1966
Born in Ithaca, N.Y.
Lives and works in New York, N.Y.
1986-88
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
1989
BFA, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
1991
MFA, Yale School of Art, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

Solo Exhibitions
2008
PKM GALLERY, Seoul, Korea (upcoming)
Circannual Rhythm, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska
2006
Michael Joo, Rodin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Bodhi Obfuscatus (Space-Baby), Asia Society, New York, N.Y.
Still Lives, The Bohen Foundation, New York, N.Y.
2004
Michael Joo, Palm Beach Institute for Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Fla.
2003
Michael Joo, MIT List Visual Art Center, Cambridge, Mass.
2002
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Curti/Gambuzzi & Co., Milan, Italy
PKM GALLERY, Seoul, Korea
2001
49th Venice Biennale, South Korean Pavilion, Venice, Italy
1999
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1998
White Cube, London, United Kingdom
1997
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1996
Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1995
Crash, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
Nature vs. Nature at the Glass Ceiling, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (with Christiaan Bastiaans)
Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1994
Salt Transfer Cycle, Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, in collaboration with Petzel/Borgmann Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1992
The Artifice of Expenditure, Nordanstad-Skarstedt Gallery, New York, N.Y.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
NeoHoodoo : Art for a Forgotten Faith, The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas (Summer) ;
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York (Winter)
ReAsia, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Red, Sotheby's, New York, N.Y.
2007
New York States of Mind, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, N.Y.
Shangri-la, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Timer 01/Intimita/Intimacy, Triennale Bovisa, Milano
Post Object, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2006
In The Darkest Hour There Will Be Light, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
6th Gwangju Biennale2006, Gwangju, Korea
Eretica, Palazzo Sant' Anna, Palermo, Italy
RADAR: Selections From The Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, Denver Art Museum,
Denver, Colo.
2005
Artwalk NY, Sotheby's, New York, N.Y.
Monuments For The USA, CCA Wattis Institute For Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA ;
White Columns, New York, N.Y.
This Must Be The Place, Center For Curatorial Studies, Bard College
2004
Art Basel 04 (film/video), Basel, Switzerland
Field, Socrates Sculpture Park, curated by Alyson Baker, Long Island City, N.Y.
Needful Things: Recent Multiples, Cleveland Museum, Cleveland, Oh.
Standing on a Bridge, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, South Korea
2003
Black Belt, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, N.Y.
; Santa Monica Museum of Art
Commodification of Buddhism, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, N.Y.
Full Frontal, Contemporary Asian Artists from the Logan Collection, Denver Art Museum,
Denver, Colo.
Paradise/Paradox, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, N.Y.
Short Cuts: Video Art and Photography, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2002
Black Mariah Film Festival, Jersey City, N.J.
It's Unfair!, Museum de Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Manifeste, oder: Ergriffenheit–was ist das?, Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany
The Mind is a Horse, Bloomberg Space, London, United Kingdom
2001
A Contemporary Cabinet of Curiosities, Selections from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Calif.
Translated Acts, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Queens Museum of Art, Queens, N.Y.
2000
Drawings 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Juvenilia, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Calif.
Koreamericakorea, Artsonje Center, Seoul, South Korea; Sonje Museum, Kyungju, South Korea
The Korean War and American Art: Fifty Years Later, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, N.Y.
Media_City Seoul 2000, National Historical Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Psycho, Art and Anatomy, Anne Faggianto Fine Art, London, United Kingdom
Whitney Biennial 2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, N.Y.
1998
Matthew McCaslin, Susan Etkin, Michael Joo, PS.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, N.Y.
Nine International Artists at Wanås, Wanås Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn.
1997
2nd Johannesburg Biennial 1997, Museum of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Art in the Anchorage, Creative Time, Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Techno-Seduction, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, N.Y.
Transmission, L´Ecole des Beaux Arts Galerie, Paris, France
1996
Against, Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Joo, Sheward & White, Wigram, The Post Office, London, United Kingdom
Patrick Painter Editions, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Urban Structures, Kunsthalle, Munich, Germany
1995
La Belle et la Bête, (Beauty and the Beast), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France (ARC), Paris, France
Better Living Through Chemistry, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
Configura 2: Dialog der Kulturen, Erfurt, Germany
Institute of Cultural Anxiety, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom
Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju Contemporary Museum, Kwangju, South Korea
1994
Crash, Thread Waxing Space, New York, N.Y.
Drawing on Sculpture, Cohen Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom; Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki, Finland; Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Ill.; Portalen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1993
Across the Pacific, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, N.Y.; Kumho Museum, Seoul, South Korea
Aperto-93, 45th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Changing I: Dense Cities, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
The Final Frontier, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, N.Y.

Awards
2006
United States Artists Fellowship
Grand Prize, 6th Gwangju Biennale 2006 (with co-recipient Song Dong)
2003
American Center Foundation Grant
2002
LEF Foundation
2001
Warhol Foundation Grant
2000
Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters' and Sculptors' Grant
1998
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

Residencies
2007
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center Artist in Residence (multi-year)
2006
Acadia Summer Arts Program, Mt. Desert, Maine
1998
International Artists Studio Program in Sweden (IASPIS), Stockholm, Sweden
1996-97
Delfina Studio Trust, London, United Kingdom
1995
Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
1994
Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
1990
Cite International Des Arts, Paris, France

Collections
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colo.
FNAC (Foundation National d'Art Contemporain), Paris, France
Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y.
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Wash.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Mass.
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.
Samsung Foundation for Art and Culture, Seoul, Korea
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Calif.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn.