JOSEPH ROSS PICCILLO, JR/PDF
January 9, 1937- September 26, 2022

EDUCATION
1964 Master of Sciences, Art Education, State University College at Buffalo
1961 Bachelor of Sciences, Art Education, State University College at Buffalo

AWARDS
Western New York Annual, 1959, 1964 (two awards), 1966 (1st prize), 1967
Chautauqua Institute, 1965, 1967
Ball State, Muncie, Indiana, 1965, 1966
Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1968
SUNY Research Fellowship, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1979
Norfolk Museum XXIII Drawing Biennial, 1969
Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS) Fellowship, 1973
National Endowment for the Arts, 1979 SUNY Grant In-Aid, 1980

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“Power,” Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, 2020
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2014 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2013
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 2013
Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA, 2010
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2010
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 2009
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2009
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY, 2008
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA, 2007
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2006
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 2006
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL, 2005
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2005
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 2005
Philips Fine Art, San Jose, CA, 2004
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 2004
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2003
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL, 2003
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA, 2003
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 2002
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2002
Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY, 2002
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA, 2000
Rathbone Gallery: Sage Gallery, Albany, NY, 2000
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA, 1999
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1999
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 1999
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1997
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL, 1997
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, 1997
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY, 1995
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1994
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1994
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, 1993
Brendan Walter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1991
Brendan Walter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1990
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, 1990
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1989
Barbara Fendrick Gallery, New York, NY, 1988
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, 1988
Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC, 1988
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1987
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, 1987
Davis-McClain Gallery, Houston, TX, 1987
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, 1986
Paris-New York-Kent Gallery, Kent, CT, 1986
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1984
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY, 1984
Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy, 1983
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY, 1983
Albright-Knox Gallery, 1981
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1981
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY, 1981
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY, 1980
Galeria Loyse Oppenheim, Geneva, Switzerland, 1979
Galeria Loyse Oppenheim, Geneva, Switzerland, 1978
State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 1978
St Lawrence University, Canton, NY 1978
Fischer Fine Art, London, England, 1977
Krasner Gallery, New York, NY 1977
Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT, 1977
Kenan Center, Lockport, NY, 1973
Albright- Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1969
Banfer Gallery, New York, NY, 1968
State University College at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY, 1967
Banfer Gallery, New York, NY, 1966
Gallery 10, Buffalo, NY, 1965
State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 1965
Gallery 10, Buffalo, NY, 1964 Lower Level Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1960
Paralume Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1959

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, NY, 2024
“Content/Craftsmanship,” R. Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis, MO, 2022
“De(Accession),” Resource Art, Buffalo, NY, 2021
“Love Matter,” Resource Art, Buffalo, NY, 2021
“Spring Show,” Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock, AR, 2019
“24th Anniversary Exhibition,” Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock, AR, 2019
“The Corridors Gallery at Hotel Henry: A Resource: Art Project,” Buffalo, NY, 2018
“Holiday Show,” Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock, AR, 2018
“#ArtWiseUp: Unusual Finds,” ArtWise, Brooklyn, NY, 2018
“Best of the South,” Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock, AR, 2018
“Summer Exhibition,” Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock, AR, 2018
“Eminent,” Resource Art, Buffalo, NY 2017
“Spring Exhibition,” Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock, AR, 2017
"Summer Selections, Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 2015
“Black & White &...,” Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA, 2015
ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, NY, 2013
Midwest Drawing Invitational, University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, IN, 2013
Art Basel, Miami, FL, 2013 “Loveland Museum Horses,” Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO, 2011
“Contrasts and Collusions,” Evan Lurie Gallery, Lafayette, IN, 2010
“Dee-Lightful!,” Judith Racht Gallery, Harbet, IN, 2009
“They Paint Horses, Don’t They?,” Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, CA, 2009
“Age of Innocence,” Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA 2007
Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, 2006
“New York Collects Buffalo State,” Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, 2004
“Contemporary Realism,” Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK, 2003
“Dealer’s Choice,” R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2003
“Horse Tales,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, 2001
“Summertime,” Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA, 2001
“Figure, Fantasy & Illusion,” Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, 2000
“Figures and Fantasies,” Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL, 2000
“Contemporary American Realist Drawings,” Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1999
Two Person Show, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA, 1999
“Landfall Press- 25 Years of Printmaking,” Traveling Exhibition, 1998
“The Horse Show,” Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA, 1998
“Air, Land & Sea,” Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, 1988
“National Horse Show,” Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 1997
“The Horse Redefined,” The Nave Museum, Victoria, TX, 1997
Paris-New York-Kent Gallery, Kent, CT, 1996
“The Beauty in the Beast,” Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, 1995
American Royal Museum and Visitors Center, Kansas City, MO, 1994
“Works on Paper,” Bologna-Landi Gallery, Sag Harbor, 1992
“A Horse of a Different Color,” Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ, 1991
“Black and White,” Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1991
“The Figure Revisited,” The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, H-on-H, NY, 1989
“Paintings,” Brendan Walter Gallery, Los Angeles, 1989
“Drawing: The New Tradition,” Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, 1987
“New Acquisitions,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, 1987
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1987
“A City/A Village,” New Visions Gallery, Ithaca, NY, 1987
“N.Y.C. New Work,” Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, 1986
“American Realism- 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors,” The Glenn C. Janss Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, 1986
“Drawings,” Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1986
“Perspectives on Drawing,” University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls, IA, 1986
“Large Figurative Drawings,” The Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA, 1985
“Equestrian Art,” Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 1985
“The Recognizable Image: 16 Contemporary Realists,” Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, 1985
“Figure it Out: Exploring the Figure in Contemporary Art,” Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, 1985
“Indianapolis Biennial,” Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, 1984
“Hard Live: Drawing as a Primary Medium,” Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 1984
“Andrew Wyeth: A Trojan Horse Modernist,” Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, 1984
“Beasties,” Sioux City Art Museum, Sioux City, IA, 1984
“Animals!,” Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, 1984
“Images on Paper,” Art & Architecture Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1984
“New Work,” Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY, 1983
“Drawings,” Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY, 1983
“Selected Acquisitions,” The Burchfield Center, Buffalo, NY, 1983
“The Figurative Mode: Recent Drawings from New York City Galleries,” Down Fine Arts Center Gallery, State University of New York College at Cortland, Cortland, NY, 1983
“Art on Paper 1983,” 19th Weatherspoon Annual Exhibition, University of North Carolina,Greensboro, NC, 1983
“Cross Currents of Contemporary Art: On the Leading Edge of the Eighties,” General Electric Corporate Art Collection, Fairfield, CT, 1983
“Points of View,” Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 1982
“Collector’s Choice,” Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, 1982
“Collector’s Choice,” Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, FL, 1982
“New Dimensions in Drawing,” Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, 1981
“Animal Imagery,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA, 1981
“Animals in American Art 1880- 1980,” Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY, 1981
Art 10 ‘79, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 1979
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY, 1979
Art 8 ‘78, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 1978
Fischer Fine Arts LTD, London, England, 1978
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium, 1977
“American Social Realism Between the Wars: Its Roots and Ramifications,” The Michener Collection of 20th Century American Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1971
Butler Institute of American Art, (juried exhibition), Youngstown, OH, 1969
Faculty Exhibition, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 1968
“Contemporary American Drawings III,” Fine Art Center, Bethel College, Newton, KS, 1968
Norfolk Museum of Arts Drawing Biennial (juried exhibition), Norfolk, VA, 1967
Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition, (juried exhibition), 1967
Ball State, (juried exhibition), Muncie, IN, 1966
Bucknell University, (juried exhibition), Lewisburg, PA, 1966
Butler Institute of American Art, (juried exhibition), Youngstown, OH, 1966
Chautauqua Institute, (juried exhibition), Chautauqua, NY, 1966
Ohio University, (juried exhibition), Athens, OH, 1966
Drawings USA, (juried exhibition), St. Paul, MN, 1966
Western New York Annual, (juried exhibition), Buffalo, NY, 1966
Arts International, (juried exhibition), El Paso, TX, 1965
Ball State, (juried exhibition), Muncie, IN, 1965
Chautauqua Institute, (juried exhibition), Chautauqua, NY, 1965
The Appleton Gallery, Syracuse, NY, 1965
Mercyhurst College, (juried exhibition), Erie, PA, 1965
Ohio University, (juried exhibition), Athens, OH, 1965
Oklahoma Printmakers Annual, (juried exhibition), Oklahoma City, OK, 1965
Silvermine Arts Center, (juried exhibition), New Canaan, CT, 1965
The Society of the Four Arts, (juried exhibition), Palm Beach, FL, 1965
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, (juried exhibition), Greensboro, NC, 1965
Wesleyan College, (juried exhibition), Macon, GA, 1965
Western New York Annual, (juried exhibition), Buffalo, NY, 1965
Ball State, (juried exhibition), Muncie, IN, 1964
Chautauqua Institute, (juried exhibition), Chautauqua, NY, 1964
New York State Fair, (juried exhibition), Syracuse, NY, 1964
Norfolk Museum of Arts Drawing Biennial (juried exhibition), Norfolk, VA, 1964
Oklahoma Printmakers Annual, (juried exhibition), Oklahoma City, OK, 1964
Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition, (juried exhibition), 1964-1965
Western New York Annual, (juried exhibition), Buffalo, NY, 1964
New York State Fair, (juried exhibition), Syracuse, NY, 1963
Ohio University, (juried exhibition), Athens, OH, 1963
Western New York Annual, (juried exhibition), Buffalo, NY, 1963
Ball State, (juried exhibition), Muncie, IN, 1962
Chautauqua Institute, (juried exhibition), Chautauqua, NY, 1962
Art/61, (juried exhibition), Buffalo, NY, 1961
Arts International, (juried exhibition), El Paso, TX, 1961
The University of Olivet, (juried exhibition), Olivet, MI, 1960
New York State Fair, (juried exhibition), Syracuse, NY, 1959
Western New York Annual, (juried exhibition), Buffalo, NY, 1959

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Albrecht Museum, St. Joseph, MO
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Butler Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
de Young\Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Jacksonville Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL
Little Rock Art Museum, Little Rock, AR
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
New York State University College at Buffalo New York
State University College at Fredonia
Rochester Memorial Art Center, Rochester, NY
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Corporate Collections
American Express
Amoco Production Company
Atlanta Richfield
ARCO
Bank of America
Charles R. Penney Foundation
Coca Cola
Continental Bank
Dow- Jones
First American National Bank, Nashville, TN
First National Bank, Chicago, IL
General Electric
General Mills
Guess? Jeans
IBM
Interfirst Bank
Intermedics
KMart
Kidder, Peabody & Company
Klein Financial Corporation
Kemper Group
Microsoft
Owens- Illinois
Pantheon Company
Philip Morris
Principal Financial Group
Prudential- Bache
Ralph Lauren
SOHIO
Southeast Banking Corporation
Southwestern Bell
Steuben Glass
Time, Incorporated
Technimetrics
U.S. West
Wang Labs

Selected Bibliography
“Obituary: Joseph Piccillo, Artist Known for Bold Horse Images,” Dale Anderson, The Buffalo News, November 4, 2022
“Good Art Does Not Editorialize,” Elizabeth Licata, Buffalo Spree, February 9, 2021
“Flexing his muscles,” Jane Wulff, The Boston Globe, March 5, 2010
“Painting Metaphors,” American Art Collector, No 28, February, 2008
“Joseph Piccillo,” Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun Times, May 6, 2006
“Joseph Piccillo,” New Paintings and Drawings,” Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, November 14, 2003
“Joseph Piccillo: Paintings and Drawings,” Keri Guten Cohen, Detroit Free Press, March 10, 2002
“Paintings in Birmingham Snag Raquel Welch’s Attention,”John Smyntek, Detroit Free Press, April 5, 2004
“Joseph Piccillo,” Katherine Ross Lieber, Artscope.net, June, 2002
“Piccillo again returns to familiar horse motif,” Alan G Artner, Chicago Tribune, June 14, 2002
“Call of the Wild,” Fred Camper, Chicago Reader, June 21, 2002
“Joseph Piccillo 1992-2000,” Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, September 28, 2000
“Joseph Piccillo at Chase Gallery,” Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, June 10, 1999
“Horsepower,” Foster Grunfield, Town and Country, January, 1997“
“National Horse Show,” Keri Guten Cohen, December 7, 1997
“Joseph Piccillo,” Carol Ferring Shepley, St. Louis Post- Dispatch, April 27, 1995
“Rediscovering the Merits of Representational Work,” Deborah Gimelson, Architectural Digest, July 1995
“Joseph Piccillo,” Elizabeth Converse, Visions, Spring Issue, 1993
“Gallery Scene,” David McCracken, Chicago Tribune, April 22, 1994
“Blackboard Jungle Amid the Flowers,” Robert W. Duffy, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 3, 1993
“Big Drawings Reach for Painting’s Weight,” David McCracken, Chicago Tribune, January 18, 1991
“Drawings by Joseph Piccillo Evoke Classical Art,” Alexandra Bellos, St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 12, 1990
“Joseph Piccillo,” Peter Clothier, Art Gallery International, Volume II, Number 4, Summer 1990
“Confinement Unites Disparate Works,” Nancy Rice, St Louis Post- Dispatch, April 8, 1988
“Piccillo’s Draftsmanship is Superb,” Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, February 19, 1987
“Joseph Piccillo: Drawings,” Jim Harris, St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 10, 1986
“Elliot Smith Sets Diverse Piccillo Show,” Herbert Granick, St. Louis Globe-Democrat,February 1, 1986
“Joseph Piccillo,” Ellen Lee Klein, ARTS Magazine, January 1984
“Seeing (de)light,” Patricia Joshnson, Houston Chronicle, February 5, 1984
“Joseph Piccillo- New York Reviews,” Ronny Cohen, ARTNEWS, November 1984
“Joseph Piccillo,” Grace Glueck, The New York Times, November 23, 1984
“Who’s Who,” Karen Brady, The Buffalo News, July 3, 1983
“New Dimensions in Drawing,” ART NEW ENGLAND, May 1981
“An Artistic Menagerie,” Newsday Magazine for Long Island, October 11, 1981
“Joseph Piccillo,” Kim Levine, The Village Voice, October 28- November 3, 1981
“His Horses are Halfway Horrific,” Jerry Tallmer, New York Post, October 30, 1981
“Joseph Piccillo,” Vivian Raynor, The New York Times, October 30, 1981
“Joseph Piccillo’s Art of Ideas,” George Howell, Buffalo Evening News, November 8, 1981
“Artists Take Up the Human Form,” George Howell, Buffalo Evening News, November 15, 1981
“Monumental, Elegant Horses Reign over Exhibit of Piccillo Drawings,” George Howell, Buffalo Evening News, November 25, 1981
“Profile: Joseph Piccillo,” George Howell, Buffalo Spree, Winter 1981
“Joseph Piccillo,” David Elliot, Chicago Sun Times, November 3, 1980
“Joseph Piccillo,” Reagan Upshaw, Art in America, December 1980
“Joseph Piccillo’s Game Structures,” Diane Cochrane, American Artist, December 1973
“Member Gallery Spotlights Work of PIccillo,” The Buffalo News, January 8, 1969
“Review: The Crime of Punishment, by Karl Menninger,” Fred Rodell (accompanying illustration), New York Times Book Review, January 5, 1969
“Black vs. Jew: A Tragic Confrontation,” Time Magazine (cover art), January 31, 1969
“Review: Christopher and His Father, by Hans Habe,” George Grella, (accompanying illustration), New York Times Book Review, November 12, 1967
“Review: Savage Sleep, by Millen Brand,” Frank Slaughter (accompanying illustration), New York Times Book Review, October 27, 1968
“They See Fun, Not Good Art,” Anthony Bannon, The Buffalo News, September 6, 1968
“Poverty in America,” Time Magazine (cover art), May 17, 1968
“Review: The Impossible Proof, by Hans Erich Nossack,” J.P. Bauke (accompanying illustration), New York Times Book Review, March 17, 1968
“Joseph Piccillo Makes a Promising Debut,” John Canaday, New York Times, October 1, 1966

Films and Television
Hannibal, 2001
High Fidelity, 2000
Columbo, Season 10, Episode 8, January 10, 1994