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2025 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Joe Girandola
Art Academy of CincinnatiLeadershipCincinnati Ohio 45220 United StatesWork 1212 Jackson Street Art Academy of Cincinnati 1 County: Hamilton
Cincinnati Ohio 45202 United States Work Phone: 513-562-8750 Website: Artist website
Bio
Joe Girandola is President and CEO of the Art Academy of Cincinnati(since 2019). Formally, he was full professor at the University of Cincinnati. He is originally from Baltimore. His work has been exhibited broadly and in many venues, including; the Museum of Contemporary Art (Geffen Contemporary), Los Angeles; Kunsthalle Wien, Austria; Kwangju Biennial, South Korea; and the Center for Contemporary Art (Nexus) Biennial, Atlanta, Georgia. He was the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for 2003-04, an Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Grant; Change, Inc. Grant; and an Artists Fellowship, Inc. Grant. Girandola received artist fellowships at MacDowell, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe Art Institute, DUCTAC Art Center (Dubai), and at the Caldera Artist Residency Program. His work is included in collections nationally and internationally and he was a West Prize winner in 2012. Girandola was formerly the Director of the MFA Program at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia from 2009-2012 and was Assistant Director for the Santa Fe Art Institute from 2002-2004. He has a Masters of Fine Arts, University of Georgia Athens, GA, 1996 (Sculpture/Time Based Media) and a B.A. from Pepperdine University Malibu, California, 1992 (Studio-Art Sculpture).
Artist Statement
The works of Joe Girandola attract our attention to minute details often overlooked in the corrupt rush of modern society. Though classically trained as a stone carver in Italy, Girandola has veered away from the media concentrating on three-dimensional drawings and paintings using a variety of materials. One medium of choice is Duct Tape. Invented originally to weatherproof military ammunition boxes, the tape’s color was characteristically Army green. With the rise and abundant use of Central Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) units, the matte gray color and universal name of Duct Tape was introduced. Another medium of choice for Girandola is cast-away milk crates. Creating site-specific installations with the crates, Girandola connects the piece to the history of the site, while questioning issues that arise from societal expansion and trade route conflicts.