Artist: Joel Stewart – American (1959- )
Title: Eclipse
Year: circa 1997
Medium: Aquatint on heavy paper
Sheet size: 34.5 …
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Artist: Joel Stewart – American (1959- )
Title: Eclipse
Year: circa 1997
Medium: Aquatint on heavy paper
Sheet size: 34.5 x 28 inches.
Framed size: 39 x 32 inches
Signature: Signed, dated lower right. Numbered lower left
Edition:14. This one: 5/14
Condition: Very good
Frame: Framed. Frame in good condition
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. The simple gray wood frame is in good condition with no flaws to note.
Biography (Source: Artist's website)
JOEL STEWART – 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 COLLECTION, Bodega Bay, CA., Solo exhibition
1999
“JOEL STEWART – PAINTINGS AND PRINTS”, VERNE GALLERY, Cleveland OH, Solo exhibition
“MIYABI”, TOLMAN COLLECTION, Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition
1998
“ONE COMMON DENOMINATOR”, ANNE REED GALLERY, Ketchum, ID, Group exhibition
“SHORT STORIES – JOEL STEWART”, ISETAN FINE ARTS GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition
“PAINTINGS AND PRINTS BY JOEL STEWART”, KEIHAN ART GALLERY, Osaka, Japan, Solo exhibition
“JOEL STEWART”, GENKAN GALLERY, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition
1997
“NEW WORK”, AZUMA GALLERY, Seattle, WA., Solo exhibition
“PAINTINGS AND PRINTS, KABUTOYA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition
1996
HANKYU FINE ARTS GALLERY, Osaka, Japan, Solo exhibition
KEIHAN FINE ARTS GALLERY, Osaka, Japan, Solo exhibition
“JOEL STEWART – PAINTINGS”, KAWAGUCHI GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition
1995
“PAINTINGS AND PRINTS”, KABUTOYA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition
“JOEL STEWART”, GENKAN GALLERY, Tokyo American Club, Tokyo, Japan, Solo exhibition
REWDEX GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Solo exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW , Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition
1994
“PRINTS BY PAINTERS”, KAWAGUCHI GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Group exhibition
KAWAGUCHI GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Solo exhibition
“JOEL STEWART”, ANNE MONNET GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Solo exhibition
1993
“IMAGES FROM JAPAN ’93”, VERNE GALLERY, Cleveland, OH, Group exhibition
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition
1992
“SPRING SHOW”, KATO GALLERY, Kobe, Japan, Group exhibition
1991
MITSUKOSHI FINE ART GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Solo exhibition
SEIBU FINE ART GALLERY, Takarazuka, Japan, Solo exhibition
1990
CWAJ NATIONAL PRINT SHOW, Tokyo, Japan, Group exhibition
1987
“SMALL PAINTINGS SHOW”, CYDNEY PAYTON GALLERY, Denver, CO., Group exhibition
PAINTING BIENNALE, OSAKA MODERN ART CENTER, Osaka, Japan, Group exhibition
1986
VOICE GALLERY, Kyoto, Japan, Group exhibition
1983
BIENNIAL, TACOMA ART MUSEUM, Tacoma, WA., Group exhibition, painting award
BIENNIAL, BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM (PANACA SHOW), Bellevue, WA., Group exhibition, painting award
1982
“JOEL STEWART – NEW MYTH”, SALATHE GALLERY, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA., Solo exhibition
COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH.
PUBLICATIONS
“QUIET ELEGANCE: JAPAN THROUGH THE EYES OF NINE AMERICAN ARTISTS”, B.Franco, M.Verne, 1997, Charles Tuttle Co., Inc.
ARTICLES
“JOEL STEWART”, Vivienne Kendrick, Japan Times, October 12, 2002
PERSONAL
1959 – Born, Danville, CA.
1982 – Bachelor of Arts Degrees, Art and Anthropology, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA.
1986 – to present, studio established in Kyoto, Japan
1999 – Visiting Artist in residence, American Academy in Rome (AAR), Rome, Italy
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