JOSHUA R. WILLIS
Vancouver, WA • grandewaters@gmail.com • 360-773-8014
EDUCATION
B.A. & B.F.A., Studio Art (General Fine Arts), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Merit-Based Study in Art & Architecture, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES (SELECTED)
2021 — Prospectus #253: New Mexico Only Purchase Initiative, New Mexico Arts, Santa Fe/Albuquerque, NM
2019 — Funding support, T.I.M.E. public art project Warp, Weft, Root, Stalk, New Mexico Arts & National Endowment for the Arts
2018 — Americans for the Arts “Year in Review,” national recognition (T.I.M.E. project Barrowhenge, Edgewood, NM)
PUBLIC ART / SITE WORKS
2018–2021 — Archbarrow / Barrowhenge series, site-responsive land art (City of Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center; Rail-Yard Preserve, Santa Fe; Edgewood Public Library, NM)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 — Absolutely Abstract, Art at The CAVE, Vancouver, WA
2022 — CraftTexas 2020 — traveling juried exhibition: Austin–Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX; Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
2021 — CraftTexas 2020 — traveling juried exhibition: Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX; Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX; Temple Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
2021 — Prospectus #253: New Mexico Only Purchase Initiative, New Mexico Arts, Santa Fe/Albuquerque, NM
2020 — CraftTexas 2020 — traveling juried exhibition: Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2020 — Arbol de la Vida, KiMo Theater Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2019 — ArtsThrive: Art Exhibition & Benefit, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM (works: Honeycomb Triptych; Honeycomb, Maroon; Honeycomb, Yellow, Blue; Honeycomb, Blue, Orange — invited)
2019 — AMoA Biennial 600: Textile/Fiber, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX (works: Quarter Turns; Sound Canyon — invited)
2019 — T.I.M.E.: Warp, Weft, Root, Stalk (New Mexico Arts & NEA), University of New Mexico Campus, Los Alamos, NM
2019 — Earth Threads, Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque, NM
2019 — Fiber as Metaphor, Gallery FRITZ with EVFAC, Santa Fe, NM
2019 — ArtPark 21: Out of Doors: Acts of Ecology in Albuquerque — Archbarrow, Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque, NM
2018 — Off The Wall: Mixed Media Works, State Capitol East Rotunda Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2018 — City of Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center — Archbarrow: A Land Art Work, Albuquerque, NM
2017 — T.I.M.E.: Barrowhenge, New Mexico Arts, Edgewood Public Library, Edgewood, NM
2017 — Rail-Yard Preserve — Archbarrow: A Land Art Work, Santa Fe, NM
2017 — City of Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center — Archbarrow: A Land Art Work, Albuquerque, NM
2017 — Bernalillo County Public Art Program, New Mexico Perspective, Albuquerque, NM
2016 — The Lincoln Center, New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts (34th Annual), Fort Collins, CO — invited
2016 — Kent State University Museum / Textile Art Alliance, Focus: Fiber 2016, Kent, OH — invited
2016 — Exhibit 208, Network, Albuquerque, NM
2016 — City of Mud, Neo-Tribal, Santa Fe, NM
2016 — Axle Contemporary with Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Wilderness Acts, Santa Fe, NM
2016 — Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Verge, Albuquerque, NM
2015 — The Lincoln Center, New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts (33rd Annual), Fort Collins, CO — invited (works: Red Circle; Yellow Circle; Blue Circle; Blue Circle — Detail; Red Circle — Detail; Yellow Circle — Detail)
2015 — Bernalillo County Public Art Program, Studio Tour, Albuquerque, NM
JURYING / PANELS (SELECTED)
2019 — Juror, Stepping Inside the Outside, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
2018 — Juror, Stepping Inside the Outside, Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA
2016 — Juror, Connected by Stitches, The Gallery at Penn College, Williamsport, PA
PUBLIC ART & REGISTRIES / RFQS (SELECTED)
2025 — Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAACA), Pima County, AZ — Northwest Service Center — Public Art Opportunity (RFQ) — jury round 2 in progress
2025 — City of Sunrise, Flamingo Linear Park Signature Sculptures
2019 — Oregon Arts Commission & Regional Arts & Culture Council, Oregon Art in Public Places Roster (2016–2019) — invited
2019 — New Mexico Arts, Prospectus #253 — New Mexico Only Purchase Initiative — invited
2019 — New Mexico Arts — AIPP, Prospectus #251 — T.I.M.E. Los Alamos — invited
2017 — New Mexico Arts, Prospectus #246 — New Mexico Only — invited
2017 — New Mexico Arts, Prospectus #244 — T.I.M.E. Edgewood — invited
2016 — New Mexico Arts, Prospectus #241 — Acclaimed Artist Series — invited
2015 — New Mexico Arts, Prospectus #234 — New Mexico Only Purchase Initiative — invited
2016–2018 — WESTAF, Public Art Archive — artist registry, accepted (2016; 2017; 2018)
2017 — City of Brentwood Arts Commission, Public Art RFQ
STUDIO PRACTICE
Multidisciplinary practice in textiles, metal, paint, and wood; site-responsive works exploring balance, harmony, and ecological patterns; tactile, handmade processes and participatory pathways/wayfinding.