"I haven’t done acid in a long time but in my life I’ve been probably done it about 287 times..."
Born in 1980 in Meteor City, Arizona, currently lives and works in Virginia Beach, Va. Grillo is co-founder of the art collective Dearraindrop since 1998. Grillo has exhibited works in the US & internationally. Recent solo shows have been The Hole, New York and solo exhibition at Loyal Gallery Sweden. Group exhibitions include Cooper Cole, Toronto; Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York; CANADA gallery, New York; OHWOW, LosAngeles; V1, Copenhagen; Max Wigram, London; Peres Projects, Berlin; Andrea Melas Presents, Athens;Deitch Projects, New York and John Connelly Presents, New York.
Dearraindrop have had solo shows at V, Copenhagen; LOYAL Stockholm, Perugi, Padua; Kavi Gupta,Chicago; Deitch Projects, New York and PS1 MOMA, New York. Their work is part of the Leif Djurhuus Collection which was exhibited at the ARoS Museum in Aarhus, Dk and they’ve been in group exhibitions at The Garage Center in Moscow and MACRO Museum in Rome.
Education
2002 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Studio Diploma
2003 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Fifth year program
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Acid American, Cellar Contemporary, Trento, IT
2015
Joe Grillo, The Hole NYC, New York, NY
2013
Joe Grillo, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skarhamn, SE
2010
Extrabreit, LOYAL, Malmö, SE
Group Exhibitions
2022
UNTITLED: An Insight on US Art on Paper, Cellar Contemporary, Trento, Italy
2020
Fantasticheria, Cellar Contemporary, Trento, Italy
2013
2012
2011
New York Minute, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture - GCCC, Moscow!Dadarhea, Canada, New York, NY
2010
Mutant Pop, LOYAL, Malmö, SE Dadarhea, OHWOW, Los Angeles, CA PortugalArte10, PortugalArte, Lisbon, PT Album, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2009
Sneak Peek, LOYAL, Malmö, SE
2008
Mail Order Monsters, Max Wigram Gallery, New Bond Street, London, UK 2007
Mail Order Monsters, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE!2003!Todays Man, John Connelly Presents (JCP), New York, NY Karaoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
Dearraindrop Solo Exhibitions
2008
Dearraindrop, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK!
Scared Straight, Perugi artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy
2006
Concrete Trees, Glass Grass and Cream-Filled Stones, LOYAL, Stockholm, SE!W
Epaminondas Adrastus Blab, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, ON Canada
Dearraindrop, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2005
Dearraindrop, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Chicago, IL
2004
Dearraindrop, Deitch Projects, 76 Grand Street, New York, NY 2003
Have a nice forever! - John Connelly Presents (JCP), New York, NY
Dearraindrop Group Exhibitions
2012
V1x - Tonight We Wont Be Bored, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
CON AMORE: Leif Djurhuus Collection, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
2009
New York Minute, Macro Future Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
2008
Disparate Elements, Blank Space, Brooklyn, New York, NY!Chill Out! Chill Out? I Will Not Chill Out!, The Bridge, Charlottesville, VA
Technicomfort, Thanky Space, Richmond, VA!
Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas Presents, Athens, GR
2007
Mad Love - Young Art from Danish Private Collections, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
2006
On Line: Contemporary Drawing University Art Gallery, Sonoma State U, Rohnert Park, CA
Drunk Vs. Stoned 2, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY! The New Image Art Show @ RVCA, Costa Mesa, CA
With us against reality, or against us!, Anders Nordby & Ida Ekblad, Willy Wonka Inc., Oslo Volta 01, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Basel, CH
2004
Spider Ride, Dreamland Artists Club, Creative Time Presents: Coney Island Collage Party at Bergdorf Goodman: 4 windows, New York, NY
2003
Paper Rodeo, Space 1026, Philadelphia!Scope Art Fair New York, at the Dylan Hotel, New York, NY
Psyche Out 2k3, New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archive, New York, NY
Version>03 Digital Arts Convergence, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago, IL
Totem Tour, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY!FilmStock: 3 Nights of Art , Action & Anarchy, curated by Tessa Hughes-Freeland & Carlo McCormick, NY
Corporate Profits VS. Labor Costs, curated by Daniel Reich Gallery, K48 and John Connelly Presents, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY!
Today’s Man, John Connellly Presents, New York, NY
Raining Elephants, Ed Wilcox and Dearraindrop, Little Cakes Little Gallery, New York, NY
Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, curated by Scott Hug, Galerie du jour, Paris, FR
2002
Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
Dearraindrop Panel Discussions/Lectures
2008
Visiting Artist Lecture, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
2007
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2005
Visiting Artist Lecture, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
The Ecstatic Aesthetic: Psychedelic Visions in Contemporary Art Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, New York!
Fred Tomaselli, Gary Panter, Joshua White, Dearraindrop, Alex Grey, Carlo
McCormick, Moderator, New York, NY
Conference
2007
no category, Posted on 12/09/2024
From September 12th to October 12th the exhibition “Fuga dal Mondo dei Sogni” will be held at Cellar Contemporary. This is the fourth temporary exhibition curated by AFC Collective. Through the artworks by ABVA, Fresh Rucola, Joe Grillo, Pepemaniak and Softwareboy the borderline separation between reality and virtuality will be the focus of this experience.
Read moreno category, Posted on 01/03/2018
We are back from South Africa! While waiting for spring and for the next exhibition, Cellar Contemporary brings Laurina Paperina’s waiting room at home! The project was presented at SetUp Art fair in Bologna (1-4 February 2018).
Read moreEvents, Posted on 14/02/2018
From February 15 to Feb 18 Cellar Contemporary is in South Africa! We are in Cape Town, at Investec Art Fair (located at Cape Town Investec International Convention Center) with a selection of works by Joe Grillo.
Read moreEvents, Posted on 23/01/2018
Starting from the 1st to the 4th of February, come and visit Laurina Paperina’s “Waiting Room” at SetUp international art fair in Bologna.
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