Joe Tuggle Lacina

Joe Tuggle Lacina is an Iowa-based multidisciplinary creative and design professional with a track record spanning public installations, institutional spaces, and commercial environments. Joe holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dimensional Practice from the University of Iowa and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). His practice integrates new media, spatial design, and visual communication — bridging digital and physical experiences to create meaningful work in today's landscape. His projects have been recognized and exhibited at respected institutions and galleries across Philadelphia, Chicago, and the Midwest.

2017 The University of Iowa - MFA, Sculpture & 3D Design

2016 The University of Iowa - MA, Sculpture & 3D Design

2008 MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) - BFA, Painting & Printmaking

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026 Grinnell Veterans Monument, Central Park, Grinnell, Iowa

2025 GAAC + IAF, Mainframe Studios, Des Moines, Iowa

2025 Art & Ecology, Olson-Larsen Galleries, Des Moines, Iowa

2024 Wonder on Buxton Project, Public Art on Buxton Ave., Indianola, Iowa

2024 Superinternet World X Wrong Biennale, The Wrong Biennale, Web-Based

2023 Metatopia - Hybrid Spaces, The Wrong Biennale, Web-Based

2023 Sweat Machine, Watershed PDX, Portland, OR

2023 It’s not what it is., Grinnell Arts Center, Grinnell, IA

2022 Iowa Itinerant Internet, MdW Assembly, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2022 ABSTRACT Expressions Exhibition, Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff, CA

2022 All Abstract, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2021 Stew Buildout, Stew Makerspace, Grinnell, IA

2018 Top Five, Oskaloosa Art Center, Oskaloosa, IA

2017 YM#23, Yeah Maybe, Minneapolis, MN

2017 K(nö)w Limits, Smith Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

2017 Intersections, Coe College Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA

2017 Post Truth, MFA Exhibition, VAB – 2nd Floor Gallery, Iowa City, IA

2016 Awkward Portal, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA

2016 Plain Landscapes, Saints Rest, Grinnell, IA

2016 Pursuit of Happiness, Legion Arts...