Joe Wippler

JOE EZO WIPPLER
917 660 5407



I was born in 1963 in New York city and raised in the cusp of traditional Puerto Rican spiritual culture and the cynicism and spectacle of modern American city life, this initially formed the well from where my work evolves. at the age of 6 I moved to Vienna, Austria with my family for 2 years. the duality of receding old world sensibilities and the coming of new change were evident to me at a young age.

Returning to NY in 1971 we moved into an apartment in Queens. It was in this apartment where I began looking and studying the modern Masters of sequential Art, Ditko ,Corben, Eisner, Frazetta, Bode. I also became enamored with the Northern renaissance Masters, Durer, Grunewald. In 1978 I went to the High School of Art and Design, it was when I first heard The Ramones and The Clash and picked up my first Spray can and Hit my first Train.
In 1983 I began working at Latin New York Magazine with Izzy Sanabria. It was here where I first got published and created concert posters for Tito Puente, Celia Cruz , Fania Allstars, Yomo Toro. I also wrote and illustrated my strip and did spot illustrations for various articles, under the direction of Mr. Sanabria who was a Great mentor to me...

School of Visual Arts B.F.A 1989

EXPERIENCE

05-on - BANKNOTE CLOTHING LINE / CoFounder
04-06 – THE PUBLIC A (Monthly strip) / Mass Appeal Magazine
99-04 – THE GSPOT COLAB GALLERY/ Founder
98-on – THE GSPOT COLAB.com / Founder
96-on – NIRVANA OF NEW YORK / Co Founder
1993 – The Bronx River Art Center / Artist in Residency program / Co Founder
92-95 – PUBLIC SCHOOL REPERTORY / Teacher
90-92 – EAST HARLEM TUTORIAL / Teacher
88-90 – THE BRONX COUNCIL ON THE ARTS / Arts Program Coordinator
85-88 – BRILL &WALDSTEIN ADVERTISING / Staff Artist
83-85 – LATIN NEW YORK MAGAZINE / Staff Artist


ONE MAN EXHIBITS

2005 – CULTURAL ORPHAN/ The Nurorican poets Café- NYC
2000 – EMPIRICAL DELUGE/ The GspotColab Studio – NYC
2000 - GRAFF SHOW / Guernseys Auction
1994 – AFTER EMPIRE / The Space Time Light Gallery- NYC
1993 – ASCENT TO DISSENSION/ Taller Boriqua- NYC
1992 – MEPHISTO MILEAGE / The Knitting Factory – NYC
1989 – SOCIETY OF FALLEN ICONS / La MAMA GALLERIA- NYC
1985 – EZO/ Librizzi Gallery- NYC

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2014 OUTSIDE INSIDE/ Tabla Raza gallery-Bkln
2014 CITY AS CANVAS / Museum of the city of newyork
2014 HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME / Paramount Theatre/ Tupac exhibit
2014 SUCCCULENT / Succulent studios -Bkln
2012 The Free agents/ Mi...