Joel Stewart

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007
"ON THE CUTTING EDGE: CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PRINTS", Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Group exhibition

2006
"MAHAFFEY FINE ART: 14 YEARS, 14 ARTISTS", Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Group exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

2005
"JOEL STEWART - RECENT WORKS", Azuma Gallery, Seattle, WA. Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

2004
"NEW PAINTINGS", Kato Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

2003
"20 YEARS", Verne Gallery, Cleveland, OH, Group exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

2002
"NEW WORKS", Azuma Gallery, Seattle, WA. Solo exhibition
"JOEL STEWART, RECENT PAINTINGS", Kato Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

2001
KEIHAN ART GALLERY, OSAKA, Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

2000
"EAST MEETS WEST: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN MODERN JAPANESE PRINTS", Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland, OH; Group exhibition
AZUMA GALLERY, Seattle, WA. Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan
REN BROWN COLLECTION, Bodega Bay, CA. Solo exhibition

1999
VERNE GALLERY, Cleveland, OH, Solo exhibition
"MIYABI", Tolman Collection, Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

1998
"RECENT ACQUISITIONS, 1996-1997", Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
"ONE COMMON DENOMINATOR", Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID, Group exhibition
ISETAN FINE ARTS GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition
GENKAN GALLERY, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

1997
AZUMA GALLERY, Seattle, WA, Solo exhibition
KABUTOYA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

1996
HANKYU FINE ARTS GALLERY, Osaka, Japan, Solo exhibition
KEIHAN FINE ARTS GALLERY, Osaka, Japan, Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

1995
KABUTOYA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition
GENKAN GALLERY, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan
REWDEX GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

1994
"PRINTS BY PAINTERS". Kawaguchi Bijutsu Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
ANNE MONNET GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Solo exhibition

1993
"IMAGES FROM JAPAN '93" Verne Gallery, Cleveland, OH
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

1992
"SPRING SHOW", Kato Gallery, Kobe, Japan, Group exhibition

1991
MITSUKOSHI FINE ART GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Solo exhibition
SEIBU FINE ART GALLERY, Takarazuka, Japan, Solo exhibition

1990
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan

1987
"SMALL PAINTINGS", Cydney Payton Gallery, Denver, CO, Group show
BIENNALE, OSAKA MODERN ART CENTER, Osaka, Japan, Group show

1986
VOICE GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Group exhibition

1983
BIENNIAL, TACOMA ART MUSEUM, Tacoma, WA, Group exhibition, painting award
BIENNIAL, BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM, Bellevue, WA, Group exhibition, painting award

1982
SALATHE GALLERY, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, Solo exhibition

COLLECTIONS

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland, OH
Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
Library of Congress, Washington. D.C.
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

PUBLICATIONS

"QUIET ELEGANCE: JAPAN THROUGH THE EYES OF NINE AMERICAN ARTISTS", B. Franco, M. Verne, 1997, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.

PERSONAL

1959 - Born, Danville, CA.
1982 - Bachelor of Arts Degrees, Art and Anthropology, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA.
1986 - to present, studio and residence in Kyoto, Japan
1999 - American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist, Rome, Italy