Joe Andoe
Joe Andoe (born 1955) is an American artist, painter, and author. His works have been featured in exhibits internationally and also numerous museums including the Denver Art Museum, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is the author of the book "Jubilee City: A Memoir at Full Speed (P.S.)", which is a memoir about his life. Early life and education. Andoe was born on December 5, 1955 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Andoe loved to draw as a child but he never created any artwork until he  was in college. Andoe first realized that painting could be his career when he was enrolled in community college studying agricultural business. He was taking an elective class in art history when he learned about artists such as Robert Smithson and Dennis Oppenheim. He soon changed his major an eventually earned a Master's Degree in Art from the University of Oklahoma in 1981. Writing career. Andoe began writing in 2002 and was first published in 2003 by Open City Magazine, a New York City magazine that featured many first-time writers. That same year he was published in Bomb  and Bald Ego. Andoe had authored a comic book sized group of stories about his life and in 2005, Harper Collins asked him to create a longer version of the stories. These were the inspiration for the book "Jubilee City: A Memoir at Full Speed (P.S.)" which was published in 2007. The book received numerous reviews including from the New York Times and USA Today. Personal life. Andoe currently lives in New York. He has two children, one son and one daughter.