Lives and works in Ridgewood, Queens, New York
joeballweg@gmail.com 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
"Jazz Burger Drool", TSA gallery, Brooklyn, NY 
"Joe Ballweg: Turtles All the Way Down", The Fort, curated by Peter Brock, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
"Cosmic Joke", Safe Gallery, New York, NY
"Ceremonial Exhibition", American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"Invitational Exhibition", American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

2016
"The River", ROE Projects at Hionas Gallery, NY, NY
"Xmas in July" Curated by Tamara Gonzales, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Electric Caresses" Curated by Diana Buckley, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn NY
"Home is Where You're Happy", Embassy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Inagural Show" Able Baker Gallery, Curated by Meghan Brady, Portland, ME

2015
"Joe Ballweg, Joe Bradley, EJ Hauser, Yassi Keshtkar, Chris Martin, Judi Rosen" curated by Max Heiges, 87 Lafayette Street, NY
"Shape Play", curated by Mark Brosseau, Tiger Strikes Astroid Gallery, Philadephia, PA

2014
"The Space Between", curated by Diana Buckley, Paul Kolker Collection, New York, NY
"Joe Ballweg", Artist House Party, New Haven, CT

2013
"White Wash", Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
"Thanks" Curated by Adam Parker Smith, Lu Magnus Gallery, NY, NY
“25 Artists" Ste. 217 Gallery, 56 Bogart, Brooklyn, NY

2012
"Low Epic", Chashama Swing Space, NY, NY
"Pledging Our Love to the Ground", Do Right Hall, Marfa, TX
"Swing Swang Swung", 245 Varet St, Brooklyn, NY
"Greasy Luck", Brooklyn, NY
"Scope Art Fair", Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY, NY 
"Hypercolor", Small Black Door, Queens, NY

2011
"Freestyle", Queens, NY
"Human Resources", Queens, NY
"Opening Rejection", The Ugly Art Room, Brooklyn, NY
"Purple Nurple", Brooklyn, NY
"Scripted", Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"So Happy Together", Norte Maar, Brooklyn, NY
"Small Black Painting", Small Black Door, Queens, NY
"Landing Jam", The Ugly Art Room, Brooklyn, NY

2010
"Painting Comes Alive", ArtJail, New York, NY
"Places, Everyone", Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Ready, Willing and Able", Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
"Half Invisible", Brooklyn, NY

2009
"Nightshift III", Hudson Guild Gallery, New York, NY
"Time Bandits II", Brooklyn, NY

2008
POI Group Show, Brooklyn, NY

2007
"Peace", Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"On It", Brooklyn, NY

2006
"Heads", Studio A.I.R., Brooklyn, NY

2005
"Abstraction Obstruction", Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Addendum", Pascal Gallery, Mahwah, New Jersey

AWARDS
2017 Art Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters
2000-1999
Constantin Alajalov Scholarship, Boston University, Boston, MA
1997
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Rome Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

COLLECTIONS
Museum of Art, Washington State University 

EDUCATION
2001 M.F.A., Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA
1998 B.F.A., Painting; Minor in Art History, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1997 Yale at Norfolk, Yale University, New Haven, CT

RESIDENCIES
2017 Cuevas Tilleard Artist Residency, Lamu Island, Kenya 

PUBLICATIONS
2016
"Jazz, Burger, Drool."  Interview, Opening Ceremony, Cecilia Salama
"Jazz Burger Drool" Interview, Frontrunner Magazine, Kari Cholnoky

2014
Studio Critical, Valerie Brennan

2013
Gorgky's Granddaughter, Christopher Joy and Zachary Keeting

2012
Pencil in the Studio, Maria Calandra