JOSEPH ADOLPHE

Joseph Adolphe was born in Calgary, Canada. After receiving his MFA in New York City Joseph continued to live in the United States. His paintings have been featured in numerous exhibitions both within the U.S. and abroad. Within his body of work, there is a rich diversity of subjects all of which speak to an underlying conviction that the world our senses perceive reflect deeper metaphysical connections to the world within us. His paintings share an underlying interest in the universal yet also reflect an intimate autobiographical context that seeks to come to terms with those forces that shape his life. As much as Joseph strives to capture the physical essence of a created thing he also tries to give form to the forces that shape the created thing.

Joseph is also a Professor in the Department of Art and Design at St. John’s university in New York city where he teaches drawing and painting.

“My work is really about two notions competing for attention. One is based on an idealism I have about the way I wish things were. The other is based on what I need to do in order to maintain that idealism.”