CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO WITH HIS VISIONS IN STAINED GLASS.
“One of the really interesting things that Joseph does is tap into all of our associations with stained glass and
then flips them on end”. — Jennifer Scanlan, Associate Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design NYC / 2010
“Joseph Cavalieri’s Missing Episodes takes characters from the Simpsons and deposits them in stained glass mounted
in light boxes. The tension between Simpsons creator Matt Groening’s irreverent style and the sacred references in the
form of the stained glass is dark and achingly funny.” - Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe / 2013
“We have a community of nuns, the Oblates of Jesus the Priest, who live on the 3rd floor of our building. They are from Mexico and are semi-contemplative, wear the habit and are pretty traditional. They do the cooking for us as part of their work to sustain their community. Anyhow they visited Joseph’s exhibit and the review is in- they loved it! Sr. Doris told me she really appreciated the connection of the traditional stained glass and the descriptions of the addictions. By the way all of us here deeply admire the sisters for their joy and deep spirituality. So it’s not the Times but it’s a great review none the less!" — Fr. Frank Sabatte, CSP, Director at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, NY, About Joseph’s “Deliver Us From Our Addictions” solo exhibition
“One of my favorite pieces is this one here, with Isaac Hayes, this really great stained glass piece by Joseph Cavalieri, another New York artist, highlighting some thing Isaac is know for which is his car collections, and of course his iconic ‘Black Moses’ record album, that came about in the early 1970’s”-- Jeff Kollath, Executive Director of the STAX Museum in Memphis Tennessee. Live segment on WATN TV
Critics’ Pick: “Cavalieri’s illuminated, painted-stained-glass images give a pseudoreligious treatmentto a wide variety of subjects” -- Ethan La Croix, TIME OUT NEW YORK
Awards and Grants
- Lasater Drawing and Painting Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, NC 2021
- Abrons Arts Center and Henry Street Settlement Artist Community Relief Fund, NY 2020
- American Glass Guild Grant / James C. Whitney Scholarship 2012 / 2013 / 2023
- Community of Education Retreat at Penland School of Crafts, NC 2011
- 4th International Arte Laguna Prize, Venice Arsenale, Italy 2010
- Glass Arts Society Emerging Artist Award, Seattle WA 2008
- The Corning Museum of Glass: 25 years of New Glass Review, NY 2005
- The Corning Museum of Glass: New Glass Review, NY 2004
- Silvermine Guild Arts Center: Board of Trustees Award, New Canaan, CT 2002
Selected Publications
- Daily Camera Newspaper, Bolder, CO 2022
- AZ Central Newspaper, Mesa, AZ 2022
- Lapuan Sanomat Newspaper, Lapua Finland 2022
- Longmont Leader 2021
- River Journal, New York 2021
- Florida Weekly 2020
- East Villages Grieve 2019
- Queer PGH 2019
- The Blade Toledo, Ohio 2019
- City Paper Pittsburgh 2019
- TRIB live article 2019
- BCTV Interview 2018
- Philadelphia Gay News 2018
- BTCV.org 2018
- Philadelphia Gay News 2017
- Video by the Sacatar Foundation, Brazil 2017
- iBahia Media 2017