Joshua Nierodzinski

b.1982 - Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Education

2015 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, MFA

2005          University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, MA, BFA

2005          West African Drum and Dance Studies Program, Anyako, Ghana

2004          Mediterranean Studies Program, Messina, Sicily

Solo Exhibitions

2024 Just Desserts, KOIK Contemporary, Mexico City, Mexico

2023 How it started, how it’s going, CONTEXT, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2015         Below Shepherd’s Hill, Russell Industrial Center, Detroit, MI, USA

Group Exhibitions

2024 An Entirely New Word, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria

2024 The Sixth AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY, USA

2020         Intersections: The Union Square Show, Curators: Michael Gormley, Hayley Ferber,
Priska Juschka, Luciana Solano, Chashama Project Space, New York, NY, USA

2020         Food Show, Curators: Jeffrey Morabito and Chantal Lee, SFA Projects, New York, NY, USA

2019          The Weight of the Temporary, Curator: Elisa Gutiérrez Eriksen, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY

2018          Artists and Allies, signs and symbols, New York, NY

2017         A Plexus of Fragments (Two-person exhibition with Nataša Prljević), Breezeway, Queens, NY

2017         Let The Drummer Get Some (PFI Staff), Peter Freeman, Inc., New York, NY

2017          The Witnessing Event, Curator: Rashmi Viswanathan, El Museo de Los Sures, Brooklyn, NY. 

2017          Brooklyn's Finest, Curators: Elodie Castaldo and Chloe Angiolini, Holyrad Studios, Brooklyn, NY. 

2016          Vanishing Point, Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI

2016          Sofia Underground Performance Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria

2015          Made in Paint, Sam and Adele Golden Foundation, New Berlin, NY

2014          Dead At Home, Paseo Del Rollo, Salamanca, Spain

2014          Bottom Feeders and The Distant Self, Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

2014          The Print, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

2014          Crossing Paths, Centre off Riverside, Ypsilanti, MI

2011          Finding a Way, The Chazan Gallery, Providence, RI

2008         Quintessential, Firehouse 13, Providence, RI

2008         Open Studios Sample Show, ArtWorks!, New Bedford, MA

2007         Slow Workers Ahead, SummerFest, New Bedford, MA

2007         The Overview Effect, Up/Stair/Fine/Art, New Bedford, MA

2005         A Figurative Perspective, Gallery 244, Star Store, New Bedford, MA

Award and Grants

2021          AIM Fellowship (Spring 2021) The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx , NY

2017          Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (Nominee), New York, NY

2017          National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) ArtWorks Grant in support of Residency Unlimited,
Brooklyn, NY

2015           Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship (Nominee), New York, NY

2015          Smucker Wagstaff Project Scholarship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2014         Rackham Travel Conference Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2014          Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,MI

2013          Smucker Wagstaff Project Scholarship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2005          David and Alfrede Meyerson Scholarship, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, MA

2005          Gustave and Elsa Lastaiti Scholarship, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, MA

2004          Foundation Fellowship, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, MA

Curatorial Projects

2020 Scooter LaForge: Please Don’t Feed The Animals, Spring/Break, New York,NY

2019          Clear-Hold-Build, Co-Curators: Shimrit Lee, Nataša Prljević, Twelve Gates, Philadelphia, PA

2018           HEKLER Host with Francis Estrada and Ramyar Vala, De-Construkt Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2028 artists and allies, signs and symbols, New York, NY

2016           Vanishing Point, Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI

2013           The Things That Touch Me, Work: Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI

2009          About-Face: Contemporary Figurative Portraiture, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA

2008          Quintessential, Firehouse 13, Providence, RI

Residencies

2024 KOIK Contemporary, Mexico City, Mexico

2023           Byrdcliffe Artist Residency, Woodstock, NY, USA

2023           Golden Foundation Alumni Artist Residency, New Berlin, NY, USA

2018           Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, CT, USA

2018           Poh Chang Academy of Art, Bangkok, Thailand

2017           Cabin Collective, Newton, NJ, USA

2017           Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2016 Artist Alliance, New York, NY, USA

2015           The Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY, USA

2014           Golden Foundation Artist Residency, New Berlin, NY, USA

Presentations / Interviews

2018           13th International Visual Arts Workshop, Poh Chang Academy of Art, Bangkok, Thailand

2017           Make Sense: A multi-sensory workshop, Cabin Collective, Newton, NJ

2016           Artist Lecture, Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI

2015           Artist Presentation, Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic, NY

2015           Below Shepherd's Hill, Artist Lecture, Duderstadt Center, University of Michigan,  Ann Arbor, MI, USA

2011           AHTCast,  Interview by Phillip Mellon

Publications

Lauren Coulson, Paint Pulse Magazine Vol.6, Brooklyn, NY 2016

Vanishing Point, Free Oxen Press, Brooklyn, NY, 2016

Jessie Churchill, Looking at Painting, Vol.2, Leeds, UK, 2015

WASH, Free Oxen Press, Detroit, MI, 2015

Renee Doucette, A Spring Awakening: Six artists find their way at Chazan, East Side Monthly, March 2011 (pp. 30-31)

Keith Powers, Gallery X mounts intriguing show of portraits, "About-Face'.

The Standard Times, New Bedford MA, Apr. 15, 2009

Meredith Cutler, Quintessential at Firehouse No.13, Studio Debris Sept. 9 2008

Pamela Marean, Opening the door to creativity, The Standard Times, New Bedford MA. Oct 2. 2008

David B. Boyce, "Gallery X showcases member's art", South Coast Today. Oct. 19, 2008

Tyra Pacheco, "BLDG5 goes where no artist has gone before", South Coast Today. Jul 6. 2007