JOE SAXE

ARTIST / ILLUSTRATOR
408-287-7273
[email protected]

born:
1966 Santa Clara, CA

education:
1994: B.S. Illustration, San Jose State University

freelance illustrator (1993 to present)
clients include :
Chief Executive Magazine
Dow Jones and Company
Electronic Musician Magazine
EnvisionMedia
Intitute for the Future
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Keyboard
KFOG 104.5 FM Radio
New Media Magazine
Playboy
San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Repertory Theater
Stanford Magazine
Stern
Texas Monthly
The Village Voice
West

other published work :
PRINT's 1996 & 1999 Regional Design Annual
Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, 35th Annual
Graphic Artists Guild's Directory of Illustration 15 & 16

exhibitions:
1995
San Francisco Society of Illustrators Annual Show
Small Works Holiday Show, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1996
San Francisco Society of Illustrators Annual Show
Please Be Seated, Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles Annual Show
1997
Valentine Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
South Bay Art Collective, Kismet Gallery, San Jose, CA
Toying With Art, Sebastapol Center for the Arts, Sebastapol, CA
Bay City Cafe, Mountain View, CA
1998
Valentine Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Los Gatos Open Juried Show, Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA
25th Annual 2-D Competition, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
Cafe Babylon, San Jose, CA Tied House, San Jose, CA
1999
Valentine Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Los Gatos Open Juried Show, Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA
Annual 2-D Competition, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
Dolce Spazio, San Jose, CA

statement:
Living at ground zero of the digital revolution, I'm a dinosouar who values the precious individuality of hand made paintings. I'm inspired by artists like Hopper, Thiebaud, Magritte, and Vermeer, but my visual vocabulary owes more to popular culture. Cartoons, fruit crate labels, music, movies and illustrators influence my ideas, too. My work is really about people - - the psychology of our relationships with each other and with society.