Skip to content
Skip to navigation

Artists

Joe Thurston

Education

1994 BA, Humanities, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon

Awards

2007 Regional Arts and Culture Council – Professional Development Grant, 2006-07

Select Solo Exhibitions

2007 Then Quite Suddenly We Were Simply No Longer Anywhere, August, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 Bloom, June, P:ear Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 New Work From an Early Spring, May, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Subject Position, November, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Flayed, May, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR

Select Group Exhibitions

2008 Group Show, February, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2008 FWD: Dudes Night Out, Gallery Homeland, Portland OR
2006 Group Show, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
2005/2006 Small Wonders, Group Show, December/January, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Fresh Trouble, Group Show, September, Jeff Jahn curator, Portland, OR
2005 Art on the Block, Group Show, June, Disjecta, Portland OR
2005 Simply Red, Group show, April, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Group Show and Art Auction, Live Auction, April, Cascade AIDS Project, Portland, OR
2004 Group Show, July, Cathedral Park Place/Haze Galley, Portland, OR
2003/2004 Group Show, December/January, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Modern Zoo, a project for the Portland Center for Advancement of Culture, June-August, Portland, OR
2003 Waste Stream, a large-scale installation for the Orlo Foundation, Portland, OR
2002 Group Show, December, Orlo Exhibition Space, Portland, OR
2000 Group Show, July, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

Select Bibliography

Speer, Richard. ARTnews, “Review: Joe Thurston at Elizabeth Leach,” December 2007
Jahn, Jeff. Portland Art, “Best of 2007.” December 2007
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, “Best of 2007,” December 2007
Motley, John. Portland Mercury, “Joe Thurston,” August 2007
Row, D.K. Oregonian, “Show of Note.” August 2007
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, “Joe Thurston at Elizabeth Leach,” August 2007
Driscoll, Meagan, Portland Art, “Picks for August 2007.” July 2007
Gallivan, Joseph. Portland Tribune, “Joe Thurston Preview,” July 2007
Speer, Richard. Finder Magazine, “Artist Profile,” June 2007
Speer, Richard. Art Ltd., “Artist Profile,” May 2007
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, “The Best of 2006,” December 2006
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, “The Best of 2005,” December 2005
The Bear Deluxe Magazine, “Independent Art,” Spring-Summer 2005
Jahn, Jeff. NW Drizzle, “May Roundup,” June 2005
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, “Flaying Faces, Painter Joe Thurston,” May 2005
Jahn, Jeff. NW Drizzle, “Anticipate More,” May 2005
Just Out Magazine, April 2005
Speer, Richard. “Matt Lamb: The Art of Success,” Wiley, April 2005.
Bell, Greg, Buchanan, John and Guenther, Bruce. Cascade AIDS Project Catalogue, April 2005
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, Visual Arts News, March 2005
Speer, Richard. ARTnews, “Pacific Edge,” October, 2004
Row, D.K.. Oregonian, “Artful thinking outside the box,” July 2004
Just Out Magazine, Cover, April 2004
Taylor, Sue. Cascade AIDS Project Catalogue, April 2004
Row, D.K.. Oregonian, December 2003
Jahn, Jeff. NW Drizzle, “Flinging Paint Pots,” December 2003
Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, Art Review, November 2003
All Classic, “First Thursday Pick,” November 2003
Bowie, Chas. Portland Mercury, Art Review, November 2003
Jahn, Jeff. NW Drizzle, “Core Sample,” November 2003

Download Joe’s CV [42.5KB]