Joe Kotas

boRNd in bUffALo, New yORk uSA. CurRentLy liVIng au cOntRaire in ChicaGO. USA IllINoiSE. joE KotAs is the cOnsuMMate pAINter, photoGRAPHer, POet and PerSOnal PtrAInER. BS degree in M.E. I eat dust (mech'niCAL engin'RING.) He basically doESn't haVE to grovel as AN ARTist. This IS not To saY that He =Is opPosed to GrOVeLLing, yoDeLLing, spELUnking or anY other ForM of YueNGLING. Having deveLOPed in a vacUUm, joE kOTaS (aka NorBErt PuMpKin) was not progrAMMed by ArT ScHOOl. KotAs cut his teeth in a ChicAGO GHETTo after quiTTing his jOB as a conSULTant for a CommonWEalTHY EnergY CompanY. EngineEring degrEE in haND, he was afforded the luXUry of experimenting with aLL the materiALS available. When buying art suPPLies he decidED that quaNTity was superior to quALiTy, that THROWing was better than BrUSHing and that SCRAPing was physicALLy satisFYing. KoTAs is truly an "Uber-Painter" of the hiGHest ORder. He COMpaRes hiMSelf to GustoN, RosenQUist, DuCHAMp, RiCHter and aLL those who have dANCed a meRRy tUne.

BSME Beaux Fleurs, New York. Exhibited at OUch CHicago, OUCH Wich$t Project, NYC Anarchist Convention, Spelunker, St. Louis, Wharf Rat; San Francisco. Early Joe's Gal. Fahrenheit 452 1/2. Cowa Bunga and others 2 nvmerous 2 mentioN!,

MAXAM Building, Peoria IL Group Show 2024
DIFFA Chicago Art for Life at The Merchandise Mart 2024, 23, 22
Contemporary Art Center Exhibiting Artist Peoria, IL 2024
2022B'Ville Gal PeoRIa, IL 2020
Christ Kindl Markt 2018
Sperry Rand Corp. 2015
Around the Coyote Chicago
Early Joe's Gal
The Artist Project
Spelunker St. Louis
Anarchy Festival NYC
Artist's Breakfast Club
Prairie Avenue Gallery
Limelight