Curriculum Vitae
Education
MFA 2006, Kent State University, Kent, OH
BS-Art 1993, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Grants/Awards
- Nesnadny and Schwartz Visiting Critics Winner (studio visit with Anne Ellegood), MOCA Cleveland, OH, 2011
- Creative Workforce Fellowship, Community Partnership for Arts and Culture with funding from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, Cleveland, OH, 2009
- Nesnadny and Schwartz Visiting Critics Winner (studio visit with Eleanor Heartney), MOCA Cleveland, OH, 2006
- International Travel Grant, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2006
- Graduate Appointment, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2003-06
Residencies
- Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, 2013 upcoming
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA, 2012
- Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2011 with scholarship
- Ohio Arts Council Residency, 5-week residency in Dresden, Germany, 2002
- Congress-Bundestag Exchange for Young Professionals, scholarship for a one-year residency in Germany, 1994-95
Selected Solo and 2-Person Exhibitions
- Andrea Joki and Brandon Reese, Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ, April 2013
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- Collections as Evidence of Now, curated by Shelly DiCello, Zygote Press Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2010
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- Once Emerging, Now Emerging, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2011-12
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- Poetry and Prints (with poet, George Bilgere), Zygote Press Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2001
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- Curator, Paperworks, Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH (September 2012)
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- Steven Litt, William Busta presents the best Cleveland contemporary art, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH (March 25, 2011)
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Work Experience in the Arts
- Program Director, Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH, 2010 - present
- Adjunct Professor, Printmaking, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH, 2009
- Development Associate, The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland, OH, 2006 - 2008
- Exhibition Development Associate, The Malrite Company, Cleveland, OH, 2004 - 2006
- Instructor, Printmaking, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2003 - 2006
- Project Coordinator for Design & Installation, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1996-2003
- Exhibition Technician, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle - BRD, Bonn Germany, 1995
- parProjects, William Busta when in Cleveland, www.theroadtorefresh.com/2011/03, Cincinnati, OH (March 2011)
- Megan Lykins Reich, Surface Chatter, exhibition essay, Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (September 2010)
- Dan Tranberg, Multiplicities, exhibition catalog essay, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH (February 2009)
- Connections II, Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery exhibition catalog, Columbus, OH (January 2008)
- Christopher A. Yates, Foreign Exchange, The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH (February 3, 2008)
- Douglas Max Utter, Revive, Free Times, Cleveland, OH (January 24, 2007)
- Artist Portfolio, Angle Magazine, Cleveland, OH, pp. 14-15, Vol. 3, No. 28 (September/October 2006)
- Heinz Weissflog, Druck-Gemeinschaft Ueber den Grossen Teich, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, Dresden, Germany (June 13, 2006)
- The Neo Show, The Cleveland Museum of Art exhibition catalog, Cleveland, OH (July 2005)
- Laine B. Nyden, Zygote Press: Year One, dialogue, Columbus, OH (March/April 1998)
Public Collections
- Cleveland Artists Association, Cleveland, OH
- The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
- Progressive Insurance, Cleveland, OH
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- Juror, Five, Student Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 2012)
- Panelist, Art Making in the 21st Century, Kent State University School of Art, Kent, OH (January 2011)
- Artist Talk, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (September 2010)
- Juror, Annual Student Exhibition, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH (April 2009)
- Artist Talk, Interdisciplinary Collaborative Process (with Chris Auerbach-Brown), Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH (May 2008)
- Visiting Artist, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH (October 2008)
- Artist Talk, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH (October 2006)
- Artist Talk, Frohring Art Center, Hiram College, Hiram, OH (November 2006)
- Panelist, Residency Experiences, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH (March 2004)
- Artist Talk, The Artist Book, Zygote Press Gallery, Cleveland, OH (February 2004)
Reviews/Publications/Essays
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- An exercise in poets interpreting images and artists interpreting poems.
Artist Talks/Presentations
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- Published essays on LA artists exhibiting at Cirrus Gallery in the 1970s including Robert Marks and Charles Christopher Hill as part of the gallery's participation in the Getty's Pacific Standard Time programming.
- Papersound (with composer, Chris Auerbach Brown), SpaceLab, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2008
- An interdisciplinary approach to investigating the phenomenon of synethsesia.
- Voyage of Discovery - Entdeckte und Entdecker (with Udo Haufe), Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH, 2007; Kulturrathaus, Dresden, Germany, 2006
- A three-year blind collaboration, Joki and Haufe developed a series of works on paper, mailing the work back and forth between Cleveland and Dresden through the postal service.
- Stamperbluemchen (with poet, John Panza), Cleveland, OH and Dresden, Germany, 2004
- Organized by Dresden artist, Holm Buchner, the Stamperbluemchen project invites artists from Germany and abroad to develop a suite of boxed prints to be exhibited and distributed at non-traditional sites. Joki's and Panza's collaborative series, Wanderlust, was exhibited at various sites in Cleveland, OH and Dresden, Germany in 2004.
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- Cracking the Combinations, curated by Brian Hackney, turn-berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2009
- Material Studies: Process + Play, curated by Margaret Kimura and Ann Kibbe, Zygote Press Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2008
- Connections II: Ohio Artists Abroad, curated by Wendy Collin Sorin, OAC's Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2008
- Transformations and Meditations, curated by Bellamy Printz, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2006
- The NEO Show, curated by Jeffrey Grove, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2005
- Foreign Affairs, curated by Wendy Collin Sorin, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 2004
- The Open Book, curated by Julie Friedman, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH, 2004
Projects/Collaborations
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- Moving Pictures, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH, March 2013
- Crossing, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH, March 2011
- Field Work, solo show, Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, August/October 2010
- Reservoir, solo show, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2009
- Papersound (with Chris Auerbach Brown), SpaceLab, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2008
- Voyage of Discovery-Entdeckte und Entdecker (with Udo Haufe), Zygote Press Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 2007; Kulturrathaus, Dresden, Germany, 2006
- Sound Sites, solo show, Frohring Art Center, Hiram College, Hiram, OH, 2006
- MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2006
- Recent Works (with Lorri Ott), Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH, 2005
- Seeing Things, solo show, Altefeuerwache Loschwitz, Dresden, Germany, 2002
- push-Pull (with Kelly Novak), Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH, 2002