San Jose State University
BA–Graphic Design Concentration Print Making Painting and Photography Artist in Residency-Monte Azul, Costa Rica Crocker Museum Live Auction 2019 Peoples Choice Award-Blue Line Arts-2018 "Placer Principle" 2017 Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA Calif State Fair 2017, Award of Merit Placer Arts League Juried Show, Auburn CA 2017 KVIE Juried Live Auction 2017, 1st Place Landscape Crocker Museum, Sacramento, BNSA, May 2017 “Wild Things”’, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, 2017 “Power of Collaboration”, Archival Gallery, Sacramento, November 2016 Solo Show, Casque Gallery, Loomis, CA January – March 2016 Invitational, Gomez Galley Auburn, CA January 2016 High Hand Gallery October 2015 Jesuit HS Fund Auction September 2015 Crocker Art Museum auction 2015 California State Fair July 2015 "Award of Merit and Blick Painters Award" Blue Line Arts Membership Show 2015 KVIE on air live auction 2015 Sutter Club Sacramento- Blue Line Invitational May-August 2015 The Temp Gallery-Placer Artists of Blue Line Gallery-July 2014 California State Fair- July 2014 "Merit Award & Award of Excellence" The Temp Gallery- Repurposing Wood Group Show-Sacramento CA- May 2014 Natoma 48 Gallery, Folsom CA - January - March 2014 550 California Street, San Francisco, CA January - March 2014 Shimo Gallery- Sacramento, CA February 2013 - March 2013 Gallery 2237 - Roseville, CA November 2012 - January 2013 Capital Public Radio - Sacramento, CA October 2012 - January 2013 Temporary Contemporary Gallery Solo - Sacramento, CA - October 2012 Sierra Moon Gallery - Auburn, CA - 2011-2012 Gallery 808 Placer Arts - Auburn, CA - 2011- 2012 Blue Line Gallery Roseville, CA - March 2011 California State Fair 2010 “Award of Merit” South Placer Art in Public Places 2010 Roseville Arts National Open Show 2009-2014 Roseville Arts Membership Show 2010-2015 KVIE on air live auction 2008-2014 Placer Arts, Autumn Art Studio 1995 – 2017 |
Having a background in printmaking, Joe Strickland feels that there is something serendipitous how pigment shifts from one surface to another and has the ability to morph before ones eyes while in the process of making art. Experiencing the transition from one phase to another, as layers are stacked upon or removed from one another, accommodates his curiosity. Inquisitiveness inspires him to “cross-pollenate” media beyond its intended purpose and manipulate it to fit his needs. He considers all methods of printing as mediums and treats them as if they were a palette knife, brush, paint or any other tool in the studio. He utilizes acrylic and oil paints, clays and plasters, flammable and inflammable solvents, photography, and scanners, digital and analogue printers to create multiple layers of image fragments, which are then reconstructed to create the composition. Using other materials other than conventional paint brushes, Strickland uses sticks, cardboard, sponges, steel wool and squeegees, creating bits of pigment that are patched together, shaping what will become the serendipitous moment of inspiration; the end result being a one of a kind monotype. Not one to stick with a single genre, Strickland pushes and pulls anything that has a potential to become a new medium to apply in unconventional ways for the sake of his art |
