Joe Zane (born 1971 in
Utica, New York
[1]) is an American
artist. His work uses
painting,
sculpture,
video,
performance and self-deprecating humour to address the themes of
authenticity and the role of the artist. He currently lives in
Cambridge, MA and previously worked at the
Center for Advanced Visual Studies at
MIT.
He has participated in group exhibitions at the List Visual Arts Center (2003), [2] MassMOCA (2009) [3] and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2005+2008), [4] where he contributed 31 drawings of conceptual artists. For his 2006 solo show at Allston Skirt he exhibited a series of paintings of famous art forgers. [5] [6]
In 2008 he was shortlisted for the James and Audrey Foster Prize, awarded by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston to support artists working in the Boston area. [7] In 2009, Zane was awarded the top award from Artadia 2009 Boston Award cycle. [8]
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)