
  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
  2009 Oasis Gallery, Beijing
    Riverkeeper 10 Year Anniversary
   

All Points West Festival “Rabbit Hole”

  2008  Sunshine Museum, Beijing China
    All Points West “Expand-Reflect-Exist”
    Mile High Music Festival installation
    Viridian Artists Juried Exhibit Curated By Elisabeth Sussman Whitney Museum
   

Deitch Art Parade SOHO

   

Conflux Festival Manhattan NY

    Bridge Art Fair New York
  BAM Annual Silent Auction Brooklyn NY
  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

  "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
  2009 “Portraits” Viral Video by Repertorium Films Leandro Sanchez Director
   

“My Year in 30 Seconds” CNN I Report

   

Fox News “Sandman Cometh” with Shep November 30th

   

CNN Street Artist Joe Mangrum Oct 26th I-Report

   

CNN New York Street Artist Extrodinaire Sept 19th I-Report

  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
  2009 “Painting New York …with Sand” 40 pages autobiography
   

New York Times Sept 29th pg A 26           

    http://ayearinnewyork.com/day-358-obama-in-a-new-light
   

http://sadhbhwalshe.wordpress.com/category/sadhbh-walshe-reviews/

  2008 http://gothamist.com/ All Points West Saturday: 8-10-08
    http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html
   

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_9935938

  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

  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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