Joe is a sculptor living in Sacramento,
CA. He has been a professional artist since
quitting his day job in 1998 to embrace a lifelong
passion for art. Although not formally trained
in the arts, he got his career off the ground
with a few encouraging commissions and built
up a following with a steady stream of word
of mouth sales. Early work focused more on functional
art and architectural pieces to gain experience
and build a portfolio. As his experience and
exposure has grown, he has developed a loyal
client base and a reputation that generally
allows a free hand artistically. This has given
him more time to devote to fine art. Over the
past few years he has had the good fortune to
win a series of Public Art commissions with
progressively larger budgets. They have allowed
him to create large sculptures which he greatly
enjoys.
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS
"2008
Creative Community 01"
1st Place Decorative and/or Functional Art,
MosaicGlobe
2008
N. Natomas
Public Library
Sacramento
Metropolitan Arts Commission 2008
Feather
River Dog Park
City
of Stockton 2007
Southside Park Playground
Sacramento
Metropolitan Arts Commission 2006
Dead
Cat Alley Project
Woodland
Art Center Commission 2005
“Annual
Regional Juried Art Show”
Fairfield
Visual Arts Assoc., 2nd Place Sculpture
2004
"California
Works"
California State
Fair, Award of Merit: Sculpture-Mixed Media
2001
"California
Works"
California State
Fair, Award of Merit: Art for the Garden
2001
GROUP SHOWS
"Animal Crackers" -
Pence
Gallery, Davis, CA 2008
"The Art Bra Show" - 20th
Street Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2008
“Nine Ceramic Sculptors” – Barton
Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2008
“The 8th Annual Dog&Cat Show” – Pamela
SkinnerGallery, Sacramento 2007
" Group Show" – K R Gallery, Sacramento
2005
“The 6th Annual Dog&Cat Show” – Excentrique
Gallery, Sacramento 2005
“Annual Regional Juried Art Show” – Fairfield
Visual Arts Association, Fairfield 2004
“What are Dogs For?” – Excentrique
Gallery, Sacramento 2004
“Vacaville Arts Show” – Vacaville Arts League,
Vacaville 2004
“Dreidels and Menorahs” – Encina Art Gallery,
Sacramento 2003
“It’s A Doggie Dog World III” – Excentrique
Gallery, Sacramento 2003
“Not Just Clay” – Woodland Art Center, Woodland
2003
“Dreidels and Menorahs” – Encina Art Gallery,
Sacramento 2002
Alpen Sierra Coffee House, Lake Tahoe 2001
“Dreidels” – Encina Art Gallery, Sacramento
2001
"Annual Regional Juried Arts Show"
- Fairfield
Visual Arts Association, Fairfield 2001
"California Works" - California
State Fair, Sacramento 2001
Alpen Sierra Coffee House, Lake Tahoe 2000
