Michael Joo
1966–

Introduction

Michael Joo is a contemporary artist known for using a combination of scientific language, processes and complex structures that speak to liminality, access, and transmission. Much like Joseph Beuys, Joo uses various media such as sculpture, photography, printmaking, and painting, further referencing cultural heritage, identity, and natural history. He currently lives and works in New York, New York, as a Senior Critic in Sculpture at Yale University. He also teaches at Columbia University in the MFA program.

Wikidata identifier

Q55219058

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Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, installation artist, mixed-media artist, sculptor

ULAN identifier

500114643

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On view
Floor 6

First acquired
2010

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artists/12758



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