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Joe Fleming’s artistic oeuvre is a response to the pervasive influence of Hollywood and media on contemporary culture worldwide. His paintings are a thought-provoking amalgam of abstracted imagery, which engage with notions of identity, mass production, political upheaval, and transformation in a world where possibilities are infinite. The alluring, translucent surfaces serve as a metaphor for the conduits of political and social persuasion, such as film, screens, and monitors.

Fleming’s career is marked by numerous solo exhibitions internationally. He has lectured at universities in Canada, the United States, and South East Asia since 1993. Fleming’s paintings are included in numerous public and private collections, such as BMO Financial Group, Trimark Mutual Funds, Honeywell Bull, Prince Waterhouse Coopers (Malaysia), HSBC Bank, A.T. Tolley Collection, Australian High Commission, Canadian High Commission (Kuala Lumpur), the Art Gallery of Edmonton, the Museum of Civilization (Hull, Quebec), and the Holocaust Museum (LA). Fleming has participated in several international art fairs, including Art Stage (Singapore), FIAC (Paris), Arte Cologne (Germany), Scope (New York and Miami), Papier (Montreal), and TIAF (Toronto). His work has been featured in a variety of publications, such as Carte Blanche 2: Painting – a survey of new Canadian painting (The Magenta Foundation), 60 Painters in Canada, The Artist’s Studio (by Joseph Hartman), American Illustration, Imago Mundi, Design Lines Magazine, Azure Magazine, The Globe and Mail, Now Magazine, CBC, Chelsea Now, and The Wall Street Journal Magazine.