Born: 1978 – Jersey City, New Jersey

Education: Self-taught

Selected Exhibitions :

   1998   Art on Grove “Holiday Group Exhibition” – Jersey City, NJ

   1999   Maxwell’s “Dark Paintings and…” (Solo Show) -Hoboken, NJ

 
   2000  Rotunda Gallery “22” (Solo Show) – JC City Hall, NJ
            Hoboken Music & Arts Festival
            Hoboken City Hall - Hoboken Artist’s Studio Tour
            111 First Street - Jersey City Artist’s Studio Tour

   2001  Maxwell’s “Spectacle” (Solo Show)– Hoboken, NJ
            Ristra Lounge (Solo Show) – Hoboken, NJ
            Hoboken Music & Arts Festival
            The Puck Building Latin Alternative Music Conference – New York City
            Hoboken City Hall - Hoboken Artist’s Studio Tour 
            Puffin Foundation “Conscience in Exile”,– Teaneck,NJ
            Rand.M Space “Distilled Arte Vol. 4” (solo show Sponsored by Jack Daniels) – New York City, NY

 
   2002  Jadite Gallery (group show) - New York City, NY
            Courtney Gallery - NJCU (group show) – Jersey City, NJ
            Montclair Art Museum “Artrising” – Montclair, NJ

   2003  Bar None “Urban Latino Arte Vol. 2” (solo show sponsored by Johnnie Walker) – Hoboken
            Hoboken City Hall - Hoboken Artist’s Studio Tour
            Balance (group show) – Jersey City, NJ
            Maxwell’s (solo show) – Hoboken, NJ

 
   2004  Waller House – Private Solo Exhibition – Tenefly, NJ

   2005  Monroe Gallery (Group Show) – Hoboken, NJ

   2006  Riverside Festival of the Arts (Juried Show) – Easton, Pa
            Monroe Gallery (Group Show) – Hoboken, NJ

 
   2007  The Well “Art/Fashion/Justice”  (Group Show) – Feasterville, Pa

Riverside Festival of the Arts (Juried Show) – Easton, Pa

311 Studio D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival – Brooklyn, NY

            744 Gallery - National Newark Building – Newark, NJ

            eDavid Gallery “Holiday Show” – Bethlehem, Pa

 
   2008  Salmagundi Arts Club – (Juries Show) – New York City, NY

            eDavid Gallery – Summer Show – Bethlehem, Pa

            58 Gallery – “Fiction/Fidelity” (two-man show) Jersey City, NJ

   2009  Hoboken Arts & Music Festival – Hoboken, NJ

            Connexions Gallery – Summer Show – Easton, Pa

            Connexions Gallery – Fall Show – Easton, Pa

            Exquisite Corpse – 150 Bay Street – Jersey City, NJ

            Eckhaus Gallery – Facing Reality (three person show)– Kutztown, Pa

            Connexions Gallery - Holiday Show - Easton, Pa

Selected Publications :

 
August 2000   This Week In Jersey City  “Just Joe” (front page article) Vol.1 #17

March 2001    This Week In Jersey City

October 2001  The Jersey Journal “Applauding 20 Years of Diversity: Hoboken Artists Studio Tour Draws Throngs” #141

Feb/Mar 2002  Urban Latino Magazine (Issue #35)

November 2002  The Gothic Times “Artrising in New York in Montclair” (NJCU) Vol.XIII Issue4

December 2003  Hoy  “Joe Velez” (Spanish language newspaper) No.243 Pg.6
                         The Current

January 2004  The Jersey Journal “Glimpses Into Lives: Self-taught artist’s work is on display, as 25-year-old progresses in his career” (front page article) No.205

September 2006  The Easton New “Riverside Festival of the Arts
                          The Morning Call “Riverside Festival in Easton Gives Arts a Day in the Sun”

 December 2007  The Bethlehem Press “They’ll Take Manhattan at Bethlehem’s Edavid” 

                          The Express Times “Easton’s(sic) Velez finds balance in motion in ‘self-taught’ art”

 July 2008  The 2007 4th Annual ARC Salon Catalog

 October 2009  Strokes of Genius 2: The Best of Drawing Light & Shadow

        North Light Books

Awards :

 Johnnie Walker recognition of perseverance – May 2003

 First Place – Riverside Festival of the Arts – September 2006
 First Runner Up - Smartflix Summer 2007 Art Contest

 Second Place – Riverside Festival of the Arts – September 2007

 Finalist – Art Renewal Center’s International 2007 ARC  Salon

 International Society of Acrylic Painters “Jack Richeson” Award – November 2008

 William Cane 2009 Art Contest "Second Place Award” – March 2009

In the Collections of:

Mr. C. Idler – Hoboken, NJ

Mr. L. Herman – Jersey City, NJ

Mr. C. Oates – New York City, NY

Mr. C. Enriquez - New York City, NY

Mrs. B. Savage – Hoboken, NJ

Mr. O.M. Castillo – Linden, NJ

Mr. D. Cross – New York City, NY

Mr. D. Schickler – Brooklyn, NY

Mr. E. Potts – New York City, NY

Mr. K. Endick – Easton, PA

Ms. A. Fabrig – Calgary, Canada

Dr. G Rich - Cheyenne, WY 

Dr. T. Kelly – Easton, PA

Commissioned Work:

Mr. A. Blandon – Jersey City, NJ
Mr. A. Hakimov – Toronto, Canada 

Mr. L. Calvani – Rome, Italy
Mr. D. Waller - Tenefly, NJ

Mr. O. Mendoza – New York City, NY

Ms. C. Zuchowski – Bayonne, NJ

Mr. I. Cisneros – Australia
Mr. C. Weinberger – Alberta, Canada