Joël Gerard LeVasseur
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snowaspen278@gmail.com
joellevasseur.com
joellevasseurstudio, Instagram
Education
· Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT 2004 – Master of Fine Arts
· Husson University, Bangor, ME 1976 – BS Accounting
Workhops/Residencies
· Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, Advanced Critique sessions with
Roberto Juarez, Harmony Hammond, Ross Bleckner, Judy Pfaff, and Michalene Thomas. Other workshops with Olive Ayheans, Hiroke Morinue, Holly Hughes, Annie Lapin, and Allison Miller.
· Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Susan Webster, David Driskell, Michael Moore, Sherrill
Hunnibell, and Barbara Putnam.
· Blackhawk Mountain School of Art, Blackhawk, CO, Bob Lockhart
· Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, study with Yi Zhang
· Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
· University of Maine at Fort Kent
· University of Southern Maine
Selected Exhibitions
2024
-River Arts, Damariscotta, Me, New Work: two-person show with Mary Greto-Brunner
- Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Berry Campbell Gallery, NYC
2023
-Ocean House Gallery South Portland, ME, Holiday Show
-Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine, Annual Juried show
- River Arts, Juried show
2022
- Paradox of Landscape: River of Life/River of Death, University of New England, Campus Center, Biddeford, ME
- Compendium, Ju;ried show, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
2020 & 2021
- L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME, Invitational show, in association with Colby College, Waterville, ME
2019
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Bortolami Gallery, NYC
2018
· Husson University, Bangor, ME – Into the Wonder: Cabinet of Curiosities, 10/18 – 12/20, Artist-in Residence, and One-person show in the Robert E. White Gallery, and the W. Tom & Bonnie Sawyer Library.
· Threads - Portland Public Library, Portland, ME, Invitational show curated by Barbara Sullivan
· Backroads Gallery, Summer show, Damariscotta, ME
2017
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, NYC
2016
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, NYC
2015
· Bates Mill Complex – Lewiston, ME, Shared Sensibilities Piano Roll Project, 30 invited artists,
curated by Kristin Malin and Gail Skudera
· TIME: Wounded Trees, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME, One-person show
2014
· HYDROLOGICS, Emery Center, University of Maine at Farmington, 14 invited artists, curated by Krisanne Baker
· Anniversary Group Show, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME
2013
· Wellness Management Center, Augusta, ME, Capitol Art Walk, One-person show
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, NYC
2012
· Earth, the Ruined Garden, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME, One-person show
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Cheim & Read, NYC
2011
· Donkey Mill Arts, Hawaii – Invitational show curated by Hiroke Morinue
· Statler Gallery, Kingfield, ME – Summer Invitational show
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, CRG Gallery, NYC
2010
· Green with the Art in Mind, Anne Marie Gardens, Solomons Island, MD, in association with the Smithsonian Institution
· Haystack Mountain School of Crafts – Mid-Season Happenings, Invitation show curated by
Susan Webster, Deer Isle, ME
· What Matters Most? – Ecoartspace, Group show hosted by Exit Art, Dot Earth, Exit
Underground Space, NYC
· X Gallery 181, University Print Society, College of Design, Iowa State University Group Show.
· Wasted – Trajectories, Le Garage, San Diego, CA – Two-person show with Krisanne Baker
· Black & White, River Arts, Damariscotta, ME, Group show curated by Daniel Kany
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, ZieherSmith, NYC
2009
· Explorations in Realism: Conceptual to Traditional, Tidemark Gallery, Waldoboro, ME,
Invitational show curated by Sam Cady
· Last Book, Ultimo Libro, Travelling exhibition, curated by Luis Camnitzer, Zentral Bibbliothek,
Switzerland, and Biblioteca Nacional de Argentina (Buenos Aires, among other places,
Collaboration
· Postcards from The Edge, Visual Aids, Metro Pictures, NYC
· Alamance County Arts Council, Graham, NC, Invitational Group Show
______________________________________________________
snowaspen278@gmail.com
joellevasseur.com
joellevasseurstudio, Instagram
Education
· Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT 2004 – Master of Fine Arts
· Husson University, Bangor, ME 1976 – BS Accounting
Workhops/Residencies
· Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, Advanced Critique sessions with
Roberto Juarez, Harmony Hammond, Ross Bleckner, Judy Pfaff, and Michalene Thomas. Other workshops with Olive Ayheans, Hiroke Morinue, Holly Hughes, Annie Lapin, and Allison Miller.
· Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Susan Webster, David Driskell, Michael Moore, Sherrill
Hunnibell, and Barbara Putnam.
· Blackhawk Mountain School of Art, Blackhawk, CO, Bob Lockhart
· Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, study with Yi Zhang
· Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
· University of Maine at Fort Kent
· University of Southern Maine
Selected Exhibitions
2024
-River Arts, Damariscotta, Me, New Work: two-person show with Mary Greto-Brunner
- Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Berry Campbell Gallery, NYC
2023
-Ocean House Gallery South Portland, ME, Holiday Show
-Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine, Annual Juried show
- River Arts, Juried show
2022
- Paradox of Landscape: River of Life/River of Death, University of New England, Campus Center, Biddeford, ME
- Compendium, Ju;ried show, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
2020 & 2021
- L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME, Invitational show, in association with Colby College, Waterville, ME
2019
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Bortolami Gallery, NYC
2018
· Husson University, Bangor, ME – Into the Wonder: Cabinet of Curiosities, 10/18 – 12/20, Artist-in Residence, and One-person show in the Robert E. White Gallery, and the W. Tom & Bonnie Sawyer Library.
· Threads - Portland Public Library, Portland, ME, Invitational show curated by Barbara Sullivan
· Backroads Gallery, Summer show, Damariscotta, ME
2017
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, NYC
2016
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, NYC
2015
· Bates Mill Complex – Lewiston, ME, Shared Sensibilities Piano Roll Project, 30 invited artists,
curated by Kristin Malin and Gail Skudera
· TIME: Wounded Trees, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME, One-person show
2014
· HYDROLOGICS, Emery Center, University of Maine at Farmington, 14 invited artists, curated by Krisanne Baker
· Anniversary Group Show, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME
2013
· Wellness Management Center, Augusta, ME, Capitol Art Walk, One-person show
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, NYC
2012
· Earth, the Ruined Garden, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME, One-person show
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, Cheim & Read, NYC
2011
· Donkey Mill Arts, Hawaii – Invitational show curated by Hiroke Morinue
· Statler Gallery, Kingfield, ME – Summer Invitational show
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, CRG Gallery, NYC
2010
· Green with the Art in Mind, Anne Marie Gardens, Solomons Island, MD, in association with the Smithsonian Institution
· Haystack Mountain School of Crafts – Mid-Season Happenings, Invitation show curated by
Susan Webster, Deer Isle, ME
· What Matters Most? – Ecoartspace, Group show hosted by Exit Art, Dot Earth, Exit
Underground Space, NYC
· X Gallery 181, University Print Society, College of Design, Iowa State University Group Show.
· Wasted – Trajectories, Le Garage, San Diego, CA – Two-person show with Krisanne Baker
· Black & White, River Arts, Damariscotta, ME, Group show curated by Daniel Kany
· Visual Aids – Postcards from the Edge, ZieherSmith, NYC
2009
· Explorations in Realism: Conceptual to Traditional, Tidemark Gallery, Waldoboro, ME,
Invitational show curated by Sam Cady
· Last Book, Ultimo Libro, Travelling exhibition, curated by Luis Camnitzer, Zentral Bibbliothek,
Switzerland, and Biblioteca Nacional de Argentina (Buenos Aires, among other places,
Collaboration
· Postcards from The Edge, Visual Aids, Metro Pictures, NYC
· Alamance County Arts Council, Graham, NC, Invitational Group Show