About
Joseph D'Uva Jr. was born in Ossining, New York in 1974. Soon after his birth, his family moved to New Port Richey, Florida to pursue a small business venture. The family always considered New York to be home, spending the school year in New Port Richey and each summer in Ossining. The city is of special importance for D'Uva, as it is where his grandparents settled after immigrating from Sassinoro, Benevento, Italy in the 1930s. Over the years, more extended family made Ossining their home, and the two towns have been recognized as sister cities.
During his childhood, D'Uva excelled in art, mathematics, and sports—soccer and skateboarding especially. In 1996, he received his B.F.A. in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. From there D'Uva attended the Tamarind Institute, where he completed the Professional Printer Training Program in 1997. He went on to receive both an M.A. and an M.F.A. in Printmaking from the University of Iowa in 1999 and 2000, respectively.
D'Uva has held full-time faculty positions at Bowling Green State University, Lawrence University, the University of Southern Indiana, and Youngstown State University. His work is generated from notions of childhood, memory, pop culture, consumerism, and Americana. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally within solo, juried, and invitational group exhibitions.
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