JOSEPH HASKE was born in Washington, D.C., in 1945 and is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts Advanced Painting Program (1968). Mr. Haske has shown extensively both nationally and internationally and his works have been exhibited at the Tucson Museum of Art (Tucson, Arizona); the Albright-Knox Gallery(Buffalo, New York); and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City). Haske is accomplished in the medium of printmaking as well as painting, and has been a professor at the Parsons School of Design since 1981. He lives and works in New York City.
"Life Magazine, in 1959, was a huge qualifier of American values. It ran a photo article on the Abstract Expressionists ... I decided then, at fifteen, not only that I wanted to do what they had done, but that I could do it." -- Joseph Haske
Haske arrives at his delicate, scrolling imagery through intuitive means, much as did the Abstract Expressionists who captured his imagination at an early age. He views abstract vocabulary as a constantly shifting and perpetually self-refining entity, and he mines its potential, filtering it through various historical concerns and new vantage points. In addition to acknowledging the abstract expressionists as an influence, Haske also cites the Italian masters Giotto and Fra Angelico, as well as the fragments and paintings of Pompeii.
Haske's paintings grapple with the dichotomy between generation and decay, sexuality and death. The forms in Haske’s paintings have a sensuous, languid quality, while the grounds he prepares are reminiscent of ancient walls. Presence and absence play a great role here, as the forms are partially wiped away and erased, hinting at the ebb and flow of time. Influenced by the writings of Jung, Haske’s work represents a continual search through the subconscious for potent visual archetypes and symbols.
Biography
Education
Advanced Year Painting Program, School of Visual Arts, New York, 1968
B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 1967
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Sylvestor & Co. Amagansatt, NY, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Circa Gallery, Minn. MN, Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003 Tobey Fine Arts, New York,NY
2002 Sears-Peyton Gallery , New York, NY
2001 Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1999 Davis & Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY
1998 Gwenda Jay / Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Linda Schwartz Gallery, Lexington, KY
1997 Tobey Fine Arts, New York, NY
1992 Paintings and Monotypes, Malmgran Gallery, Sweden
1990 Jessica Berwind Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989 John Davis Gallery, New York, NY
1987 John Davis Gallery, New York, NY
Foster Hall Gallery, Louisiana State University
The Detwiller Artist Award, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (catalogue)
1986 Oscarsson Siegeltuch Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Susan Montezinos Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983 Oscarsson Hood Gallery, Joseph Haske, Recent Paintings, New York, NY
1982 John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
Oscarsson Hood Gallery, New York, NY
1973 Jacob’s Ladder Gallery, Washington, DC
1967 Robinson House Gallery, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Selected Group Exhibitions
1999 Botanica, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN, (traveling through 2001)
1997 Abstraction Index, Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1996 New York Collection, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY (traveling exhibition)
Four Artists, Andrea Pintsch Gallery, Munich, Germany
1994 East/West, Cross Cultural Influences in Painting, (essay by Saul Ostrow), E.S. Vandam Gallery New York, NY
1993 Painting, Helander Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden ; Malmgran Gallery, Gotesberg, Sweden
1987 New Abstract Painting: Five New York Artists, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1985 Abstract Issues, Oscarsson Hood Gallery, Tibor de Nagy, GA, Sherry French Gallery, curated by Steven Henry Madoff, New York, NY (catalogue)
1984 Small Works: New Abstract Paintings, a joint exhibition Lafayette College and Muhlenberg College, Easton and Alien, PA (catalogue)
1981 The New Spiritualism, Curated by Robert Storrs, Oscarsson Hood Gallery,(traveled to Jorgensen Gallery, The University of Connecticut, The University of Vermont, catalogue)
1980 Drawings, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
1973 New Talent, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
1972 Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1971 Annual, The Whitney Museum Of American Art, New York, NY
Selected Public Collections
American Telephone and Telegraph, New York, NY
Arthur Anderson & Co., Chicago, IL
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Citicorp, New York, NY
Weatherspoon Museum, U.N.C., Greensboro, NC
Wichita Museum, Wichita, KS
Honolulu Museum, Honolulu, HI
Southwest Banking Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
Best Products, VA
Thorpe, Reed, and Armstrong, PA
Santa Barbara Community College, Santa Barbara, CA
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona Museum of Art, AZ
Awards & Fellowships
1991 Faculty Development Fund, Parsons School of Design, NY
1987 Detwiller Artists Award, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
1987 Visiting Artist, Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue, LA
1986 Artist-in-Residency, Garner Tullis Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA
1982 CAPS Grant for painting
1967-8 Out-of-State Graduate Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1966-7 Undergraduate Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Selected Bibliography
Selected Bibliography
"Rembrandt and His Etchings" Intaglio Editions, Arche Magazine, Tokyo
"Joseph Haske - Abstract Paintings", Jeanette Fintz, Register-Star, Hudsonn NY, December 3, 1999
"Acrylics Lighten the Weight of Winter", Mike Holdren, Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, Sunday, March 15, 1998
"Three Painters, a Lesson in the Abstract", Diana Heyne, Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, Sunday, June 30, 1991
Three Painters", Garland W. Black, Dialogue Magazine, Sept-Oct, 1991, reproduction
"Review", Edward J. Sozanski, Thursday, February 8, 1990, reproduction
"Joseph Haske", Ruth Bass, Artnews, summer, 1989, p.169,
Joseph Haske/John Davis Galery", Timothy Cohrs,Artnews, March 1998, p.200, reproduction
"Purgatory's Way", Steven Henry Madoff, Arts Magazine, March, 1987, reproduction
"New Abstraction", Ronny Cohen, The Print Collectors Newsletter, Vol.XVIII, No. 1, March-April, 1987, reproduction
"Is There Life After Death?: The Recent Paintings of Joseph Haske", Steven Henry Madoff, ARTS Magaziine, February, 1984, reproduction
"Joseph Haske at Oscarsson Hood". Art in America, Review, Stephen Westfall, February, 1984
