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Bio
Joe Camoosa (b. Asbury Park, NJ) lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. He received an MFA in painting and drawing from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia and graduated from Florida State University where he studied Mass Communication and Anthropology. Camoosa has exhibited in galleries in Atlanta, New York, Asheville, Nashville, and Richmond, and museums such as MOCA GA, Atlanta Contemporary, The Hudgens Center for the Arts, The Georgia Museum of Art, and MASMacon Museum of Arts and Sciences. His work is held in numerous corporate and private collections. He was a member of the Studio Artists Residency Program at Atlanta Contemporary 2015-2019 and a 2016-2017 Hughley Artist Fellow. Camoosa teaches drawing and painting at the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design at Georgia State University.
Education
2015 MFA, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1991 BS Mass Communication/Anthropology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Shape Shifting, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Shifting Rhythms, Public School, Atlanta, GA
2019
Constructed Monologues, Roy C. Moore Art Gallery, University of North Georgia, Gainesville, GA
2017
Show Don’t Tell, Atlanta Contemporary SAP Wall, Atlanta, GA
2014
Everything Is Connected, September Gray Art, Atlanta, GA
2012
Outside the Lines, The Gallery at Town 220, Madison, GA
In-Between, The Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
2007
Rhythm & Melody, The Gallery, The Walker School, Marietta, GA
Two and Three Person
2026
Forthcoming, Whitespace, Atlanta, GA
2024
Define, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA
2022
Paper Trails, Whitespace, Atlanta, GA
2019
Embolden, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA
Color Spectrum, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2018
Convergence, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA
2017
Flourish, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta GA
2008
Inspire Your Senses, Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007
Three, Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Spectrum, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2023
Gathered VI: Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
December Show, whitespace, Atlanta, GA
Other Voices: The Gwen and Larry Walker Collection, The PATH Museum, Atlanta, GA
All the Fixin’s: Artists from the South, Reeves House Visual Arts Center, Woodstock, GA
Metro Montage XXIII, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA
24th Annual Art Papers Auction, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2022
23rd Annual Art Papers Auction, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
2021
Wonder, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta GA
Fantastical, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta GA
Spectrum Invitational, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN
22nd Annual Art Papers Auction, Atlanta, GA
MOCA GA invitational art auction, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2020
21st Annual Art Papers Auction, 200 Peachtree, Atlanta, GA
2019
Illuminate, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA
Forward Warrior Mural Project, Atlanta, GA
Momentum, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA
The Artist Journey, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
20th Annual Art Papers Auction, 200 Peachtree, Atlanta, GA
2018
Atlanta Gallery Collective, Ponce City Market, Atlanta, GA
Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
BURNAWAY Art Crush, ADAC, Atlanta, GA
19th Annual Art Papers Auction, Southern Exchange, Atlanta, GA
2017
Building a Ship from the Shipwreck, Walthall Fellows Group Exhibition, The Museum of
Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
The New South II, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA (juried)
Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Color Theory, Trio Contemporary Art Gallery, Athens, GA
BURNAWAY Art Crush, Atlanta, GA
18th Annual Art Papers Auction, The Boiler Room, Atlanta, GA
MOCA 2017, invitational art auction, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2016
Emerging Artists Invitational, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA
Hot Combos, Hathaway Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
WonderRoot CSA Series 09, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA (Juror: Michael Rooks, Wieland Family Curator
of Modern and Contemporary Art, The High Museum, Atlanta, GA)
Second Annual Juried Exhibition, ATHICA, Athens, GA (Juror: Annette Cone Skelton, Director, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA)
Chain Reaction, The Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
The Imaginary Million, Le Fais do-do, Atlanta, Georgia
17th Annual Art Papers Auction, BoBo Intriguing Objects, Atlanta, Georgia
MOCA GALA invitational art auction, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2015
The 4th Annual Hudgens Juried Member’s Exhibition, The Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth,
GA. Honorable Mention (Juror: Annette Cone Skelton, Director, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA)
J1: Juried Exhibition ATHICA, Athens, GA (Juror: Michael Rooks, Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The High Museum, Atlanta, GA)
Whole Milk, Rogue Space, New York, NY
Lamar Dodd School of Art MFA Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Lyndon House Arts Center’s 40th Juried Exhibition, Athens, GA (Juror: Carter Foster, Drawing
Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art)
GATHERED: Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists II, The Museum of Contemporary Art of
Georgia, Atlanta, GA (juried)
Southern Hospitality, The FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
16th Annual Art Papers Auction, BoBo Intriguing Objects, Atlanta, GA
Pin Up Show, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Little Things Mean a Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014
Evolving Visions, The Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA (Curated by Larry Walker)
Do It UGA, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Fresh Blood, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Annual Student Juried Show, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
(Juried by Regina Rex)
ART Papers Auction, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
MOCA GALA Art Auction, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2013
Fifth Annual Making Masters Exhibition, Madison Museum of Fine Art, Madison, GA
Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
INHABIT, Kessenich Contemporary and Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Georgia Artists: A Juried Art Exhibit, Abernathy Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
MOCA GALA Art Auction, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
ART Papers Auction, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Pin Up Show, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2012
NUE WRK 2012, Bridge Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
MOCA GALA Art Auction, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2011
Abstraction Now, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, GA
Little Things Mean a Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Pin Up Show, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2010
Beneath the Surface, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Little Things Mean a Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Pin Up Show, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Lucky No. 13: 13th Anniversary Group Show, Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Invitational Group Exhibition, Bennett Gallery, Nashville, TN
Invitational Group Exhibition, John Collette Gallery, Highlands, NC
2009
Dissolving Stereotypes / Forging New Dialogues: An Exhibition Beyond Race, The Museum of
Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA (Curated by Larry Walker)
Invitational Group Exhibition, Bennett Gallery, Nashville, TN
Invitational Group Exhibition, John Collette Gallery, Highlands, NC
Awards and Residencies
2016-2017
Hughley Artist Fellowship, Atlanta, GA
2015-2018
Atlanta Contemporary Studio Artist Program Residency, Atlanta, GA
2014
Travel Grant, The University of Georgia, The Graduate School, Athens, GA
Reviews & Publications
2017 Feature: Sketchbook, by Stephanie Cash, BURNAWAY, October 27, 2017
Collections
ABRY Partners, Boston, MA
American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
Burns & Levinson, Boston, MA
Capital One Corporate Collection, Alpharetta, GA
The Coca-Cola Company Corporate Collection, Atlanta, GA
Delta Community Credit Union, Atlanta, GA
Emory Clinic, Decatur, GA
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Georgia Power, Atlanta, GA
Great Bay Distributors, St. Petersburg, FL
Goodwin Proctor, Washington D.C
KPMG Corporate Collection, Atlanta, GA
Lab Corp. Atlanta, GA
Liberty Mutual Insurance, Plano, TX
Nutter McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA
PNC Bank Headquarters, Atlanta, GA
PNC Bank Corporate Collection, Atlanta, GA
PNC Bank Corporate Collection, Pittsburgh, PA
Ray’s On The River, Atlanta, GA
Tim and Lauren Schrager, Atlanta, GA
Sprint Headquarters, Atlanta, GA
Larry and Gwen Walker, Lithonia, GA
VISA, Corporate Collection, Atlanta, GA