Education

University of Georgia, Athens, GA Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture,1996.
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, 1992.
International Honors Program: Florence, Italy 1989-1990."
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy April-August, 1991

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2012 Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. “Cover Up.” Catalog forthcoming.
2011 Arnot Art Museum, New York,“Gravity.”
2009/10 Hamilton Hall Public Art Platforms, Philadelphia, PA. “Perso/Trovo.”
2009 Gallery 817, Philadelphia, PA. “Horse Sense.”
2009 Blind Lady Gallery, San Diego, CA. “Down the Stretch- Works by Joe Girandola.”
2009 Winslow Garage, Los Angeles, CA. “And They’re Off!”
2009 Hope Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.“Shadows of Los Angeles.” Catalog available.
2009 Henkel Corporate Headquarters, Avon, OH, “Once Upon a Time.”
2007 R3 Gallery, San Diego, CA. “STICKY, New works by Joe Girandola.”
2004 darkroom Gallery, Omaha, NE. “Who’s First? New works by Joe Girandola.”
2003 Cloud Cliff Artspace, Santa Fe, NM. “Breadpeace” installation.
2002 Vera Mercer Gallery, Omaha, NE. “New Work, Joe Girandola.”
1998 University of Nebraska-Omaha Gallery, Omaha, NE.
1996 Classic Screen Print Building, Athens, GA. “Evidence,” Thesis Exhibition.
1996 William J. Thompson Gallery, Athens, GA. “Ill Communication.”
1993 SACI Gallery, Florence, Italy. “New Work, Joe Girandola.”

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 University of the Arts Faculty Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA.
2009 Caldera Artist-in-Residence Open Studios Series, Blue Lake, Oregon.
2008 Brewery Artwalk Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA,“Made in the USA.”
2006 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Palm Beach, FL, “Palm Beach International Biennial.”
2005 State Capital Governor’s Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, “Food Show.”
2005 Empire Ferry State Park, New York, NY, “Rapture,” an outdoor exhibition of sculpture.
2004 Magnifico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, “Evidence.”
2003 Santa Fe Art Institute, NM. “Duct & Cover. Artists response to War.”
2002 Free Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland. “Majority Rules.” Tara McDowell & Letha Wilson Project.
2001 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE.“20 Years of Excellence.”
2001 Fluxion Gallery, Omaha, NE. “Omaha 16.”
2000 Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE .“ More,More,More.” With Dan O’Kane and Kyle Geer.
2000 Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA.
1996 Lyndon House 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Athens, GA.
1993 St. James Gallery, Florence, Italy

Selected Invitational Exhibitions

2012 DUCTAC Gallery, Dubai, UAE. “min(D) Contemporary,” in conjunction with ArtDubai 2012.
2012 Salisbury State University Gallery, “Young Country” curated by Maiza Hixson.
2011 Quonsett Hut Gallery, Louisville, KY. “Young Country.” Catalog available.
2008 Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. “Hollywood Apocalypse.”
2003 Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM. “Peace Show.”
2002 Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM. “Daily Terrors: Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, Adrian Piper, Monika Bravo, Joe Girandola, and others.”
2002 Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA. “all small.”
1998 Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO. “In the Name of the Place.” GALA Committee.
1997 Nexus 1997 Biennial, Atlanta Center for Contemporary Art (Nexus), Atlanta, GA.
1997 Museum of Contemporary Art, "Geffen Temporary Contemporary", Los Angeles, CA.
“Uncommon Sense; In the Name of the Place.” Collaboration with Mel Chin, GALA Committee.
1996 Lowery Gallery, Watkinsville, GA. “Just Another Election Year.”
1995 Pemberi Gallery, Hollywood, FL. “SCREEN.”

Grants, Commissions and Awards

2012 DUCTAC Artist Residency Fellowship and Exhibition Grant, Dubai, UAE
2011 Sharjah Art Museum Lecture and Exhibition Curator, Emirates Fine Arts Society, UAE
2011 Richard C. Von Hess Faculty Prize
2010 University of the Arts Faculty Research Grant Award
2010 Ripley’s Entertainment Collection Purchase
2010 West Collection West Prize Short List
2005-Present Drawing Center New York, NY Viewing Program Image Registry Juried Member
2009 Caldera Artist in Residency Fellowship, OR
2009 Gulf Aeorspace Commission, Tampa, FL
2009 Henkel Duct Tape Festival Artist-in-Residence, Avon, OH
2008 Hope Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Purchase Grant
2005 Crit-O-Rama, Grand Rapids, MI, Lecture and 3-Day Arts Symposium
2004 MacDowell Colony Fellowship, July-August , NH
2004 Kimmel Harding Nelson Artist in Residence Fellowship, NE
2004 Oakley International Sculpture Commission, CA
2003-04 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, NY
2003 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant, NY
2003 Change, Inc. Foundation Grant, FL
2004 Artists’ Fellowship Inc. Grant, NY
2002 Santa Fe Art Institute, Artist in Residence Scholarship Award, Santa Fe NM.
2001 J. Robert Duncan Collection,“Keystone.” Marble, aluminum, fiberglass and steel sculpture
2000 Bloch Collection, “Bella Figura.” Marble/ Steel sculpture. “Taglia Luce.” Granite sculpture
1998 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Residency Award and Fellowship,  Omaha, NE.

Professional Experience

2009-Present Director, MFA Program/Studio Art, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2009-Present Hamilton Hall Public Art Director, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2009-Present Assistant Professor Undergraduate and Graduate Sculpture Department, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011-12 Undergraduate Chair of Painting/Drawing Department, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2006-8 Sculpture Department Instructor of Record/Studio Technician, Pomona College, CA
2007 Animatronic Ghost Workshop, Machine Project Los Angeles.
2004-2006 Individual Studio Work- Sculpture and Drawing, Los Angeles, CA
2002-2004 Assistant Director, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
1998-2002 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
1999-2000 Adjunct Professor of Sculpture, University of Nebraska-Omaha
1997 Assistant Fabricator, “Signal” project by artist, Mel Chin
1992-1994 Professor (Instructor of Record)/ Graduate Teaching Assistant, Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
1992-1994 Stone Carving Apprentice, Riccardo Nannini Sculpture Studio, Settignano, Italy + Pietrasanta, Italy

Bibliography and Publications

Daniel Grant, Helping Fine Artists Become Fine Teachers, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 26, 2012.
Victoria Donohoe, A traveling show on rural themes, notion of "country." (review) Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 2011.
Libby Rosof, Young Country at Rosenwald-Wolf(review), the artblog, July 25, 2011.
Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof, Cosmic Bodies & cosmic country at UArts, the artblog, July 9, 2011.
Martha Aleo, How did you use milk crates at College?, Ornamento Blog, March 18, 2010.
Kristine Strawser, Art is Entrée in Arab world in turmoil, Newsworks, March 4, 2011
Jim Cornelius, Artists share work with the Community, Sisters Nugget Newspaper, January 20, 2009.
Matt Ansoorian, Bound and Gagged, New Angeles Monthly, June Issue, 2007.
Robert Pincus, Sticking Points(review), San Diego Union Tribune, December 21, 2006.
Kinsee Morlan, What’s with the tape? (review), San Diego City Beat, December 20, 2006.
Jim Sullivan, Art that sticks, The Boston Globe, September 2, 2004.
Brendan Tapley, What’s really going on, Monadnock Ledger, August 26, 2004.
Nick Turner, Duct-Tape Art (review) Omaha City Weekly, June 30, 2004.
Deborah Obalil, Joe Girandola to depart Assistant Director Position at SFAI, Alliance of Artist Communities Newsletter, 2004.
Gary Salazar, Quick fix art (review), Albuquerque Journal, March 21, 2003.
Zane Fisher, Are we all just Goats? (review), Santa Fe Reporter, November 26, 2002.
Teri Thompson Randall, Faces of terror (review), The New Mexican, November 8, 2002.
Courtland Kirkeby, In the studio, The Omaha Reader, December 26, 2001.
Jack Becker, Recent Projects, Public Art Review, Spring, Summer 1998.
Catherine Fox, Punch lines at an exhibition (review), April 11, 2007.
Christopher Knight, The Socio-Art Genre (review), Los Angeles Times, March 18, 1997.