BIOGRAPHY
1981 Born in Brewster, Massachusetts.
2002 Yale Summer School of Art and Music, Norfolk, Connecticut.
2003 BFA, The Cooper Union, New York.
2007 MFA, Columbia University, New York.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, and Western Massachusetts.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 James Fuentes, Los Angeles. Josephine Halvorson, New Hours
(7 September – 19 October)
2023 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. Unforgotten
(17 March – 22 April)
2022 Ogunquit Museum of Art, Maine. On the Ground,
curated by Theresa Choi (1 May – 19 July)
2021 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe. Josephine Halvorson,
curated by Ariel Plotek (1 October 2021 – 28 March 2022)
Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Five Grounds
(2 July – 2 August). Catalogue.
2020 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. On The Ground
(23 January – 29 February)
2019 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Foster Prize Exhibition,
curated by Ruth Erickson (22 August – 31 December)
2017 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. As I went walking
(19 October – 22 November)
2016 Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York. Outlooks: Josephine Halvorson,
curated by Nora Lawrence (14 May – 13 November)
2015 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Josephine Halvorson: Slow Burn, curated by Cora Fisher (26 March – 31 May).
Catalogue.
2014 Angle Art Contemporain, Saint-Paul-Trois Châteaux, France. Rendezvous a l’atelier
(17 September – 8 November). Catalogue.
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. Facings
(23 January – 1 March). Catalogue.
2012 Galerie Nelson‑Freeman, Paris. Side-by-side
(17 November 2012 – 26 January 2013). Catalogue.
2011 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. What Looks Back
(21 October – 3 December). Catalogue.
2009 Monya Rowe Gallery, New York. Clockwise From Window
(7 November 2009 – 16 January 2010)
Monya Rowe Gallery, New York. Josephine Halvorson, The Volta Show
(5–8 March)
2008 Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. Josephine Halvorson, West Gallery
(19 November 2008 – 10 January 2009)
Fondation des États‑Unis, Paris. Peintures de Patience
(28 May)
2005 Humanities Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York. Vienna Portraits
(22 March – 22 April)
RKL Gallery, Brooklyn. Still Lifes
(10 February – 7 March)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 White Columns, New York. Looking Back / The 15th White Columns Annual,
selected by Elisabeth Kley (17 January – 1 March)
2024 Orwell’s Garden, Brooklyn. On Drawing,
curated by Mary Temple (9–24 November)
Peter Freeman, Inc., Paris. En travaux
(16–26 October)
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. Healing
(3 May – 22 June)
James Cohan, New York. Arcadia and Elswhere
(12 January – 10 February)
2023 Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin. 50 Paintings
(17 November 2023 – 23 June 2024)
Petzel Gallery, New York. Time Travel: Italian Masters through a Contemporary Lens
(15 November 2023 – 10 February 2024)
International Objects, New York. Perpetual Screw
(30 September – 12 November)
2022 Industry City, Brooklyn. Singing in Unison part VII: In Loving Memory of Jennifer Bartlett,
curated by Phong Bui and Cal McKeever (23 September 2022 – 16 October 2023)
Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York. Singing in Unison part VI:
Artists Need to Create on the Same Scale that Society Has the Capacity to Destroy,
curated by Phong Bui and Cal McKeever (7 September – 16 October)
Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, New York. Still Life and the Poetry of Place
(3 September – 16 October)
Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium. Chambres d’Amis: Ikea
(4 April – 30 June)
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante, Spain. OBERTURA. Más allá de los mapas
(12 March – 29 May)
2021 Fine Arts Center Gallery, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville. Life Still, curated by Marc Ethan Mitchell (28 October – 3 December). Catalogue.
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts. What Looms Large
(14 September 2021 – 17 July 2022)
School of Visual Arts Flatiron Project Space, New York. A Quiet Scale,
curated by Catherine Haggarty (13 September – 15 October)
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York. You Again,
curated by Franklin Evans (24 June – 31 July)
Office Baroque Gallery, Brussels. LaBoîte-en-Valise,
curated by Marie Denkens and Wim Peeters (9 January – 28 February)
2020 deCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Visionary New England,
curated by Sarah Montross (8 October 2020 – 14 March 2021)
Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park, Florida.
The Place as Metaphor: Collection Conversations (18 January – 6 September)
2019 Able Baker, Portland, Maine. Space Heater,
curated by Annika Earley (6 December 2019 – 12 January 2020)
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. 2019 James and Audrey Foster Prize
(21 August – 31 December)
Slag Gallery, New York. The Practice of Everyday Life
(18 April – 19 May)
XIII Bienal de La Habana, Matanzas, Cuba. Rios Intermitentes / Intermittent Rivers,
curated by María Magdalena Campos Pons (13 April – 21 May)
2018 808 Gallery, Boston. A Few Conversations Between Women
(14–28 September)
UMASS Amherst, Massachusetts. Crosstown Contemporary Art,
curated by Loretta Yarlow and Sandy Litchfield (1 July – 1 November)
Peter Blum Gallery, New York. Excavation
(7 June – 31 August)
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Measure (Tree)
(2 June – ongoing)
Gaa Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Against Forgetting II
(26 May – 1 July)
Gaa Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Against Forgetting I
(25 May – 10 July)
Institut Français, Centre Saint-Louis, Rome. Fenêtre Jaune Cadmium
(24 May – 13 June)
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams.
The Lure of the Dark: Contemporary Painters Conjure the Night,
curated by Susan Cross (3 March – 31 December)
Marinaro Gallery, New York. The Case Against Reality
(22 February – 8 April)
2017 Samsøn, Boston. Immigrancy,
curated by Camilø Alvårez (8 September – 11 November)
Moly-Sabata, Sablons, France. En Crue. L’exposition anniversaire des 90 ans
de Moly-Sabata, curated by Joël Riff (6 September – 29 October)
The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio. Gray Matters,
curated by Michael Goodson (20 May – 30 July). Catalogue.
Espace St-Claude, Paris. Images at Work: Everyday Abstraction
(20–21 May)
2016 APALAZZOGALLERY, Brescia, Italy. A Way of Living,
curated by Nathlie Provosty (29 September – 15 November)
American Academy in Rome, Italy. Studio Systems,
curated by Peter Benson-Miller (19 May – 3 July). Catalogue.
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska. It Was Never Linear: Recent Painting,
curated by Aaron Holz (3 May – 31 July)
2015 Gallery at Industry City, New York. Social Ecologies,
curated by Greg Lindquist (10 December 2015 – 21 February 2016)
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. Jennie C. Jones, Josephine Halvorson, Leslie Hewitt
(10 December 2015 – 23 January 2016)
Gallery at Industry City, Brooklyn. Social Ecologies,
curated by Greg Lindquist (5 December 2015 – 21 February 2016). Catalogue.
Mana Contemporary Arts Center, Jersey City. Intimacy in Discourse: Reasonable-sized
and Unreasonable-sized Paintings, curated by Phong Bui (18 October – 22 December)
Kansas, New York. muscular,
curated by John McAllister (27 June – 25 July)
Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston. The Guston Effect
(15 May – 15 August)
LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York. Stirring Still
(3–29 April)
Samsung/Plateau Museum of Art, Seoul. Tracing S
curated by Nayoung Cho (12 March – 7 June)
Académie de France à Rome–Villa Médicis, Italy. Teatro delle Esposizioni #6: Prendere Tempo,
curated by Claudio Libero Pisano and Éric de Chassey (27 February – 12 April)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Souvenirs de Paris,
curated by Camille Morineau (26 February – 4 April)
Fondazione Memmo-Arte Contemporanea, Rome. Conversation Piece – Part 1,
curated by Marcello Smarrelli (10 February – 4 June)
2014 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York. Please Enter,
curated by Beth Rudin deWoody (23 October – 20 December)
Orlando Museum of Art, Florida. Acquisition Trust:
Celebrating Thirty Years of Building a Collection (11 October 2014 – 2 November 2015)
High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Painter’s Painter: Gifts from Alex Katz
(14 June – 2 November)
2013 Greenlease Art Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Montana. L’Hourloupe,
curated by David Rhoads (6 September – 12 October)
Team Gallery, New York. Black Cake,
curated by Alex Gartenfeld (10 January – 17 February)
2012 Frith Street Gallery, London. Still, curated by Peter Fleissig
(29 June – 15 September)
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York. The Big Picture
(8 June – 25 July)
2011 Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 2011 Artist in Residence Biennial
(10 November – 9 December)
ArtBlog, New York. The Death of Affect,
curated by Fran Holstrom and Jeffrey Scott Mathews (14–28 October)
Sue Scott Gallery, New York. Paper A – Z
(16 March – 22 April)
Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York. Ex Libris
(26 January – 26 February)
2010 Lehmann Maupin, New York. Painting and Sculpture:
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Benefit Exhibition (9 December 2010 – 9 January 2011)
School of Visual Arts, New York.
Between Picture and Viewer: The Image in Contemporary Painting,
curated by Tom Huhn and Isabel Taube (23 November – 22 December)
Sue Scott Gallery, New York. Editions Art Book Fair
(4–7 November)
Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, New York. Perceiving Place,
curated by Stephanie McMahon (22 October – 1 December)
LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York. Fool’s House,
curated by Nora Griffin (11–29 October)
Hunter College, New York. Americana,
curated by Katy Siegel (26 September – 4 December)
Golden Gallery, Chicago. New Work From New York,
curated by Patricia Treib (3 September – 2 October)
CTRL Gallery, Houston. Precarity and the Butter Tower,
curated by Jackie Gendel and Tom McGrath (8 May – 26 June)
Samson Projects, Mexico City. ZonaMACO, 2010,
curated by Nicole Cherubini and Camilo Alvarez (14–18 April)
The Cooper Union, New York. Rites Of Passage,
curated by Thomas Micchelli (1 January – 11 February)
2009 Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn. Party at Chris's House,
curated by Phong Bui (20 November – 20 December)
Gallery 106 Green, Brooklyn. What’s Bin Did and What’s Bin Hid,
curated by Ryan Steadman (18 October – 15 November)
Deitsch Studios, Long Island City. The Open
(10 September – 25 October)
Non‑Objectif Sud, Tulette, France. Hand‑In‑Hand,
curated by Michael Zahn (12 July – 9 September)
Sue Scott Gallery, New York. Subverted Genres,
curated by Gabriela Galati and Rebecca Mirsky (5 May – 16 June)
Cuchifritos, New York. Close To Home,
curated by Melissa Levin and Mike Quinn (2 May – 13 June)
Monya Rowe Gallery, New York. Perception as Object
(8 January – 14 February)
The Cooper Union, New York. Breaking Into The Human Race
2008 LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York. Lost In Your Eyes
(23 November – 13 December)
Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC.
A Friend Indeed: Contemporary Art and the Academy (3–28 November)
Taxter & Spengemann, New York. Union Square
(7 July – 1 August)
2007 Monya Rowe Gallery, New York. The Show's So Nice
(6 September – 20 October)
Rockefeller Center, New York. Columbia University MFA Thesis Exhibition,
curated by Daniel Bozhkov (6–27 May)
2006 The Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York. Dead Serious,
curated by Yola Monakhov (8 November – 8 December)
2005 The New York Public Library, Bronx. Special Collection,
curated by Laura Napier (1–31 October)
LECTURES AND PANELS
2012 Orlando Museum of Art, Florida.
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill.
In Dialogue: Gregory Amenoff, Francesca DiMattio & Josephine Halvorson
2011 New York Studio School, New York. Josephine Halvorson on Her Work
2010 School of Visual Arts, New York. Between Picture and Viewer: The Image
In Contemporary Painting, with James Hyde and Dana Schutz, moderated by Katy Siegel
2009 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Josephine Halvorson
X Initiative, New York. Editions / Artists’ Book Fair
GRANTS, AWARDS, AND RESIDENCIES
2021 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, Fine Arts Fellow.
2014–2015 French Academy at Villa Medici, Rome.
2012 Steep Rock Arts, Washington, Connecticut.
Artist in Residence, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
2010 New York Foundation for the Arts (Painting), New York.
2009–2010 Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Residency, Brooklyn.
2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York.
2007–2008 Harriet Hale Woolley Artist Residency, Fondation des États‑Unis, Paris.
2006 D'Arcy Hayman Trust Scholarship, Columbia University, New York.
2005 Artist in Residence, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, Connecticut.
2003–2004 U.S. Fulbright Fellowship in Painting, Vienna.
TEACHING
2017–present Boston University, Professor of Art and Chair of Graduate Studies in Painting.
2011–2012 Core Critic, MFA Program, Yale University School of Art, New Haven.
2011–2012 Lecturer (Fall), Introduction to Painting, Art Department, Princeton University, New Jersey.
Visiting Artist, MFA Program, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York.
2011 Visiting Artist (Spring, Fall), Advanced Painting, The Cooper Union, New York.
Visiting Artist, MFA Program, School of Visual Arts, New York.
Visiting Artist, MFA Program, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York.
Visiting Artist, Boston University, Massachusetts.
Visiting Artist, Post‑Baccalaureate Program, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore.
2010 Visiting Artist, Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art and Music, Connecticut.
Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston.
Visiting Artist, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie.
2009 Visiting Artist, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
MA Visiting Artist, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Lecturer, Painting II, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York.
2008 Lecturer, Basic Drawing, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York.
2007 Lecturer, Introduction to Painting, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2017 Yerby, Erin. Josephine Halvorson: As I Went Walking (New York: Sikkema Jenkins & Co., 2017).
Exhibition catalogue.
2015 Fisher, Cora. Josephine Halvorson: Slow Burn (Winston-Salem: SECCA, 2015).
Exhibition catalogue.
2014 McGrath, Tom. Josephine Halvorson: Facings (New York: Sikkema Jenkins & Co., 2014).
Exhibition catalogue.
2012 Yau, John. Josephine Halvorson: Side By Side (New York: Galerie Nelson-Freeman, 2012).
Exhibition catalogue.
2011 Yerby, Erin. Josephine Halvorson: What Looks Back (New York: Sikkema Jenkins & Co., 2011).
Exhibition catalogue.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
High Museum, Atlanta
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante, Spain
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida