After serving as a combat correspondent in the US Marine Corps, Joseph Mougel completed a BFA in studio art from the University of Georgia and a MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico, where he also studied video, performance, and interactive media. He participated in the field-based studio program Land Arts of the American West, and has created site-responsive work for residencies at Elsewhere Artists Collaborative, Ucross Foundation, and Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. His work is held in a number of collections, including the Nevada Museum of Art, University of New Mexico Art Museum, and the New Mexico Museum of Art. Mougel is the head of the Photography & Imaging program at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
