Joel Hurlburt

bio

Joel Hurlburt was born in Portland, Maine, USA, and now lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. He received his BFA from Massachusetts College of Art & Design in 2001, in Boston before moving to Stockholm in 2003. He received his MFA from Konstfack Univeristy College of Art, Craft, and Design in 2014. In 2014/15 he began a year of research in 3D animation, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality platforms at the Royal Institute of Art (KKH), in Stockholm. He returned to the Royal Institute of Art, in 2018-19, to continue this research.

Since 2017, Joel has been a guest teacher at Nyckelviksskolan, in Lidingö, near Stockholm.

About the work

Joel’s work often focuses on issues of objecthood and the nature of the object in relation to technology. The project Enacting Objects, marked the beginning of an on-going investigation into the hidden spacio-temporal and avisual objects of gesture and their relationship to language. In this project things proported to be “invisible” and “immaterial” are mapped out and given a solid form. The process and materializations from the project directly engage the latest in Human-Computer Interaction.

Joel’s curiosity for technique has led him in into a number of sculptural practices, from glass-casting and traditional boatbuilding, to the latest in 3D fabrication. This catalog of material and process is a constant wellspring for his production.

• Born 1977, in Portland, Maine, USA
• Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden since 2003
• Language fluent: English, Swedish

Education

• 2018-19 Royal Institute of Art (KKH) Post-Graduate studies: Materialities
• 2016 - Royal Institute of Art (KKH) Philosophy in the Context of Art
• 2015 - Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) /Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden Theory of Science and Research Methods in Art, Technology, and Design, PhD course (7.5hp)
• 2014-2015 - Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm Post-Graduate studies: Re:motion
• 2012-2014 - MFA: Art in the Public Realm, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2008 - Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden Course: Going Public
• 2000 - Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA Course: Resin-bonded sand-casting
• 1998-2001 - BFA: 3D Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, USA
• 1996-1998 - Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, USA Course: BFA studies (Fine Arts & Literature)

Grants

2018-2020 - Ateljéstöd, Stockholms Stad, Stockholm, Sweden 2015-2017 - Ateljéstöd, Stockholms Stad, Stockholm, Sweden 2014 - Internationellt kulturutbyte, Bildkonstnärsfonden, IASPIS, Sweden 2014 - Projektstipendium, Kulturkontakt Nord, Denmark 2014 - Projektstipendium, Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs Stipendiestiftelse, Sweden 2013 - Resestipendium - Foundation Gefeldts & Reeves Stiftelse, Sweden 2001 - Alumni Award, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, USA 2001 - Johnson´s Paint Award, The Copley Art Society, Boston, USA 2000 - Partner Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA

Solo Exhibitions

• 2018 - Dark Optics and Thick Film, Gallery ID:I
• 2013 - Semantic Projections, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2010 - Litmus Commission, Supermarket Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2008 - Reach Away to the Bottom Being, Gallery ID:I, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2005 - Väsen, Ulriksdals Värdshus, Stockholm, Sweden

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2015 - Of What is Left, Gallery Kunstschlager, Reykjavik, Iceland
• 2015 - Cirkel Studien - ABF Stockholm, Sweden
• 2014 - Konstfack Degree Exhibition, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2014 - Departure Resistance, Gallery 1:10, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2013 - Survival of the Fittest – Concerning Circumstances, Studio44, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2013 - State of Mind, Lo and Behold, Art Athina, Athens, Greece
• 2013 - State of Mind, Lo and Behold, Supermarket Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2011 - Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2010 - Last, Studio44, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2009 - Verka, Studio44, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2009 - Continuous Present, Studio44, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2009 - Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2009 - Nano, Studio 44, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2008 - Teckning, Studio44, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2005 - Everything all the Time, Colony Gallery, Birmingham, England