Joseph Lombardo

About Joe

Joseph Lombardo is an accomplished plein air painter and painting instructor. He received a MFA in painting from Bowling Green State University and studied landscape painting at the Burren College of Art in Ireland. Lombardo is a two-time ‘Best in Show’ winner at the Ohio Plein Air Competition. He has served as Artist In Residence at Buffalo National River, Hot Springs National Park, and at the Glen Arbor Art Association. Lombardo teaches plein air painting workshops
internationally.

Joseph Lombardo’s collection is inspired by color. Lombardo manipulates color palette, value, vibrancy, and temperature to create atmospheric landscapes. Lombardo paints quickly using the direct painting technique finishing a painting on-site in one session. “I paint from general to specific and from carefree to careful. The hardest part is knowing when to stop.”
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts: Painting and Drawing, 2008
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Painting and Drawing, 2006
Honors: Valedictorian and Summa Cum Laude
Columbus College of Art & Design, Ohio
Burren College of Art, Ireland, 2005

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
* Solo Exhibitions
2020 Color, Glen Arbor Art Center, Glen Arbor, Michigan
Landscapes, Art Access Gallery, Columbus, OH
2019 *Joseph Lombardo 2019, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, Michigan
*Landscapes, Art Access Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2018 *Paintings by Joseph Lombardo, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH
*Joseph Lombardo 2018, Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, Michigan
*An Expression of Place, Art Access Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2017 Cape Ann Plein Air Review, Charles Fine Arts, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Cape Ann Plein Air, Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusetts
Plein Air Painters Past and Present, Cape Ann Collectors, Gloucester, Massachusetts
The Painted City, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio
*Paintings 2007-2017, Ohio University Chillicothe Branch, Ohio

Ohio Plein Air Society, BayArts, Bay Village, Ohio

SELECTED AWARDS
2020 First Place, 2020 Ohio Plein Air Competition, Columbus, Ohio
2019 Award of Excellence, 2019 Ohio Plein Air Competition, Cincinnati,
Ohio
Award of Excellence, 2019 First Brush of Spring Plein Air Competition, New Harmony, Indiana
Quick Draw Winner, 2019 First Brush of Spring Plein Air Competition, New Harmony, Indiana