J O E L B R O C K
1961-2013
1961 Born in Denver, Colorado
2013 Died in Edison, Washington
EDUCATION:
1984 University of California, Davis, Bachelor of Science, Design
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
2013 Lisa Harris Gallery, “Shadows Cast,” Seattle, Washington
2012 Lisa Harris Gallery, “Recent Paintings,” Seattle, Washington
2010 Lisa Harris Gallery, “Carpe Color,” Seattle, Washington
2009 Lisa Harris Gallery, “Recent Work,” Seattle, Washington
2008 Lisa Harris Gallery, “Recent Paintings and Drawings,” Seattle, Washington
2006 Lisa Harris Gallery, “New Work,” Seattle, Washington
2004 Lisa Harris Gallery, “New Paintings and Works on Paper,” Seattle, Washington
2003 Lisa Harris Gallery, “Recent Paintings,” Seattle, Washington
2001-1998 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington, solo exhibitions each year
1998 Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett, Washington
1997 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1995-1993 Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, Washington, solo exhibitions each year
1992 Joel Brock Fine Art Studio, La Conner, Washington
1991 Joel Brock Fine Art Studio, La Conner, Washington
1990 The Edison Eye, Edison, Washington
Samish Studio, Edison, Washington
1989 Griffith House Gallery, La Conner, Washington
1988 Daybreak Gallery, Mount Vernon, Washington
Ikon Gallery, La Conner, Washington
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Museum of Northwest Art, “The Barn Show Exhibition,” La Conner, WA
Harris Harvey Gallery, “Joel Brock: Selected Works,” Seattle, WA
Museum of Northwest Art, “Especially Special: A Celebration of Betty Black and Her Collection of Art,” La Conner, WA
2017 Skagit County Historical Museum, “In the Valley of Mystic Light,” La Conner, WA
2016 Harris Harvey Gallery, "Winter's Offering," Seattle, Washington
Harris Harvey Gallery, "31 for 32," Seattle, Washington
2015 Lisa Harris Gallery, “Rear View,” Seattle, Washington
2013 Smith & Vallee, Gregg Laananen and Joel Brock collaborating with Hunter Harrison, Edison, Washington
2012 Smith & Vallee Gallery, “Masters,” Edison, Washington
Lisa Harris Gallery, “Plein Air Invitational,” Seattle, Washington
2010 Lyman Allyn Art Museum, “Members Collect: The Thrill of the Chase,” New London, Connecticut
Confluence Gallery, “Harvesting the Light,” Twisp, Washington
2009 Lisa Harris Gallery, “25th Anniversary Show,” Seattle, Washington
2008 Smith and Vallee Gallery, “Northwest Mountain Invitational,” Edison, Washington
2006 Museum of Northwest Art, “The Painted View,” La Conner, Washington
Lisa Harris Gallery, “Summer Group Show,” Seattle, Washington
2005 Northwind Arts Center, “Clayton James and Joel Brock,” Port Townsend, Washington
2004 Lisa Harris Gallery, “20th Anniversary Show,” Seattle, Washington
2002 Edison Eye Gallery, “Paintings and Drawings from the Golden North”, with Clayton James,
Joseph Goldberg, and Louise Kikuchi, Edison, Washington
2001 Gallery in the Depot, Anacortes, Washington, two-person show with Kathleen McCarty
1999 Whatcom Museum of History and Art, “From Here to the Horizon: Artists of the Rural Landscape,” Bellingham, Washington
1996 Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
Whatcom Museum of History & Art, “Iris, Narcissus and Tulips,” Bellingham, Washington
1996 Northwest Building Corporation, “Love of the Land,” Seattle, Washington
Foundation Gallery, Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, Washington
1994 Thomas Babeor & Co, La Jolla, California
1992 Edison Eye Gallery, Edison, Washington
1989 Samish Studio, Edison, Washington
1990 Eileen Enck Gallery, Bellevue, Washington
1989 Eileen Enck Gallery, Bellevue, Washington, “Puget Sound Country Exhibition”
Anacortes Art Gallery, Anacortes, Washington
1988 Anacortes Art Gallery, Anacortes, Washington
Stillwater Gallery, Seattle, Washington, “Puget Sound Country Exhibition,”
1987 Ikon Gallery, La Conner, Washington
1986 Ikon Gallery, La Conner, Washington
1985 Gallery 6, Tacoma, Washington, “Northwest Open”
AWARDS:
1989 Eileen Enck Gallery, Bellevue, Washington, “Puget Sound Country Exhibition,” Corporate Purchase Award, Best of Show
1988 Stillwater Gallery, Seattle, Washington, “Puget Sound Country Exhibition,” Puget Sound Painters Award
1985 Gallery 6, Tacoma, Washington, “Northwest Open,” Second Place
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Washington D.C.
PACCAR Corporation, Bellevue, Washington
Birmingham, Thorson & Barnett, P.C., Seattle, Washington
Commerce Bank, Seattle, Washington
Bornstein Seafood, Bellingham, Washington
Evergreen Bank, Bellevue, Washington
Group Health, Seattle, Washington
Horizon Bank, Mount Vernon, Washington
Morubeni Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
West Coast Paper Company, Seattle, Washington
Sirlach, Seattle, Washington
Stevedoring Services of America (SSA Marine), Seattle, Washington
Northwest Building Corporation, Seattle, Washington
City of Lynnwood, Lynnwood, Washington
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Hagens Berman, Seattle, Washington
Pepsico, Houston, Texas
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
Washington Trust Bank, Seattle, Washington
UBS Financial Services, Seattle, Washington
Bendich, Stobaugh & Strong, PC, Seattle, Washington
PUBLICATIONS:
The Barn Shows Book 1987 – 2003, Lavone Newell-Reim, Mount Vernon, WA
In the Valley of Mystic Light, Rita Hupy and Claire Swedberg, Bellingham, WA: Good Deed Rain Press, 2017
Seattle Times, Michael Upchurch, “Joel Brock Honored with Memorial Exhibition,” November 4, 2013
Skagit Valley Herald, Russell Hixson, “Joel Brock: A Retrospective,” www.goskagit.com, November 3, 2013
Seattle Times, Michael Upchurch, “Altus, Brock: a Study in Contrasts at Lisa Harris Gallery,” May 25, 2013.
100 Artists of the West Coast II, Tina Skinner, Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2009.
Southwest Magazine, Bonnie Gangelhoff, “Pastels and Watercolors,” April, 2005, p. 129.
Artweek, November 2006, Deborah Koppman, “Preview: Joel Brock at Lisa Harris Gallery.”
Anacortes American, “McCarty-Brock Superb Interpreters,” Nancy Walbeck, February, 2001, p. A7.
Bellingham Herald, “Art that Aids,” September, 2001, cover photograph.
Fidalgo Extra, Mary Leone, “Joel Brock Paints the Valley’s Atmosphere and Light,”September 3, 1995, photograph of
Summer Field
Art of the State: Washington, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1999, p. 5.
Anacortes News, Nancy Walbeck, “Painter Brock Shines in Evocative New Works,” June, 1998
Anacortes American, Nancy Walbeck, “Brock Show, ‘Delicious, Astounding’,” January 14, 1998, p. A7