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 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