Selected Exhibitions
Art Party 2014, San Jose, CA, September 2014
Angles Gallery, Transmogrification of the Ordinary, Los Angeles, CA, September 2014
Orange County Museum of Art, Art of Dining, Newport Beach, CA, June 2014
Triton Museum, Creativity, Change, Commitment, San Jose, CA, December 2013
Angles Gallery, Displacements, Los Angeles, CA, October 2013
Evanston Art Center, Crossing Wires, Evanston, IL, 2012
Hartnell college gallery, (Re)modified, Salinas, CA, January 2012
Art Ark Gallery, Sonic, San Jose, CA, October 2011
Angles Gallery, The Armory Show, New York, NY, March 2011
Marine: A contemporary art salon, Santa Monica, CA, November 2010
Art Ark Gallery, Modified, San Jose, CA, October 2010
Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, October 2010
Angles Gallery, Summer Daze, Los Angeles, CA, September 2010
Bloomfield College, Vantage Bloomfield, NJ, October 2009
Orange: Contemporary Art Event, Saint-Hyacinthe,QC, September 2009
Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE, September 2009 (Solo show)
Works, San Jose, CA, June 2009
Artspace, Peterborough, ON, February 2009
Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB, November 2008 (Solo show)
Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, July 2008
Action Art Actuel, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, May 2008 (Solo show)
Museum of New Art, Rochester, MI, April 2008
International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL, Feb. 2008 (Solo show)
The Portland Art Center, Portland, OR, November 2007
Kasia Kay Gallery, Chicago, IL, October 2007
Gwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea, August 2007
Kasia Kay Gallery, Chicago, IL, August 2007
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN, July 2oo7
&Artlab, Beijing, China, June 2007
The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, January 2007 (Solo show)
The Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, October 2006 (Solo show)
Northeastern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, IL, June-Aug 2006 (Solo show)
Three Walls Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 2006 (Solo show)
ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 2005
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, December 2004
Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, October 2004
Tokyo National University, Artist and Residency, Tokyo, Japan, September 2004
Art Boat, Chicago, IL, May 2004
Klein Art Works, Tart, Curated by Sabrina Raaf, Chicago, IL, April 2004
One-Quarterly Gallery, Chicago, IL, December 2003
The Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI, September 2003
Unit B Gallery, Stray Show, Chicago, IL, May 2003
Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL, May 2003
Gallery 2, SAIC, Chicago, IL, May 2003
SAIC, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Chicago, IL, May 2003
Base Space, SAIC, Chicago, IL, January 2003 (Solo show)
Gallery 2, SAIC, Chicago, IL, January 2003
The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Fund-Raiser, Chicago, IL, April 2002
Gallery 2, SAIC, Chicago, IL, April 2002
Gallery 1926, Chicago, IL, March 2002
Gallery #3, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, October 2000 (Solo show)
Monterey Peninsula College Gallery, Monterey, CA, June 2000 (Solo show)
Gallery #1, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, December 1999
Santa Rosa Junior College Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, November 1999
Monterey Airport, Monterey, CA, January-May 1999
Alquist Appreciation Exhibit, San Jose, CA, July 1998
Gallery #6, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Nov. 1998 (Solo show)
Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA, November 1998
Monterey Peninsula College Gallery, CA, December 1998 (Solo show)
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA, March 1997
California State University of Monterey Bay, CA, April 1997
Selected collections
Conn Collection, Del Mar, CA
Eaton Collection, Cleveland, OH.
Leng Lin, Beijing, China
Richard & Ellen Sandor, Chicago IL
David A. Parker, Milwaukee WI
Shannon Stratton, Chicago IL
Awards
Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award ,2007
Individual Artist Award Nominee, The Richard H. Dreihaus Foundation, Chicago, 2006
Illinois Arts Council, Special Assistance Grant, 2006
Individual Artist Award Nominee, The Richard H. Dreihaus Foundation, Chicago, 2005
Artist and Residency, Tokyo National University, Tokyo, Japan, September 2004
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Trustee Merit Scholarship, 2001-2003
Publications
Visual Art Source, “continuing and recommended “, Jody Zellen, October 2013
ARTslant, “Watchlist: joseph Kohnke”, October 2013
LA Times, “Mechanical gadgetry hit and miss”, Sharon Mizota, October 2013
LA Times, “Angles of Sharp Divide”, Leah Ollman, October 2010
Fellows of Contemporary Art, Geoff Tuck, August 2010
Shotgun Review.ca, “Hollow at Stride Gallery”, Jasia Stuart, December 2008
Booklet of Exhibition for Action Art Actuel “Marked”, Yann Pocreau, May 2008
Chicago Tribune, “Abstract artist’s twists and turns get due in retrospective”, Alan G. Artner, February 2008
Art Letter, “2-1-08”, Paul Klein, February 2008
UR Chicago, “Natural Movement”, Jody Robbins, April 2007
Chicago Tribune, “Kohnke Inspired”, Jenn Q. Goddu, April 2007
Chicago Sun-Times, “ Freedom March”, Margaret Hawkins, April 2007
Art Letter, “3-16-07”, Paul Klein, March, 2007
Sculpture, “Itinerary”, April 2007
Urbanmixer, “Marked”, Sanjeev Sharma, September 2006
Artipedia-Arts News, August 2006
Bad at Sports Podcast “Episode 41: Blathering”, Duncan Mackenzie, June 2006
Newcity Chicago, “Eye Exam, A Random Walk”, Michael Workman, May 2006
WBEZ, 91.5 FM radio, Coverage of Tart Exhibit, April 2004
Crudeoils.com “Visiting artist”, Wafa Bilal and Shawn Lawson, September 2002
F News SAIC, “Cracking the Curators Code”, Maureen Murphy, April 2002
Monterey County Herald, “Parallel Extensions”, May 2000
KAZU, 90.3 FM radio, Interview conducted with John McNally, May 2000