| Joshua Hagler |
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Joshua Hagler was born on Mountain Home Airforce Base in Mountain Home, Idaho, 1979. Born into a working-class family, he has lived in small towns, suburbs, and cities throughout the United States. After graduating from the University of Arizona with an BFA in Studio Art, he moved with his wife Laura to San Francisco, where he now lives and works as a full-time artist.
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| About the Artist |
www.joshuahagler.com |
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Prayers Like Two Black Wells (
2007 oil on panel 241cm x 119cm |
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The Children's Ministry
2006 oil on panel (framed) 71cm x 127cm |
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When the Lights Came On. . .
2007 oil on panel 163cm x 119cm |
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The full title of this piece is:
"When the lights came on in the middle of the night (pow!) there you were like two enthusiastic angels shining with your bright, pink love, and I knew God had finally come for us deep, dark children in our deep, dark places."
part of the upcoming "Bring us Rapture" solo show at the Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco opening April 21, 2007 |
Dinosaur
2007 oil on panel 81cm x 119cm |
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The Colony
2007 oil on canvas 137 cm x 137 cm |
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Part of "Bring us Rapture" solo show at Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, through April 30, 2007. |
The Kingdom
2007 oil on canvas 213cm x 91.5cm |
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The Way Home
2007 oil on canvas 152.5cm x 183cm |
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Part of "Bring us Rapture" solo show at Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, through April 30, 2007. |
Leviathan Disco
2007 6 ft x 8 ft |
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Ancient Past Sprawls Languid and Wasteful Into Present Future
2007 96 inches x 48 inches |
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God has only to Wink and the Earth is Pregnant with Jokes
2007 67 inches x 30 inches |
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Virgin Queen
2008 oil on canvas 91.4 X 91.4 cm |
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Virgin Martyr
2008 oil on canvas 91.4 X 91.4 cm |
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s(&m)
2008 oil on canvas 91.4 X 91.4 cm |
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(s)&m
2008 oil on canvas 91.4 X 91.4 cm |
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Beauty Queens
2008 oil on canvas 91.4 X 91.4 cm |
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Golgotha
2008 oil on canvas 340cm x 183cm |
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To be included in solo exhibition "72 Virgins to Die For" at Frey Norris Gallery in San Francisco. www.freynorris.com |
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| Education and biography |
University of Arizona
MFA Studio Art, 2002
A small selection of past exhibitions from 2002-2006:
"Bring us Rapture"
Solo Show
Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco
2007
"Faithfully"
Group Show
Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
2007
"Your Gallery"
juried group show
Guardian's Gallery
London
2006
San Francisco Emerging Artist Awards Galla | juried exhibit, San Francisco Center for Design Galleria, San Francisco, CA
*nominated for Emerging Artist Award, 2005
Contemporary Perspectives | juried show, Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
Lost Causes | three person exhibition featuring the work of Blaine Fontana, Matthew Bourque and Joshua Hagler, Urban Earth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Surfacing | three-person show featuring the work of Gage Opdenbrouw, J.D. Stambaugh, and Joshua Hagler, 550 Bryant St. offices and studios, San Francisco, CA
2002 The Medium is the Massage | group show now on permanent display, Triestman Center at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Viscom Show | juried student exhibition, Joseph Gross Gallery at the University of Arizona Fine Arts Museum, Tucson, AZ
*Awarded the judge's selection prize for best two-dimensional work in the senior show, Raphael Lopez
Head First and Luminous | two-person exhibition featuring the work of Albert Hardin and Joshua Hagler, Carbonbase Gallery, Tucson, AZ |
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| Future shows |
| "72 Virgins to Die For," Rico Garcia Fine Art, Los Angeles, January 10, 2008 |
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Website: www.joshuahagler.com |
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