[1] Born in Barahona, Dominican Republic, to Haitian parents, Joseph practises painting, sculpture, and screen-printing.
He worked as a tailor while studying watercolor and sculpture in Haiti and screen-printing in the United States.
Joseph was twice awarded a fellowship by the Guggenheim Foundation, in 1953 and again in 1957, for his work as a painter.
In 1972, he joined the administrative council of the Museum of Haitian Art at St. Pierre College in Port-au-Prince.
His works have been exhibited in the United States, Mexico, Jamaica, and Spain.