Josephine Halvorson
Concrete Chest, 2009. Oil on linen, 14 x 17 inches.
Hot Coals, 2008. Oil on linen, 17 x 21 inches.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Brewster, MA. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
2007 MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
2004 U.S. Fulbright, Vienna, Austria
2003 BFA, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2002 Yale Summer School of Art and Music, Norfolk, CT
Solo Exhibitions
2009 (Upcoming) Title TBA, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2009 The Volta Show, exhibited by Monya Rowe, New York, NY
2008-9 Josephine Halvorson, west gallery, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2008 Peintures de Patience, Fondation des États-Unis, Paris, France
2005 Vienna Portraits, Humanities Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
2005 Still Lifes, RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions
2009 (Upcoming) Open, Deitch Projects, Long Island City, NY
2009 (Upcoming) Editions/Artists Book Fair, exhibited by One Eye Pug, The Tunnel, New York, NY
2009 Hand-in-Hand, curated by Michael Zahn, Non-Objectif Sud, Tulette, France
2009 Subverted Genres, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Perception as Object, Monya Rowe, New York, NY
2008 Lost in Your Eyes, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2008 A Friend Indeed: Contemporary Art and the Academy, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington D.C.
2008 Union Square, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
2007 The Show's So Nice, Monya Rowe, New York, NY
2007 Columbia University Thesis Exhibition, curated by Daniel Bozhkov, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2006 Dead Serious, curated by Yola Monakhov, The Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2005 Special Collection, curated by Laura Napier, The New York Public Library, New York, NY
Grants, Awards and Residencies
2009 Marie Walsh Sharpe studio residency, New York, NY
2007-8 Harriet Hale Woolley artist residency, Fondation des États-Unis, Paris, France
2006 D'Arcy Hayman Trust Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2005 Artist Residency, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, CT
2003-4 U.S. Fulbright Fellowship in Painting, Vienna, Austria
Teaching
2009 Visiting Artist, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2009 Visiting Artist, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2009 Adjunct Professor, Painting II, Columbia University, New York, NY
2008 Adjunct Professor, Basic Drawing, Columbia University, New York, NY
2007 Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Painting, Columbia University, New York, NY
Press and Notices
2008-9 Perta, Litia. Josephine Halvorson, The Brooklyn Rail, Dec 2008 - Jan 2009
2008 Craig, Megan. Megan Craig in New York, ArtInfo online, December 25, 2008
2008 Kee, Christina. Pic of the Day, artcritical.com, November 28, 2008
2008 Tam, Lumi. Critics' Picks, ArtForum, July 2008