Joel Stewart Art

Artist: Joel Stewart – American (1959- ) Title: Eclipse Year: circa 1997 Medium: Aquatint on heavy paper Sheet size: 34.5 x 28 inches. Signature: Signed, dated lower right. Numbered lower left Edition:14. This one: 5/14 Condition: Very good Unframed This large aquatint is by the noted American artist, Joel Stewart (1959- ). The print is a bold composition with rich, yet soft colors. Stewart has lived and worked in Kyoto, Japan since the early 1990s. This print was printed in Kyoto in 1997 in a very small edition of 14. It is in very good condition with no flaws to note. JOEL STEWART – BIOGRAPHY (source: Artist's website) SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2008 “MAKING WAVES – CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PRINTS”, PHOENIX ART MUSEUM, Phoenix, AZ., Group exhibition Solo exhibitions on hold while construction of “Crossroads” folding screen installation project (begun January 2007) continues. Kyoto, Japan 2007 “ON THE CUTTING EDGE: CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PRINTS”, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington D.C., Group exhibition “Crossroads”- Folding screen installation project initiated in January – Kyoto, Japan 2006 “MAHAFFEY FINE ART: 14 YEARS, 14 ARTISTS”, PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, Portland, OR., Group Exhibition “MODERN JAPANESE PRINTS: ETCHINGS”, LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, Los Angeleges CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition 2005 “JOEL STEWART – RECENT WORKS”, AZUMA GALLERY, Seattle, WA., Solo exhibition CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition 2004 “NEW PAINTINGS”, KATO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition 2003 “20 YEARS”, VERNE GALLERY, Cleveland, OH, Group exhibition CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition 2002 “JOEL STEWART: NEW WORKS ON PAPER”, AZUMA GALLERY, Seattle, WA, Solo exhibition “RECENT PAINTINGS”, KATO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition 2001 “JOEL STEWART – PAINTINGS”, KEIHAN ART GALLERY, Osaka, Japan, Solo exhibition CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition 2000 “EAST MEETS WEST: TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN MODERN JAPANESE PRINTS”, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, Cleveland, OH “NEW WORKS ON PAPER”, AZUMA GALLERY, Seattle, WA. Solo exhibition CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition “JOEL STEWART – PAINTINGS AND PRINTS”, REN BROWN...

Looking Back Etching with hand coloring by the artist, 1994 Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil lower left (see photo) Edition: 67 (49/67) (see photo) References And Exhibitions: Franco & Verne, Quiet Elegance: Japan Through the Eyes of Nine American Artists, 1997. Illustrated pg. 61. Cited as a “great print” by Stewart pg. 53. Note: An important print by the artist Joel Stewart Biography Museum Collections: • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio, USA Hoehn Family Galleries, University of San Diego, USA Group Exhibitions: 2020 The Terminal, Kyoto, “Kyoen” 2019 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, “Long Live Rembrandt” Alt Space POST Gallery, Kyoto, “The Echo Of Songs” 2018 Hakuhou-Doh Gallery, Kyoto, Japan – “Ki Ni Naru” CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan 2017 Kyoto Municipal Museum Of Art – “Kyoten 2017” CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan 2016 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan 2015 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 60th Annual Exhibition 2014 Kyoto Municipal Museum Of Art – “Kyoten 2014” The Kura, Kyoto, Japan – Collaborative Paintings With The Mangold Collection 2012 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 56th Annual Exhibition 2011 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 55th Annual Exhibition 2008 Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, USA, “Making Waves – Contemporary Japanese Prints” 2007 Library Of Congress, Washington D.C., USA – “On The Cutting Edge: Contemporary Japanese Prints” 2006 Portland Art Museum, Oregon, USA – “Mahaffey Fine Art: 14 Years, 14 Artists” LA County Museum Of Art, California, USA – “Modern Japanese Prints: Etchings” CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 50th Annual Exhibition 2005 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 49th Annual Exhibition 2004 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 48th Annual Exhibition 2003 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 47th Annual Exhibition 2002 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 46th Annual Exhibition 2001 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 46th Annual Exhibition 2000 Cleveland Museum Of Art, Ohio, USA, “East Meets West: Modern Japanese Prints” CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 46th Annual Exhibition 1999 Tolman Collection Gallery, Tokyo, Japan – “Miyabi” CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 46th Annual Exhibition 1998 Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Indiana, USA, “One Common Denominator” CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 46th Annual Exhibition 1997 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 46th Annual Exhibition 1996 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 46th Annual Exhibition 1995 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 46th Annual Exhibition 1994 Kawaguchi Bijutsu Gallery, Kyoto, Japan – “Prints By Painters” 1993 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 46th Annual Exhibition 1992 Kato Gallery, Tokyo, Japan – Spring Show 1990 CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan – 46th Annual Exhibition 1987 Cydney Payton Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA – Group Exhibition Osaka Modern Art Center, Osaka, Japan – Biennale 1986 Voice Gallery, Kyoto, Japan – 3 Man Show 1983 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, USA, Biennial Show 1983 Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington, USA, Biennial Show One Person Exhibitions: 2020 Alt Space POST, Kyoto, Japan, “Floating Screens”, Pop-Up Installation 2019 Hasu Projects, Kyoto, Japan, “Gojo Rakuen”, Pop-Up Installation 2017 Hakuhou-Doh Gallery Hakuhou-Doh Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, “Fractured Fairy Tales, A New Print Series” 2015 Hakuhou-Doh Gallery 2013 Nishi Bijutsu Gallery 2011 Azuma Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA ,“Recent Works” 2010 Fushimi Souko, Kyoto, Japan , “Crossroads: A Folding Screen Installation” 2005 Azuma Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA , “Recent Works” 2004 Kato Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2002 Kato Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Azuma Gallery Seattle, Washington, USA 2001 Keihan Art Salon, Osaka, Japan 2000 Azuma Gallery, Seattle Washington, USA, “New Works” Ren Brown...