Joseph Parra
b. 1990, West Palm Beach, FL
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

2022    MFA Hunter College, New York, NY
2014     Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2012     Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023    the edge of flesh and blood, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2022    TechNoir, ASHES/ASHES, New York, NY
2022    This Most Distant, Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York, NY
2016     3x3, Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD
2014     Sense of Being, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011      Surface Void, Gallerie M, Milwaukee, WI

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024    Twinks, Twunks, Hunks & Dad Bods, Curated by Charlotte Grüssing, The Hole Bowery, New York, NY
2024    Actions & Perceptions, Curated by Max Lust, friedrichs pontone, New York, NY
2024    EXPO CHICAGO with The Hole, Chicago, IL
2024    Horripilation, The Hole Bowery, New York, NY
2023    Oh To Be a Painting 2, Curated by Katelyn Ledford, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022    I Sing the Body Electric, Curated by Alexander Dijulio & Nio Vardan, Dune Alpin, East Hampton, NY
2021     We Were Already Gone, Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY *Curator 
2019     Summer Soup, Three Four Three Four, Brooklyn, NY
2018     Offshore Residency Benefit Exhibition, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY 
2017     Weightless, Alamar Schooner, 44°14'26" N 68°45'3" W, Penobscot Bay, ME
2016     Treading Water, TGIF Gallery at Kilroy Metal Ceiling, Brooklyn, NY
2015     Swap: Four Years of Exchange at Second State Press, West Gallery, Free Library, Philadelphia, PA
2014     Shhh..., Curated by John Edmonds, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2014     Sameday, Goldilocks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014     Love You Like Rainbows, Curated by Annie Daley & Ingrid Pimsner, Hooloon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013     Third Annual Member Print Exchange, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA 
2013     Images and Ruins, Curated by Michelle Gomez, School 33, Baltimore, MD
2013     Still Lyfe, Curated by James Bouché, Current Space Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2013     I'm Changing to a Word, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD 
2012     LUX Fall Benefit Exhibition, Maryland Art Place (MAP), Baltimore, MD
2012     Winters Ink, Curated by Andrew Blanchard, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
2012     Vestige: Annual Printmaking Juried Exhibition, Fox 2 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2012     Right Here: Commencement Exhibition, Main 140, Baltimore, MD
2011     Juried Undergrad Exhibition Show, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2011     Of Other Spaces: Printmaking Juried Exhibition, Rosenberg Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2011     Same To You, Curated by Eric Helgas, Suzanna Zak & Samantha Wilson, Wilgus Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2010    Juried Undergrad Exhibition Show, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2009    Installations light/space/time, Area 405, Baltimore, MD
2009    Foundation Exhibition, Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2008    Presidential Scholar Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2008    YoungArts Exhibition, The Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY
2007    YoungArts Exhibition, Margulies Warehouse, Miami, FL
2006    Tribute to Betye Saar, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2023    YoungArts Microgrant
2017     Offshore Residency, Penobscot Bay, ME
2014     The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2014     Second State Press, Fob Holder Program, Philadelphia, PA
2013     Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship for The Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Program, Woodstock, NY
2013     Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2012     Atelier Artist in Residence Program, New York, NY
2011      Painting Departmental Recognition Award, Maryland Institute College of Art 
2009    The International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy
2009    Foundation Departmental Recognition Award, Maryland Institute College of Art 
2008    Jacques and Natasha Gelman Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art 
2008    Presidential Scholar in the Arts, United States Presidential Scholars Program 
2008    Gold Award, The National YoungArts Foundation
2008    HBO Film Documentary Series Masterclass, Mentored by Frank Gehry, L.A., CA
2007    Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO
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