Curriculum Vitae

Born in Minneapolis, Andrea Joki received her MFA from Kent State University in Kent, OH and her BS in Art from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She has lived and worked in Germany and the U.S., and has been the recipient of grants to work and exhibit abroad, including an Ohio Arts Council grant in 2002 and an International Travel Grant from Kent State University in 2006. Joki is a current recipient of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture's Creative Workforce Fellowship, funded by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (Ohio). She currently lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio.

She is represented by William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo show: August 2010 upcoming
Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Cracking the Combinations, group show : October 2009
Turn Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Reservoir, solo show : February/March 2009
William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Papersound (with Chris Auerbach Brown) : April/May 2008
SpaceLab, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Voyage of Discovery-Entdeckte und Entdecker (with Udo Haufe) : May/June 2007
Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH; May/June 2006, Kulturrathaus, Dresden, Germany
Sound Sites, solo show : October/November 2006
Frohring Art Center, Hiram College, Hiram, OH
MFA Thesis Exhibition : May 2006
School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Recent Works (with Lorri Ott) : August/September 2005
Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH
The NEO Show : July/August 2005
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Seeing Things, solo show : August/September 2002
Altefeuerwache Loschwitz, Dresden, Germany
push-Pull (with Kelly Novak) : February/March 2002
Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH

Grants/Awards

Creative Workforce Fellowship, Community Partnership for Arts and Culture with funding from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, Cleveland, OH, 2009
Nesnadny and Schwartz Visiting Critics Selection (studio visit with Eleanor Heartney), MOCA Cleveland, OH, 2006
International Travel Grant, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2006
Ohio Arts Council Grant, 6-week residency in Dresden, Germany, 2002
Congress-Bundestag Exchange for Young Professionals, scholarship for a one-year residency in Germany including an internship at the Kunst und Ausstellungshalle in Bonn, 1994-95

Reviews/Publications/Essays

Dan Tranberg, Multiplicities, William Busta Gallery exhibition catalog (February 2009)
Connections II, Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery exhibition catalog (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 über den Großen Teich, Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, Dresden, Germany (June 13, 2006)
The Neo Show, The Cleveland Museum of Art exhibition catalog (July 2005)
Laine B. Nyden, Zygote Press: Year One, dialogue, Columbus, OHm(March/April 1998)

Artist Talks/Presentations

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)

Public Collections

Cleveland Artists Association, Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Progressive Insurance, Cleveland, OH

Work Experience in the Arts

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, 2005 - 2008
Instructor, Printmaking, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2003 - 2006
Instructor, Parade the Circle, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2003
Project Coordinator for Design & Installation, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1996-2003