RESUME

   Born and educated in New York City. Four years at Art and Design High included studies in Advertising Art, Cartooning, Illustration and Print Making. At Hunter College he studied painting with William Baziotes, design with Richard Lippold. Further studies inluded Stage, Costume and Interior design as well as Sculpture and Art History.
   Although he has been occupied with drawing and painting since childhood, he has held staff positions which took advantage of his parallel training in the graphic arts. A sampling: At McGraw-Hill Publishing he designed book jackets, magazine covers and layouts, and direct mail pieces. At Diner’s Club his responsibilities included creating advertising campaigns and promotional product development. For Holt-Rinehart-Winston he designed and art directed more than one hundred posters for classrooms. Free-lance projects were also numerous and varied.
   In addition to being included in the permanent collections of the Leslie-Lohman Museum and the National Dance Institute, Joe’s drawings and paintings are in many private collections here and abroad. Some commissions include AT&T, Victor Salvi Foundation, Film Corp. of America, Douglas Crowell Interiors, Loew’s Corp.
   Group shows include Pictor Gallery, National Arts Club, Farrington Keith Creative Arts Center, District of Columbia Arts Center, Helio Gallery, Pleiades Gallery. As a member of the West Side Arts Coalition Joe’s work has been on view in many of their shows at the Broadway Center and other venues.