Josh Usmani
FUNNY MONEY II
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Josh Usmani
Born 1985, Cleveland, OH EDUCATION B.A. in Studio Art (Painting), Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, May 2013 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 FUNNY MONEY II, Tregoning & Company, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, OH 2013 FUNNY MONEY, Naji, Naji and Tekler, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, OH Untitled Exhibition, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, CWRU, Cleveland, OH 2011 Who the Hell is Josh Usmani?, Breakneck Gallery, Lakewood, OH SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (complete list of over 100 exhibitions available upon request) 2014 PEN PALS: Transatlantic Collaborations, Gallery One Sixty, Cleveland, OH (Rachel Strongoli, Daniel Andersson-Boe (Sweden) and Josh Usmani) DayGlo III, Doubting Thomas Gallery, Cleveland, OH Optical Delusions, Annual Benefit, SPACES Cleveland, OH 21st People’s Art Show, The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH Drawn In, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH Under Construction, ARTneo Annual Benefit Art Auction, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, OH CAN Journal Annual Benefit Art Auction, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH Monster Drawing Rally, SPACES, Cleveland, OH 3D Show, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH NUMBERS, Sanudsky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH 2013 Winter Art Invitational, Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH Obsolete, Studio 2091, Cuyahoga Falls, OH Distorted Portraits, Breakneck Gallery, Lakewood, OH 50/50 Show, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, OH Tall Walls, Loren Naji Studio Gallery, Cleveland, OH Crunchy: Sugary Coated Cartoon Art for Big Kids, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, OH Rust Belt Rivalry: CLE vs. PITT, Most Wanted Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA and Waterloo Arts Fest, Cleveland, OH Idea Culture, University of Akron, Akron OH and FORUM Art Space, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, OH 42nd Annual Student Show and Merit Scholar Exhibition, The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 4U, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH Animatopoeia (Student Section), The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH Squared, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (cont’d.) 2012 Luminescence, Doubting Thomas Gallery, Cleveland, OH 20th People’s Art Show, The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh II, Garfield Art Works, Pittsburgh, PA Gold, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH Who is Deborah Ellen Shore?, Survival Kit Gallery, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, OH Feeds, Ingenuity Fest, Cleveland, OH Vinyl Visions, Hollywood Theater, Pittsburgh, PA 50/50 Show, Dredger’s Union, Cleveland, OH 41st Annual Student Show and Merit Scholar Exhibition, Wooltex Gallery, Cleveland, OH CSU Arts Campus Grand Opening Gala, CSU Arts Campus, Cleveland, OH Studio Skateboard, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH 2011 2307: The Final Exhibition (Student Section), CSU Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH Annual Members’ Show, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, OH 40th Annual Student Show and Merit Scholar Exhibitions, CSU Art Gallery (Chester location), Cleveland, OH 2010 19th People’s Art Show 39th Annual Student Show and Merit Scholar Exhibition, CSU Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Main Sequence Technologies (Kirtland, OH) AWARDS 2013 Honorable Mention, Waterloo Arts Annual Members Show, May 2013 2012 Best of Drawing Award, 41st Annual Student Art Show, Wooltex Gallery, Cleveland, OH, May 2012 Best Work on Paper (Drawing and Printmaking combined category), 40th Annual Student Art Show, CSU 2011 Art Gallery (Chester Location), May 2011 2nd Place, Red Bull Energy’s Gripped Canvas, Pop Shop Gallery, Lakewood, OH BIBLIOGRAPHY 2015 Gill, Michael, Detailed Event Listing for FUNNY MONEY II, CAN Journal, Spring 2015, page 72 (image, page 73) 2014 Grzegorek, Vince, “Say Hello to Your New Visual Arts Editor, Josh Usmani”, Cleveland Scene Magazine, September 2014 (http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/09/09/say-hello-to-your-new-visual-arts-editor-josh-usmani) Naji, Loren, “Loren Naji Presents Funny Money, a Mural Opportunity and a Cubed Moon”, CAN Journal, Winter 2013/2014, page 22 (additional image and event listing, page 52) Ayala, Linda, “Interview with a Curator: Josh Usmani on ‘Controversy’ ”, Wall Eye Gallery Blog, December 2011 (http://walleyegallery.blogspot.com/2011/12/interview-with-curator-josh-usmani-on.html) LINKS TO PUBLISHED ARTICLES: Cleveland Scene Magazine: (http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/ArticleArchives?author=4380421) Cool Cleveland: (http://coolcleveland.com/blog/category/writers/josh-usmani/) My Favorite Event of the Year (Guest Writer for SPACES’ Blog): (http://www.spacesgallery.org/blog/2014/03) PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION 2015 35th Annual Scholastic Arts + Writing Competition, Juror, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, January 2015 National Arts Program Annual Exhibition, Juror, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, OH, November 2014 19 Action News, Interview Regarding State Liquor Agents’ Raid of Loren Naji Studio Gallery, May 2014 On Art Writing, Art Writers Panel Discussion, Lunch on Fridays, Cleveland Institute of Art, April 2014 Monster Drawing Rally, Flyer Image Design, SPACES, April 2014 PEN PALS, Artist Talk, Gallery One Sixty, Cleveland, OH, April 2014 2013 CSU @ CWAL, Curator, Cleveland West Art League, 78th Street Studios, January 2013 2012 METAMORPHOSIS: A Benefit for the Nagy Family, Curator, Waterloo Arts (then Arts Collinwood), Cleveland, OH, February 2012 2011 Controversy, Curator, Zaller Gallery, Cleveland, OH, December 2011 |
