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Joe Addison (1986) is an Omaha based visual artist who specializes in historic and experimental photographic processes. When not working in his Benson studio, Joe co-curates Petshop Gallery, is a darkroom technician and teaching artist at the Union for Contemporary Art. Education includes an AAS from Metropolitan Community College, Omaha in 2010 and a BFA from the University of Colorado Denver in 2014. Addison received a Fellowship from the Union for Contemporary Arts in 2015 and a National Scholarship from the Society of Photographic Education in 2010.

Exhibitions

2023

Solo Exhibition. Landscape, Seascape, Some Kind of Escape. Fred Simon Gallery. Omaha NE

2022

Solo Exhibition. Barely Photographs. Link Gallery. Omaha NE

The Ground Beneath, Petshop Gallery, Omaha NE

RAM JAM: BFF Crew Exhibition, Petshop Gallery, Omaha NE

2021

Bemis Art Auction. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Omaha NE

2020

Silent Spring. Little Gallery. Omaha NE

2019

New Work, Photographs by Joe Addison and Alex Jochim. Project Project Gallery. Omaha NE

Bemis Art Auction. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Omaha NE

2018

Bemis Art Auction. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Omaha NE

Deconstruction. Studio Altieri. Denver CO

Scales of Perception. Michael Phipps Gallery. Omaha NE

Omaha Bug Symposium: BugFF. Petshop Gallery. Omaha NE

2017

Bemis Art Auction. Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Omaha NE

Seven Lenses. Petshop Gallery. Omaha NE

Ecclesia: A Showcase of Analog Photography. Process Gallery. Omaha NE

2016

Artist INC Showcase. Omaha Creative Institute. Omaha NE

Dateline 027. Dateline Gallery. Denver CO

F+W 2015 Union Fellow Exhibition.Wanda D. Ewing Gallery. Omaha NE

2015

Solo Exhibition. SRO Photo Gallery. Lubbock TX

Solo Exhibition. Color Court Building. Lincoln NE

Solo Exhibition. Cameraless. Petshop Gallery. Omaha NE

2014

Historic Process Group Show. SRISA. Florence Italy

University of Colorado Denver BFA Thesis Exhibition. Redline Gallery. Denver CO

Juried Members' Show. Juror Mark Sink. CPAC. Denver CO

Rayko Plastic Camera Show. Juror Ann Jastrab. Rayko Gallery. San Francisco CA

Work In Progress. Invitation. Courtyard Marriott. Denver CO

16x16x16. Traveling Exhibition (5 Locations)

UCD Student Show. Emmanuel Gallery. Denver CO

Members Exhibition. Juror Eric Paddock. CPAC. Denver CO

Cold. Invitation. Emmanuel Gallery. Denver CO

2013

16x16x16. Traveling Exhibition (5 Locations)

Methods (Alternative). Juror Christopher James. Kiernan Gallery. Lexington VA

UCD Student Show. Courtyard Marriott. Denver CO

UCD Photography Club Exhibition. Juror Rupert Jenkins. Denver Public Library. Denver CO

The Big Picture Show. Juror Mark Sink. Denver Metropolitan Area

2012

UCD Student Show. Courtyard Marriott. Denver CO

16x16x16. Traveling Exhibition (5 Locations)

UCD Student Show. Emmanuel Gallery. Denver CO

2011

Low-Tech. Juror Carol Panaro-Smith. Bancroft Gallery. Omaha NE

Voice of the Gutter. Juror Mary Jane Jacob. Denver CO

16x16x16. Traveling Exhibition (5 Locations)

2010

PhotoSpiva. Juror Deborah Klochko. George A. Spiva Center for the Arts. Joplin MO

PhotoPlace Open. Juror Keith Carter. PhotoPlace Gallery. Middlebury VT

MCC Student Show. Elkhorn Valley Campus. Omaha NE

MCC Photo Club Exhibition. Park Trades Center. Kalamazoo MI

Japan. SPATIVM at the Parrish Project. Lincoln NE

Artist Potluck. Hot Shops Gallery. Omaha NE

2009

Group Photography. RNG Gallery. Omaha NE

Labor/Labour. Hot Shops Gallery. Omaha NE

Art Car Celebration. 906 Gallery. Omaha NE

SallaDallas. Zen’s Lounge. Lincoln NE

Exposure. Juror Theresa Johnson. Hot Shops. Omaha NE

Varying Degrees. Juror Jeff Curto. Richards Hall. Lincoln NE

Artist Potluck. Hot Shops Gallery. Omaha NE

MCC Photography Club Exhibition. Juror Carol Golemboski. Hayden Art Gallery. Lincoln NE

Awards/publications/Employment

Co-Curator, Petshop Gallery, Omaha NE, 2018—Current

Darkroom Technician, Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha NE, 2015—Current

Mentor, Kent Bellows Mentoring Program, Omaha NE, 2018—2021

Winter Fellowship, The Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha NE, 2015

Teaching Photography: Tools for the Imaging Educator, Focal Press, 2015

The Hand Magazine (Issue No.5), 2014

National Scholarship, Society of Photographic Education, 2010