ADDRESS Mailing Address JOSEPH ASPELL Joseph Aspell Studio 58 West Portal Avenue #243 94127 Phone 408-482-5183 Email: jaspell@ix.netcom.com Website: www.josephaspellstudio.com PERSONAL DATA Birth EDUCATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS Master of Arts San Jose State University Painting Master of Arts Bachelor of Arts Art Studies at Other Educational Institutions University of California Santa Barbara, California Art History University of Dayton Dayton, Ohio Literature University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Dayton Art Institute Dayton, Ohio Academy of Art Other Studies Travel / Study in Europe (Summer 1971, 1972, 1974) Travel /Study in Mexico (summer 1985) Travel /Study in Asia - Korea, Japan, China (Spring 1995) Travel / Study in Israel (Winter 1996) Travel / Study in Greece / Turkey (Spring 1997) Travel / Study in Italy (Fall 2002) Travel / Study in Italy (Summer 70/ Summer 72 /Fall 2003) Liturgy Studies, Center for Pastoral Liturgy, University of Notre Dame 1983 Scholarship University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland (summer 1974)
WORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS Art Educator Sacred Heart Academy Menlo Park, California Archbishop Mitty High School Saint Louis High School Honolulu, Hawaii Selected Art Commissions Consultant to KCZ+L Architects Consultant to Richard S. Zlatunich. AIA Architect Consultant to Ruth and Going, Inc. Architects/Engineers Consultant to Rucker/Fuller Commission chapel interior, furnsihings Laguna Honda Home * Commission interiors, furnishings, sculptures, paintings, stained glass, lighting, landscaping Marianist Center Cupertino, California Commission painting Saint Theresa of Avila Church New York City * Commissions Cathedra,Processional Cross, Metropolitan Cross, Coat of Arms, Candlestands, Silver vessels Saint Mary's Cathedral Commission Oakwood Chapel design Sisters of the Sacred Heart Menlo Park, California
Commission chapel interior / sanctuary furnishings/lighting Resurrection Church Sunnyvale, California Resurrection Church interiors, furnishings, stained glass, art Aptos, California Commission Sculpture Carmelite Sisters of Reno Reno, Nevada Commission Sculpture Mr. & Mrs. Jack Meissner Lake Almadore, California Commission Painting Mrs. Kay Cleary Atherton, California Commission Print Mr. & Mrs. Jay Fritz Commission Mosaic Marianist College Dayton, Ohio Commission sculpture Saint Joseph Cathedral * Commission chief designer stadium / sanctuary furnishings / vessels / painting/ tickets / brochures / poster Papal Visit to San Francisco, 1987 Commission interiors sculptures / sanctuary furnishings/stained glass Saint Peter Church Pacifica, California Commission interiors /furnishings / paintings Saint Ignatius of Antioch Church Antioch, California Consultant interiors, landscaping Saint Anthony Church New Almaden,. California
Consultant interiors Holy Trinity Church Commission interiors, baptistery sanctuary furnishings, the great cross Saint Mary Church Gilroy, California * Commission interiors sculptures / sanctuary furnishings / stained glass Saint Elizabeth Seton Church Chicago, Illinois * Commission sanctuary furniture designs Guardian Angels Cathedral Las Vegas, Nevada * Commission sanctuary furniture St Patrick Seminary Menlo Park, California Commission sanctuary furniture St. Germane Church Oak Lawn, Ill. Commission chapel interiors sanctuary furnishings / lighting Resurrection Church Sunnyvale, California Commission Paschal Candleholder Saint Christopher Church San José, California Commission crozier Bishop P. J. McGrath Auxiliary Bishop Consultant Saint Gall Parish Gardnerville, Nevada Commission interiors sculptures / sanctuary furnishings/stained glass St. Francis of Assisi Church Commission Chapel interiors sculptures / sanctuary furnishings/stained glass St. Francis of Assisi Church La Quinta, California Commission sculptures Saint Gregory the Great San Diego, California
Commission interiors sanctuary furnishings/stained glass/ baptistery, tabernacle Resurrection Church Aptos, California Commission: sculpture, Presider Chair Saint John the Evangelist Rochester, Minnesota Consultant, master plan, designs Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Asti, California Commission: furnishings Mission San Jose Fremont, California Commission: baptistery St. Albert Church Palo Alto, California Commission: furnishings Jesuit Community Santa Clara, University Santa Clara, California * Commission: Sculptures Gate of Heaven Cemetery Cupertino, California Commission: Sculpture St. Joseph Church Dexter, Michigan Commission: Sculpture St. Denis Church Menlo Park, California Commission: Interiors St. Charles Church San Carlos, California Commission:Sculptures, furnishings St. John the Evangelist Church Rochester, Minnesota Commission: Sculptures St. Mary Church Richmond, Virginia * Commission: furnishings Sacred Heart Preparatory Atherton, California * Commission:Sculpture Notre Dame University South Bend, Indiana Commission: Sculpture Unversity of Dayton, Ohio
Commission: Sculpture Chaminade University, Hawaii Commission: Sculpture St. MaryUniversity, San Antonio TX Commission: Processional Cross Dominican University San Rafael, California SELECTED EXHIBITONS * California Palace of The Legion of Honour Papal Exhibit 1987 Form Reform Exhibition Liturgical and Religious Art, 1984 Chicago, Illinois Form Reform Exhibition Berkeley, California Ninth Annual Congress on Worship Diocese of Sacramento Exhibition, 1986 Gallery St. John Dayton, Ohio 1996 (Oct.-Nov.) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS College Art Association. Member Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture. Member Office of Word and Worship,Member Diocese of National Practicum on Worship, Environment and the Arts, San Francisco, 1984. Presentor. Planning Committee Member. Office of Word and Worship, Member Diocese of Oakland, California SELECTED AWARDS Office of Word and Worship, Member Archdiocese of IFRAA National Art Award 1984 Honor Award Chasuble Vestment (white / designed with Katrien Bettencourt)
Benedictus Award Diocese of San Jose 1989 Award of Excellence Modern Liturgy Magazine 1989 The Bene Award Visual Arts Awards 1991, Permanent Category Modern Liturgy Magazine, vol. 18, No. 7 Distinguished Artist Award 1996 City of Cupertino, California Bene Award Liturgy & Ministry Magazine 2005 PUBLICATIONS Furniture Society Annual Conference Panel / Presenter The Spiritual in Craft 2006 Indianapolis "Designing with Nature", Modern Liturgy 1985 "Restoration Drama" Architectural Record Lighting August 1994, pp. 26-29 American Craft, June-July 1994, p. 8 Environment & Art Letter, June 1999 Alive Magazine Fall/Winter 2006 Basket, Basin, Plate and Cup: Vessels in the Liturgy ed. by David Philippart (Liturgy Training Publication, Chicago, 2001), photo Papal Chalice p. 16 Baptism by Regina Kuehn (Liturgical Training Publication, Chicago, 1992), photo fig 57 Finding Francis, Following Christ (Cover) by Michael H. Crosby (Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY, 2007) Mission
Cincinnati Province Society of Mary Vol 3 No. 3 Winter 2002, photo Seat of Wisdom p. 11 University of Datyon Quarterly Spring 2002 (vol. 11, No. 3) photo Seat of Wisdom p. 5 Images of Mary By Alfred McBride, O. Praem. (St. Anthony Messenger Press, Cincinnati, 1999), frontispiece: Seat of Wisdom Mary, Model of Liberation By Michael Crosby Audiotape frontispiece: Seat of Wisdom (Call to Action Conference, 1996) The Mount Benedictine Sisters Erie, Pennsylvania (Vol 15, No. 3, 2002) p. 8-9 Seat of Wisdom Chaminade Quarterly (Spring 1997) cover and p. 7 Seat of Wisdom Mary at 45: A Model of Mature Wisdom By Steve Mueller St. Anthony Messenger (October 1998) p. 12 15 Representing Renewal: An Epochal Religious Event and Subsequent Sculpture By Leo J. O Donovan Sculpture Review (Winter 2013) pp.8-20