For more than 40 years, Joseph Seipel’s studio production has been consistent and varied from large-scale sculptures to long-term process pieces, to installations, and recently to works that combine sculpture, painting and photography. His studio pursuits and his academic career have intertwined and evolved from his early years in rural Wisconsin to dean of one of the most prestigious schools in the country.
Seipel has served in academic leadership roles and on numerous boards and councils. He has received many honors including being awarded the University of Wisconsin, School of Education, Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award and in 2019 being named one of Richmond’s Persons of the Year by the Richmond Times Dispatch. He remains most proud of his Life Time Achievement Award for Sculpture Education from the International Sculpture Center.
Among many other locations, his work has been shown in Baltimore, New York, Savannah, Peru, and Richmond. He is represented by the Reynolds Gallery in Richmond.