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Josephine Halvorson

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Josephine Halvorson makes paintings on-site, face to face with an object in its environment. Often no more than an arm’s length away, she detects variations in texture, light, and temperature, transcribing these perceptions through the medium of paint. The result is an intimate portrait of the object, capturing both a natural likeness as well as the often unseen or overlooked character of her chosen subject.Halvorson holds a BFA from The Cooper Union (2003) and an MFA from Columbia University (2007). She is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Vienna (2003 - 4), a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant (2009), and was a fellow at the French Academy in Rome (2014 - 15). This fall, her work is on view at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston as part of The James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition.Halvorson’s work has appeared in many solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. This past spring, Halvorson made a body of work in Matanzas, Cuba which was exhibited a part of the Havana Biennial. In 2016, she exhibited large scale sculptures at Storm King Art Center and in 2015 had her first museum survey exhibition, "Slow Burn" at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC. Her work is represented by Sikkema Jenkins and Co. in New York and has been written about widely in a variety of art publications.Halvorson is also a teacher and holds the position of Professor of Art and Chair of Graduate Studies in Painting at Boston University. She has also taught at the Skowhegan school of painting and sculpture (2018), Yale University school of art (2010-2016), Paint School (2018), among many other institutions.Josephine Halvorson, Ground View: Debris, Gouache and site material on panel, 32 x 32 inches, 2019, Photo by Stewart ClementsPhoto Captions Josephine Halvorson Posed, Oil on linen, 25 x 17 inches, 2017, Photo by Stewart Clements

Josephine Halvorson makes paintings on-site, face to face with an object in its environment. Often no more than an arm’s length away, she detects variations in texture, light, and temperature, transcribing these perceptions through the medium of paint. The result is an intimate portrait of the object, capturing both a natural likeness as well as the often unseen or overlooked character of her chosen subject. Halvorson holds a BFA from The Cooper Union (2003) and an MFA from Columbia University (2007). She is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Vienna (2003 - 4), a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant (2009), and was a fellow at the French Academy in Rome (2014 - 15). This fall, her work is on view at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston as part of The James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition. Halvorson’s work has appeared in many solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. This past spring, Halvorson made a body of work in Matanzas, Cuba which was exhibited a part of the Havana Biennial. In 2016, she exhibited large scale sculptures at Storm King Art Center and in 2015 had her first museum survey exhibition, "Slow Burn" at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC. Her work is represented by Sikkema Jenkins and Co. in New York and has been written about widely in a variety of art publications. Halvorson is also a teacher and holds the position of Professor of Art and Chair of Graduate Studies in Painting at Boston University. She has also taught at the Skowhegan school of painting and sculpture (2018), Yale University school of art (2010-2016), Paint School (2018), among many other institutions. Josephine Halvorson, Ground View: Debris, Gouache and site material on panel, 32 x 32 inches, 2019, Photo by Stewart Clements Photo Captions Josephine Halvorson Posed, Oil on linen, 25 x 17 inches, 2017, Photo by Stewart Clements

Josephine Halvorson grew up on Cape Cod, where she first studied art on the beaches of Provincetown and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union in 2003, she attended Yale Norfolk in 2002, and got her MFA from Columbia University in 2007. Josephine has been awarded a number of prestigious residencies including a Fulbright Fellowship to Austria, a Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarhip at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris,  Moly-Sabata in Sablons, France, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in Captiva, Florida. She was also the first American to receive the Rome Prize at the French Academy at the Villa Medici, Rome, Italy. Halvorson’s work has been exhibited widely. In 2015 she presented her first museum survey exhibition, Slow Burn, at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC, curated by Cora Fisher. In 2016 she exhibited large-scale painted sculptures at Storm King Art Center, as part of the “Outlooks” series curated by Nora Lawrence. Her work has been written about extensively in various publications and she is one of the subjects of Art21's documentary series, New York Close Up. Josephine Halvorson has taught at The Cooper Union, Princeton University, the University of Tennessee Knoxville Columbia University, and Yale University. In 2016 Halvorson joined Boston University as Professor of Art and Chair of Graduate Studies in Painting. She lives and works in Western Massachusetts.Brian met Josephine at the site of her solo show at Sikemma Jenkins and they spoke about her youth in Cape Cod, hip hop and grunge, painting in plein air and much more.

Josephine Halvorson grew up on Cape Cod, where she first studied art on the beaches of Provincetown and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union in 2003, she attended Yale Norfolk in 2002, and got her MFA from Columbia University in 2007. Josephine has been awarded a number of prestigious residencies including a Fulbright Fellowship to Austria, a Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarhip at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris, Moly-Sabata in Sablons, France, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation in Captiva, Florida. She was also the first American to receive the Rome Prize at the French Academy at the Villa Medici, Rome, Italy.   Halvorson’s work has been exhibited widely. In 2015 she presented her first museum survey exhibition, Slow Burn, at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC, curated by Cora Fisher. In 2016 she exhibited large-scale painted sculptures at Storm King Art Center, as part of the “Outlooks” series curated by Nora Lawrence. Her work has been written about extensively in various publications and she is one of the subjects of Art21's documentary series, New York Close Up.   Josephine Halvorson has taught at The Cooper Union, Princeton University, the University of Tennessee Knoxville Columbia University, and Yale University. In 2016 Halvorson joined Boston University as Professor of Art and Chair of Graduate Studies in Painting. She lives and works in Western Massachusetts. Brian met Josephine at the site of her solo show at Sikemma Jenkins and they spoke about her youth in Cape Cod, hip hop and grunge, painting in plein air and much more.