Education:
Master of Fine Arts, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
Bachelor of Arts, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Galleries:
Graphite Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA
Agora Borealis, Shreveport, LA
Publications:
Art Rocks, Season 7 Episode 3, Interview, October 2019
Country Roads, Cover and Feature Article, October 2019
Shreveport Times, Ace, August 2018
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Critical Review, May 2017
Creative Quarterly 40 (online gallery), 2015
Shreveport Times, Critical Review by Robert Pincus, August 2014
Pelican Bomb, Critical Review by Tori Bush, August 2014
Art in America, August 2013
New American Paintings, No. 106: South Edition, 2013
Shreveport Times, Critical Review by Lauren Buscemi, July 2013
Art Takes Time Square, 2012
Art-City, Critical Review by Mateeka Quinn
Creative Quarterly 21, 2011
New American Paintings, No. 88: South Edition, 2010
Studio Visit: Volume 9, 2009
The Red Clay Survey: 2007 Exhibition Catalogue pg. 28, 2007
Permanent Collections:
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Harry Shearer and Judith Owens
Eric Hess and Frank Thaxton
Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Exhibitions (*solo show):
2023
Critical Mass, ArtSpace, Shreveport, LA
2022
Troubled Waters, Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College, Conway, AR
The Southern Art Collection of Eric Hess and Frank Thaxton, Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College, Shreveport, LA
*Un: Joshua Chambers, Graphite Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Critical Mass Retrospective, Artspace, Shreveport, LA
2021
Artists in Education, Bry Gallery, the University of Lousiana in Monroe, Monroe, LA
2020
Bloom! R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA
Critical Mass 8, Artspace, Shreveport, LA
2019
Chaos!!! RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Our Story: Over 50 Years of Collecting, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Critical Mass 7, Artspace, Shreveport, LA
2018
*as is was, RO2 Art: Magnolia, Dallas, TX
*let's use our words, Artspace, Shreveport, LA
Further: Joshua Chambers, Thom Johnson, Paige Powell, and Music by The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA
Critical Mass 6, Artspace, Shreveport, LA (critic: Alicia Eler)
Romanticism, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, LA
*The Mirror of Another, Ruston Artisans, Ruston, LA
2017
*Laughter is A Risk (and other struggles we choose for ourselves)", Bry Art Gallery, Monroe, LA
Art Melt 2017, Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge, LA (jurors: Courtney Taylor, Mark Tullos, Jennifer Scanlon)
The New South II, KAI LIN ART, Atlanta, GA (jurors: Veronica Kessenich, Michael White)
*New Works: Joshua Chambers, Graphite Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Critical Mass 5, Artspace, Shreveport, LA
2016
*New Works: Joshua Chambers, Graphite Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (Juror: Bill Arning)
Art Melt 2016, Capitola Park Museum, Baton Rouge, LA (Jurors: Amy Moorefield, Bradley Sumrall, Elizabeth Weinstein)
The New South, KAI LIN ART, Atlanta, GA
Critical Mass 4, Artspace, Shreveport, LA
First LaGrange Southeast Regional, LaGrange Museum of Art, LaGrange, GA
Recent Acquisitions and Favorites, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2015
Chaos!!! RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Telling Tales, Tejas Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
*The Most Terrific Liar, Donna Service Gallery, Bossier City, LA
Summer Splash Exhibition: featuring emerging artists, Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA
New Works: Joshua Chambers and Matthew Hance, Dirty Linen Night, Graphite Galleries, New Orleans, LA
Art Melt, Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
*Joshua Chambers: small works on paper, Frame of Mind, Ruston, LA
*Joshua Chambers: Painting, LSMSA Gallery, Natchitoches, LA
Surreal Salon 7, Baton Rouge Gallery: Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA (juror: Shag)
Critical Mass 3, Artspace, Shreveport, LA
52nd Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (juror: Sandra Firmin)
2014
*You'll Miss the Birds Completely, Arender Gallery, Monroe, LA
To Be Continued: The Power of Suggested Stories in the Art of Rachel Stuart-Haas, Joshua Chambers, and Taffie Garsee, Artspace, Shreveport, LA (curator: Robert L. Pincus)
Art Melt 2014, Capitol Park Museum, Baton Rouge, LA (jurors: Eric Robert Dallimore, Ben Thompson, Katie Pfohls)
*WAM: featuring Joshua Chambers, Bossier Arts Council, Bossier City, LA
Art Exhibition II, Norsworthy Gallery, Shreveport, LA
Identification, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA (juror: Dara Engler)
Critical Mass II, ArtSpace, Shreveport, LA
Generationless: Skateboard Art, ArtSpace, Shreveport, LA
51st Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (curator: Kelly Shindler)
2013
Enigma, The Gallery at Manship Theatre, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA (curator: Kelli Scott Kelley)
New Work: Lidia Altagracia and Joshua Chambers, Graphite Galleries, New Orleans, LA
*You, me, and everything inbetween, Artspace, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA (critical review by Lauren Buscemi)
Computer Aided, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (curator: Benjamin Hickey [catalog])
*The Funny Thing Was . . . , Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, OK
Critical Mass, Artspace, Shreveport Regional Arts Council, Shreveport, LA (juror: Lauren Buscemi)
Louisiana Purchase: 2nd International Juried Competition, LA Tech, Ruston, LA (juror: Barbara Bloemink, Anderson Ranch)
Surreal Salon 5, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (juror: N.C. Winters)
2012
Joey Slaughter and Joshua Chambers, Graphite Gallery, New Orleans, LA
25th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA (juror: Linda Stein [catalog])
Dirty Linen Night, Graphite Gallery, New Orleans LA
*with an apple in his mouth, Livaudais Gallery, Monroe, LA
Chambers.Reans.Slaughter, Gallery Fine Art Center, Bossier City, LA (curator: Susan Brunner)
*Between Two Unlike Things, Piney Hills Gallery, Ruston, LA
Summer Show, St. Tammany Parish Art Association, Covington, LA(juror: Miranda Lash)
49th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (juror: Liza Simone)
Surreal Salon IV, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (juror: Casey Weldon)
*Emerging Artist: Joshua Chambers, East Bank Gallery, BossierCity, LA
2011
*Ordinary people can, that is their secret, Art Innovations, Ruston, LA
24th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA (juror: Keith Perelli [catalog])
ArtMelt 2011, Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, LA (jurors: Benjamin Hickey, Kelli Scott Kelley: Professor of Painting, Rachel Wolff)
*The Works of Joshua Chambers, The Gallery at Northeastern, Tahlequah, OK
Mixed Bag, Upstairs Gallery, Monroe, LA
Louisiana Purchase: National Biennial Juried Exhibition, LATech Gallery, Ruston, LA
*Lots of monkeys smoke cigarettes, Livaudais Gallery, Monroe, LA
The Sketchbook Project, Art House Co-Op, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
Wintery Mixed Masterpieces, Piney Hills Gallery, Ruston, LA
2010
*Holiday Arts Tour, Turbo Goat, Ruston, LA
New American Paintings, Livaudais Studio, Monroe, LA
23rd September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
*Internal Sublime, Wright Gallery, TAMU, College Station, TX
47th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Joshua Chambers and Emily Ezell, East Bank Gallery, Bossier City, LA
Art Melt 2010, Louisiana State Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
Studies and Depictions, Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA
2nd NW LA Artists' Triennial Competition, Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, LA
*What now?, Turner Art Gallery, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA
2009
22nd September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
World Art Print Annual - Mini Print 2009, Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
International Miniature Print 09, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
46th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
OX 09 Contemporary Art Exhibition, Enterprise Center, Ruston, LA
2008
Unfamiliar Ground: New and Nontraditional Media, RFD Gallery, Swainsboro, GA
Louisiana's Finest: Photography Exhibition, Arender Gallery, Monroe, LA
Grants/Awards:
2019
GOLDEN Educators Residency Finalist, Sam & Adele Golden Foundation
2018
Best in Show, Critical Mass 6, Artspace, Shreveport Regional Arts Council
2016
Directors Award, First Southeast Regional
2014
Ann Connelly Fine Art Award, ArtMelt 2014
2013
Best of Show, Critical Mass, Artspace, Shreveport Regional Arts
Council
2012
Merit Award Summer Show, St. Tammany Parish Art Association
Second Place 49th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art
Individual Artist Career Advancement Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts
2011
Honorable Mention ArtMelt 2011, Louisiana State Museum
2010
First Place 23rd September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art
Honorable Mention 47th Annual Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art
2009
Second Place 22nd September Competition, Alexandria Museum
of Art
2008
Best of Show LA Tech Juried Art Show, Louisiana Tech University
Professional Experience and Development:
2019: Juror, Little River Arts Council Midsummer Art Show, Ashdown, AR
2017-present: Talented Art Teacher, Caddo Parish Schools
2017: Panelist, Workshop: Retail Display, Galleries, and Pricing your Work, Shreveport Regional Arts Council
2017: Juror, the University of Louisiana in Monroe Student Art Show
2016: Artist Team Leader, TEDxLSU
2016: Juror, Louisiana Tech University Student Art Show
2016: Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Louisiana Tech University
2015-present: LAA+ Fellow, Louisiana A+ Schools, George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts
2013: Panelist, Computer Aided Art, Masur Museum of Art
2012-2017: Talented Art Teacher, Bossier Parish Schools
2011-2012: Talented Art Teacher, Ouachita Parish Schools
2011: Juror, George Rodrigue Foundation for the Arts Art Contest, New Orleans, LA
2011: Juror, Claiborne Jubilee Art Contest, Claiborne Parish, LA
2010-2011: Curator of Education and Public Programs, Masur Museum of Art
2010: Artist in Residence, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas
2009-2010: Lecturer in Art, Drawing, Life Drawing Centenary College of Louisiana
2009-2010: Museum Educator, Meadows Museum of Art
2007-2009: Instructor of Record, Drawing I & II, Color Theory, LA Tech University