BIOGRAPHY

Born in upstate New York, Zane received his Master's degree from Cornell University in 2003. His work has been shown nationally in such venues as the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston; MassMoca in North Adams, Ma; Lora Reynold's Gallery in Austin, Tx; Artists Space in New York. Zane's work explores ontological questions: What is art? What does it mean to be an artist? How does meaning in art function? How does the art market work? What is the place of an artist in all of this? He approachs these questions with equal parts gravity and humor, producing allegorical installations that mix painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and publications. In 2008 Zane was a finalist for the James and Audrey Foster Prize. He has received reviews in Art in America, Art Papers, Tema Celeste and other publications.

Born Sept. 1, 1971

Lives and works in Boston, MA

Education

2003 MFA, Cornell University 

1992 BFA, Alfred University

Selected Exhibitions 

2009 Practice, Practice, Pratice, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX, Curators: Michael Smith & Jay Sanders

The Next One Will Be So Much Better, Carroll & Sons, Boston, MA

This is Killing Me, MassMoca, North Adams, Ma, Curator: Diana Nawi

Paper Exhibition, Artists Space, New York, NY, Curator: Raimundas Malasauskas

2008 This is Boston not LA, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA

James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston

2007 JOE, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston (2 person exhibition with Joe Gibbons)

2006 Don't Know Much About History, ArtSpace New Haven, New Haven, CT, Curator: Denise Markonish

Kapital, Kent Gallery, New York, NY

Scope London, courtesy of Allston Skirt Gallery, London, England

Personality, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)

Two Friends an So On..., Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

2005 Lumen Eclipse Gallery, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA

Portland Art Fair, Portland, OR, courtesy Allston Skirt Gallery

Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, ICA Boston, Boston, MA, Curator: Matthew Higgs

2004 NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL, courtesy Allston Skirt Gallery

         Techspace, Boston, MA, Curator: Camilo Alvarez

        CCA Emerging Artist Exhibition, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY  

        Pulse 2004,1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA 

         Mise en Scene, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston MA (solo)

         Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

2003 DUPED!, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, McGraw Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (solo)    

         LCD Screens, Palm Pilot, Pendulum, Pixel Proximity, Sound Piece went live at Rhizome.org

         BASIC, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Curator: Andrea Inselmann (solo) 

         Just Stand There!, MIT List Visual Art Center--Media Test Wall, MIT, Boston, MA , Curator: Bill Arning          

2002  small & UGLY, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Timothy Nohe

        Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA (Video screening)

         Transient Moorings, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

        Emerging Video Artists, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

         2nd Year MFA Exhibition, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

2001  Look What Washed Ashore, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

         1st Year MFA Exhibition, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY

         Sound Piece, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY (solo)

         Pixel Proximity, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY (solo)

         Eleven Artists Who Are Better Than Me, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY (solo)

        Revolving Show, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY

Curatorial Projects

2007 Pull My Finger, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA

group exhibition featuring, Joe Gibbons, Jason Schiedel, David Robbins, Carl Ostendarp, John Bell,Tony Matelli

Let's Put on a Puppet Show, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Cambridge, MA

day long puppet event. puppet making working shop by Tucker's Tales Puppet troupe. Performance by Karen Zasloff. Lectures by Linda Norden and John Bell

Bibliography

2008 Keith Powers, "Four Eyes", Boston Herald, November 20, 2008

Sebastian Smee, "Eyes on the Prize", Boston Globe, November 22, 2008

Greg Cook, "Game Show", Boston Phoenix, November 18, 2008

Nuit Banai, Art Papers, March/April, 2008

2007  Cate McQuaid, "Identity Crisis", Boston Globe, December 20, 2007

Cate McQuaid, "Best Gallery Shows of 2006", Boston Globe, January 3, 2007

2006   Ben Genocchio, "Show Gives Art History New Meaning", New York Times, December 31, 2006 

  Judy Birke, "Provocative 'History' Goes Beyond Any Textbook", CTcentral, December 9, 2006

  Hank Hoffman, "History Examination", CT Artscene, November 23, 2006

  Cate McQuaid, "It's not what it looks like", Boston Globe, pg h8, March 9, 2006  

Jason Schiedel, "Joe Zane @ Allston Skirt", BigRedandShiny, issue 39  

Artworld Digest, Unambiguous,March 2006, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pg. 13

  "The Museum of Contextual Amputations.", Shifter magazine, www.shifter-magazine.com

  Francine Koslow,"Joe Zane, Allston Skirt", Tema Celeste, issue 115

  Ann Wilson Lloyd, "Joe Zane at Allston Skirt", Art in America, Nov. 2006

2005  Anneka Lenssen, Interview, "Gimme Gimme Portraits: an interview with Joe Zane", BigRedandShiny, issue 18

         Christine Temin, "Here's looking at You", Boston Globe, January 23, 2005

2004   Cate McQuaid, "Joe Zane: Mise en Scene", Boston Globe, April 16, 2004

Publications

2005   Introduction essay for 2005 MFA Thesis catalog, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2004   Review of FEED - artist and digital influence, BigREDandShiny, issue 13

  "Boston-ism" - BigRedandShiny, issue 17

Grants / Awards

2009 Artadia award 2009 

2008 James & Audrey Foster Prize, finalist. Institute of Contemporary Art

2007  AICA Best Show of an Emerging Artist: Boston Area, International Association of Art Critics.

2002  Individual Artist Grant, Cornell Council for the Arts

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago 

Museum of Modern Art, NYC

Fogg Museum, Harvard University

Getty Museum, Los Angeles