Joe Ferriso was born on Long Island, NY, in 1981 and graduated from The Cooper Union (BFA 2003). After graduation, he worked as a fine-art framer in Manhattan and led after-school mural workshops at The Point in the South Bronx. He moved to the Bay Area in 2009 and co-founded Anzfer Farms, an experimental design/build studio, with Jonathan Anzalone. In 2016, he returned to school to study at Stanford University (MFA 2018). Ferriso has attended residencies at Facebook A.I.R. (2014), Cité International, Paris, France (2018), and Real Time and Space (2019). His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in exhibitions in Los Angeles, CA, with Daniel Weinberg Gallery, in New York at Brilliant Champions and Pompei, and numerous exhibitions in the Bay Area, including Eleanor Harwood, Gallery 16, BAMPFA, Park Life Gallery, Traywick Contemporary, Qualia Contemporary Art, and many others. His fabrication/design work is in the collection of The Hammer Museum, LA, and the BAMPFA reading room. His artwork is in the collection of many private individuals across the country. He lives with his wife, two young children, and a dog in Sebastopol, CA.