Joel S. Allen
Steamboat Springs, CO
joelsallen@gmail.com http://joel-allen.squarespace.com
Education
M.F.A. 2001 Sculpture/Installation Art (Minor in Ceramics)
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
B.F.A. 1999 Sculpture (with Honors)
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
*Extended Studies 2004-2005 Sociology
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Professional Experience
2012-2024, Full-Time Artist and Adjunct Instructor, Colorado Mountain College, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
2D Design, Visual Concepts/3D Design, Sculpture I & II, Painting, Mixed Media and Land Art/Art in the Environment
2020-2021, Collaborative Project with Valentino Fashion, Rome, Italy
Valentino Des Ateliers, 2021/2022 Fall/Winter Haute Couture Collection, Venice, Italy
2019, Fiber Workshop Instructor, Wrapped Up, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
2007-2012, Crystal Grower, Scientific Materials Inc., Bozeman, Montana
2009, Adjunct Instructor, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 3D Design
2006-2007, Adjunct Instructor, Colorado Mountain College, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Art in the Environment, 3D Design, Sculpture 1, and Mixed Media
2002-2003, Artist-in-Residence, Great Falls Public School District, Great Falls, Montana
One year residency working with K-12 art students throughout the school district
2003, Adjunct Instructor, University of Great Falls, Great Falls, Montana
Studio Art – 3D Fundamentals
2002, Sabbatical Replacement Lecturer, Montana State University, Billings, Montana
Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture, 3D Design, Introduction to Pottery and Careers in Art
1999-2001, Graduate Teaching Assistant and Sabbatical Replacement Lecturer, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
3D Design, Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced Sculpture
Selected Exhibitions
Group Exhibition: Serious Play
2023 FATE Juried Members Exhibition, Redline Contemporary Art Museum, Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition: work.
2020, Loveland Art Museum, Loveland, CO
Group Exhibition: Disorderly Conduct
2018, Red West Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
Solo Exhibition: Hooked on Svelte
2017, University of Nebraska at Omaha Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
Group Exhibition: Material as Metaphor
2017, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
National Traveling Group Exhibition: State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
2017, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
National Traveling Group Exhibition: State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
2016, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Group Exhibition: Suspended!
2015-2016, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Group Exhibition: ArtPrize 2015
2015, (Host Venue) Western Michigan University/Gwen Frostic School of Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Solo Exhibition: Hooked on Svelte
2015, Colorado Mountain College ArtShare Gallery, Glenwood Springs, CO
Group Exhibition: State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
2014-2015, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
This exhibition won the 2015 Excellence in Exhibition honors from the American Alliance of Museums.
Solo Exhibition: Hooked on Svelte
2014, the Jessie Wilbur Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Solo Exhibition: Acrylic Wall Art
2014, Lobby of the Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT
Group Exhibition: The Art of No
2013, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
Group Exhibition: Members Exhibition, Steamboat Springs Arts Council
2013, Art Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO
Group Exhibition: Montana Triennial 2012
2012, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Gallery Exhibition: Left Brain Right Brain
2011, 406 Brewery Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Solo Exhibition: Left Brain Right Brain
2010, Northwest College, Powell, WY
Environmental Installation: Pharma-Illogical: Medicine Wheel
2009, Lindley Park, Bozeman, MT
Environmental Installation: Pharma-Illogical: Wishing Well 1
2008, Water Treatment Plant, Powell, WY
Gallery Exhibition: Art & Ecology
2008, Magaza Gallery, Bitola, Macedonia
Gallery Exhibition and Cultural Exchange Seminar: Art & Ecology
2008, Ohrid Gallery “Dom na Kulturata – Grigor Prlicev”, Ohrid, Macedonia
Environmental Installation: Pharma-Illogical:Toxic Flow
as part of “Plains, Frames and Land Use Ideals,” ARTPOSIUM, Colorado Art Ranch, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2008
Group Exhibition: Visually Literate
2008, K. Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
Gallery Exhibition: Pharma-Illogical: Can You Swallow This? (Installation)
2008, K. Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO
Solo Exhibition: Why I Won’t Do Cliques, Clubs, Cults or Carnivals (Installation)
2006, Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Solo Exhibition: Pharma-Illogical: Can You Swallow This? (Installation)
2006, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT
Solo Exhibition: Hooked on Svelte in the Swing Time Garden (Installation)
2005, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD
Solo Exhibition: Chummin’ For Suckers – Sister Overboard (Installation)
2003, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
Solo Exhibition: Wrapsody (Installation)
2003, University of Great Falls, MT
Group Exhibition: Selections
2001, Tri-Cities Gallery, Richland, WA
Group Exhibition: Pend Oreille Arts Council
2001, Powerhouse Gallery, Sandpoint, ID
Group Exhibition: Pilchuck Gallery
1999, Pilchuck Glass Art School, Seattle, WA
Collections/Commissions
Private Collection: Hooked on Svelte, (1) 9’ x 1’ x 1’ collaborative piece executed for Valentino Des Ateliers for the 2021/2022 Fall/Winter Haute Couture Collection, Venice, Italy. Flyroom SA, Lugano, Switzerland
U.S. Department of State Commission: Hooked on Svelte
An installation of 10 hanging fiber sculptures, 2019.
Permanent Collection of the U.S. Embassy, Matamoros, Mexico
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State.
Private Commission: Hooked on Svelte, two installations of 5 hanging fiber sculptures, 2018 & 2020
Private residence of Lyndon Cormack, Co-Founder/CEO of Herschel Supply Co., Vancouver, BC
Private Commission: Aisling (Irish) "Dream-Vision", Acrylic Wall Art, 2" x 42" x 17", 2015.
Private residence of Dr. W. Witkowski & S. Nelson, Chicago, IL
Corporate Commission: Hooked on Svelte, a permanent installation of 8 hanging fiber sculptures, 2015.
Offices of the Coachella Music and Art Festival, 435 West 11th St., Los Angeles, CA 90001
Museum Collection: Hooked on Svelte, an installation of 6 hanging fiber sculptures, 2015.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Inc. d/b/a GAE LLC, 600 Museum Way, Bentonville, AR 72712
Publication/Video
Magazine: Herschel Supply Co.’s Cofounder Really Loves Overhead Art, by Leslie Horn Peterson, images by Ema Peter, Dwell Magazine, 2024 https://www.dwell.com/article/herschel-supply-co-lyndon-cormack-north-vancouver-house-overhead-art-d4b7a100-fcbdb26c-7207d205
Magazine: Cover and feature article, Designer Magazine, 2021 https://thedesigner.se/joel-s-allen-valentino-haute-couture-des-ateliersby-riccardo-conti-july-2021/
Book: L’ art du fils (Art of the Thread), Editions Gallimard, Paris, France, 2020
Newspaper: Hanging by a Thread, Audrey Dwyer, Explore Steamboat, July 2018.
Magazine: Cover and feature article, Textile Fibre Forum, premiere Australian art magazine, June 2018.
Magazine: Looking Back/Looking Forward, Fiber Art Now, Winter 2017 issue.
Magazine: Artforum. Review of "Material as Metaphor", by Grant Johnson. July 2017.
https://www.artforum.com/contributors/name=grant-johnson
Magazine: Discovering American Art Now at the Frist, an Exhibit of Evocative Art, Vanderbilt Hustler, 2017
Magazine: Excellence in Fibers 2016, Fiber Art Now, Winter 2016 Issue
Juried International Winner in the Category: Installation Art
Exhibition Article: LOST WKND x Minneapolis Institute of Art, State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
http://lostwknd.com/mia-state-of-the-art/
Exhibition Article: Populism...,Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN 2016
Exhibition Article: Lighter than Air, re:sculpt, International Sculpture Center blog, 2016
https://blog.sculpture.org/2016/03/02/lighter-than-air/
Press Release: State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2016
http://new.artsmia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/State-of-the-Art_release_012116.pdf
Exhibition Article: Suspended! Kalamazoo Institute of Art, 2016
http://www.efa-rep.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Suspended-WOW.pdf
Exhibition Article: Here are the 15 Best Art Exhibitions of 2014
Huffington Post, Priscilla Frank, 12/16/2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/best-art-exhibitions-2014_n_6329480.html
Exhibition Article: CMC Art Instructor Featured in Prominent Arkansas Exhibit
Steamboat Today, Tesera Ristow, 11/16/2014
http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2014/nov/16/cmc-art-instructor-featured-prominent-arkansas-exh/
News Video: A Treasure Hunt for Undiscovered American Artists
CBS Sunday Morning, 11/9/2014
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-treasure-hunt-for-undiscovered-american-artists/
Exhibition Article: My Story
Washington State Magazine, Sept. 4, 2014
http://wsm.wsu.edu/mystory/?p=4501
Exhibition Article: State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
Valley Voice, Steamboat Springs, CO, pgs. 22-23, September 2014 issue.
http://issuu.com/yampavalleyvoice/docs/valley_voice_sept_2014_issue/0
News Video: The Search for America's Next Great Artist
CBS News, 9/17/2014
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-search-for-americas-next-great-artist/
Exhibition Article: State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now
Rock Candy, Arkansas Times, August 8, 2014.
Exhibition Catalog: Montana Triennial 2012
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana, 2012.
http://issuu.com/y_simpson/docs/mtt
Exhibition Article: “Left Brain Right Brain”
Powell Tribune, Powell, Wyoming, February 22, 2011.
Exhibition Article: “Pharma-illogical: Can You Swallow This?”
Steamboat Pilot and Today, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, January 4, 2008.
Exhibition Article: “Pharma-illogical: Can You Swallow This?”
Bozeman Chronicle, Bozeman, Montana, January 12, 2006.
Residencies
Artist-In-Residence, Brush Creek Ranch Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, WY
February 2 - February 27, 2015
Artist-In-Residence, UCROSS Foundation, UCross, WY
April 15 – May 17, 2013
Artist-In-Residence, Brush Creek Ranch Foundation for the Arts , Saratoga, WY
March 4 – March 29, 2013
International Residency: Nizo Pole Artist Colony, Bitola, Macedonia, July 2008.
Two week residency working with artists from Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia,
Croatia and Turkey.
Artist-In-Residence, Great Falls, Montana Public School District, 2002-2003.
One-year artist residency for the Great Falls Public Schools, K-12.
Seminars/Workshops/Speaking Engagements
Artist Lecture: University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE, October, 2017
Study Abroad: Cuba: Culture and Revolution, November 2016
Study Abroad: Guatemala: Culture and Resistance, March 2014
Workshop: Installation Art, Amnesty International Club
Colorado Mountain College, Steamboat Springs, CO, November 2013
Speaker: ACTUALLY, Art & Sustainability Presentation
Colorado Mountain College, Steamboat Springs, CO, November 2013
Speaker: Pharma-Illogical, Art & Sustainability Presentation
Colorado Mountain College, Steamboat Springs, CO, September 2013
Workshop Presenter and Speaker: Northwest College, Powell, WY
Invited presenter of a week-long workshop including multiple speaking engagements at venues throughout the community. September, 2010.
Speaker: Mr. Miscellaneous, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
Lecture presented to all foundation classes encouraging exploration of diverse materials and processes in art making. January 29, 2010.
Workshop Presenter: Prescott College, Prescott, AZ, March 2009.
Pharma-Ecological: Toxic Flow. Three-day conversation about
pharmaceuticals in the environment.
Presenter: Seminar and workshop entitled, Art & Ecology, Ohrid and Bitola, Macedonia, July, 2008. Artist exchange program organized through the not-for-profit organization, Multilingual and Multicultural Harmony.
Presenter: Flipping the Funnel: Seeing and Creating Art in Nature, an outdoor workshop as part of “Plains, Frames and Land Use Ideals,” ARTPOSIUM, Colorado Art Ranch, Steamboat Springs, CO, May 16-18, 2008.
Speaker: How to Talk about Contemporary and Challenging Art Work for Museum Docents, Depot Art Center, Steamboat Springs, CO; spring – 2007.
Panelist: Pharmaceuticals and Society, Community Panel Discussion with doctors, therapists, school administrators, and a guest art critic, in conjunction with my exhibit, Pharma-Illogical: Can You Swallow This, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT; January 2006