Joe Macken
Artist profile
Discovery profile: limited tracked signals
Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 11, 2026.
Composite Codex score
Museums/acquisitions may be sparse
Thin auction dataset expected
Recent activity and interest
Gallery and exhibition traction
Signal summary
Joe Macken: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (0 tracked lots). No tracked museum acquisition record yet. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.
Representation
- No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex
Institutional holdings
Recent Exhibitions
- No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally
Market profile
Education & awards
- No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation
Press Signals
- Joe Macken Spent 22 Years Building a Miniature New York by HandApr 27, 2026 · Hyperallergic · exhibitions
- Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York CityApr 27, 2026 · Colossal · exhibitions
Publications
- No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex
Peer bands
Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.
Price Band Peers
Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.
No defensible cohort from current data.
No defensible regional cohort from current data.
Career Stage Peers
Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (career stage unknown).
- Danh Vo#56 · White Cube #6 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 13 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Brian Jungen#357 · Casey Kaplan #121 · Early/mid-careerearly/mid-career · 7 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Charles Burchfield#394 · DC Moore Gallery #159 · Established contemporaryestablished contemporary · 96 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Josh Smith#404 · David Zwirner #4 · Mid-careermid-career · 23 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Michael Borremans#407 · David Zwirner #4 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
- Eija-Liisa Ahtila#422 · Marian Goodman Gallery #11 · Mid-careermid-career · 16 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Sandra Vásquez De La Horra#432 · Tanya Bonakdar Gallery #37 · Mid-careermid-career · 18 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- John Miller#443 · Charles Riva Project #58 · Established contemporaryestablished contemporary · 49 yrs since first tracked solo/show
- Emilio Isgrò#447 · Cardi Gallery #21 · Career stage unknowncareer stage unknown
- Joe Macken
No defensible regional cohort from current data.
Practice / Medium Peers
Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.
- Gerhard Richter#1 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Established contemporarypainting · Photorealist (style), Conceptual · #1 Codex rank
- Yayoi Kusama#5 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Mid-careerpainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · #5 Codex rank
- Peter Doig#6 · Paintings · $250K–500K · Two Palms #51 · Early/mid-careerpainting · #6 Codex rank
- Jeff Koons#8 · Sculpture/objects · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Mid-careersculpture · #8 Codex rank
- Takashi Murakami#9 · Paintings · $100K–250K · Gagosian #1 · Mid-careerpainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · #9 Codex rank
- Kerry James Marshall#10 · Paintings · $1M+ · Hauser & Wirth #3 · Mid-careerpainting · #10 Codex rank
- Maurizio Cattelan#12 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Gagosian #1 · Mid-careersculpture · #12 Codex rank
- Christopher Wool#13 · Paintings · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Established contemporarypainting · #13 Codex rank
- Mark Grotjahn#14 · Paintings · $1M+ · Gagosian #1 · Early/mid-careerpainting · #14 Codex rank
- Joe Macken
No defensible regional cohort from current data.