Geboren 1961, Stoutsville, Ohio (VS)
Woont en werkt in New York City (VS)

1984
BFA, The Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio (VS)
1985
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (VS)

 

Change of Season, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam

2005
Massachusetts Wedding Bed, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam
2003
"Joe Scanlan - journal #4", Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
"Mieses to pieces", Galerie Martin Janda, Raum Aktueller Kunst, Wenen

"Dirty", Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen

"Pay Dirt", IKON Gallery, Birmingham (UK)
2002
"Do It Yourself - Dead On Arrival - Pay For Your Pleasure", Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne (Frankrijk)
2001
"Store A", D'Amelio Terras, New York
"Frank, Joe & Co." (with Frank Gehry), Kunstmuseum Herford (Duitsland)

2000
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen

Raum Aktueller Kunst Martin Janda, Wenen
1999
"Invention", d'Amelio Terras, New York

"Product no. 2", Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles

1998
"Les Moules", FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier (Frankrijk)

"Pay For Your Pleasure (reprise)", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois

1997
D'Amelio Terras, New York

Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen
1996
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld (Duitsland)
1995
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Parijs
Yard Sale, Chicago, Illinois
1994
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen
1993
Galerie Tanja Grunert, Keulen
1991
"Fairly Recent Work", Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

 

2003
"Convertible", CCC-Université Rabelais de Tours, Tours (Frankrijk)
2002
"No Ghost Just a Shell", Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; The
Institute of Visual Culture, Cambridge, UK; Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

"Octopus in Situ", Brugge 2002, Brugge
2001
"Making the Making", Apex Art, New York

"Présence de L'Objet", Grand-Hornu Images, Hornu (België)

"The (Ideal) Home", Gimpel & Son, Londen
"Promises", Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (Canada)
"Fiktional und Funktional", Kunsthalle, Kiel (Duitsland)
2000
"Déjà vu", Miami Art 2000, Miami, Florida
"Worthless (Invaluable)", Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenië
"Against Design", Institute of Comtemporay Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California
"Wider Bild Gegen Wart", Raum Aktueller Kunst Martin Janda, Wenen

"C2C", New Langton Arts, San Francisco, California
"Art On Paper 2000", Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
"Objecthood 00", Hellenic American Union, Athene, Griekenl

"Dust and Dirt", Witte Zaal, Gent
1999
"Boites", Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Parijs
"Waste Management", Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario (Canada)
"Comfort Zone", Paine Webber Gallery, New York
"Stuff", Contemporary Arts Council, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago, Illinois
1998
12th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
"Poussiere (Dust Memories)", Fonds Regionale d'Art Contemporain, Bourgogne (Frankrijk)
"Humble County", d'Amelio Terras, New York
"Reality Bites: Approaches to Representation in American Sculpture", The Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
1997
"Perceptions Nomades / Espaces Urbains", Ateliers d'Artistes, Marseille (Frankrijk)
"Niemansland", Museum Haus Esters and Lange, Krefeld (Duitsland)
"Spaces Between", d'Amelio Terras, New York
1996
"Art in Chicago: 1945-1995", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen
1995
"Aperto", Le Nouveau Musée, Institute d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne (Frankrijk)
"Head to Toe", Musée des Beaux-Arts André Malraux, Le Havre (Frankrijk)
"Cosmos", Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble (Frankrijk)
1994
"Guys Who Sew", University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California
"The State of Things", Kölner Kunstverein, Keulen
"Gaylen Gerber and Joe Scanlan", Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
"Keith Cottingham and Joe Scanlan", Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California
"The Ecstasy of Limitations", Gallery 400, The University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
1993
"Oppositions and Sister Squares", Wiener Scession, Wenen
"Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?", Galerie Jennifer Flay, Parijs
"From the Hand to the Head, The Theoretical Object", Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Locminé (Frankrijk)
"Under Contract", Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1992
Documenta IX, Kassel (Duitsland)

"I, Myself and Others", Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble (Frankrijk)
"Dead Cat Bounce", Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Galerie Tanja Grunert, Keulen
1991
The Anonymous Museum, Chicago, Illinois
"Casual Ceremony", White Columns, New York
"Comfort", Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California

"Körper und Körper", Grazer Kunstverein, Graz (Oostenrijk)

"Improvements on the Ordinary?", Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1990
"Stuttering", Stux Gallery, New York
"Get well soon", Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1989
"Plus", Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1988
"The Size of Chicago", Ricky Renier Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"Detail in the Cottage", Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1987
"Urgent Messages", Chicago Public Library and Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
1986
"An Exhibition of Devices", Superior Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois