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Joel McDonald

Education

2004 BFA University of Louisville

Exhibitions

Solo

2015 obby obby, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY

Two Person Shows

2012 Autobiographies, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY 2010 More or Less, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY

Group

2020 The View From the Gorge. Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY

2018 Open Source, Carnegie Covington
2017 Pulp Art: Out of the Gutter and on the Wall, Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN
2015 After Mapplethorpe, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Seven Exhibitions, Land of Tomorrow, Louisville, KY
2013 7 Borders, KMAC, Louisville, KY
2011 Overthrone, Land of Tomorrow, Louisville, KY
2011 Summer Heat, Land of Tomorrow, Louisville, KY

Collections

21C Art Museum
Private collection Santa Barbara, CA Private collection Louisville, KY

Bibliography

Julie Gross, Take a Trip to Joel McDonald’s Obby Obby, Aeqai, November 24, 2015
Arielle Christian, Studio Shot, Louisville Magazine, November 2015
Diane Hellenman, 10 Artists to Watch, The Courier Journal, March 28, 2010

Awards

Great Meadows Foundation Artist Professional Development Grant 2019

Great Meadows Foundation Artisit Professional Development Grant 2017