JOSEPH OSTRAFF
EDUCATION
1984 MFA University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1982 BFA Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
EXHIBITIONS 2010-23
2023
INPA 10, International Painting Annual, A Juried Annual Publication of Works of Recent
Contemporary Painting, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
LINES THROUGH TIME: Interpreting Family History Through Art
· Averitt Center for the Arts, Rosengart Gallery, Statesboro, GA
· Interdisciplinary Academic Building Gallery, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Inherit, An International Multi-Disciplinary Exhibition
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
MOJO.ie, Two-person Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2022
Transcending the West: A National Juried Exhibition
Artworks Center for Contemporary Art, Loveland, CO
Inherit, An International Multi-Disciplinary Exhibition
· Ballinglen Art Center, Ballycastle, IRE
· Chester University Art Gallery, Chester University, UK
Drawn Together, A Community Drawing Installation
· The Mesa Art Center, AZ
· The i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, AZ
· The Arizona Museum of Natural History, Mesa, AZ
Liminal, A Two-Person Exhibition, NuArt Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Vectors, A Collaborative Exhibition
Brigham Young University and the New Mexico School of for the Arts
NMSA Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Our Diminishing Great Salt Lake, Group Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Don’t Read This/ V3, The Museum at Union Station, Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT
Oddsplace(s), A Cooperative Book Arts Project
The Museum at Union Station, Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT
Bio.graphic – A Cooperative Drawing Project
MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
Wirral Met Art Corridor Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Common Ground: A Group Exhibition, Spori Art Gallery, Rexburg, ID
2021
Shape In All Its Forms, Site: Brooklyn, An International Juried Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Okjökull, ágúst 2019 – Vatnajökull, ágúst 2219 , An announcement for a funeral 200 years in the future
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Special Collections, Rice University, Houston, TX
Special Collections, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Bio.graphic – A Cooperative Drawing Project
Harris Fine Arts Center, Gallery 303, Provo, UT
New Mexico School of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM
The Williams Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Oddspace(s), A Cooperative Book Arts Project, MCLA Gallery, North Adams, MA
Topophilia, A Two-Person Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
THE BLOCKS, An exhibit of ten pieces displayed on the Main Street Kiosks in Downtown, Salt Lake City, UT
Common Ground: A Group Exhibition, Snow College Art Gallery, Ephraim, UT
2020
Okjökull, ágúst 2019 – Vatnajökull, ágúst 2219 An announcement for a funeral 200 years in the future
Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University Library, Yale University, CT
The Peace Factory, Tel Aviv, Israel
Book Arts Collection, Cleveland Institute of Art, OH
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Museum of Art, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, IRE
Bee in Her Bonnet: Clothing Reform and the Suffragist Movement, A Book Arts Project, Peninsula Fine Art Center, Newport News, VA
Common Ground, A Group Exhibition, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Collective Deliberations, A Solo Exhibition, NuART Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Odd space(s) A Zine Project, Thomas Nelson Community College Gallery, Hampton, VA
Book Works, A Group Exhibition, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2019
2019 Works on Paper - National Juried Competition
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
CASPFEST: National Juried Exhibition, Charles Adams Studio Project, 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Abstraction, A Group Exhibition, Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Odd Nature, A Group Exhibition, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
Recent Works, A Three Person Exhibition, Phillips Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Partners, A Group Exhibition, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah’s 15, A Group Exhibition, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
2018
Works on Paper 2018, A National Juried Competition, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, LBI, NJ
Abstraction, A Group Exhibition, Nuart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Roots and Branches, A Group Exhibition, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
Abstraction at Large, An International Juried Exhibition, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition, University Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Achill Heinrich Böll Artist Residency, Achill Island, Co.Mayo, Ireland
Waiting 3.0, A Group Installation,Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
2017
2017 International Juried Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
When Things are Strange, A National Juried Exhibition, Colonel Eugene Myers Gallery of Art, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Illuminate SLC Light Art + Technology Festival, Utah Arts Alliance, The Gateway, Salt Lake City, UT
Statewide Annual 2017: Painting, Sculpture, & Installation, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Artifact: A Group Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Work in Progress women’s mural by Jann Haworth, Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, UT
Connect / Disconnect / Reconnect: A Group Exhibition, NorthArt Center, Northcote, Auckland, NZ
Woman/Women Exhibit, A Collaborative Exhibition, Human Rights Gallery, The Leonardo, Salt Lake City, UT, Galerie du Centre, Paris, France
Artifact: A Group Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Protege: A Group Exhibition, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Work in Progress women’s mural by Jann Haworth, Museum of Art, Brigham Young University, UT
Compression, Recent Works, A Two-Person Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Bee In The Bonnet, A Group Exhibition, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA; Susan B Anthony Birthplace Museum, Adams, MA
The Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition: ORDER AND CHAOS, Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY
Be it ever so humble, A Group Exhibition, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2016
What if? The Chautauqua National Exhibition, Giles Gallery, Richmond, KY
Painting and Seeing, An International Exhibition, Department of Art & Art History, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC
Breaking The Mold, A National Juried Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Waiting, A Group Exhibition, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
Demo Graphics, A Group Exhibition, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Rio Gallery, SLC, UT,
Don’t Read This Too, A Group Exhibition, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
2015
Fellowship/Residency, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Turf, A Solo Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Mapping Our Turf, A Group Exhibition, Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, Ireland
The Weight of the World, A Contemporary Art Exhibition of Affect and Reason, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Western Wilds, A Group Book Arts Exhibition, Art Space Chester, Chester University, UK
Let It Flow, A Collaborative Community Based Installation, Ballinglen Arts Foundation Art Gallery, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland
2015 Sustainability Solutions Festival, Group Exhibition, City of Phoenix. Phoenix, AZ
Balance-Unbalance 2015: Water, Climate, and Place, ASU Galleries. Tempe, AZ
Recent Works, A Solo Exhibition, Phillips Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Next, 12 Visual Arts Fellows, UAC Fellowship Retrospective, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Articles of Clothing, An Exhibition, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Don’t Read This, An Exhibition, Salt Lake City Library-Main Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2014
Urban Underground Exhibition, The Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
JAX 2014 National Juried Exhibition, Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA
The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV
Origins/Destinations: A Print Portfolio Exchange, University of Hawaii, Visual Art Department, Commons Gallery, Hilo, HI
Squared: A Print Portfolio Exchange, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
Communal Shift, A Group Installation, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM
300 Plates Exhibition, An Invitational Exhibition, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Utah Abstract, An Invitational Exhibition, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Land2Land, An Invitational Exhibition, Repertory Dance Theater, Salt Lake City, UT
Nation of Immigrants, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley, UT
Travel as Cultural Identity, Granary Art Center, Ephraim, UT
MyUtah, A Group Installation, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2013
(Inter) Connections: A National Juried Exhibition, WoCA Projects, Fort Worth, TX
Disaster/Resilience: 4th Annual International Exhibition, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
Tangibles: Beauty and Purpose in the Art of the Book, A National Juried Exhibition, NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
This Is The Place: A Group Exhibition, Utah Arts Council, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Untitled II: A Traveling Exhibition, Utah Arts Council Traveling Exhibition Program, Salt Lake City, UT
Pride of Place Project, An International Invitational Exhibition, Wirral, UK
Ensemble: A Three-person Exhibition, Selby Fleetwood Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Two-person Exhibition, Phillips Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2012
International America: National Identity in Flux, A National Juried Exhibition, K12 Gallery/TEJAS Gallery Space, Dayton, OH
Global Echo, International Artists in Print, University of Central Lancashire, UK
How To Read A Book: Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, WI
Shared Ground, A Book Arts Exhibition, Wirral Met Gallery, Birkenhead, England & The Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, UK
Manulua Project: A Book Arts Exhibition, Minneapolis Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Father/Son: Son/Father: A Two-person Exhibition, Harry M. Drake Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Fare: A Group Exhibition, Alice Art Gallery, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT
2011
Mixing Bowl: A National Juried Exhibition, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Sources • Origins: A National Juried Exhibition, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
Global Echo – International Artists in Print
Williamson Art Gallery Birkenhead, Wirral Metropolitan College, UK
Spectrum Project Space at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
Gallery 303, Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Manulua Project: A Book Arts Exhibition, Wirral Metropolitan College, Liverpool, UK
Good Fortune: Year of the Rabbit, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
The Partners Retrospective, Williams Fine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Homage: A Group Exhibition, Rio Gallery, Utah Arts Council, Sal Lake City, Utah
2010
Chowan University National Juried Exhibition 2010, Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC
Searching For God: A National Juried Exhibition, The Ohio State University at Marion Wayne, Geraldine Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, Marion, OH
Questions, Conversations, and Concerns: A Solo Exhibition, Phillips Gallery, SLC, UT
IN A NAME: An Installation, A Solo Exhibition, Rio Grande Gallery, Utah Arts Council, SLC, UT
300 Plates: Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Orange-Utahn Art, collaboration with Acara, an orangutan, Hogle Zoo/Andersen Foothill Library Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT