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JOSHUA THIES
misterthies@gmail.com
Rotterdam
The Netherlands
EDUCATION
Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
MA Fine Arts, June 2009
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
BFA, Sculpture/ New Genres Department, May 2005
EXHIBITIONS
"Wild Summer of Art, 50 Rotterdam Artists" Brutus, Rotterdam, NL 2024
"IAMAIR Guided Tour Performances," Boijmans Depot, Museumnacht, Rotterdam, NL 2024
"The Water That Moves You (audible sound walk)," Maasboulevard, Rotterdam, NL 2023
"Radio Paleis Maashaven," Het Gemaal op Zuid / Operator Radio, Rotterdam, NL 2022
"Voice works by Justine McDonnell & Joshua Thies," Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL 2021
"everything's gonna be fine," Peach, Rotterdam, NL 2020
"CO/LAB 4," Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA 2019
"Anxious City Festival," Fair Design Plein, Rotterdam, NL 2018
"ZigZagCity Festival," Garment Factory (Confectiefabriek), Rotterdam, NL 2018
"Infinite Outwardness," Varia, Rotterdam, NL 2018
"Stored Potential & Laser Beam Escalator," W Y, Łódź, Poland, 2017
"ETHER Sniffing: Wireless Telephony," S/ASH Gallery, Rotterdam, NL 2017
"PEACH, The Life Intense," W139, Amsterdam, NL 2016
"Group Exhibition, Focus," Gallery Lokaal, Rotterdam, NL 2016
"Gabo Scream Queen," Sculpture Int. Gabo Restoration Project, Rotterdam, NL 2016
"Club Gusto - Creative Universe," Grand opening group exhibition, Rotterdam, NL 2016
"Freierfest" - First Annual Festival of Contemporary Art, Odessa, Ukraine 2016
"RAAR (Rotterdam Art And Radio)," Festival Charlois Speciaal, Rotterdam, NL 2016
"RESCUE," Red Barn Project Space, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 2015
"November Second," Abandoned Football Field, North Rotterdam, NL 2014
"VOND.A #5," Roodkapje, Rotterdam, NL, 2014
"In Free Fall," Wolfart Projectspace, Rotterdam, NL 2014
"Sonic Postcards," Audio Foundation, Auckland, NZ 2014
"Because It's Written," Wolfart Projectspace, Rotterdam, NL 2013
"Re:Rotterdam 2013," Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL, 2013
"Creative Culture Exhibition and Conference," Padova, Italy, 2012
"BYOB Amsterdam," Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, NL 2012
"Hellebou Vol.4 Expo," Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL 2012
"Appeal to Probability," Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL 2011
"Hellebou Residency and Publication," Hellebou, Helleberg, Telemark, Norway 2011
"Kunst Kamers," De Zwarte Ruyter (various locations Nordereiland), Rotterdam, NL 2011
"GuestROOM" solo exhibition, Rotterdam, NL 2011
"Second Hand Stories," Rhizomatic Project Space, Amsterdam, NL 2010
"Reception Room," WOLFART Projectspace, Rotterdam, NL 2010
"Opening: The Show," CBKU, Utrecht, NL 2010
"Terrain Vague," Expodium, Utrecht, NL 2009
"neveroddoreven," TENT, Rotterdam, NL 2009
"Tekeningen Expo/Drawing Exhibition," Stichting Kasteel van Rhoon, NL, 2009
"It Hits My Hair," WOLFART Projectspace, Rotterdam, NL, 2009
"Herioc," Former Foto Museum, Rotterdam, NL 2008
"The Perfect Society," Schouwburg, Rotterdam, NL 2008
PUBLICATIONS
Metropolis M
Tijdschrift Over Hedendagse Kunst
(Contemporary Art Publication)
No2 2017 Apr/May
Tune In, The growing popularity of internet radio
Interviews and text by Anne Marijn Voorhorst
pp 33-36
Hellebou Vol.4
Yearly Residency Publication
by Ellen Surhke and Johanne Birkeland, 2014
text and documentation of artworks plus sound performance
Simulacrum
Tijdschrijft voor kunst en cultuur
'Beyond the Horizon'
by Anne Siffels
April 2010, jaargang 18, #2/3, pp 84-89
text and image coverage of 'LIVE/LEAVE (the nl)' exhibition
hOUTSKOOL
A5 DE NIEUWE 16MM
'Letter From the Young Artist-Inquiry to Cerith Wyn Evans'
by Joshua Thies
March 2010, Artzine Nummer 1, Jaargang 2
Kunstbeeld Nieuws
'Gluren naar vensterbanken en schoorsteenmantels'
(Glaring at window sills and fireplace mantles)
by Anna van Leeuwen
July 2009
Krooning '08/'09
WdKA Magazine
'Collections, Constructions, Coercions: The Archive Into the Artwork'
by Joshua Thies
26 June 2009, Fourth Edition, pp 48,49
EXPERIENCE
Paviljoen aan het water
Programer of Friday performance art events and concerts, Summer Season 2016
Brieleselaan 157, Rotterdam
https://www.facebook.com/paviljoenahW/
RAAR (Rotterdam Art And Radio)
Host and content programer, 06/16-Present
Various locations in the city of Rotterdam
http://mixlr.com/raar/showreel/
WOLFART Projectspace
Event Programmer/Exhibition Curator, 06/09-02/18
Wolphaertstraat 25, 3082BJ Rotterdam, Netherlands
https://www.facebook.com/wolfartprojectspace/
LAAT
Founder and Manager
Art, Presentations, Film Screenings, Sound Performance
Wolphaertstraat 23/c, 3082BJ Rotterdam, Netherlands
http://i90631.wix.com/laat
https://www.facebook.com/LAATER.Rotterdam/
VanDeSky Stage Builders
Music Festival Stage Building
Various Locations The Netherlands
Freelancer 2016 Season
No Problem Stage Design
Creative Stage and Structure Building, June/2014-2016
Various Locations, The Netherlands
http://www.noproblemstagedesign.nl/
Sils Gallery/Half Juni, Cafe and Art Book Library
Gallery Attendant and Caretaker, 06/09-Present
Wolphaertsbocht 51, 3082 Rotterdam
www.silsprojects.info
Tutti Timbri, Theater/Musical Instrument Construction
Freelance Carpentry, 8/09-Present
Erasmussingel 54, 3051KH Rotterdam
www.tuttitimbri.nl
Ship Art International, Art Handling, Shipping, Storage, Installation
Assistant Wherehouse Manager, 8/05-8/07
1333 Lowrie Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080
www.shipart.com
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / VOLUNTEER WORK
V2 Institute for Unstable Media, Exhibition host & book sales, 09/16-Present, Eendrachtsstraat 10, 3012 XL Rotterdam, Netherlands
WOLFART Projectspace
Volunteer Curator/Secretary, 11/09-02/18
Wolphaertstraat 25, 3082BL Rotterdam, Netherlands
New Ateliers Charlois (NAC) Foundation
Member and Event Coordinator, 02/08-Present
Wolphaertstraat 45, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Wereld van het Witte de With Festival, Builders Group, Artist Liason, 12-14 Sept 2014, Rotterdam Centrum, Netherlands
DEAF (Dutch Electronic Arts Festival), 21-24 May 2014, Builders Group, Exhibition Attendant, Robot Operator, Het Niuwe Institute-V2 Institute for unstable media, Rotterdam Centrum, Netherlands
LAAT performance art space and art bar, 22 Feb-27 Nov 2014
HONORS AND AWARDS / GRANTS
CBK Rotterdam funding for Hellebou residency
Ursula Pearl Fund
NAF (Netherlands-America Foundation) Scholarship
Expodium platform voor jonge kunst residency
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