Joseph Adolphe

Joseph Adolphe was born in Calgary, Canada. After receiving his MFA in New York City he continued to live in the United States. His paintings have been featured in over forty exhibitions, both within the U.S. and abroad. Within his body of work, there is a rich diversity of subjects and formal approaches, but whether he is depicting a bull, a firearm, or an ethereal object in the sky – all of which number among his favorites – his paintings share an underlying interest in the universal. There is something autobiographical about his work, in that it seeks out the larger forces that shape and guide his life, but just as often, his paintings represent attempts to come to terms with those forces in those rare instances when they make their presence known.

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Toro Bravo no. 33

Oil on canvas, 55” x 50” (140 x 127 cm)

Brown bomber

Oil on canvas, 60" x 50" (152.4 x 127cm)

Cornered

Oil on canvas, 58" x 66" (147 x 168cm)

A Hidden Page

Oil on canvas, 60" x 55" (152 x 140cm)

Escape

Oil on canvas, 60" x 55" (152 x 140cm)

Ready No. 2

Oil on canvas, 65" x 55" (165 x 140cm)

The Contender

Oil on canvas, 88" x 66" (224 x 168cm)

Toro Bravo No. 45

Oil on linen, 60" x 55" (152 x 140cm)

Toro Bravo No. 42

Oil on canvas, 79" x 100" (201 x 254cm)

Toro Bravo no. 38

Oil on canvas, 50" x 55" (127 x 140cm)

Lost

Oil on canvas, 96" x 79" (244 x 201cm)

Equus no. 15

Oil on canvas, 60" x 56" ( 152 x 142 cm)

Air 1

Oil on canvas, 34" x 37" (86 x 94 cm)

Air 2

Oil on canvas, 37" x 34" (94 x 86 cm)

Air 4

Oil on canvas, 42" x 37" (107 x 94 cm)

Last Fruit

Oil on linen, 50" x 44" (127 x 112 cm)

Toro Bravo No. 72

Oil on canvas, 47½" x 79" (121 x 201 cm)

Toro Bravo No. 66

Oil on Canvas, 70” x 55” (178 x 140cm)

Fruit Chew

oil on canvas, 36” x 48” ( 91.4 x 121.9cm)

Jolly Rancher Blue Raspberry

oil on canvas, 55" x 66" (139.7 x 167.6cm)

Jolly Rancher Watermelon

oil on canvas, 54" x 66" (137.1 x 167.6cm)

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2020 Interventions, Hugo Galerie, New York, NY
2019 Market Art + Design, Sturgis Art Gallery, Bridgehampton Museum, Bridgehampton, NY
2019 Epiphanies, Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2018 2 person show, Simon Breitbard Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2017 Joseph Adolphe: Overflow, M Fine Arts Galerie, Boston, MA
2016 Joseph Adolphe: More Stories, Gremillion Gallery, Houston, TX
2014 Joseph Adolphe Paintings, Gremillion Gallery, Houston, TX
2014 Messages, Memories & Dreams, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Toro Bravo, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2011 New Paintings, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
2010 Paintings from Italy, West Rock Gallery, New Haven, CT
2009 Affinities, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
2008 Deconstruction & Resurrection, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
2005 New Works: Figures, Galerie Françoise, Baltimore, MD
2003 Joseph Adolphe: Urban Landscapes, Galerie Françoise, Baltimore, MD
2003 Joseph Adolphe: Urban Landscapes: Brooklyn & Rome, Gallery 119, Jackson, MS
2003 New Paintings, The Object Image Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Rome: Paintings From the Eternal City, The Late Show, Kansas City, MO
2002 Joseph Adolphe: Drawings 1993–2002, Pulmone Pulsante, Rome, Italy
2002 Urban Landscapes-Brooklyn, The Late Show, Kansas City, MO
2002 Joseph Adolphe: Drawings and Paintings, North 6th Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Joseph Adolphe: Paintings, Chambersburg, Bogigian Gallery, PA

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