Biography:
Born
in Philadelphia, Joseph Sweeney graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in
Painting and Drawing from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University
of the Arts) in 1976. He studied with and was influenced by: Isa Barnett, Sandy
Ceaser, David Kettner, Boris Putterman, Gerry Herdman, Jack Andrews, Ray
Spiller, Morris Schulman, Warren Rorher, David Fertig, Jane Piper, Sidney
Goodman, and Lily Yeh.He received a Masters Degree in Printmaking from the Art
and Architecture department of Penn State University in 1980.While there
studied with Bruce Shobaken, Diane Pepe and Peter Jogo. A resident of Ardmore,
Pennsylvania, he has taught or is teaching at the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, The University of the Arts, Wayne Art Center, Woodmere Art Museum,
and Chester Springs Studio.
Primarily
a landscape painter he was awarded Best of Show at "Images '98"
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts July 1998 and Best of Show for The
Philadelphia Water Color Club 98th Anniversary International Exhibition of
Works on Paper.In 2002 was awarded Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts. Catherine Gibbons Granger Award for Landscape, Chester Springs,
PA. Also in 2002 he was awarded Best in Show by The Philadelphia Sketch Club
Works on Paper.And in 2010 took second place for the same show. In 2006 took
part in ART in Embassies Program. U.S. Dept. of State, (Catalog) Washington
D.C. In the Embassies of Port-of Spain, Trinidad & Kigali,
Rwanda.
In 2013 he was
awarded a three month residency at The Master Works Museum in Paget, Bermuda
In
2017 he was awarded a one-month residency at the Studios of Key West in Key
West, Florida
Joseph
Sweeney has been showing at Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia since
1980, http://www.grossmccleaf.com
and is also currently represented by: Cerulean Gallery in Phila. https://ceruleanarts.com And Gallery 222 in Malvern, PA. https://gallery222malvern.com https://www.facebook.com/gallery222malvern/
