Joe Scanlan is an artist and assistant professor in the School of Art at Yale Univesity. He is represented by Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, and Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienae. Recent projects include "Pay For Your Pleasure (reprise)" at the Van Abbe Museum, Holland; a group show titled BUY AMERICAN that he curated for Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris. He has upcoming exhibitions at the Musee d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, and K21, Dusseldorf. Scanlan is also the publisher of Commerce Books, a series of publications devoted to the knowledge and understanding of economically motivated works of art. He lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut.