Solo Exhibitions
Joe Waks - Good Old Fashioned Fun - Brian Leo Projects - New York, NY - April 2021
Joe Waks - Art Wall JC @ Coolvines - Jersey City, NJ - March 2021
Joe Waks - Kwalité Paintings: 2010-2018 - South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) - South Orange, NJ - March 2018
Joe Waks: ANTI-PRINTS - Index Art Center - Newark, NJ - March 2017
Joe Waks: Absurd Kwalité - Palette Gallery - Asbury Park, NJ - March 2016
Joe Waks: The Absurd World - R. Jampol Project(s) - New York, NY - May 2013
New Works by Joe Waks: The Neo-Socio Absurdist Series - The Slingluff Gallery - Philadelphia, PA - December 2011
joewaks.com: McLandscapes - Index Art Center - Newark, NJ - December 2010
joewaks.com: A Kwalité Retrospective - Solo(s) Project House - Newark, NJ - May 2010
Kwality: Recent Works by Joe Waks - 58 Gallery - Jersey City, NJ - March 2008
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Punk Waffel Remix: Chris Bors & Joe Waks - International Fine Arts Consortium - New York, NY - June, 2020
The Gigantic Miniature Show - Deep Space Gallery - Jersey City, NJ - December, 2020
Fvcked Dizney - Doll Haus II Gallery - Bayonne, NJ - September 2020
14C Art Fair - Hyatt Regency - Jersey City, NJ - February 2020
Irreverent - Novado Gallery - Jersey City, NJ - April 2019
Power Pop Trio Rides Again - PRIME Gallery - Jersey City, NJ - April 2019
Power Pop Trio - Show No. 3 - 313 Gallery - Jersey City, NJ - June 2018
Power Pop Trio - Piersanti, Hester & Waks - LITM - Jersey City, NJ - August 2017
State of the Union - Drawing Rooms at Victory Hall - Jersey City, NJ - November 2016
Retrofuturism - LITM - Jersey City, NJ - April 2016
Three Artists: Piersanti, Hester and Waks - Paul Vincent Gallery - Hoboken, NJ - November 2015
2014 Juried Exhibition - The Center for Contemporary Art - Bedminster, NJ - November 2014
Original 58 Gallery Reunion Show - Mary Benson Gallery - Jersey City, NJ - October 2014
Emerald City - The Gateway Project - Newark NJ - August 2014
Metro 30 - City Without Walls Gallery - Newark, NJ - November 2013
New York Art Week - Fountain Art Fair - Solo(s) Project House booth - New York, NY, March 2013
PCNJ EDITIONS: Print Matters - Gallery Aferro - Newark, NJ - February 2013
Miami Art Basel - Fountain Art Fair - Solo(s) Project House booth - Miami, FL - December 2012
New York Art Week - Fountain Art Fair - Solo(s) Project House booth - New York, NY, March 2012
Crossroads: A Shifting Landscape - Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University - South Orange, NJ - January 2012
Miami Art Basel - Fountain Art Fair - Solo(s) Project House booth - Miami, FL - November 2011
Global Art Projects - Broadway Gallery - New York, NY - January 2011
I Like Birds - Art Kitchen Gallery - Newark, NJ - December 2010
Metro 27 - City Without Walls Gallery - Newark, NJ - November 2010
Text/Image - Arts Guild of New Jersey - Rahway, NJ - November 2010
Paper Moon - Gallery Aferro - Newark, NJ - June 2010
Theatretown - COAD Gallery, NJIT NJ School of Architecture - Newark, NJ - November 2009
Aljira Emerge 10 Exhibition - Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art - Newark, NJ - July 2009
Aljira Emerge 10 Exhibition - Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art - Newark, NJ - July 2009
7th Inning Stretch: Baseball, Art & Contemporary Culture - Index Art Center - Newark NJ - July, 2009
OMG Afferro Art Party - Gallery Aferro - Newark, NJ - June 2009
One City: One Hundred Artist Showcase - Jajo Gallery - Newark, NJ - March 2009
From the Garden of Earthly Delights: An Exhibit about Food - Arts Guild of New Jersey - Rahway, NJ - January 2009
BCIE Annual Exhibition - Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions - New Brunswick, NJ - December 2008
Red Saw in Rahway - Arts Guild of New Jersey (curated by Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ) - Rahway, NJ - February 2008
Metro 25 - City Without Walls Gallery - Newark, NJ - November 2007
In the Country of Last Refuge - Gallery Aferro - Newark, NJ - October 2007
Red Saw Invitational 2007 - Red Saw Gallery - Newark, NJ - October 2007
Baboom!!! - Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ - July 2007
Bodega Pop - 58 Gallery - Jersey City, NJ - June 2007
COMMISSIONS
Jersey City Mural Festival - Jersey City, NJ - Mural entitled “Vous mourez de soif? - May, 2021
Lucky 7 Bar - Jersey City, NJ - Mural entitled “Robo Burger” - October, 2020
City of Jersey City, NJ - Mural entitled “META TV - September, 2019
Vault Allure - Jersey City, NJ - Large scale video projection
City of Jersey City, NJ - Mural entitled “U-S-A-Rama” - August, 2015
The Gateway Project - Newark, NJ - Mural entitled “Olde Newark Intermodal” - July, 2014
Ogilvy CommonHealth corporate collection - Parsippany, NJ - February, 2010
ARTS EDUCATION AND FELLOWSHIPS
Print Residency - Experimental Printmaking Institute, Lafayette College - Easton, PA - 2015
Print Fellowship - Printmaking Center of New Jersey - Branchburg, NJ - 2012
New Jersey Print and Paper Fellow - Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ - 2008
Aljira Emerge 10 Program Fellow - Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art - Newark, NJ - 2008
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA RECOGNITION
“Jersey City announces 1st Mural Festival across the city Saturday, Sunday” - The Jersey Journal - June 1, 2021
“More than 300 artists at Art Fair 14C” - The Jersey Journal -February 21, 2020
Profile - Studio Visit Magazine - Winter Edition, 2015
Heavy hitters from Jersey City's famed 58 Gallery reuniting for Artists Studio Tour - The Jersey Journal - NJ.com - Oct 15, 2014
Review - New York Arts Magazine - Spring, 2011
Review - “Signs of the Many Times” - The Star-Ledger - November 7, 2010
Profile - “A Non-Traditional Man: Business, Art Occupy Day, Night” - The Jersey Journal - August 20, 2009
Review - “Eat This: A Food-Centric Art Exhibit” - NJ Life Magazine - January, 19, 2009
Review - “A Show of Small Works and a Group Sampler” - The New York Times - December 9, 2007
Review - “Working Small but Thinking Big (There’s Plenty of Talent on the Walls)” - The Star-Ledger - November 30, 2007
COLLECTIONS
Permanent collection, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ
Permanent collection, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
Ogilvy CommonHealth corporate collection, Parsippany, NJ
Permanent collection, Brodsky Center at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Artwork in numerous private collections in United States and Canada