Joel Otterson

Joel Otterson is a sculptor who for 30+ years has worked his way through a house and remade everything inside it. His hybrid mash-ups of our domestic environment question our relationship to the home and to each other. His work addresses the gender of objects, their place in culture, and what it means to be American. Otterson works in a variety of mediums including glass, ceramic, textiles, metals, wood, and concrete.

In 1982 Otterson received a BFA from Parson’s School of Design. In the same year he started exhibiting at Nature Morte Gallery in New York’s East Village. He has exhibited internationally in museums and galleries. Most recently he was included in the 2014 Whitney Biennial and at the Hammer Museum’s “Made in L.A.” in 2012. In 1987 he exhibited a one person show in MoMA’s project series.

Otterson’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hammer Museum, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Jewish Museum, the Israel Museum, and many other public and private collections internationally. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.