Joshua Enck
joshuaenck@gmail.com
www.joshuaenck.com
Education
MFA 2003, Department of Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Graduated with Honors
BSAS 1999, School of Architecture, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, Graduated with High Honors
1997-1998, l’Ecolé d’Architecture, Versailles, France, Study Abroad Program, University of Illinois
Solo Exhibitions
2012, Joshua Enck, Solo Exhibition, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
2011, The Gesture Contained, Solo Exhibition, Museum of Art, University of Maine, Bangor, ME
2010, Oblique Vantage: Recent Work by Joshua Enck, Solo Exhibition, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI
2003, New Ideas Generated from the Sketch, M.F.A. Solo Thesis Exhibition, RISD, Providence, RI
Two and Three Person Exhibitions
2012, Reconsidering, Three-person exhibition at Green Space, T.F. Green Airport, Providence, RI
Curators: Sarah Ganz Blythe (RISD Museum of Art), Amy Horschak (The Museum of Modern Art)
2012, Contour: Reflections on Form, Two-person exhibition, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA
2009, Joshua Enck & Gretchen Dow Simpson, Two-person Exhibition, Chazan Gallery, Providence, RI
2008, Interpreting the Vernacular Landscape, Three-person Exhibition, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, PA
Group Exhibitions
2013, Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Museum of Art, RISD Chace Center, Providence, RI
2012, Small Works, Group exhibition, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA
2012, Decoy, Group Show, Saskatchewan Craft Council Affinity Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2012, Bigger | Glorious Objects, Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown RI, Curator: Jesse Smith
2011, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, The Artists Cooperative Gallery, Westerly, RI
2011, Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Museum of Art, RISD Chace Center, Providence, RI
2011, Cairn Croft Sculpture Exhibition, Cairn Croft Sculpture Garden, Dover, MA
2010, Arts and Eats, Group Exhibition, Providence, RI
2010, Mercantile Building Model Unit Group Exhibition at AS220, Providence, RI
2010, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI
2009, Functional Objects of Desire, Gallery Z, Providence, RI
2009, Full Circle, Marwen Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009, Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Museum of Art, RISD Chace Center, Providence, RI
2008, Cairn Croft Exhibition, Cairn Croft Sculpture Garden, Dover, MA
2007, New/Now: 10 Makers for the New Millennium, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA,
Curators: Meredyth Hyatt Moses and Kathryn Corbin
2007, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Firehouse 13, Providence, RI
2007, Whatever Meredyth Wants Now, Gallery Naga, Boston, MA, (Curator: Meredyth Hyatt Moses)
2007, RISD Routes, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA,
(Curator: David Revere McFadden, Chief Curator of New York’s Museum of Art and Design)
2006, Excellence in Craft Artist Fellowship Exhibition, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2006, Cairn Croft Exhibition, Cairn Croft Sculpture Garden, Dover, MA
2006, Box Elder Studios and Cucumber Lab: Recent Works, RISD Works, Providence, RI
2005, Selected Contemporary Artists, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, (Curator: James Brayton Hall)
2005, Small Works, group exhibition, RISD Works, Providence, RI
2005, Faculty Biennial Exhibition, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2005, Box Elder Studios-Providence Fine Furnishings Show, group exhibition, Providence, RI
2005, New Work from the RISD Department of Furniture Design Faculty, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
2004-2006, Represented and exhibited by Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004, Resident Artist Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2003, Emerging Perspectives, Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2003, Roaring Fork Open, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen CO
2003, RISD Graduate Student Exhibition, RISD Museum and Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2003, Resident Artist Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2003, 5th Annual Juried All-Media Competition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2002, RISD Independently Curated Graduate Furniture Exhibition, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
Selected Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
2012, Professional Development Grant, Rhode Island School of Design
2012, New England Art Awards, People’s Choice Sculpture Award
2011, Fellowship in Three Dimensional Art, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
2010, Merit Fellowship in Crafts, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
2009, RISD Part Time Faculty Association Technical Development Fund
2007, Merit Fellowship in Crafts, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
2006, Excellence in Craft Artist Fellowship, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2003, Award of Excellence, Department of Furniture Design, Providence, RI
2002, Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship, University of Illinois, IL
Awarded for high achievement and artistic merit to further advanced study in the Fine Arts
1999, The Frank B. and Jennie M. Long Traveling Fellowship, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Awarded for 3 months of study and travel, The Study and Documentation of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Transcontinental Mainline: An Exploration in Railroad Landscape, Infrastructure, and Industrial Obsolescence
1999, Ricker Award in History of Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Awarded for architectural history paper of highest merit, The New Functional Building Style: A Development within the Urban Parisian Context
1999, The Louise Woodroofe Prize, Second Place, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1999, Alpha Rho Chi Medal, Honorary Award presented to one graduate, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1998-1999, American Institute of Architects Scholarship of Merit, Northeast Illinois Chapter, IL
1998, Gargoyle Architectural Honors Society, Illinois Chapter, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1997, Charles Clemens Councell Memorial Fund in Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1996-1998, Earl Prize Award for Excellence in Architectural Design (Four awards), University of Illinois
Selected Visiting Critic and Artist Lectures
2012, Guest Critic, Two-Dimensional Drawing and Design, RISD, Providence, RI
2012, Emma International Artist Collaboration, Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada
2010, Art Juror, All Media Open Juried II, South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
2010, Artist Lecture, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI
2010, Visiting Artist, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
2010, Visiting Artist, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2009, Visiting Artist, Art Department, University of Wisconsin at Madison, WI
2007, Manthan II Artist Lecture, Delhi, India
2007, Aya Nagar Design Charrette, University of the Arts and Royal Society of the Arts, Delhi, India
2006, Emma International Artist Collaboration, Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada
2006, Visiting Critic, Architectural Design Core Studio IV, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
2006, Artist Presenter, The Art of Business: Prospering as a Creative Entrepreneur, RISD
2006, Curator, Between Idea & Object, Student Drawings and Sketches, Design Within Reach, Providence, RI
2005, Visiting Artist/Instructor Lecture, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2005, Artist Lectures, Free For All Sundays and Docent Talk, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2005, Visiting Critic, Metalworking for Furniture Makers: Lines in Space, RISD, Providence, RI
2004, Visiting Artist/Instructor Lecture, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2000, An Exploration in Canadian Railroad Landscape, Infrastructure, and Industrial Obsolescence
Public Lecture in the Colloquium series, University of Illinois School of Architecture, Urbana, IL
Selected Collections and Commissions
2012, Filament, Private Collection, New York City
2012, Optic Splitter, Private Collection, New Jersey
2012, Lineament, Private Collection, New Jersey
2012, Riven Draft, Private Collection, New Jersey
2011, Oxide Shoal, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Sculpture auction
2010, Cravat, Private Collection, Providence, RI
2009, Wedding Bench, Fidelity Investments, North Smithfield, RI
2008, Canter and Shed, Public Sculpture Competition with Nick Hollibaugh, Pawtucket, RI
2008, Oxide Turnout, Private Collection, Belmont, MA
2007, Weathering Steel Public Bench Commission, Town of Westport, MA
2006, Dorsal Clad, Private Collection, Belmont, MA
2006, Cairn Poise, Private Collection, South Dartmouth, MA
2006, Flatiron Sheath, Private Collection, Belmont, MA
2005, Vantage Obscure, Private Collection, Providence, RI
2005, Pair of Recycled Douglas Fir and Pine Benches, Rising Sun Mills, Providence, RI
2005, Smokestack Lally, Private Collection, Snowmass Village, CO
2004, Chimney Red, Oilcan Snuffer, and Headhouse Vantage, Private Collection, Alta Loma, CA
2004, Petticoat Inclusion and Clerestory Askew, Private Collection, Snowmass Village, CO
2004, Eve’s Bench, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2004, Table and Coopered Ceiling Sculpture, Private Collection, Aspen, CO
2003, Weathering Spandrel, Private Collection, South Dartmouth, MA
Teaching Experience
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Division of Foundation Studies
Critic, Spatial Dynamics, (Three-Dimensional Design),
Fall 2006-present
Department of Furniture Design
Critic, Co-taught, Two-Dimensional Drawing and Design,
Fall 2005-2011
Critic, Co-taught, Three-Dimensional Drawing and Design,
Spring 2005-2011
Critic, Metalworking for Furniture Makers: Lines in Space,
Wintersession 2006
Critic, Co-taught, Dialogues in Sculpture and Furniture,
Wintersession 2006
University of Illinois, School of Architecture, Study Abroad Program, Versailles, France
Spring 2013, Instructor, Greece, Three Greek Islands: Capturing the Relationship of Architecture to the Landscape,
Spring 2010, Instructor, Italy, Vernacular Architecture and Pedestrian Landscapes of Venice and the Cinque Terre
Spring 2007, Instructor, Greece, Plein Aire Architectural Sketching in Athens, Santorini, and Mykonos
Spring 2006, Instructor, Greece, Pedestrian Vernacular: the Intimately Scaled Neighborhoods of Athens and Mykonos
Spring 2005, Instructor, Italy, Vantage, Perspective, and Detail: the Urban Vernacular Landscape of Venice, Italy
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Instructor, Furniture and Sculpture for the Outdoors, 2005
Instructor, Working in Series: Scales and Multiples, 2004
Professional Experience
2003-present, Independent Studio Artist
2012, Interim Vice President, RISD Part Time Faculty Association
2005-present, Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Division of Foundation Studies, Furniture Department
2003-2005, Woodshop Manager & Teaching Assistant, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2001-2003, Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Summer 2002, Teaching Assistant, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2001-2003, Technical Assistant and Monitor, Woodshop and Metal shop, RISD, Providence, RI
January 2000-June-2001, Architectural Staff, McBride and Kelley Architects, Ltd., Chicago, IL