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
Selected Exhibitions
2012, Joshua Enck, Solo Exhibition, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
2011, The Gesture Contained, Solo Exhibition, Museum of Art, University of Maine, Bangor, Maine
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, Oblique Vantage: Recent Work by Joshua Enck, Solo Exhibition, AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI
2010, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Imago Gallery, Warren, RI
2009, Joshua Enck & Gretchen Dow Simpson, Two-person Exhibition, Chazan Gallery at Wheeler, Providence, 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, Interpreting the Vernacular Landscape, Three-person Exhibition, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
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, Faculty Biennial Exhibition, RISD Museum, 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, New Ideas Generated from the Sketch, M.F.A. Solo Thesis Exhibition, RISD, Providence, RI
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, 5th Annual Juried All-Media Competition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Selected Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
2010, 2011 Fellowship in Three Dimensional Art, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
2009, 2010 Merit Fellowship in Crafts, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
2009, RISD Part Time Faculty Association Professional Development Grant
2006, 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
2006, Emma International Artist Collaboration, Saskatchewan, Canada
2003, Award of Excellence, Department of Furniture Design, Providence, RI
2002, Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship, University of Illinois
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, Alpha Rho Chi Medal, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Selected Visiting Critic and Artist Lectures
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
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
2011, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Auction piece, Oxide Shoal
2010, Barnaby Evans and Irene Lawrence, Providence, RI, Cravat
2009, Fidelity Investments, North Smithfield, RI, Wedding Bench
2008, Public Sculpture Competition with Nick Hollibaugh, Pawtucket, RI, Canter and Shed
2008, Deborah Hawkins, Belmont, MA, Oxide Turnout
2007, Town of Westport, MA, Weathering Steel Public Bench Commission
2006, Andrew Hier, Belmont, MA, Dorsal Clad
2006, Cile and Bill Hicks, South Dartmouth, MA, Cairn Poise
2006, Deborah Hawkins, Belmont, MA, Flatiron Sheath
2005, Jim DeRentis, Providence, RI, Copper Wall Sconces
2005, Rising Sun Mills, Providence, RI, Pair of Recycled Douglas Fir and Pine Benches
2005, Nancy Stevens, Snowmass Village, CO, Smokestack Lally
2004, Beverly and Sam Maloof, Alta Loma, CA, Chimney Red, Oilcan Snuffer, and Headhouse Vantage
2004, Dee and Charles Wyly, Snowmass Village, CO, Petticoat Inclusion and Clerestory Askew
2004, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, Eve’s Bench
2003, Eck Follen and Charles Swanson, South Dartmouth, MA, Weathering Spandrel
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-present
Critic, Co-taught, Three-Dimensional Drawing and Design,
Spring 2005-present
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 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
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
Summers 1995-1997, Partner in independent design-construction firm, Retro Decking, St. Charles, IL