Biography

solo exhibit

2008 Adrift, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA

group exhibitions

2009 Focus, Adrift Art Gallery, Solana Beach, CA

Shared views, Museum Works Gallery, Aspen, CO

2008 Bridge Art Fair Wynwood-Art Basel Miami, Go Go Gallery, Miami, FL

International Art Expo, Las Vegas, NV

Filter Sweeps and Brushstrokes, Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, CA

2007 Pigment, Harold’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Drawing Lines, Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, CA

2006 Fabric, Harold’s Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Born and raised in California, Joe Koller spent the early half of his childhood in Ojai, CA where the love of two influential themes in his life were born: the arts and surfing. The rest of his childhood was spent 25 miles inland of San Francisco, where a deep appreciation of nature and urban life helped create influential visuals that would eventually make their way into his artwork. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Koller began his career working for leading creative advertising agencies with clients ranging from Infiniti/Nissan and Nokia to independent film projects, yet he quietly emerged as a notable fine artist. Andy Warhol’s famous line “less is more” was a mantra Koller learned in his advertising life and has helped play an important part in his work. His unique style of creating vivid images ranging from silhouetted surfers, ocean waves, landscapes, architecture and having the audience view them, as if looking through a window frame, layering in paint and finishing them with resin has gained enough attention to help pursue his passion full time.

His work has been featured in numerous group shows in California, Las Vegas, Art Basel Miami, and a solo show in San Francisco. He’s currently showing new

work at Adrift Art Gallery in Solana Beach, CA and Museum Works in Aspen, CO.