Education
2004 MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2002 BFA, Myers School of Art, University of Akron
Solo / Two Person Exhibitions
2023
Barr Gallery, Indiana University, New Albany, IN
2022
City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
2020
Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
2019
Moremen Gallery, Louisville, KY
2018
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
2017
UNLV Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2013
Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA*
2011
Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA*
2010
DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY*
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
2008
Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
2007
Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA
Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
Craft as a Tool for Activism, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA.
2020
Truth or Dare: A reality Show, 21c Museum, Louisville, KY
Sound, Spectacle, and Situation, University of Maine, Farmington, ME
2019
Lie.Cheat.Steal, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
Things to Come, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
Generation War, Torrance Art Museum, Torrence, CA
Further For Shadowing, C For Courtside, Knoxville, TN
Choreographer Showcase, Collaboration with the Louisville Ballet
Classics: Art + Music, Collaboration with the Louisville Symphony Orchestra
2018
In the Liquid, Holon Mediatheque, Holon, Israel
New York Art Book Fair, New York, NY
Open Source 1.1, The Carnegie Center, Cincinnati, OH
2017
Failure in Progress, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
Josh Azzarella: 4 Programs, UNLV Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2016
Verb List, E.Tay Gallery, New York, NY
For The Record…, Culver Center for the Arts, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA
Brick Moon, FJORD, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Proof, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Coded Image: New Media and Mediated Images, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
2014
Momentum: An Experiment in the Unexpected, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Look at me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
2013
I See You, Kunsthalle Detroit, Detroit, MI
Collapse, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Memphis Social, Multiple Locations, Memphis, TN
2012
The Day on Fire: Apocalypse in Contemporary Art, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tn.
Vis a Vis, Curated by Caryn Coleman, The House of Yes, Brooklyn, NY
Split Moment, University Art Museum, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA*
Render: New Constructions in Video Art, California Museum of Photography, Univ. of California Riverside, CA
2011
Documentary Fiction, Central Utah Arts Center, Ephraim, UT
Re-framing Terrorism, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Loft in the Red Zone, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
Open, Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
2010
Cue: Artists Videos, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada *
Never Records, No Longer Empty, New York, NY
Fear of Flying, Christopher West Presents, Indianapolis, IN
Partisan, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
<METADATAPHILE>: The Collapse of Visual Information, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA *
The Popular Reaction to September 11: A Cultural Laboratory, Golden Age, Chicago, IL
2009
UltraSonic IV, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Embedded Art: Art in the Name of Security, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Paradox Now, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
A New Reality: Black-and-White Photography in Contemporary Art, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers, Camden, NJ
2008
Art in the Age of Uncertainty, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA
Say Goodbye To..., Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Decline,The Heder Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
A New Reality: Black-and-White Photography in Contemporary Art, Walsh Museum, Fairfield University, CT
The Terrible Twos: Lawrimore Project Biennial, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA
Cancelled, Erased, Removed, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Speaking to the Unspeakable, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
Noorderzon, Groningen, Netherlands
Crash. Pause. Rewind. Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
A New Reality: Black-and-White Photography in Contemporary Art, Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, NJ *
2006
Home: Living With Contemporary Art, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
Some Things Which Are Funny and Some Things Which Are Quite Serious, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago, IL
Coming Home, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, OH
New Images, New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Activating The Medium, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Activating The Medium, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
New Media / New Work, New Media Caucus of the College Art Association, Boston, MA
Crash. Pause. Rewind. Western Bridge, Seattle, WA *
2005
Disputed Territories, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
1st Year Out, Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
New Jersey Fine Art Annual, Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece
Digital Visions, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2004
The Odds, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark NJ
Dimensions, Shane House Gallery, Tucson AZ
Group Exhibition, New Screen Broadcasting, FL
1800 Frames, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark NJ
First Look, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
* = Catalogue
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2022
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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O'Sullivan, Michael. Blurring the Line Between Art and Truth. The Washington Post, August 7.
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Ritchie, Abraham. Josh Azzarella and the 20 the Anniversary of Tiananmen Square. Art Slant, June 4.
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2007
Bischoff, Dan. Provocative Rutgers Exhibit Brings Out the Falseness of Image-Making. Star Ledger, Sep.13.
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2005
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2014
Bowen, Jonathan (Ed.). Electronic Visualization in Arts and Culture. Springer.
Macneill, Paul (Ed.), Ethics and the Arts. Springer Zydorowicz, Jacek.
Dangerous liaisons of terrorism and religion in the perspective of visual culture. The Polish National Programme for the Development of Humanities
2013
Downey, Anthony. Art and Politics Now. Thames and Hudson
Opal, Jack. Rethinking Documentary Photography: Documentary and Politics in Times of Riots and Uprisings. Ohio University.
van Haaften-Schick, Lauren. Canceled: Alternative Manifestations & Productive Failures. Half Letter Press
2012
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Artist Lectures / Panel Discussions
2022
"Art, Authorship & Reuse: A Panel Discussion". City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, NZ
"Triple Feature". City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, NZ
2019
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2018
Arkansas State University
2017
Failure in Progress, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
2015
Proof, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Pacific Northwest College of At, Portland, OR
Reed College, Portland, OR
2013
Collapse, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
CAA Panel: Film as a Social Art: contemporary moving images and social practice.
2012
Pratt, New York, NY
2010
Conversation and Screening: David LaChapelle and Josh Azzarella, LACMA, Los Angels, CA
Independent Curators International, DCKT, New York, NY
2009
Castleton State College, VT
2008
Independent Curators International, New York, NY Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2007
Myers School of Art, University of Akron
Grants and Awards
2006
Emerging Artist Award, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
2003
Fassbender Award for Excellence in Photography
Public Collections
21c
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), San Francisco, CA
Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY
The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL