Background
SHAPIRO, Joel was born on September 27, 1941 in New York, United States. Son of Doctor Joseph Shapiro and Doctor Anna Shapiro.
SHAPIRO, Joel was born on September 27, 1941 in New York, United States. Son of Doctor Joseph Shapiro and Doctor Anna Shapiro.
Bachelor, New York University, 1964. Master of Arts, New York University, 1969.
include Paula Cooper Gallery, New York 197089, Whitney Museum of Art, New York Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1985, Hirshom Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. 1987, Hans Strelow, Dusseldorf 1988, Toledo Museum of Art 1989, Waddington Gallery, London 1989; Group exhibitions England, United States of America, Australia, Germany, Holland 1969-1989; National Endowment for the Arts 1975; Brandeis Teacher Princeton University 1974-1975, 1975-1976, School of Visual Arts 1977-1982.
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One-man shows include Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City, 14 shows, 1970-1990, The Clocktower Gall., Institute Art and Urban Resources, New York City, 1973, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1976, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1977, Gallery M. Bochum, W. Germany, 1978, Galerie Mukai, Tokyo, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1991, Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, 1980, 1989, 1991, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1980, Haus Lange, Krefeld, W.Germany, 1980, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1980, Brown University, 1980, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1981, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 1981, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1981, Portland Center Visual Arts, Oregon, 1982, Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, 1982, Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm, 1984, Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, 1980, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, 1987, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1985, Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, 1985, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, 1986, Seattle Art Museum, 1986, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, 1986, 1988, The John and Mable Ringling Museum, Sarasota, 1986, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 1987, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, 1987, Hans Strelow, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1988, Toledo Museum Art, 1989, Waddington Gallery, London, 1989, Museet I Varberg, Sweden, 1990, Baltimore Art Museum, 1990, Des Moines Art Center, 1990, Center for Fine Arts, Miami, 1991, IVAM Centre Julio Gonazlez, Valencia, Spain, 1990, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 1991, Pace Gallery, 1993, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany, 1993, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, 1994, 1996, Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm, 1995, Karsten Greve, Paris, 1995, Walker Art Center/Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 1995, Nelson-Atkins Museum Art/Kansas City Sculpture Park, 1996, Pace Wildenstein Gallery, New York, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany, 1997, Addison Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts, 1997, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 1997, Barlach Halle K, Hamburg, 1998, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland, 1997, Pace Wildenstein, Los Angeles, 1999, American Academy in Rome, 1999, Boston Museum Fine Arts, 1999, New Art Center, Salisbury, England, 1999, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, England, 1999—2000, National Gallery Canada, 1999—2000, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, 2000, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, 2000, Spoleto Festival United States of America, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 2000-2001, Denver Art Museum, 2001, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, 2001, 2004, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York, 2001, Gerald B. Cantor Rooftop Galleries, 2001, Los Angeles Louver Gallery, 2004, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, 2005, numerous group exhibits, Represented in permanent collections Museum Modern Art, New York City, Whitney Museum Art, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, Detroit Institute Art, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Dallas Museum Art, Centre Pompidou, Paris, National Gallery Art, Washington, British Museum, London, Brooklyn Museum, Cocoran Gallery, Washington, Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, High Museum Art, Atlanta, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden at Smithsonian Institution, Washington, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland, Museum Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museum Fine Arts, Boston, Museum Modern Art, Friuli, Italy, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, Philadelphia Museum Art, Tate Gallery, London, Cleveland Museum Art, North Carolina Museum Art, Raleigh, Des Moines Art Center, commissions include, Cigna Corporation, Philadelphia, 1983-1984, Fukuoka (Japan) Sogo Bank, 1988, Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, 1988-1989, Kawamura Memorial Museum Art, Chiba, Japan, 1988-1989, Government Service Administration, Los Angeles, 1988-1990, Hood Museum Art at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1989-1990, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, 1993, Sony Music Entertainment, New York City, 1994-1995, Friedrichstadt Passagen, Berlin, 1994-1995, Kansas City (Missouri) International Airport, 1995-1996, Embassy of United States of America, Ottawa, 1999, Koln Skulpture Park, 1999, The Principal Riverwalk, Des Moines, 2005.
Member American Academy and Institute Arts and Letters (Merit award 1990), American Academy Arts and Letters, Swedish Royal Academy Art.
Married Ellen Phelan. 1 daughter, Ivy Bess.