My Affiliations
- Marin Open Studios - Board Member
- Laguna Plein Air Society
- California Art Club
- Marinartists.com
- Salmagundi Club
- Marin Society of Artists
Joe Grenn
Joe is a native of New Bedford, Massachusetts. He received both Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Dental Medicine degrees from Tufts University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in endodontics at Harvard University in 1972. He subsequently moved to San Francisco, established and maintained a private practice, lectured internationally and was a clinical professor at the University of California School of Dentistry form 1972 until his retirement in 2015.
Joe has since dedicated his time to his long-time love of oil painting and is the recipient of numerous awards for his paintings in oil on canvas. Joe seeks to share special moments in time in his portraits, figures and landscapes. He is particularly interested in portraying the joy found in cultures not yet influenced by modern society.
Joe’s art can be seen on his web site joegrenn.com (where one can subscribe to his newsletter, Joe Grenn’s Wonderful World of Art) and is represented on lagunaarts.com and Marinopenstudios.org. He can be found on Instagram at instagram.com/joegrennart.
Joe is a member of the Marin Society of Artists, the Laguna Plein Air Society, California Art Club and a member of the Marin Open Studios Boards of Directors.
Exhibitions & Awards
2023
- Tiburon Arts Commission Show
- Accepted for “Out of Africa”
- New York’s HMVC Gallery’s Freestyle Show
- Accepted for “Serena”
- The de Young Open
- Accepted for “Serena”
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Artists Space Gallery
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“Landscape Art Exhibit”
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Accepted “Convento Fratti Cappuccini” and “Out of Africa”
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2022
- California Art Club “Critique Forum”
- “Out of Africa” juried in, October (online)
- California Art Club “Expressions and Feelings”
- “Serena” juried in, September
- California Art Club’s “Biennale: Celebrating California”
- “Out of Africa” juried in, showing until October 29, 2022
- Location: Blue Line Arts, 405 Vernon Street, #100, Roseville, CA 95678
- Art Weekend Sausalito
- “Serena” selected
- Sheridan Prize for Art’s “People’s Choice Award”
- Honorable Mention for “Serena”
2019
- Bold Brush Painting Competition
- Selected in “Jury’s favorite 15% of entries”
- Marin County Fair Juried Show
- Third Place for “Freedom”
- Marin Society of Artists Juried Show
- “Artist’s View”
- Second Place for “New Kid on the Block”
- “Tail End of Summer”
- First Place for “Zimbabwe”
- “Artist’s Way”
- Second Place for “New Kid on the Block”
- “Artist’s View”
2018
- Bold Brush Painting Competition
- Selected in “Jury’s favorite 15% of entries”
- Marin County Fair Juried Show
- Special Award from Segar Gray Gallery for “Zimbabwe”
- Third Place for “Freedom”
- Bauhaus Gallery Juried Show
- “Landscapes, Cityscapes & Interiors”
- Noteworthy for “Convento dei Frati Cappuccini”
- Noteworthy for “Les Baux de Provence”
- “The Figure”
- Noteworthy for “The World is Watching”
- Third Place for “Rio”
- “Landscapes, Cityscapes & Interiors”
2017
- California Plein Air Painters 2017 International Challenge Exhibit
- “Vernazza” juried in, September
- Sacramento Society of Artists Juried Show
- “Painting in the Style of the Masters”
- Honorable Mention for “Le Frere, After Theodore Gericault’s Portrait of a Kleptomaniac”
- Honorable Mention for “The Taking of Christ, After Caravaggio”
- “Painting in the Style of the Masters”
- Marin Society of Artists Juried Show
- “Two of a Kind”
- Honorable Mention for “Zwanda” and “Chinois”
- “Down on the Corner”
- Honorable Mention for “After the Rain”
- “Two of a Kind”
- Second Place for “The Taking of Christ”
- “Members Show”
- Honorable Mention for “Rodeo Beach”
- “Two of a Kind”
- Bauhaus Gallery Juried Show
- “The Figure”
- Second Place for “Thea”
- “The Figure”
- Marin County Fair Juried Show
- Second Place for “Kira in Black”
- Juried in for “Thea”
2016
- Bauhaus Gallery Juried Show
- “The Figure”
- Honorable Mention for “After the Rain”
- Honorable Mention for “Les Beaux des Provence”
- “The Figure”
- Marin Society of Artists Juried Show
- Featured Artist from December 2016 to February 2107
- Honorable Mention for “Wilanowa”
- Honorable Mention for “St. Francis in Ecstacy”
- Featured Artist from April 2016 to June 2106
- Honorable Mention for “The Taking of Christ”
- Honorable Mention for “Kira in Venice”
- Honorable Mention for “Rodeo Beach”