Joel shapiro biography

Joel Shapiro received his B.A. in 1964, and his M.A. in 1969 from New York University. Since his first solo exhibition in 1970, Shapiro's work has been the subject of more than 160 solo exhibitions and retrospectives.

Joel Shapiro was granted the Chevalier dans l'order des Arts et des Lettres, France in 2005. In 2004, he was awarded the American Foundation for AIDS Research Award of överlägsen kvalitet eller utmärkt prestation for Artistic Contributions to the kamp Against AIDS, Dallas, Texas Art Resources and the Transfer DUC Honor, New York. Shapiro was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1998 and to the Swedish Royal Academy of Art in 1994. Throughout his career, he has been honored with numerous awards including an Award of Merit Medal for Sculpture given bygd the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, färsk (1990); Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture (1986); Brandeis University Creative Arts Award (1984); and the Visual Art Fellowship from the Natio

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Sculptor Joel Shapiro embraces an aesthetic that lies between figuration and abstraction through his wooden sculptures of human forms. Born in New York in 1941, Shapiro originally intended to be a physician and studied science as an undergraduate at New York University. After serving in the Peace Corps in India for two years, he decided to pursue a career as an artist. He references traces of human activity in his first sculptures by including small-scale works of furniture and homes. His more recent work depicts abstracted, large-scale geometric shapes suggestive of human forms in bronze, wood, and other materials. His work has often been associated with post-minimalist art. He has received several awards, including the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He receives frequent commissions to create public sculptures, including works at the United States Holocaust Memorial Mu

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Born in 1941 in New York, USA
Works and lives in New York, USA

EDUCATION

1964
B.A. Sculpture, New York University, New York City, USA

1969
M.A. Sculpture, New York University, New York City, USA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019
Joel Shapiro : Plaster Sculptures 1971-2014, Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, USA

2018
Joel Shapiro : The Bronzes, Madison MoCA, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Splay, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
Joel Shapiro, Kasmin Sculpture Garden, New York, USA
Joel Shapiro, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, USA

2017
Joel Shapiro, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Joel Shapiro. Floor Wall Ceiling, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

2016
Joel Shapiro
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, USA

2015
Paintings and Sculpture, Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
Construction/Destruction, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris

2016
Nasher Sculpure Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Sculpture in the Garden, Berggruen Gallery, St Helena, Californ