Born: 1933 Brooklyn, New York
 
Studied: 1953-54 Attended Cooper Union, New York
1954 Summer Fellowship Yale-Norfolk School
  1954-56 Attended Yale School of Fine Arts, BFA, studied with Josef Albers
1958-59 Fulbright Fellowship to Florence and Rome
 
Teaching 1966 University of California, Davis
Experience 1967-69 School of Visual Arts, New York
  1969 University of California, Berkeley, Summer
  1969-74 California State University at Sacramento
     
Prizes and 1975 Purchase Prize, Concours d'Antiques, Oakland Museum, California
Awards 1974 First Prize, Tokyo International Biennial, Japan
  1960 Louis C. Tiffany Fellowship
     
One-Person 2003 Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington DC
Exhibitions: 2002 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  2001 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1999 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1998-99 The Canton Museum of Art, Ohio
  1998 "Overview," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1997 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1996 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1995 Images Gallery, Toledo, Ohio
  1994 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1992 Louis Newman Galleries, Los Angeles
    Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
    "The Spirit in Art and Nature: Joseph Raffael Paintings, Watercolors, Prints," Naples Philharmonic Center, Florida
    "Reflections: The Water-Related Works of Joseph Raffael," Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  1991 "The Flower Paintings of Joseph Raffael," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
  1985-90 "Joseph Raffael: Figure Paintings, France" Phyllis Rothman Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey
  1990 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1989 "Lannis in Sieste," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1987-88 "Secret Silence/The Art of Joseph Raffael," Davenport Museum of Art, New York
  1986 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
    "A Dream Remembered," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
    Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
    Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  1985-86 "Watercolors by Joseph Raffael," Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming; Salt Lake Art Center, Utah; Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana
  1985 Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina
    New York Academy of Sciences, New York
  1984 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1983 Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
    Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
    "Joseph Raffael Prints," University of Austin, Texas
  1982 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
    Delaware Art Museum Downtown, Wilmington
    Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
    Jacksonville Art Museum, Florida
    Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
    "Joseph Raffael: Monotypes and Lithographs," Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, California; Santa Ana Community College, Santa Ana, California
    "Recent Prints," Allport Associates Gallery, Larkspur, California
  1981 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
    Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin.
  1980 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
    "Joseph Raffael in Four Southern Museums," Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama; The Columbus Museum, Georgia; Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  1979 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1978-79 "Joseph Raffael-The California Years 1969-78," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Traveling to: Denver Art Museum; Colorado, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
  1978 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
    Barbara Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
    Valparaiso University, Indiana
  1977 ARCO Center for Visual Art, Los Angeles
    Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
    Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
  1976 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco
    Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
  1975 Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
    University Art Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
  1974 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
    Barbara Okun Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
  1973 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
    "Joseph Raffael: Water Paintings," University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
    Reese Palley Gallery, New York
  1971 Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego
  1970 Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco
    Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
  1969 ASSSC Art Gallery, Sacramento State College, California
    Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley
  1968 Berkeley Gallery, San Francisco
    Stable Gallery, New York
  1967 Galleria Sperona, Turin, Italy
  1966 Stable Gallery, New York
  1965 Stable Gallery, New York
  1963 d'Arcy Gallery, New York
  1959 Galleria Numero, Florence, Italy
  1958 Kanegis Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
 
Selected Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania
Permanent The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Collections: The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Canton Art Museum, Ohio
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
University of Connecticut, Bridgeport
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
The Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas
University of Georgia, Athens
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Jacksonville Art Museum, Florida
Glenn C. Janss Collection, Sun Valley, Idaho
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Long Beach Museum, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
The Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, Colorado
National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
The Oakland Museum, California
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
Rahr West Art Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
San Francisco Ballet, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Maryland
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York