Bo Joseph

Bo Joseph is an American contemporary artist known for abstract paintings, drawings, and sculptural works.

Education and career Joseph earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1992. His work examines how symbols and objects change meaning across different cultures and historical periods. His compositions often include fragmented images of masks, ritual objects, tools, and architectural forms layered within abstract surfaces. Joseph received the Basil H. Alkazzi Award and was awarded painting fellowships from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.

Solo exhibitions

2026: Chasing Ghosts, SLAG&RX, New York 2023: Holding Spaces, McClain Gallery, Houston 2020: Feeding the Beast, McClain Gallery, Houston 2017: House of Mirrors, Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 2016: A Season of Psychic Noise, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York 2015: Souvenirs from Nowhere, McClain Gallery, Houston 2015: Hiding in Plain Sight, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York 2012: Empire of Spoils, McClain Gallery, Houston 2010: A Lexicon of Persistent, Absence, Froelick Gallery, Portland 2010: Attempts at a Unified Theory, Thompson Gallery, Garthwaite Center for Science and Art, the Cambridge School of Weston, Weston

Group exhibitions

2025: This is a Thing, RISD Museum, Providence 2025: Seeking Complexity, Bill Arning Exhibitions, Kinderhook 2024: The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn 2024: Intricate Abstractions: A Mini Exhibition from the ZAM Collection, Zillman Art Museum, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor 2022: Discarded/Sourced, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield 2019: Unfoldingobject — The Art of Collage, Concord Art Association, Concord

Collections

Guilin Art Museum Guilin, China Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City RISD Museum, Providence Museum of Fine Arts, Houston The Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor