Welcome visitors! Here is some information about my site. The painting and drawing galleries are updated periodically. Older works can be viewed by linking to the social media accounts on the “Art Talk” page. Lastly, I have begun accepting commissions. If you are interested, my e-mail is: studio@josephlawrence-fineart.com
Studio visits are available by appointment only.
A Brief Biography
Joseph Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence became interested in art in grade school. By his senior year in high school, he was taking two hours of classes a day. Mr. Lawrence attended Hamline University in St. Paul. After two years, he transferred to The San Francisco Art Institute. Because of the cost of living in San Francisco, he returned to his hometown of Minneapolis, and completed his B.F.A. degree at The Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1975.
In 1983, Mr. Lawrence decided to seek better opportunities in New York, and he relocated there in 1983. He enrolled in continuing education courses at the Art Students League and The School of Visual Arts.
Mr. Lawrence’s recent exhibitions include “Second Chances” at Hudson Guild Gallery and the Ubique Gallery. Other exhibitions include: “Measured Hate,” about the rise of white nationalism, at the Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck, New Jersey (April 2019), Local Project Art Space, in Long Island City (2019); and “A Family Affair,” at La Pointe Center Art Gallery, in La Pointe, Wisconsin. Mr. Lawrence exhibited at Hudson Guild Gallery in 2018 and was included in “Et Tu Art Bruit,” at Andrew Edlin Gallery that same year. In 2016, he was selected for the exhibition “Reporting Fine Art,” organized by Charles Krause of Washington, D.C and selected to “Oil and Mixed Media” at Alfa Art Gallery, in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 2014. Mr. Lawrence has also contributed work to several fundraising events in support of AIDS research and the environment.
Mr. Lawrence is currently at work on a series of landscapes relating to climate change and is also exploring portraiture.
Studio View, December 2021
