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Joseph Minek

Joseph Minek Biography

1986 Born in Cleveland, OH
Lives and works in Cleveland, OH

Joseph Minek Education 

2013 MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Photography & Film
2011 BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Film, Video, & Photographic Arts

Joseph Minek Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021

Chemistry and Light, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2019

Photographic Works, Gallery 1 of 1, San Jose, California

2017

No Poetic Device, Denny Gallery, New York, New York
Remnants, Forum Art Space, Cleveland, Ohio
Disclosure, Index, Dayton, Ohio

2015

Photographic Works, 2731 Prospect, Cleveland, Ohio

2013

Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

2011

Duality, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

Joseph Minek Selected Group Exhibitions

2020

One, Transformer Station, Cleveland, Ohio
Joseph Minek & Rachel Hellmann: Touch Faith, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
I am the River, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Cameraless Collection, Gallery 1 of 1, San Jose, California

2019

Lensless, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
001, Vacant Space Project, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Blunt – Inspiration in Transition, Carnegie Center for Arts & History, New Albany, Indiana
Gather, Argentea Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom

2018

Mehr Licht (More Light), Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany
Open Yards, Worthington Yards, Cleveland, Ohio
Second View, Gallery 1 of 1, Seattle, Washington
Triennial Invitational, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio
Into the Sunset, Forum Art Space, Cleveland, Ohio

2017

Constructions, Gallery W, Cleveland, Ohio
Color Darkroom Innovators (Robert Califiore & Joseph Minek), Gallery 1 of 1, Seattle, Washington

2016

All Together Now, 2731 Prospect Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Earthly Delights, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2015

Mimeo Revolution, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Emergent 2015, Heights Art, Cleveland, Ohio

2014

Select, Washington Project for the Arts - Artisphere, Washington DC
Verisimilitude – Joseph Minek & Michael Meier, Forum Art Space, Cleveland, Ohio 

2013

Bazaarbeque Vol. 5, Forum Art Space, Cleveland, Ohio
Union By Design, The Art Registry, Washington DC
Unbound2!, Candela Books & Gallery, Richmond, Virginia 
Homegrown, Cleveland Print Room, Cleveland, Ohio  
University Combine, Capital One, Richmond, Virginia

2012

Abstract Expressions, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont 
Amateur Hour, Art6 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Teenage Dreamsicle, The Refrigerator, Richmond, Virginia

2011
Light – Struck: Abstract Photography Today, Photoplace Gallery, White River Junction, Vermont    
Manipulated, Castell Photography Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina 
Milking The Void, More Funner Projects, Miami, Florida
Cross Process: Joseph Minek & Kyle Todaro, SideShow Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Night Moves, FAB Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
65th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

2010

Six State Photography Show, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio
Outerspace: An American Odyssey, 1025 Huron Rd. Cleveland, Ohio 

2009

CIA Students: Cleveland, 2009, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
This is Not a Photograph: Contemporary Approaches to Photography
The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio  

Joseph Minek Selected Press

2020

Transformer Station explores ‘unique objects’ made from photographs / lush nocturnal landscapes, Cleveland.com
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/09/transformer-station-explores-unique-objects-made-from-photographs-and-lush-nocturnal-landscapes-of-cleveland.html
Photographers on Photographers: Andrew K Thompson in Conversation with Joseph Minek, Lenscratch
https://lenscratch.com/2020/08/photographers-on-photographers-andrew-k-thompson-and-joseph-minek/
Q&A between Joseph Minek & Jennie Anderson, Argentea Gallery
https://argenteagallery.com/wp-content/uploads/JosephMinek-QA.pdf

2019

Photographers on Photographers: Dan Shepherd on Joseph Minek, Lenscratch
http://lenscratch.com/2019/08/photographers-on-photographers-dan-shepherd-on-joseph-minek/

2018
Interview: Joseph Minek, Aint Bad Magazine
https://www.aint-bad.com/featured/2018/01/15/interview-joseph-minek/
A Goethe-Inspired Photography Exhibition Explores the Mysticism of Light, Artnet News
https://news.artnet.com/partner-content/goethe-photograpy-exhibition
Mehr Licht!, Wall Street International
https://wsimag.com/art/35526-mehr-licht

2017

Joseph Minek, No Poetic Device at Denny Gallery, Collector Daily
https://collectordaily.com/joseph-minek-no-poetic-device-denny/
Meet the Artist: Joseph Minek, Photographic Works, Mimi Magazine
https://www.mimivanderhaven.com/articles/meet-the-artist-joseph-minek-photographic-works

2016

Artist Spotlight: Joseph Minek, Booooooom! 
http://www.booooooom.com/2016/10/20/artist-spotlight-joseph-minek/
Experimental Photos Similar to Abstract Paintings, Fubiz.net 
http://www.fubiz.net/2016/10/22/experimental-photos-similar-to-abstract-paintings/

2015

Joseph Minek: Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing, f295.org 
http://f295.org/home/joseph-minek-photogenic-drawing/
2731 Prospect Shows Off Experimental Photo Works, Cleveland Scene
https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/10/29/2731-prospect-shows-off-experimental-photo-works-by-ohio-artists

2014
Joseph Minek: Duality, Minimal Exposition 
http://minimalexposition.blogspot.com/2011/06/joseph-minek-duality.html

2011
“Student Independent Exhibition at Cleveland Institute of Art surpasses fall’s faculty show”, 
The Plain Dealer, March 12th, 2011
http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2011/03/student_independent_exhibition_1.html

Joseph Minek Selected Public Collections 

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Bidwell Projects, Cleveland, Ohio
Spall Art Collection
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Metro Health Systems
Hilton Cleveland
Dalad Collection

 

 

 

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