Joseph Hart

Joseph Hart (b. 1976) is an American artist based in New York, originally from New Hampshire. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1999. Hart’s practice includes printmaking, painting, and drawing. His creative process frequently begins on the floor, employing unconventional materials such as charcoal affixed to sticks or paint poured from cups. Marks are considered fluid elements in his work, with segments often cut from one piece and incorporated into another. This organic approach enables Hart to remain engaged and flexible, avoiding rigid plans for each composition. Hart emphasizes the importance of achieving a balance in his works—pieces that are deliberately imperfect and serve as allegories for life’s inherent complexities.

Joseph Hart (b. 1976) is a New York-based American artist originally from New Hampshire. n 1999, he received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. He works as a printmaker, painter and drawers, with his process often beginning on the floor working with unconventional drawing materials, charcoal attached to a stick or paint from a cup.  Hart sees marks as fluid, often cutting parts off of one work and moving them to another.  This organic development of a piece keeps the artist engaged and unattached to a set plan for a work.  It is important for Hart that a work arrive at a place where it is "balanced but also a little off, aware of its imperfections and operates as allegories for the complexities of life."  Hart began working with master printer Phil Sanders in 2007 on intaglio prints of which the two have completed nine editioned works and two suites of monotypes to date.  Hart has a particular affinity with printmaking as it lends itself quite well to his working process.  Hart loves to add a few details by hand to each editioned work after printing is completed.  This last touch means a great deal to him, as surface quality and the presence of the artist are extremely important to Hart and his work.  Joseph Hart has a robust studio practice and international exhibition record yet still finds time to produce the podcast Deep Color, an independent oral history project that features artists and arts professionals discussing their work, ideas and lives. Deep Color™ has participated in public programming at On Air Fest, The Armory Show, and New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA).  Hart received a BFA in studio art from the Rhode Island School of Design and has works in the collections of the RISD Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Davis Museum at Wellesley College and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Hart is included in the publication, Prints and Their Makers, by Princeton Architectural Press.  

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