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Joseph Borelli  Artist Statement I make art that I find humorous and in doing so, I pursue the purest form of mindless witticism I can imagine. I embrace the sheer ridiculousness of the objects that I make and the origins from which they are derived. In truth, my work is about having fun in a world that is filled with too many distractions. I am currently creating pink-foam sculptures of grotesquely, muscularly deformed action-figures, while using nothing more than my imagination and a kitchen knife. Well, that’s the start anyway. My work is a reaction to the negative, both externally and internally: a small reminder to laugh. Curriculum Vitae Education 2007 Temple University Tyler School of Art Philadelphia PA 2005 Kutztown University Kutztown PA 2001 Reading Area Community College Reading PA Selected Exhibitions 2006 “MFA Thesis Show” Temple Gallery Philadelphia PA “Tyler School of Art MFA Exhibition: Works on Paper” University of Lincoln Lincoln England “Constructions” CAA M.F.A. Exhibition New York NY Juror: Christian Rattemeyer, Artists Space, New York, NY 2006 “Custody Battle” Penrose Gallery Temple University Tyler School of Art Philadelphia PA “Works on Paper” Arcadia University Glenside PA Juror: Cornelia Butler, Chief Curator of Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY “Innuendo, Lies, Gossip and Half-Truths” Penrose Gallery Temple University Tyler School of Art Philadelphia PA 2005 “Mesh” Chester County Music Works West Chester PA “Philadelphia Sketch Club Print and Drawing Show” Philadelphia Sketch Club Philadelphia PA  “Senior Show” Kutztown University Kutztown Pa “Group Show” Bear’s Den Gallery Kutztown University Kutztown PA “Berks Art Alliance 28th Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition” Reading Museum Reading PA “Berks Art Alliance 26th Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition” Reading Museum Reading PA Portfolio Exchanges 2005 “Big Block Portfolio Exchange” Philadelphia Print Collaborative Philadelphia PA “Keep It In the Family” Temple University Tyler School of Art Philadelphia PA Awards 2006 Graduate Assistantship (Spring and Fall Semesters) Temple University Tyler School of Art Philadelphia PA 2005 Suma cum Laude Kutztown University Kutztown PA Deans List Kutztown University Kutztown PA 2004 Deans List Kutztown University Kutztown PA 2003 Deans List Kutztown University Kutztown PA  Two First Prize Awards including Best of Show and two Second Prize Awards Reading Fair Reading PA Bibliography 2006 Fallon, Roberta. “Arcadia Fire.” Philadelphia Weekly, April 12, 2006. 2005 Bauer, Kristen. “Oil Painters Do
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