Joseph Lappie
Davenport, Iowa
art@josephlappie.com
josephlappie.com
Education:
MFA: Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts Columbia College, Chicago, Il.; 2008
BFA: Painting and Graphic Design Ball State University, Muncie, In.; 2001
Academic Teaching Experience:
Chair of Art + Design Department: St. Ambrose University, 2018-current
Professor: St. Ambrose University, 2009-current
Courses: 2D Design, Advanced Printmaking, Artist’s Books, Bookbinding, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Papermaking, Print/Paper/Book, Printmaking, Letterpress, New Processes in Printmaking, Senior Honors, Visual Narratives.
Adjunct Professor: Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2008-2009
Courses: 2D Design, Lithography
Selected Professional Experience:
2022
• Instructor, Emerging Excellence Workshop, Creative Arts Academy, Davenport, IA
• Juror, The Book As Art, Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA
2021
Instructor, Book Paper Thread, Form & Function From Afar, Atlanta, GA
2020
Visiting Artist, Artist Book House, Chicago, IL
2019
Instructor, Paper, Book Intensive, Sagautuck, MI
Instructor, Emerging Excellence Workshop, Creative Arts Academy,
Davenport, IA
2018
Juror, Brand-Boershaar Scholarship, Davenport, IA
Juror, WaMaC Art Show, DeWitt, IA
Juror, Iowa All-State Art Scholarship, Iowa City
Organizer, Art At The Market, Davenport, IA
Solo Exhibitions:
2018
Personal Mythologies, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
2017
Books, Prints, & The Procession, Mills Gallery, Pella, IA
Marks & Byways, Maquoketa Art Experience, Maquoketa, IA (2-person show with Andrew Huot)
2016
Pulling Hearts Don’t Make For Better Teeth, Ashford College, Clinton, IA
We Move. Slowly, In Some Direction, Basil Hallward Gallery, Portland, OR
Towards A Never End, ArtSpace, Moline, IL
2015
Always Toward The Space and Moment, Western Illinois University Gallery, Macomb, IL
Recent Work, Paper Nest, Iowa City, IA
2009
Recent Works, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2008
Before There Was Us and Them There Was We, The Believe Inn, Chicago, IL
2007
As If They Never Left Us, Butcher Block Gallery, Louisville, KY
2005
Felt Like The Hurt Was A Common Step, Stumptown Gallery, Portland, OR
2002
Dichotomous Thoughts and Recurring Rambles, Mitchell Place Gallery, Muncie, IN
Selected Exhibition Record
2021
Narratives of the Possible, Laramie County Library, Laramie, WY
Narratives of the Possible, Laramie County Library, Clearmont, WY
Romeo & Juliet – a web series in shadows, Allaert Auditorium, Davenport, IA
2020
The EVAC exhibit, Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, IA
A Figural Exhibition, The InArt Gallery, Online (Edwardsville, IL)
Festschrift For Bill, Marriot Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Pandemic, Artist’s Book House, Evanston, IL
2019
Sweet 16, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
2018
Yuko Nii Foundation's Permanent Collection Show, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY
Me, You, and a Few of Our Friends, Ann Wright Wilson Gallery, Georgetown, KY
The Book As Art: Flight Edition, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Atlanta, GA
Faculty Exhibition, Catich Gallery, Davenport, IA
2017
Legacy Exhibit, Gordy Fine Art & Framing Company, Muncie, IN
Prints and Book Arts, Maquoketa Art Experience, Maquoketa, IA
2016
Printober, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Fancy Me This, MAPC, Louisville, KY
Faculty Exhibition, Catich Gallery, Davenport, IA
2015
What A Relief, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
A Library for Artist’s Book, words/matter, Chicago, IL
2014
Artist’s First , Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
Critique Your Culture, Traveling Portfolio, West Bend, WI
2013
4th Biennial Juried Exhibition, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
The Book As Art, Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, Decatur, GA
Green Exchange, Chicago, Il: As You Are: A Decade of You Are Beautiful
2012
Familiar Relics, Currey Gallery, Nashville, TN
Iowa Artists 2012: Print, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Like, Comment, Share, Katzen Museum of Art, Washington D.C.:
Midwest Multiples, Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN
No Printing Necessary, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2011
Atlanta Print Biennial, Atlanta, GA
Online Exhibition, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN
2010
Special Choice, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY
New World / Old World, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Book Power, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
2009
About Time, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Small Works, Harper College, Palantine, IL
2008
Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt Germany
International Artist’s Book Fair, Marseille, France
Seoul International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, Korea
Scholarships/Grants/Fellowships/Awards
2022
• Certificate of Merit: Character Design – The Kennedy Center
2021
• American Rescue Plan Arts Grant – Iowa Arts Council
• Faculty of the Month Award – St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA
2020
• 2nd Place – The InArt Gallery, Online, A Figural Exhibition
2016
• CILE Grant – St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA: Art At The Market”
2014
• CILE Grant – St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA: “Make It Big III”
• Faculty of the Month Award – St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA
2013
• 2nd Place – The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, Decatur, GA: The Book As Art
• CILE Grant – St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA: “Make It Big II”
• CILE Grant – St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA: “Ambrose Paper Project”
2012
• Honorable Mention - Currey Gallery, Nashville, TN: Familiar Relics
2008
• Best In Show – Weisman Exhibit, Chicago, IL
• Grand Prize Award – Seoul International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, South Korea
• Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship – Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Getz Graduate Award – Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Honorable Mention - Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL
2007
• Getz Graduate Award – Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Thomas Baron Scholarship Fund For Printmaking, Painting, And Drawing – SAIC,
Chicago, IL
• Ox-Bow Work Study – Ox-Bow Residency, Saugatuck, MI
Selected Collections:
Figge Art Museum: Davenport, IA
Florida Atlantic University, Jaffe Book Arts Collection: Boca Raton, FL
Kansas City Art Institute Printmaking Archives: Kansas City, MO
Otis College of Art & Design: Los Angeles, CA
Ringling College of Art & Design: Sarasota, FL
Scripps College Denison Library: Claremont, CA
Schomberg Center For Research In Black Culture: New York, NY
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Chicago, IL
Tufts University SMFA Library, Special Collections: Middlesex County, MA
University of Alberta – Bruce Peel Special Collections: Edmonton, Alberta
University of Dallas: Irving, TX
University of Denver: Denver, CO
University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill, NC
University of Washington: Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: Milwaukee, WI
Yale Arts Library, New Haven: CT