Joe Zane

Joe Zane (born 1971 in Utica, New York{{cite news |url= http://www.decordova.org/joe-zane |title=Joe Zane |work=deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park |access-date=2014-06-07}}) is an American artist. His work uses painting, sculpture, video, performance and self-deprecating humour to address the themes of authenticity and the role of the artist. He currently lives in Cambridge, MA and previously worked at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT.

He has participated in group exhibitions at the List Visual Arts Center (2003),[http://web.mit.edu/LVAC/www/exhibitions/SPRING/2003/pr/JustStandThere-pr.html LVAC website] MassMOCA (2009){{cite web |url=http://www.massmoca.org/pdf/thisiskillingme_brochure.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-12-14 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609025249/http://www.massmoca.org/pdf/thisiskillingme_brochure.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-09 }} and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2005+2008),Anneka Lenssen, [http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/retrieve.pl?section=article&issue=issue18&article=LENNSON_INTERVIEW_WITH_JOE_1101654& Gimme Gimme Portraits: an interview with Joe Zane] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029100850/http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/retrieve.pl?&issue=issue18§ion=article&article=LENNSON_INTERVIEW_WITH_JOE_1101654 |date=2007-10-29 }}, bigredandshiny.com, February 14, 2005. where he contributed 31 drawings of conceptual artists. For his 2006 solo show at Allston Skirt he exhibited a series of paintings of famous art forgers.Jason Schiedel, [http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/retrieve.pl?issue=issue39§ion=review&article=JOE_ZANE_1284016& Joe Zane @ Allston Skirt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030190351/http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/retrieve.pl?&issue=issue39§ion=review&article=JOE_ZANE_1284016 |date=2007-10-30 }}, bigredandshiny.com, March 19, 2006.Ann Wilson Lloyd, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_10_94/ai_n16865149 Joe Zane at Allston Skirt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005050305/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_10_94/ai_n16865149 |date=2007-10-05 }}, Art in America, November, 2006.

In 2008 he was shortlisted for the James and Audrey Foster Prize, awarded by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston to support artists working in the Boston area.[http://www.icaboston.org/about/pressreleases/foster-prize-08/ ICA pres release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723134244/http://www.icaboston.org/about/pressreleases/foster-prize-08 |date=2008-07-23 }}, retrieved September 4, 2008.

In 2009, Zane was awarded the top award from Artadia 2009 Boston Award cycle.{{cite web |url=http://www.artadia.org/newspages/announcements.html |title=Artadia announcements |access-date=2009-12-14 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304123231/http://www.artadia.org/newspages/announcements.html |archive-date=2010-03-04 }}