| 1942 | Born Ste. Marthe, Saskatchewan. |
| 1966 | B.F.A. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. |
| 1968 | M.F.A. Pennsylvania State University. |
Exhibition History
| 1983 | "Five from Saskatchewan" (group exhibition); Canada House, London, England. |
| 1987 | "Joe Fafard: Cows and Other Luminaries"; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. |
| 1989 | "Animals in Clay"; Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario. "Feat of Clay: The Fifth Anniversary of the Permanent Collection"; Burlington Art Centre. |
| 1991 | "Pasture" (permanent installation); Toronto Dominion Bank Centre, Toronto, Ontario. |
| 1992 | "49th Parallel"; Gallery for Contemporary Canadian Art, New York, New York. |
| 1995 | "From the Domestic to the Majestic"; Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. |
| 1996 | "Joe Fafard: The Bronze Years"; Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Québec. |
| 1997 | "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Burlington Art Centre. "Joe Fafard 20th Anniversary"; Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta. Prairie Region Exhibition, The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in conjunction with The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. |
| 1998 | "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan. "Joe Fafard: Bronze Tables and Drawings"; Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. "Joe Fafard: New Exhibition"; Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta. "Joe Fafard"; Susan Whitney Gallery. "The Figure Show"; Mira Godard Gallery. Prairie Region Exhibition, The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in conjunction with The McKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. |
| 1999 | "Joe Fafard: Artists and Animals"; Artists for Kids Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. "Joe Fafard: New Work"; Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia. "Spring Show '99"; Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton. |
| 2000 | "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia. "Joe Fafard" Susan Whitney Gallery. "Joe Fafard: Bronzes Big and Small" Mira Godard Gallery. |
| 2001 | "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; The Mackenzie Art Gallery. "Joe Fafard" Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, Québec. |
| 2002 | "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario. "Joe Fafard: Valentina"; Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver and Edmonton. |
Publications
Fired Sculpture. Illyas Pagonis, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1974.
The Continental Clay Connection. Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1980.
"Fafard, Joseph." Marilyn Burnett, Canadian Encyclopedia. Hurtig Publishers Ltd, Edmonton, 1985.
"Joe Fafard, Cow and Other Luminaries 1977-87," Matthew Teitbaum, Peter White, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon and Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, 1987.
