Joel Otterson

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Joel Otterson is a sculptor who for 30+ years has worked his way through the house and remade everything inside it. His hybrid mash-ups of our domestic environment question our relationship to the home and to each other. His work addresses the gender of objects, their place in culture and what it means to be American. He works in a variety of mediums, including; glass, ceramic, textiles, metals, wood and concrete. In 1982 Otterson received a BFA from Parson’s School of Design. In the same year he started exhibiting at Nature Morte Gallery in New York’s East Village. He has exhibited internationally in museums and galleries. In 2014 he was included in the Whitney Biennial and in 2012 the Hammer Museum’s “Made in L.A.”. In 1987 he exhibited a one person show in MoMA’s project series. Joel is included in the permanent collections of Whitney Museum of American Art, The Hammer Museum, The Cincinnati Art Museum, The Jewish Museum, The Israel Museum and many other public and private collections internationally. Joel currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California USA.