Born 1980, Waukegan, Illinois. Northern suburb of Chicago.
Education:
2006 MFA, Painting and Drawing, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
2002 BFA, Painting and Drawing, Magna cum Laude, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
Professional Experience and Courses Taught:
2024 Associate Professor, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State Mississippi
Introduction to Drawing for Non-Majors
Design I
Drawing I
Drawing for Non-Majors
Drawing II
Painting Survey
Painting II
Life Drawing I
Figurative Painting
Advanced Studio Thesis
2018-2024 Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State Mississippi
Design I
Drawing I
Drawing II
Painting Survey
Painting II
Life Drawing I
Figurative Painting
Advanced Studio Thesis
2016-2018 Assistant Professor/Painting and Drawing Area Head, Memphis College of Art,
Memphis Tennessee
Drawing I
Drawing II
Life Drawing
Painting I
Painting/Drawing Seminar
2014-2016 Full Time Instructor/Painting and Drawing Area Head, Memphis College of Art, Memphis Tennessee
Drawing I
Drawing II
Life Drawing
Painting I
The Figure
Collage/Mixed Media
2012-2013 Adjunct Instructor, Memphis College of Art, Memphis Tennessee
Drawing II
2012-2013 Adjunct Instructor, University of Memphis, Memphis Tennessee
Drawing III
Painting I
Painting II
2010-2013 Adjunct Instructor, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro Arkansas
Drawing I
Advanced Drawing
Fine Arts Visual (Art Appreciation)
2007-2010 Assistant Professor, Baylor University, Waco Texas
Drawing I
2006-2007 Full Time Lecturer, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa
Drawing I
Drawing II
Professional Affiliations:
2018-Present Member, Zeuxis; An Association of Still Life Painters, New York New York
2022-Present Member, SECAC (formerly Southeastern College Art Conference)
2020 Member, CAA (College Art Association)
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Table and Shelf: Joe Morzuch Paintings 155A Gallery, London England
2022 Joe Morzuch: Paintings Blackbox Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky
2021 Joe Morzuch: Near and Far Burdette Gallery, Meridian Art Museum, Meridian Mississippi
Joe Morzuch: Object Paintings online exhibition, Joliet Junior College, Joliet Illinois
2019 Stay and Remain International Exhibition Call, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery, and Manifest Staff and Consulting Advisors
Joe Morzuch: New Paintings Ameen Art Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux Louisiana
2017 Recent Works Annex Gallery Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
Joe Morzuch: Proximities Southeastern Community College Art Gallery, Southeastern Community College, West Burlington Iowa
2016 Joe Morzuch: Paintings and Drawings Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth Texas
2015 Joe Morzuch: Paintings Memphis College of Art Gallery, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis Tennessee
2014 Paintings Gallery 56, Memphis Tennessee
Joe Morzuch: New Paintings Gallery 204, Monmouth College, Monmouth Illinois
2013 New Paintings The Mary Tinnin Jaye Gallery, University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith Arkansas
New Paintings Southeastern Community College Art Gallery, Southeastern Community College, West Burlington Iowa
2011 Slip Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro Arkansas
2006 Still Lifes University Museum, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
Two Person Exhibitions:
2025 Shift: Joe Morzuch and Ed Praybe Tregony Contemporary, Cornwall England
2024 Remy Miller and Joe Morzuch: Marking Time Mallory and Wurtzburger Galleries, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis Tennessee
2017 Image and Object: Adam Hawk and Joe Morzuch Memphis College of Art Gallery, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis Tennessee
2013 Joe Morzuch and Cara Sullivan 505 Union Gallery, Jonesboro Arkansas
Juried and Group Exhibitions:
2025 Figurativas 2025 International Juried Exhibition, Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona Spain, Curators: Fundacio Privada de les Arts i els Artistes
Hampstead Art Society Annual Summer Exhibition International Juried Exhibition, Gallery 8, London England, Curators: Plum Cloutman, Artist, James Lloyd, Artist, Tom Marsh, Artist, and Joshua Press, Artist, Antony Williams, Artist
62nd Annual Juried Competition National Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum, Munroe Louisiana, Juror: Annemarie Sawkins PhD, Independent Curator
13th Annual BAAC National Juried Exhibition Batesville Area Arts Council, Batesville Arkansas, Juror: Kat Wilson, Artist and Author
London Art Fair Business Design Centre, Islington, London England
The Anxious or the Serene Still Life, Zeuxis National Invitational Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York New York
2024 Being Human National Juried Exhibition, Main Gallery and Project Room, The Painting Center, New York New York, Curators: Alix Bailey, Artist, and Kathleen Beausoleil, Artist, and Perri Neri, Artist
BMFA 49th Annual International Juried Art Show International Juried Exhibition, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville Texas, Juror: Alison de Lima Greene, Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Drawing from Perception, Invention, and Memory National Juried Exhibition, Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton Ohio, Juror: Eve Mansdorf, Artist, Associate Professor of Art, Indiana University
15th Annual Figurative Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove Pennsylvania, Juror: Brian Kreydatus, Artist, Professor of Art, College of William and Mary
British Art Fair 2024 Saatchi Gallery, London England
London Art Fair Business Design Centre, Islington, London England
Primary Colours International Invitational Exhibition, Tregony Contemporary, Cornwall England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
Promenade 7 International Invitational Exhibition, Tregony Contemporary, Cornwall England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
Lustre: Winter Exhibition International Invitational Exhibition, Tregony Contemporary, Cornwall England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
2023 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2023 International Juried Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London England, Jurors: RSPP Artist Members
Hampstead Art Society Annual Summer Exhibition International Juried Exhibition, D Contemporary Gallery, London England, Curators: Tom Marsh, Artist, James Lloyd, Artist, Patricia Barker, Artist, and Joshua Press, Artist
Texas National 2023 National Juried Exhibition, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches Texas, Juror: William Underwood Eiland, Director, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
11th National Juried Exhibition, National Juried Exhibition, Batesville Area Arts Council, Batesville Arkansas, Juror: Carey Voss, Artist, Curator of Exhibits, Historic Arkansas Museum
Lightscapes International Invitational Exhibition, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
Blooming, Zeuxis National Invitational Exhibition, There Art Space, New York New York
Assemble 23 International Invitational Exhibition, 230 Portobello Road, London England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
Reassemble 23 International Invitational Exhibition, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
Stillness International Invitational Exhibition, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
2022 Winter Exhibition International Invitational Exhibition, 155A Gallery, London England, Curator: Karen Akhtar, 155A Gallery Director
London Art Fair Business Design Centre, Islington, London England
For the Love of Chardin, Zeuxis National Traveling Group Exhibition
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin
First Street Gallery, New York New York
Illuminate: Winter Exhibition International Invitational Exhibition, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
Stillness International Invitational Exhibition, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
Still Life International Invitational Exhibition, 155A Gallery, London England, Curator: Karen Akhtar, 155A Gallery Director
Promenade 5 International Invitational Exhibition, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
Drawn International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery, and Manifest Staff and Consulting Advisors
International Drawing Annual 15 International Juried Exhibition in Print, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery, and Manifest Staff and Consulting Advisors
NEAC Annual Exhibition 2022 International Juried Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London England, Jurors: New English Art Club Artist Members
Hampstead Art Society Annual Summer Exhibition International Juried Exhibition, Fitzrovia Gallery, London England, Curators: Tom Marsh, Artist, James Lloyd, Artist, Patricia Barker, Artist, and Joshua Press, Artist
Still Life-A Dialogue National Invitational Exhibition, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville Illinois, Curator: Jane Barrow, Artist/Retired Professor and Head of Painting Area, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Assemble 22 International Invitational Exhibition, JM Gallery/Tregony Gallery, London England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
Reassemble 22 International Invitational Exhibition, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall England, Curators: Brain Green and Judi Green, Tregony Gallery Directors
2021 Disrupted Realism National Juried Exhibition, Buckham Gallery, Flint Michigan, Juror: John Seed, Critic, Historian, and Professor Emeritus, Mt. San Jacinto College
Winter Exhibition International Invitational Exhibition, 155A Gallery, London England, Curator: Karen Akhtar, 155A Gallery Director
One: Paintings of Single Objects International Invitational Exhibition, 155A Gallery, London England, Curator: Karen Akhtar, 155A Gallery Director
10th Annual National Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, The Visual Arts Center Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington West Virginia, Juror: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery
Thinking Through Things: A Still Life Painting Invitational National Invitational Exhibition, Southside Gallery, Oxford Mississippi, Curator: Joseph Holsapple, Artist, Associate Professor of Art, Nicholls State University
Composing in the Key of S, Zeuxis National Invitational Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York New York
One in a Year National Online Juried Exhibition, The Painting Center, New York New York, Curators: Shazzi Thomas, Director, The Painting Center, Artist, and Kathy Cantwell, Artist
Hampstead Art Society Annual Summer Exhibition International Juried Exhibition, Fitzrovia Gallery, London England, Curators: Tom Marsh, Artist, Alexander Debenham, Artist, and Joshua Press, Artist
Summer 2021 Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York New York, Juror: Catherine Kehoe, Artist
Prince Street Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, New York New York, Juror: Sangram Majumdar, Artist, Professor of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art
2021 Irene Rozenzweig Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition, The Arts and Sciences Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff Arkansas, Juror: Deidre Argyle, Artist, Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Missouri State University in Springfield
International Painting Annual 10 International Juried Exhibition in Print, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery, and Manifest Staff and Consulting Advisors
FRESH Contemporary Art Fair Haresfield Court, Gloucestershire England, Curator: Karen Akhtar, 155A Gallery Director
Painting: 2011-2021 International Juried Online Exhibition, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn New York, Juror: Peter Frank, Associate Editor, Fabrik Magazine, former Senior Curator, Riverside Art Museum
2020 New American Paintings, No. 148, South Edition Exhibition in Print, The Open Studios Press, Juror: Emily Stamey, Curator of Exhibitions, Weatherspoon Art Museum
Realism: Encountering the Real International Juried Exhibition Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn New York, Juror: Sara Roffino, Executive Editor, Cultured Magazine, Former Managing Editor, Brooklyn Rail, Former Senior Executive Editor, Art + Auction
The Blues National Juried Exhibition, Main Gallery and Project Room, The Painting Center, New York New York, Curators: Lisa Pressman, Artist, and Kathy Cantwell, Artist
Prince Street Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, New York New York, Juror: Susan Lichtman, Artist, Associate Professor of Art, Brandeis University
46th Annual Bi-State Art Competition Regional Juried Exhibition, Meridian Art Museum, Meridian Mississippi, Curator: Stephanie Smith, Artist and Senior Lecturer of Art, University of West Georgia
62nd Annual Delta Exhibition Regional Juried Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock Arkansas, Juror: Stefanie Fedor, Executive Director, Visual Arts Center of Richmond
Red Clay Survey 2020, Regional Juried Exhibition, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville Alabama, Jurors: Peter J. Baldaia, Director of Curatorial Affairs, Huntsville Museum of Art, and David. J. Reyes, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Huntsville Museum of Art
Thinking Through Things: A Still Life Painting Invitational National Invitational Exhibition, Ameen Art Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux Louisiana, Curator: Joseph Holsapple, Artist, Associate Professor of Art, Nicholls State University
Gems: Small Still Lifes, Zeuxis and Midwest Paint Group National Invitational Exhibition, There Art Space, New York New York
Will’s Creek Exhibition 2020: Shelter National Juried Exhibition, Saville Gallery, Cumberland Maryland, Juror: Jessica Beck, Milton Fine Art Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum
2019 34th Annual International Exhibition International Juried Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler Texas, Juror: Christina Rees, Editor-in-Chief, Glasstire
53rd Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show Joseph A. Cain Memorial Gallery, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi Texas, Juror: Carlton Bradford, Artist, Associate Professor of Art, University of Arizona
My Studio, Zeuxis National Traveling Group Exhibition:
First Street Gallery, New York New York
Alabama Center for the Arts, Decatur Alabama
Wright State University, Dayton Ohio
There’s Still Life in Still Lifes National Juried Exhibition, 311 Gallery, Raleigh North Carolina, Jurors: Linda M. Eddins, Artist, Eileen Hendren, Artist, and Susan K. Jones, Artist
Drawn International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery, and Manifest Staff and Consulting Advisors
Green: The Impossible Color National Juried Exhibition, Main Gallery and Project Room, The Painting Center, New York New York, Curator: Rachael Wren, Artist
Alumni Exhibition National Invitational Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
28th Annual Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, Bowery Gallery, New York New York, Juror: Ro Lohin, Artist, Curator, former Owner/Director Lohin Geduld Gallery
2018 Plein Air International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery, and Manifest Staff and Consulting Advisors
Will’s Creek Exhibition 2018: Overlooked National Juried Exhibition, Saville Gallery, Cumberland Maryland, Juror: Liza Key Strelka, Manager of Exhibitions, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC.
Green, Verde, Vert National Juried Exhibition, Core Gallery, Denver Colorado, Juror: Molly Casey, Co-founder and Studio Chief of Nine Dot Arts Consulting
Small Works 2018, National Juried Exhibition, Core Gallery, Denver Colorado, Juror: Victoria Eubanks, Board of Directors, Art Student League of Denver
Drawn International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery, and Manifest Staff and Consulting Advisors
6oth Annual Delta Exhibition Regional Juried Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock Arkansas, Jurors: Les Christensen, Director, Bradbury Art Museum, Shea Hembrey, Artist, Brian K. Young, Director, Baum Gallery
Art Matters National Invitational Exhibition, Crane Gallery, Memphis Tennessee, Curator: Melissa Farris, Galleries, Exhibitions, Lectures Coordinator, Memphis College of Art
Light and Shadow International Juried Online Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art online Curve Gallery, Juror: Peter Van Dyck, Artist, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2017 Drawing from Perception VIII Juried Exhibition, Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton Ohio, Juror: Catherine Kehoe, Artist
Red Clay Survey 2017 Regional Juried Exhibition, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville Alabama, Juror: Gerry Bergstein, Artist
Portals National Invitational Exhibition, ACS Gallery, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago Illinois, Curator: Sam Haring, Artist, Instructor, University of Cincinnati
Inaugural Exhibition Crane Gallery, Memphis Tennessee, Curator: Melissa Farris, Galleries, Exhibitions, Lectures Coordinator, Memphis College of Art
2016 Night Sun National Invitational Exhibition, Southside Gallery, Oxford Mississippi, Curator: Philip R. Jackson, Artist, Associate Professor, University of Mississippi
2015 Faculty Biennial Hyde Gallery, Memphis College of Art, Memphis Tennessee
Strange Paradise 2015 National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York New York, Juror: Steven Harvey, Director, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects
Everyday Interpretations Invitational Three Person Exhibition, Trinity Gallery, Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock Arkansas
The Mind’s I Group Exhibition, Rust Hall, Memphis College of Art, Memphis Tennessee
2014 Red Clay Survey 2014 Regional Juried Exhibition, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville Alabama, Juror: Susanna Coffey, Artist, F. H. Sellers Professor in Painting, School of the Art Institute
International Painting Annual 4 International Juried Exhibition in Print, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery, and Manifest Staff and Consulting Advisors
Painting the Familiar and the Ordinary: Contemporary Still Life National Invitational Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
Gallery Invitational Exhibition Gallery 56, Memphis Tennessee
21 and Counting National Invitational Exhibition, The Painting Center, New York, New York
2013 2013 Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York New York, Juror: Andrea Wells, Director, Tibor de Nagy Gallery
Fresh Paint International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery, and Manifest Staff and Consulting Advisors
Drawing from Perception VII National Juried Exhibition, Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton Ohio, Juror: Stanley Lewis, Artist
A Fine Line: Contemporary Drawing Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, The Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead Kentucky, Juror: Anne Harris, Artist, Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute
Reality and Metaphor Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton Connecticut, Juror: Steven Assael, Artist, Senior Critic, New York Academy of Art
ChopShop; 60 Artists Draw a Radio National Invitational Exhibition
Pier 12_18, Madison Wisconsin, Curator: Derrick Buisch, Professor of Art, University of Wisconsin Madison
2012 Faculty Biennial Bradbury Gallery, Fowler Center, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro Arkansas
2011 Third Annual Paint Snob Exhibition National Invitational Exhibition, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro Arkansas
2010 Texas National 2010 National Juried Exhibition, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches Texas, Juror: Judy Pfaff, Artist
Three Person Group Painting Exhibition Coburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland Ohio, Jurors: Coburn Gallery Director and Staff
Second Annual Paint Snob Exhibition 500X Gallery, Dallas Texas
2009 Third National Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York New York, Juror: Susanna Coffey, Artist, F. H. Sellers Professor in Painting, School of the Art Institute
Pause International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Jurors: Jason Franz, Executive Director and Founder, Manifest Gallery, and Manifest Staff and Consulting Advisors
Contemporary Painting National Juried Exhibition, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti Michigan, Jurors: Ford Gallery Director and Staff, EMU Art Department Faculty
Kentucky National 2009 National Juried Exhibition, Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray Kentucky, Juror: Mark Masuoka, Executive Director and Chief Curator, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art
43rd Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show National Juried Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi Texas, Curator: Janet Eager Krueger, Associate Professor of Art, Texas A&M International University
Drawing from Perception VI National Juried Exhibition, Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton Ohio, Juror: Ruth Miller, Artist
2009 International Flag Art Festival Korean Fine Arts Association, Dangjin Korea
WOI Vol. 2 APW Gallery, Long Island City New York
Annual Faculty Exhibition Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University,
Waco Texas
2008 Juried Show 2008 National Juried Exhibition, Bowery Gallery, New York New York, Juror: Jed Perl, Author/Art Critic
Will’s Creek Survey 2008 Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, Saville Gallery, Cumberland Maryland, Juror: Sarah Newman, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Museum
National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2008 National Juried Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita Kansas, Juror: Daniel Sprick, Artist
First Annual Paint Snob Exhibition National Invitational Exhibition, CSC Building F Art Gallery, McLennan Community College, Waco Texas
Annual Faculty Exhibition Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco Texas
2007 Resistance to Vision International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Juror: Dana Saulnier, Professor of Art, Miami University
National Small Works Painting Exhibition 2007 National Juried Exhibition, The Main Street Gallery, Groton New York, Jurors: Joy Adams, Artist, Emeritus Professor of Painting, Ithaca College, and Roger Smith, Director, The Main Street Gallery
Interart Exhibition Series GTA, Great Basin College, Elko Nevada
2006 First National Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Galley, New York New York, Juror: Philip Pearlstein, Artist
National Small Works Painting Exhibition 2006 National Juried Exhibition, The Main Street Gallery, Groton New York, Jurors: Andrea Inselmann, Curator Modern and Contemporary Art, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, and Roger Smith, Director, The Main Street Gallery
20th Annual National Self-Portrait Juried Exhibition: No Big Heads 2006 National Juried Exhibition, UAA Student Union Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage Alaska, Juror: Brad Holland, Illustrator
Go Forth and Multiply Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
Carbondale Illinois
2005 Contemporary Realism National Juried Exhibition, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights Illinois, Juror: Gregory G. Knight, Director of Visual Arts, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Why Are We Here? Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
Landscape Mix Gallery, Carterville Illinois
MFA Preview Exhibition University Museum, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
The International Pony Show Gallery HQ, Makanda Illinois
Mini Print Exhibition Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
Around the Coyote Wicker Park, Chicago Illinois
2004 Skopeoholic Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
Carbondale Illinois
Mini Print Exhibition Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
Trip the Trigger Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
Load Show Douglas School of Art, Murphysboro, Illinois
2003 New Institute of Visual Art Gallery 3, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin
Methods Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin
Group Exhibition Red Car Gallery, Milwaukee Wisconsin
Grants and Awards:
2025 Sabbatical for Research and Creative Work, Spring Semester, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State Mississippi
2024 College of Architecture, Art, and Design Matching Expenses for Research Award, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State Mississippi
2nd Prize, 15th Annual Figurative Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
3rd Prize-Painting Category, BMFA 49th Annual International Juried Art Show International Juried Exhibition, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville Texas
2023 MAC Visual Artist Fellowship in Painting, Mississippi Arts Commission, Jackson Mississippi
Office of Research and Economic Development Undergraduate Research Program Grant, Coauthored with Associate Professor Jenna Altomonte for Senior Thesis Travel, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State Mississippi
2022 College of Architecture, Art, and Design Non-Tenured Faulty Teaching Award, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State Mississippi
2021 College of Architecture, Art, and Design Faculty Research Award, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State Mississippi
Juror’s Choice Award, 10th Annual National Juried Exhibition National Juried Exhibition, The Visual Arts Center Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington West Virginia
Finalist, Manifest Gallery Grand Jury Prize, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio
2020 Best in Show, 46th Annual Bi-State Art Competition Regional Juried Exhibition, Meridian Art Museum, Meridian Mississippi
Finalist, Manifest Gallery Grand Jury Prize, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio
Office of Research and Economic Development Domestic Travel Grant, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State Mississippi
2018 1st Prize, Light and Shadow Maryland Federation of Art online Curve Gallery
Faculty Enrichment Research Grant, Memphis College of Art, Memphis Tennessee
2008 Kim & Marion Leonard Award for Oil Painting, Wills Creek Survey 2008
Saville Gallery, Cumberland Maryland
Honorable Mention, National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2008 Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita Kansas
2006 Best of Show, 20th Annual National Self-Portrait Juried Exhibition: No Big Heads 2006 University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage Alaska
Purchase Award, Annual Juried Student Purchase Awards Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
2003 Honorable Mention, Methods University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin
Professional Development:
2025 Participant, Drawing Marathon with Susanna Coffey, New York Studio School, New York New York
2024 Panelist, New Research in Contemporary Art History-Session II: Painting Time SECAC Conference, Chair: Nell Ruby, Artist, Professor of Art, Agnes Scott College
Visiting Artist/Critic, Delta State University, Cleveland Mississippi
2023 Workshop Leader, Painting the Still Life hosted by Townsend Atelier, Chattanooga Tennessee, Director: Peggy Townsend
2022 Panelist, Show Us Your Influences-Session II: On the Table: My Influences as a Still Life Painter SECAC Conference, Chair: Jason Lee, Artist, Associate Professor of Art/Sculpture, Foundations Coordinator, West Virginia University
Workshop Leader, The Head in the Mirror hosted by Black Pond Studio, Rehoboth Massachusetts, Directors: Catherine Kehoe and Nancy McCarthy
Workshop Leader, Painting Explored: Joe Morzuch and Edmond Praybe, hosted by The Art Digger Lab, Madrid Spain, Director: Angel Alvarez
Visiting Critic/Foundations Exhibition Juror, University of Kentucky, Lexington Kentucky
Visiting Artist, online, Millersville University, Millersville Pennsylvania
2021 Visiting Artist, online, Black Pond Studio, Rehoboth Massachusetts
Visiting Artist, online, Joliet Community College, Joliet Illinois
2020 Panelist, Conceptualizing Art and Class: Socioeconomic Factors Informing Contemporary Creative Practice College Art Association-ARTspace, Co-chairs: Sarah Comfort, Artist and Steven Rossi, Artist, Assistant Professor, St. Joseph’s University
Visiting Artist, online, 62nd Annual Delta Exhibition Virtual Lecture Series Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Arkansas
Participant, Online Instruction 101-Best Practices of Online Teaching Online Seminar, Center for Teaching and Learning, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State Mississippi
2019 Visiting Artist, Nicholls State University, Thibodeaux Louisiana
Visiting Artist, University of Mississippi, Oxford Mississippi
Moderator, December Drawing Marathon, Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati Ohio
Resident, Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson Vermont
2017 Visiting Artist, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
Visiting Artist, Southeastern Community College, West Burlington Iowa
2016 Guest Critic, Advanced Painting Final Critique, Rhodes College
2015 Participant, The Mind’s I Drawing Project, Memphis College of Art, Memphis Tennessee
2013 Visiting Artist, University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith Arkansas
Participant, The Still Life with Susan Jane Walp Still Life Painting Workshop, The Armory Arts Center, West Palm Beach Florida
2009 Visiting Artist, University of Wyoming, Laramie Wyoming
Visiting Artist, Central Texas College, Killeen Texas
2008 Visiting Artist, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
Visiting Artist, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches Texas
2007 Participant, Master Class with Stuart Shils Landscape Painting Workshop, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Collections:
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis Tennessee
Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock Arkansas
Southern Illinois University Carbondale Student Center, Southern Illinois
University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
Martin Museum, Baylor University, Waco Texas
Media Contributions:
2025 Painting Insights Podcast Hosts/Producers: Richard K Blades and Simon Renshaw
Manifest Exhibition Annual Season 16 Exhibition Catalog, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press
2024 Conversations: 23 Interviews with Still Life Artists Zeuxis: An Association of Still Life Painters, Studley Press
International Painting Annual 10 International Juried Exhibition in Print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press
International Drawing Annual 15 International Juried Exhibition in Print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press
Primary Colors Exhibition Catalog, Tregony Contemporary, Cornwall England
BMFA 49th Annual International Juried Art Show Exhibition Catalog, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville Texas
The Artist’s Eye: Remy Miller and Joe Morzuch’s “Marking Time” at the Dixon Explores Time, Artistry, and the Ordinary Abigail Morici, Memphis Magazine, March 2024
In the Studio with Joe Morzuch Course Lecture Video, The Art Digger Lab
2023 Zeuxis Conversations 21: Unfolding-Andrew Marcus and Christina Renfer-Vogel by Joe Morzuch online Interview Series, Zeuxis: An Association of Still Life Painters
2022 For the Love of Chardin, Zeuxis Exhibition Catalog, First Street Gallery, New York New York
Assemble 22 Exhibition Catalog, Tregony Gallery, 230 Portobello Road, London England
Bluestem Magazine online arts and literature magazine, Eastern Illinois University, Fall/Winter 2022, Colleen Able, Editor-in-Chief
2021 New American Paintings, South Edition #148 The Open Studios Press, Steven Zevitas, Editor/Publisher
Disrupted Realism Exhibition Catalog, Buckham Gallery, Flint Michigan
Composing in the Key of S, Zeuxis Exhibition Catalog, First Street Gallery, New York New York
2020 Red Clay Survey 2020 Exhibition Catalogue, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville Alabama
Zeuxis Conversations 7: Painting Choices, An Interview of Eleanor Ray, Joe Morzuch, and Edmond Praybe by Matthew Lopas Online Interview Series, Zeuxis: An Association of Still Life Painters
The Blues Exhibition Catalog, The Painting Center, New York New York
Gems: Small Still Lifes, Zeuxis and Midwest Paint Exhibition Catalog, There Art Space, New York New York
2019 Green: The Impossible Color Exhibition Catalog, The Painting Center, New York New York
Hyun Jung Ahn: Shapes of Mind Exhibition Catalog Essay, Gallery LA MER, Seoul South Korea
2018 Manifest Exhibition Annual Season 10 Exhibition Catalog, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press
2017 Red Clay Survey 2017 Exhibition Catalogue, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville Alabama
Numbers: Ninety-Two “2017 Red Clay Survey” Fall 2017
Portals Exhibition Catalogue, ACS Gallery, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago Illinois, Curator: Samantha Haring, Artist
2014 International Painting Annual 4 International Juried Exhibition in Print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press
2009 Pause Exhibition Catalogue, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press
2007 Resistance to Vision, Searching, Sifting, Finding, Seeing Exhibition Catalog, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest Press
richardojones.com “Something About to Give” Online Arts and Culture Review. Nov. 16, 2007
2004 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Red Car Gallery Opens” Culture. Jan. 25, 2004
