joshuathomen@protonmail.com
@blueribbonbabyy
Living and dreaming in the Greater Los Angeles Area, CA
Education
2024 MFA in Art, University of California, Irvine, CA
(in progress)
2019 BFA in Sculpture/4D, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2019
You can always meet me on the dance floor, Dennis W. Dutzi Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2018
Hypervisible, Invisible, Marilyn Werby Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Group Exhibitions
2023
After Many Sunsets, Room Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
2022
Walk Out Fundraiser, Human Resources LA, Los Angeles, CA
Can you hear me ok?, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2021
I Shot an Arrow, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Borderline, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2019
Dead Man's Party, Max L. Gatov Gallery East, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Insights 2019, Kleefeld Contemporary, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2018
Seashell Aesthetics, Human Resources LA, Los Angeles, CA
Take Back the House Fundraiser, François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Insights 2018, Kleefeld Contemporary, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2017
See/Saw, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Teaching and Lectures
2023 Teaching Assistant, Installation Projects with Liz Glynn, University of California, Irvine, CA
2022 Teaching Assistant, Basic Sculpture with Tarik Garrett, University of California, Irvine, CA
2021 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Advanced Sculpture Critique with Bryan Crockett, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2020 Guest Critic, Studio Critique I with Dulce Soledad Ibarra, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Emerging Artist Presenter, Textile Slam, Textile Arts LA, Los Angeles, CA
Public Programs
2019
Otra Tropa Sunday Steam Co-Host for Michael Parker’s
Steam Egg, organized with Dulce Soledad Ibarra, Craft
Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Residencies
2020 TAM Forum, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Grants and Honors
2021 Artist COVID Relief Grant, Arts Council for Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2020 LACE Lightning Fund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
COVID-19 Emergency Health Grant For Artists, Feminist Center for Creative Work, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship, Public Programs, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA