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Born 1979 in Mountain Home AFB, ID

Currently lives and works in New Mexico

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024

Nihil III: Already Paradise, Nicodim, New York

Nihil Il: Nor The Moon in its Water, Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX 

Focus: Joshua Hagler, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas

2023

Nihil I: I Would Not Speak of the Mountain, Nicodim, Los Angeles

2021

The Living Circle Us, Unit London, UK

Drawing in the Dark, Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX

2020

Platform Series, Unit London, UK, (online)

2019

Chimera, Unit London, UK

From a Corner the Sound of a Small Bird, (two person) with Maja Ruznic, Big Pictures, Los Angeles, CA 

2018
Love Letters to the Poorly Regarded, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM

The River Lethe, Brand Library & Art Center, Los Angeles

2017

In the House is a Room into which Every River Empties, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston 

Missouri Parallels, Galleri Oxholm, Copenhagen

2016

The Adopted, JAUS Gallery, (traveling), Los Angeles, CA

2015

The Adopted, Brandstater Gallery at La Sierra University (traveling), Riverside, CA

2014

My Name is Nobody, Avis Frank Gallery, Houston, TX

Romancing the West, Gallerie Oxholm, Copenhagen

Among The Missing, (two person) with Maja Ruznic, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013

The Unsurrendered, Figure One Gallery at University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL

2012

The Imagined Chase, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco

2011

Perceptions of Religious Imagery in Natural Phenomena, 101/Exhibit, Miami (traveling)

Perceptions of Religious Imagery in Natural Phenomena, Carlo V Castle, Lecce, IT (traveling) 

Vessel Traces, (two person) with Joseph Cohen, San Giovanni di Dio Church, Lecce, Italy

2010

Joshua Hagler and Mayumi Ishino, (two person) Babel Visningsrom for Kunst, Trondheim, Norway 

Nearly Approaching Never to Pass, (two person) with George Pfau, Reaves Gallery, New York, NY 

2009

72 Virgins to Die For, Frey Norris Contemporary and Modern, San Francisco

2007

Bring Us Rapture, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

The Ballad of the Children of the Czar, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest

Observed, curated by Raffi Kalenderian and Alberto Cuadros, Miles McEnery, New York

Memory, Maruani Mercier, Brussels

Arcadia and Elsewhere, James Cohan, New York

2023

Togetherness: For Better or Worse, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas

The Descendants, K11 Musea, Hong Kong

Joshua Hagler, Devin B. Johnson, Hugo Wilson, Nicola Samori, Nicodim, Los Angeles

Maternity Leave: None of Women Born, Nicodim in collaboration with Green Family Foundation, Dallas

DISEMBODIED, Nicodim, New York

2022

Nassima Landau Foundation: Unit London Takeover, Nassima Landau Foundation, Tel Aviv

Unmatter, Secci, Milan

2021

Witness or Pretend, Bode Projects, Berlin

2020

Figure as Form, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, NY

TWENTYFOUR, Bricks Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

The Red Wood, online group exhibition, curated by Julia Westerbeke, San Francisco, CA 

Drawn Together, online group exhibition, Unit London, UK 

2019

Nuit Noire, Kashagan Galerie, curated by Hotel Triki for La Biennale de Lyon Resonance, Lyon, FR

Gardens, Last Projects, Los Angeles, CA 

2018

Paradise Lost, Patrick Painter, Inc. Los Angeles, CA

With Liberty and Justice for Some, Children’s Museum of the Arts, NY

Dreams and Fevers, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Looking for U, Unit London, UK 

2017

Two Sides of the Coin, Gallerie Gruelich, Frankfurt, DE

With Liberty and Justice for Some, Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles; San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco; Berkeley Art Center, (traveling), Berkeley, CA

Unknown Soldier, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Soul Case, Durden & Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Trust Fall, Gallery ALSO, Los Angeles, CA

The Encrypted Form, Stoerpunkt, Munich, DE

Figurative Futures, 101/Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA

2016

Over The Hills, Hometown Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Hysterical Fiction, La Estacion Arte Contemporaneo, Chihuahua, Mexico

Werewolf, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

2015

Sincerely Yours, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

Angels with Dirty Faces, Galleri Ernst Hilger, Vienna, Austria

Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL 

52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 

2014

Exquisite Corpse, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX 

Draftpunk 2.0, Mid-Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2013

Transreal Topologies, Royal Institute, Adelaide, Australia 

What the Mouth Sees, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA 

2012

Optic Nerve, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL 

2010

I am Solitary I am an Army, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK 

Black Lab, The Lab, San Francisco, CA

2009
Echo, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausolito, CA

2006

Your Gallery, in association with The Saatchi Gallery, The Guardian, London, UK 

2004

Contemporary Perspectives, MoCA at the Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023 

ArtNow LA, “Joshua Hagler: ‘I Would Not Speak of the Mountain’ Los Angles, CA

Dovetail Mag, “Nothing Is Not Nothing,” https://dovetailmag.com/2023/12/joshua-hagler/

2021

Dallas Morning News, “Joshua Hagler’s exuberantly sullen paintings at Cris Worley Fine Arts speak to creation, death,” Dallas TX

New American Paintings, featured work, issue 148, Boston, MA

The Gentleman’s Journal, “10 Emerging Artists Artists You Should Be Investing In”, www.thegentlemansjournal.com, London, UK

2020

ArtMaze Magazine, Summer Issue 8, UK

Hopper Prize Journal, interview, September 23, 2020,

You Wanted a List, interview, www.youwantedalist.com, June 26, 2020 

A.Site London Podcast, interview, episode , London, UK 

2019

Artist Decoded Podcast, episode 136, interview, November 30, 2019, Los Angeles

GQ Magazine, “20 Questions” interview by Poppy Malby, July 14th, 2019, London

SOHO Radio, live interview with Free Seed Films, July 18th, 2019, London

On Art and Aesthetics, website, interview with Tulika Bahadur, April, 2019, UK

Artlyst, website, “Joshua Hagler Explores Fading Dichotomies in New Unit London Exhibition,” feature by P.C. Robinson, July 22, 2019, London

Arts and Collections, website, “Art Focus” feature by Chris Jenkins

Fad Magazine, website, feature by Mark Westall, July 10th, 2019, London

Fault Magazine, “Americana Incarnate Meets Hagler’s Horrors,” feature, July 22nd, 2019

London Art World Podcast, episode 19, interview, April 11, 2019, Los Angeles

ICI Londres, website, french-language review by Cloe Chanteloube, London

be-Art Magazine, website, review by Beatrice Chassepot, July 22, 2019 

2018

Juxtapoz Presents, short studio documentary by Theo Schear, December 14, 2018

Artillery Magazine, “Pick of the Week,” review by Annabel Osberg, August 1, 2018, 

Los Angeles Art & Cake, review by Lorraine Heitzman, August 1, 2018, Los Angeles

Glendale News-Press, published by Los Angeles Times, “Gallery exhibit at Glendale library explores themes of mobility,” feature by Michael Livingson, July 06, 2018, Glendale, CA 

Hi-Fructose Magazine, “Joshua Hagler’s Layered, Deconstructionist Paintings” feature by Andy Smith, July, Richmond, CA

The Hero’s Journey Project, interview with Peter de Kuster, https://theherojourney2016.word press.com, Netherlands 

2017

Future Tongue, interview and video profile, Los Angeles, CA 

Artist Decoded, episode 67, podcast, Los Angeles, CA 

2016

Venison Magazine, interview with Nazish Chunara, Summer issue, San Francisco, CA 

Artist Decoded, episode 12 podcast interview, Sacramento, CA, January

Artsy, review by Karen Kedmey, New York, NY, February

AF Art Magazine, artist feature, Copenhagen, DK, January

New York Times Style Magazine, “The Art World’s Most Daring—and Fun—Season”, feature by Alina Cohen, July

Art & Cake, “A Conversation with Maja Ruznic and Joshua Hagler,” interview, Los Angeles, CA 

2015

Ink and Other, Episode 2, video profile, www.inkandother.com, Nov. 2015, Los Angeles, CA 

Vogue (Italy), one-page artist profile, June, 2015, Italy

Fabrik Magazine, “Eight LA Artists You Should Know,” feature by Max Presneill, issue 26 

2014

New York Times, San Francisco Edition, “Among the Missing,” feature by Christian Frock, April 28, 2014 

San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area weekend picks, Chronicle staff report, May 7, 2014 

Art Ltd. Magazine, “Among the Missing” review by DeWitt Cheng, July/August

Square Cylinder, “Among the Missing” review by Mikko Lautamo, May 18, 2014 

Pickled Matter: New Faces in Contemporary Art Vol. 1, featured work, Nov. 2014 

2013

Juxtapoz Magazine, 10-page interview by Gabe Scott, September

San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area art picks: “In the Box Beneath the City,” Mary Eisenhart, January

San Francisco Bay Guardian, “Fair Play: Notable locals at this year’s big artMKT & ArtPadSF shows,” Matt Fischer

Viralnet, online academic resource by CalArts, “To Be Announced,” essay by Courtney Malick, September

2012

San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area art picks: “The Evangelists,” Kenneth Baker, April 19, 2012, San Francisco, CA 

Visual Art Source, www.visualartsource.com, review by DeWitt Cheng, Woodland Hills, CA 

Critical Miami, Optic Nerve 14 at MoCA, criticalmiami.com/2012/09/20/optic-nerve-14-at-moca, September

2011

Beautiful/Decay Magazine, Joshua Hagler, feature by Andy Ritchie, book 5

Arskey Magazine, review by Chiara Miglietta, August 8, 2011, Italy

Artcards, Joshua Hagler at 101/exhibit, www.artcards.cc, review by Brinson Renda, 10.10.11 

2010

SF Weekly, “Masterminds 2010,” feature by Reyhan Harmanci, Vol. 29, No. 4 

2009

ARTnews Magazine, “Echo,” review by Kenneth Baker, Vol. 108, No. 11 

San Francisco Magazine, “Enrich Thyself: the finest art at the finest prices,” feature by Michael Jang, San

ARTslant, “Ever Heard of a Ritual Killing?” review by Jolene Torr, San Francisco, CA 

AWARDS & HONORS

2020

Hopper Prize Finalist

2018

Roswell Artist in Residence Program, one year, Roswell, NM

2017

Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists, MICA, two months, Léhon, FR 

2016

Dave Bown Projects, Award of Excellence, presented by Helga Christoffersen, 

Assistant Curator, New Museum, New York

2015

Juror’s Circle Prize, Sandra Firmin, Chief Curator, Colorado University Art Museum 

Studio System Art Residency, Torrance Art Museum, one month, Torrance, CA

2013

Residency, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

2011

Martignano International Residency for Artists, six months, Martignano, Italy

2010

Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, artist in residence, one month, Trondheim, Norway 

2009

Best of the Bay Area 2009, San Francisco Magazine, San Francisco, CA

2007

Finalist -- Headlands Center for the Arts Tournesol Award, Sausolito, CAXeric Foundation Grant, Boston, MA 

LECTURES

2023

Artist Talk, University of New Mexico, NM

2021

Artist Talk, Indiana University, IN

Artist Talk, University of New Mexico, NM

Artist Talk, Texas Christian University, TX 

2019

Public Discussion with Kurt Snoekx, Unit London, UK

2018

Artist Talk, Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico

Artist Talk, Brand Library and Art Center, Los Angeles, CA

2017

Exhibition Juror/Lecturer, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN

2016

Adjunct Professor of Painting and Art History, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA

Artist Talk, University of California, Berkeley, CA

2013

Artist Talk, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

2007

Artist Talk, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2017

Wooleyes, (co-curator), Washington Reid Gallery, United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles, CA 

2014

What The Mouth Sees, (curator), Alter Space, San Francisco, CA

2008

Founder and Director of 5 Mined Fields Studio, exhibition space, Berkeley, CA 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS 

Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell

Green Family Art Foundation

Longlati Foundation, Shanghai

Pond Society, Shanghai

EDUCATION

2002

Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. First-generation Graduate.