JOE HARDESTY | Artist Bio
Born 1976, Duluth, MN
Lives and works in Los Angeles. CA

Education
2008	M.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1999	B.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Solo Exhibitions
2009	Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL
Group Exhibitions
2011	People Don’t Like to Read Art, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL In – and outside – writing, Voorkamer, Lier Belgium Heroes of Today, Graffit Gallery, Varna Bulgaria
2010	RE-EDIT, Charim Gallery, Vienna, Austria Strange Stories, Space 301, Mobile AL Helden von heute, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck Austria Helden von heute, Red Gate Gallery Studios, Beijing China (catalogue)
2009	Zeigen., Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin Germany Access All Areas, a drawing exhibition, organized by Arturo Herrera and Tanja Wagner, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin Germany redden is silber, zeigen ist gold, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin Germany Pictures of people and animals (some dead), putput, Berlin Germany Where the Ocean Meets the Sky, Western Exhibitions, Chicago ILCase-by-Case Basis, Lloyd Dobler, Chicago IL
2008	Several Landscapes, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL Paper Love, devening projects + editions, Chicago IL MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2007	One of One: Prints like no other, Spudnik Press, Chicago, IL Proof, Gallery X, Chicago IL Preview, devening projects + editions, Chicago IL THE DAMS 2, Universidad del Sagrado Corazon, San Juan Puerto Rico
2006	Where All the D*cks Hang Out, Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL Vomitorium with Agitprop, 40000, Chicago IL Emerald City, RIDER Project, Chicago IL The World is Flat, Galerie Lifebomb, Berlin Germany
2002	The Program, FGA, Chicago IL, Official screenings of The Program have been held in: The Soap Factory, Minneapolis; Museo de las Americas, Puerto Rico; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Cueva Gallery, Bologna; The Waiting Room Gallery, Minneapolis; Bronx River Art Center, NYC
Awards and Residencies
2008-2009	School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA fellowship - Gelman Travel Fellowship
2009	Frans Mansreel Centrum, Kasterlee Belgium
Collections
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY The Fogg Art Museum – Harvard University Reed College – Print Drawing, and Artist Book Collection Frans Mansreel Centrum, Kasterlee Belgium Arturo Herrera
B ilbliography
2011	Time Out Chicago. Weinberg, Lauren. "People Don’t Like To Read Art" at Western Exhibitions". July 27, 2011 SIFC. Lam, Jenny. “People Don’t Like to Read Art || [and they’re missing out]”. July 18, 2011
2010	Nedrelow, Scott and Nusz, Ruben, editors., Location Volume Three. Minneapolis, MN Artnet.com Pedro Velez, “Chicago Build Up” Muntean, Robert and Regl, Bianca, editors. Heroes of Today (catalog). Joe Hardesty: reproduction. Kerber Artbooks, publisher.
2008	Time Out Chicago, Lauren Weinberg, “Several Landscapes,” Issue 179 : Jul 31–Aug 6, 2008

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