EDUCATION
2002- 2004 Master of Fine Arts; SUNY: University at Albany; Albany, NY
1998- 2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts; Maryland Institute College of Art; Baltimore, MD
1995- 1998 Associate of Science; Munson Williams Proctor Institute College of Art; Utica, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Joseph Yetto: Drawing on Dark Times; Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2020
Joseph Yetto; Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2017
Paintings by Joseph Yetto; Way Out Gallery, Rensselaerville, NY: 2014
Joseph Yetto: New Works; Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2010
Painting in Little: The Small Works of Joseph Yetto; Eloise Kruger Gallery, Lincoln, NE: 2006
Recent Work; The Vertical Gallery; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY: 2004
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
100 Drawings from Now; The Drawing Center, New York, NY: 2020-21
En Masse 2019; Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2019
En Masse 2018; Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2018
Small Show of Big Drawings From the Collection of Jack Shear; Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2018
En Masse 2017; Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2017
En Masse III; Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2016
Here-and-Now; Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2016
En Masse II; Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2015
To Each Their Own; Thompson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY: 2015
Still Life with Sculpture; Thompson Giroux Gallery: 2014
Happy Birthday Ellsworth!; Thompson Giroux Gallery; Chatham, NY: 2013
Slow Down Make Space; Thompson Giroux Gallery; Chatham, NY: 2013
Alumni Show, Pratt Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, School of Art: 2013
Powers of Ten; Perrella Gallery; Johnstown, NY: 2009
Works by Alee and Joe; Paper Sparrow; Troy, NY: 2009
Selected Works; Joyce Goldstein Gallery; Chatham, NY: 2008
JAW; Fulton Street Gallery; Troy, NY: 2007
Mohawk-Hudson Regional; Albany International Airport, NY: 2007
JAWL; .5 Gallery; Albany, NY: 2007
Works on Paper Regional; Perrella Gallery; Fulton-Montgomery Community College; Johnstown, NY: 2004, 06-08
Twice Drawn; Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga, NY: 2006
Central Missouri State University Faculty Exhibition; CMSU Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO: 2005
Second Nature; Fish Tank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY: 2004
SUNY Master of Fine Arts Thesis Show; University at Albany, Albany, NY: 2004
Best of SUNY Student Art Exhibition; State University Plaza, Albany, NY: 2003
Fall SUNY Student Art Exhibition; State University Plaza, Albany, NY: 2002
Mohawk-Hudson Regional; State Museum of History and Art, Albany, NY: 2002
MICA Thesis Show; Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD: 2000
MICA Juried Show; Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD: 1999
Light Show; Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY: 1997
AWARDS
First Place; Perrella Gallery Regional; Fulton-Montgomery Community College; Johnstown, NY; 2006
Juror’s Mention; Perrella Gallery Regional; Fulton-Montgomery Community College: Johnstown, NY; 2004
Distinguished Graduate; Art Department; SUNY: University at Albany; 2003-2004
Seymour Mandelbaum Merit Scholarship; 1999
Francis Burns Harvey Merit Scholarship; 1999
MICA-Transfer Scholarship; Maryland Institute College of Art; Baltimore, MD; 1998-2000
Fran Fiorentino Honors Award; Munson Williams Proctor Institute; Utica, NY; 1998
This has been a turbulent year for the nation and world. It feels as though our civilization is teetering on the brink of destruction. As our society was put into lockdown, I turned to my studio in search of a way to express how I was feeling. Nothing seems rational, so delving into the subconscious has been my way of searching. My search led to the creation of these surreal works.
I start my process with automatic drawing. I flow between applying conscious and subconscious marks while making some pictorial decisions along the way. Never having a known destination, the drawings take on drastic changes during their development. Some of them require the addition or removal of paper as they evolve. For example, the largest work in the show “Surreal Times XXIV” which is 85 ½ x 91 ¼" started out as a 24 x 56” sheet of paper. Throughout its development, it constantly changed orientation as shapes came and went. With each added sheet of paper came new opportunities for exploration and transformation. Along with adding whole sheets, I would also tear up paper in semi random shapes. These shaped pieces became new forms in the composition. Some of them remain and others became buried under layers of charcoal and/or other torn fragments. In the end, the drawing’s yearlong process and evolution can be seen through the visible scars left from the process.