JOSEPH PIASENTIN
SOLO / TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018
“Site of Intersection,” Sakuragi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017
“Au-dela des rivages L’interssection de la lumiere et la structure,” Galerie 48, Lyon, France
2016
“Stripe,” Sakuragi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014
‘Joseph Piasentin,’ Sakuragi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010
L.A. Artcore Gallery at the Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, California
2008
Stanford Faculty Club, Stanford University, California
2006
Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2004
L.A. Artcore Gallery at the Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, California
2003
Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2002
Gallery Do Plan, Fukuoka City, Japan
2001
Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1999
"Notes From Costa Rica," Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1997
L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1996
LASCA Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1995
The City Center Gallery, Media City Center, Burbank, California
Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, California
"Favorite and Foolish Things," L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1993
Galerie Markant, Langelo (Norg), Netherlands
1992
L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1991
South Bay Contemporary, Torrance, California
Alvin Miles Gallery, Torrance, California
Christopher John Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1990
Market Place Corporate Plaza, Irvine, California
1989
L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, California
Brandstater Gallery, Loma Linda University, Riverside, California
1986
Cerro Cosa College Art Gallery, Ridgecrest, California
A-1 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Tokio Studio Art Space, Los Angeles, California
1985
Tokio Studio Art Space, Los Angeles, California
1984
Tokio Studio Art Space, Los Angeles, California
1983
Union Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, California
1979
Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
“40th Peace Show,” Nagasaki Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
“Kinasa - 3 Artists,” Irohado Gallery, Kinasa, Japan
“Accrochage de Printemps,” Galerie 48, Lyon, France
“The 5th Crosscurrent,” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2017
“Meet Mt. Ararat,” Artist Union of Armenia, Yrevan, Armenia
“LELA International,” Nagasaki Fine Art Museum, Nagasaki, Japan
“LELA International,” Yokohama Citizen Gallery Art Forum, Yokohama, Japan
2016
“Japan/USA,” Irohado Gallery, Kinasa, Japan
“Earthquake Dislocation Charity,” Gallery Kinasa, Kinasa, Japan
“Summer 2016,” Park View Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2015
“In Honor of NJS,” LELA International Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Space of Restructuration,” Maruzen 4F Gallery, Marunouchi oazo, Tokyo, Japan
2014
“Relocation,” LELA International Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“A Tribute to Karl Benjamin,” Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
2013
“In Memory of the 1915 Genocide Victims,” Armenian Consulate, Glendale, California
“Re-claim 2013,” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
“Group Re-claim,” Sakuragi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Abstraccion Movimiento Internacionalista,” Gallery Andromeda Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica
2012
“LA,” It’s Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan
“Valoarte,” Museo de Arte Costarricense, San Jose, Costa Rica
Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan
“Traducciones Pinturas y Dibujos son Papel,” Museo de los Ninos, Galeria Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica
“Mind Game IV,” Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Thailand – USA,” Chiang Mai University Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2011
Keiro Homes Benefit Exhibition, Little Tokyo Galleria, Los Angeles, California
“7th International Visual Art Workshop Exhibition,” Poh-Chang Academy of Arts, Rajamangala University, Bangkok, Thailand
“International Group,” Burapha University, Chon Buri, Thailand
“Tsunami,” Woo-Ri Mart Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“Focus on the Masters
Arts Education Benefit Auction & ArtWalk, 2011,” Erle Stanley Gardner Building, Ventura, California
2010
“Joseph Piasentin,” Yamazato Museum, Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
“Mind Game III,” Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“International Exchange Show,” Artcore Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, California
2009
“Small Works,” Gallery Craftstory, Busan, South Korea
“Miniature International,” Creator’s Ark Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan
“Big,” Ventura County Arts Council, Atrium Gallery, County Government Center, Ventura, California
LELA Art Festival, Manila, Philippines
2008
Buscando Nicaragua Art Exhibition, The Atrium, Calvary Church, Westlake Village, California
“Crosscurrent,” Fukuoka Asian Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
“Small Works,” Gallery Tokunaga, Fukuoka, Japan
LELA, International Art Exhibition, Artist’s Union, Union of Republic Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2007
“Modernism Now,” Municipal Art Gallery at the Bradley International Terminal, LAX, California
“SCIART 10th Anniversary Exhibition,” Studio Channel Islands Art Center, California State University Channel Islands, California
Poh-Chang Art Gallery, Rajamangala University, Poh-Chang Campus, Bangkok, Thailand
“Gallery Artists,” Gail Harvey Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
“Crosscurrent,” LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006
“Lantern of the East International Art Festival, No. 15,” ASTO Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
“Preview,” L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“California Art Connection,” Kurogawa Inn Museum, Kurogawa Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
“Crash with Art,” ASTO Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
“Thailand/USA,” Thailand Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand; Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand; Burapha University,
Chonburi, Thailand
2005
“International Exchange Exhibition III,” Kitakyushu City Museum, Kitakyushu, Japan
“Small Work,” Gallery An-Sei (Ukiha), Kitakyushu, Japan
“Drawn to the Line’” Risk Gallery, West Hollywood, California
“Kairotic Orbit’” Downtown Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004
“Gallery Artists,” Gail Harvey Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
“The Art of the Print,” Ventura County Arts Council, Atrium gallery, Hall of Administration, County Government Center, Ventura, CA
“Mind Game II,” Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, California
“LELA, Inaugural Exhibition,” Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2003
"Mind Game," Sunam Gallery, Pusan, South Korea
"International Exchange Show: Crosscurrent," Artcore Gallery at the Union Center for the Arts, Los Angeles and the LA Artcore
Brewery Annex, Los Angeles
2002
"The 10th International Art Festival; Lantern of the East," Angel Gate Cultural Center Gallery, San Pedro, California
"Gallery Artists," Gail Harvey Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
2001
"3rd American & Japanese International Art Exchange Exhibition I," Fukuoka Prefectural Museum, Fukuoka City, Japan
"3rd American & Japanese International Art Exchange Exhibition II," Kitakyushu City Museum, Kitakyushu, Japan
2000
"The Homogeneity & Heterogeneity,"Dae Jon Contemporary Art Association,
Dae Jon, South Korea
"Collage and Paintings on Paper," Gail Harvey Gallery, Bergamot Station,
Santa Monica, California
"Artists of the Julia and David White Artist's Colony of Costa Rica; an Exhibition," The Los Angeles Union Church Art Center, LA
1999
"From USA, France, Armenia, Russia," The Foundation of Creative Arts & International Contemporary Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
"6th International," Pyong-Taek Cultural Center, Pyong-Taek Museum, Pyong-Taek, South Korea
"May Green," Thousand Oaks City Gallery, Thousand Oaks, California
"Five In Costa Rica," L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, California
"International Art Festival, 1999," Transamerica Life Companies Building,
Los Angeles, California
1998
"5th International Art Festival," Pyong-Taek Cultural Center, Pyong-taek Museum, Pyong-taek, South Korea
"5th International Art Festival," Tachikawa City, Tokyo, Japan
"International," Gallery Blu, Palm Desert, California
"Works on Paper," Gail Harvey Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
1997
"L.A. Art Now," University Castilla La Mancha Galleries, Cuenca, Spain
"L.A. Art Now," the University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
"International Art Festival, Los Angeles, 1997," Transamerica Life Companies, Los Angeles, California
"L.A. in Japan," Kitakyushu Museum, Kitakyushu City, Japan
"Exclusively Etchings," LAPS, Lankershim Arts Center Gallery, North Hollywood, California
"Group," Gail Harvey Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
"Drawing," LASCA Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Gail Harvey Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
1996
"1996 New Delhi International Art Scene," New Delhi, India
"Four Dimensions," John N Joe Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Three Visions," Gallery Eden, Rowland Heights, California, Palazzetti, Beverly Hills, California
Pyong-Taek International Arts Festival, Pyong-Taek City Museum, Pyong-Taek, South Korea
1995 Ruth Allemann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
"A Large Group Show of Small Works," South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance, California
"Small Works: Yuletide Gifts," The Art Bank, Los Angeles, California
"Memoirs," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, California
"Showcasing," The Art Bank, Los Angeles, California
International Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Vantage Points," Andrew-Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1994
"Angels, Ancestors & Spirit Guides," Mythos Gallery, Burbank, California
"September," Burchman Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, California
"Abstract Lineage," South Bay Contemporary Museum of Art, Torrance, California
"Ark: A Spiritual Place, " Permanent Installation, The Ark of Refuge Church, Glendale, California
"Private Thoughts, Personal Places," Cafe Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Faculty Collections," Cal State University Fresno, Fresno, California
"Intimate Images," Century Gallery of LA Mission College, Los Angeles, California
1993
Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago, Illinois
"Works of Peace," Galerie Bhak, Seoul, Korea
El Pueblo Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"The Healing Power of Art," L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, California
L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
LACA Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1992
Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, California
R. Mutt 1917 Gallery, Hollywood, California
L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Abstraction From L.A.," Galerie Markant, Langelo (Norg), Netherlands
"L.A. in Seoul," Shinsegae Dongbang Plaza Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1991
"Cross Culture," Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
"Prints from Josephine Press," Tiffany Theater, West Hollywood, California
L.A. Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1990
"Stanford Centennial Show," Rococo Gallery, San Francisco, California
Minus Zero Gallery, Torrance, California
"Recent Work," 801 North Brand, Glendale, California
1989
Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
"From L.A.," Taiwan Museum of Contemporary Art, Taichung, Taiwan
"Group," Grace Lozano Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Steve Hazard Gallery, Venice, California
1988
"Professor's Choice III," Montgomery Gallery/Lang Gallery, Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
"Faculty Exhibition," Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
1987
"Six from Southern California," Art Cosmos Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
"From LA," Republic Plaza, Denver, Colorado
1983
"Three From L.A.," College of Notre Dame, Belmont, California
"Faculty Show," Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
1981
"Professors Choice," Pomona College, Claremont, California
1980
David Cole Gallery, Inverness, California
Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Frederick S. Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California *
1979
Sante Fe Community College, Gainsville, Florida *
University of S. Mississippi, Hattieberg, Mississippi *
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas *
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK *
"Monotypes from the West Coast," Plum Gallery, Kensington, Maryland
The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, California
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado *
1978
Towson State University, Baltimore, Maryland *
"Faculty," Libra Gallery, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
1977
Impressions Workshop Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Stanford University Gallery, Stanford, California
* Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition, "New American Monotypes"
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COLLECTIONS (SELECTED)
American Airlines
Bank of America, San Francisco, California
BL Walters Companies of Denver
Boston University
Burapha University, Chon Buri, Thailand
Continental Bank of Chicago
Earl Witsher Collection
Gerald Rosencranz Collection
Kelly Drye & Warren Law Firm
Komstar Inc. of Los Angeles
Long Beach Museum of Art
Lyon City Collection, Lyon France
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul Grand Park, Korea
Nippon Express USA Travel Inc.
Rajamangala University, Bangkok, Thailand
South Bay Contemporary Museum, Torrance, California
Sriakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
Stanford University
Taiwan Museum of Modern Art, Taichung, Taiwan
Thailand Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Ventura Municipal Art Collection, Ventura, California
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EDUCATION
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MFA Painting, Stanford University, 1977
BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, 1974
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