JOSEPH AKEL

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1.7.11 - 1.9.11 / VISUAL AIDS POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE BENEFIT

I am proud to be included with so many other great artists participating in Visual AIDS' annual benefit, Postcards From the Edge. Show your solidarity and stop by the exhibition as we support a great organization and remember that the AIDS crisis is not over.

11.29.10 / Book Du Jour: XXX by Joseph Akel at Self Publish, Be Happy

Editions available from Self Publish, Be Happy online

09.16.10 / DIS MAGAZINE: Blend In By Standing Out

04.17.10 / Special event: Adult Shop – Split/Fountain, 4–6 pm

Launching new publications Basso and Kaiserin from Berlin/Paris

Live performance, drinks on tap and customised American Apparel underwear available on the day!

Titles on display include: Candy • Fanzine • EY! • Butt • Bear Flavoured • Robert Burton • Girls Like Us • Fierce Pussy • Heliogabalus • Maneater • The Cindy Shermans I'd Like to Fuck • She Has a Hot Ass • Doug and Mike's Adult Entertainment • Animal Shelter: Art Sex and Literature • Daddy Magazine • PISSZINE • Bowery Boys • PINUPS • Straight To Hell • As Above So Below • Log • It’s Time for Action (There’s No Option) and more ...

03.01.10 / Guest curator for Visual AIDS online gallery for March 2010.

11.13.09 / Zine Mart at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley).

Two weeks only! Take a look at the East Bay’s rich D.I.Y. culture during Zine Mart, a special pop-up shop of ‘zines and other self-produced multiples. Zine Mart is a creative partnership with the Oakland-based artist collective Rock Paper Scissors. BAM/PFA is delighted to host for the first time in a museum RPS’s extensive ‘zine library. This archive documents the history of these self-produced publications, as well as celebrating the East Bay’s innumerable contributions. In addition, Zine Mart will feature instructional videos and contributions from other Bay Area ‘zine collectives, as well as specially commissioned ‘zines and multiples from Ari Marcopoulos, Bozidar Brazda, Kamao Patton, Marc Arthur, Vanessa Albury, Tammy Rae Carland, Taravat Talepasand, Joseph Akel, Isaac Valdez, and Kamao Patton, plus many more! The opening reception is Fri, Nov. 13 at 7:00 p.m. (store opens at 5 p.m.) and will feature a conversation between Ari Marcopoulos and Paul Schiek, as well as a book signing for SHOOT, the tome tracing the point and shoot revolution edited by Ken Miller.

ZINE MART @ Berkeley Art Museum/ Pacific Film Archive
November 13 – 22, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, November 13th, 7 – 9pm
Conversation between Ari Marcopolous and Paul Schiek: 7:30PM to be followed by SHOOT book signing.

08.21.09 / split/fountain (Auckland) is now carrying editions of XXX. split/fountain is a bookshop, publishing venture and project space founded by Narrow Gauge and Michael Lett. s/f bookshop is open Saturday 11–4 or by appointment.

10.23.09 / Envoy Enterprises (New York City) will present works from the ongoing XXX project as part of their One Day at a Time artist series benefiting the Rose Artist Fund. The show will be a day long event from 12pm-8pm. From 8 to 10pm, join Spank members Sean and Will B for a DJ set next door at Home Sweet Home.

08.21.09 / Printed Matter (New York City) is now carrying editions of XXX.

08.13.09 / Pro qm (Berlin) and Opening Ceremony (New York & Los Angeles) are now carrying editions of XXX.

08.07.09. - 14.08.09 / Silverman Gallery (Berlin) THE SHOP: Summer Blow Out .

Silverman Gallery is pleased to present THE SHOP: Summer Blow Out, a curated exhibition/ pop up shop
featuring artist editions, prints and other ephemera. In the spirit of Fluxus, DIY and punk, THE SHOP explores
the ongoing dialogue between printed culture and artistic production, tracing the ways in which self-produced
multiples blur the divide between art and commerce. The featured works—alongside limited edition publications,
records, CD’s and specially produced zines—question the nature of aesthetic access and dissemination, while
expanding the practice of “collecting.” The exhibition will coincide with the launch of The Shop, the gallery’s new
online store committed to the support and distribution of artist produced ephemera and rare publications.

Featured artists: Ari Marcopolous, Bozidar Brazda, Matt Keegan, Tammy Rae Carland, Ryan Foerster, Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade, Christina McPhee, Job Piston, Joseph Akel, BLAND, Aaron Krach, Luke Fishbeck, Marc Arthur, Neil Ledoux, Susan Silton, Yuval Pudik and many more!!!

Opening Reception August 7th, 7 – 10pm
www.silverman-theshop.com
www.silverman-gallery.com

08.08.09.- 22.08.09 / Exile Gallery (Berlin) Exhibition of works from the Surface series as part of the ongoing Summer Camp group show.



04.14.09 / Butt Magazine online -"The Magazine Shoppe" Contributing writer.

02.10.09 / Spank #11- Black and White Sex Issue -"XXX" Contributing artist.

02.03.09 / Butt Magazine online -"Trompe l'Oeil" Contributing artist.

2008

05.08 / George Fraser Gallery Archive of im/perfection group exhibition, part of the Auckland Festival of Photography.

03.08 / Associazione Culturale Spiazzi Press release for solo exhibition of American Magic and Dread & Nocturne series.

all artwork by Joseph Akel copyright 2010