Joe Doyle began painting at 6 years old, but dates his professional career from 1971, when he received his Masters Degree from State University, San Francisco. In that year he also exhibited his first of 18 one-man shows.

In the late '70s, Doyle was one of the founders of the "Abstract Illusionist Movement", which became one of the most far-reaching movements of modern art.

Doyle has participated in 46 group shows, and 9 performance pieces. His work has shown in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Santa Fe, San Francisco, Tombstone and Oakland.

A pioneer on the World Wide Web as one of the first 400 web sites. Doyle has served on the Board of Directors for two Art Organizations, including Zip-Zap e-zine in 1994. In 1997, this innovation lead Doyle to found the largest major multimedia department in the East Bay, Berkeley City College Multimedia Program. Doyle serves as Department Co-Chair.

Active in the Bay Area Arts Community for the past 3 decades, Joe is a strong advocate for technical training in multimedia, development of artistic vision for digital artist and emphasizing content and design