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Joe Nanashe
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Education

2005


M.F.A. Visual Arts; Mason Gross School of the Arts,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
 

2003


B.F.A. Studio Art Sculpture, minor in Art History;
Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH
  2002
Sidney Kahn Summer Institute at the Kitchen,
Sarah Lawrence College, New York, NY
 
 
Exhibitions
 
2008 Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  Come Out & Play, Apexart, New York, NY
  15th New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
  Boston Underground Film Festival, Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA
  Extra Virgin, Flux Space, Philadelphia, PA
  17 Days, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo,MI (traveled to University of Buffalo, Buffalo NY; Alfred University, Alfred, NY)
   
2007 Yummy, Nexus Art, Philadelphia, PA
  Fear Revere, Two Boots Pioneer Theater, New York, NY
  6th Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, Casino Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
  14th Chicago Underground Film Festival, Elegant Mr. Gallery, Chicago, IL
  Summer Shorts Online 2007, Independent Film Channel, www.ifc.com
  Rooftop TV, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, New York, NY
  1800frames Take 3, Pioneer Theater, New York, NY
CinemaScope, Scope Art Fair, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Video : JC, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
  Ritual and Repetition, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
 
2006 Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT (solo performance)*
  1800frames Take 3, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
  5th Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, Casino Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
  Video Showcase, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
  In War / At War: the Practice of the Everyday, Open Source Art, Champaign, IL
  9th Antimatter Underground Film Festival, Open Space Arts Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada
  13th Chicago Underground Film Festival, Music Box Theater, Chicago, IL
  American Diaspora: Transformation in the Age of Uncertainty, Victory Hall Cultural Center, Jersey City, NJ
  Rooftop Films, Brooklyn, NY
  Alumni Exhibition, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH
  Gimli Film Festival, Gimli, Manitoba, Canada
  PDX Film Festival, Guild Theater, Portland, OR
  13th New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
  12th Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada
  VID:1 MIN: 1800, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ (traveled to La Mandorla - Espacio de prueba y acción, San Juan, Argentina)
 
2005 Videologia, Volgograd International Festival of Video Art, Volgograd, Russia
  SEH TANK Presents, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
  4th Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, Casino Montbenon, Lausanne, Switzerland
  12th Chicago Underground Film Festival, Music Box Theater, Chicago, IL
  G-Niale 7, Garage 2005, Stralsund, Germany
  Rotterdam VHS Festival #9, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  Planet Ant Film and Video Festival, Planet Ant Theater, Detroit, MI
  Fresh Meat/ Young Blood, Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
  VID:1 MIN: 1800, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
  Filmmaker’s Showcase, Cathedral Arts Festival, Grace Van Vorst Cathedral, Jersey City, NJ
  Open Zone, Galapagos Arts Space, Brooklyn, NY
  City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
  Good-Bye, Sully, We’ll Meet Again, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
 
2004 Suitcase Exhibition, Kunsthochschule fur Medien Koln, Cologne, Germany
  Faculty and Graduate Exhibition, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
  Tempo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
  VIDEO:1 MIN:1800, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
  Video Extravaganza, H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
 
2003 First Year Graduate Exhibition, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
  Cleveland Biennial, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
  Nickeled and Dimed, Quality Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  Home Wrecker’s Ball, Commission at Private Residence, Akron, OH
  Formation, Edgewater Arts Collective, Cleveland, OH
  Film, Video and the Moving Picture, Groop Space, Colonial Marketplace, Cleveland, OH
  Fallen, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH (solo exhibition)*
 
2002 Walking Loops, Gallery 129, Akron, OH (solo exhibition)*
  Swell, Northside Ice and Coal Complex, Akron, OH
  Summer Institute Works in Progress, The Kitchen, New York, NY
  The Edge II. A Benefit For Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, Great Lakes Brewing Company, Cleveland, OH
  Cold Rolled, Northside Ice and Coal Complex, Akron, OH
 
2001 Action and Evidence, Northside Ice and Coal Complex, Akron, OH
  Disruption, Here Here Gallery, Cleveland, OH
  Works in Process, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH (solo exhibition)*
 
2000 Incident at the Icehouse, Northside Ice and Coal Complex, Akron, OH
 
 
Grants and Awards
 
2008 Audience Choice Award Honorable Mention, BUFF, Cambridge, MA
   
2005 Paul Robeson Emerging Artist Award, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
 
2004 TA/GA Competitive Pool Funds, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
 
2003 Outstanding Senior Grant, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH
 
2002 Summer Institute Scholarship, Sarah Lawrence College, New York, NY
  Travel Grant Summer, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH
  Louis and Mary Myers Award, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH
  Travel Grant Spring, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH
 
2001 Tools and Materials Grant, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH
  Folk Award, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH
 
1999 Folk Award, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH
 
 
Lectures, Panels, and Public Talks
 
2008 Filmmaker’s Q&A, NYUFF, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
  Filmmaker’s Q&A, BUFF, Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA
   
2007 Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
  Visiting Artist, Marietta College, Marietta, OH
 
2006 Artist Talk, Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
  Visiting Artist Lecture, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
  Visiting Artist Lecture, Summer Studio Program, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
  Filmmaker’s Q&A, NYUFF, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
  Visiting Artist Lecture, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ
 
2005 Filmmaker’s Q&A, Cathedral Arts Festival, Jersey City, NJ
 
2002

Artist Lecture, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH

   
   
Bibliography  
   
2008 “Dewars Award at BUFF 2008,” Boston.TV, April 25, 2008 htttp://www.boston.tv/btv.html?id=718896112
  “The Last Hurrah!” Lauren Cornell and Ceci Moss, Rhizome News, March 31, 2008
http://rhizome.org/editorial/news/?timestamp=20080331
  “Trough Love,” Mara Zepeda, Philadelphia Weekly January 16-22, 2008
   
2007 “Summer Shorts: Beat the Heat with Two Online Short Film Festivals,” Kim Adelman, Indie Wire August 15, 2007 http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2007/08/shorts_column_s.html
   
2006 “Myers Alumni Return for Grand Exhibit,“ Akron Beacon Journal, Dorothy Shinn, August 13, 2006
   
2001 "Explorations of the Mundane,” Andy Downing, the Buchtelite, Sept. 25, 2001