JOSHUA SHANE FLORES
CV: Joshua Flores
Professional Experience
Tallahassee Community College
Tallahassee, FL
Adjunct Instructor of Record: Design 1, Digital Photography
August 2023-Present
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Adjunct Instructor Of Record: Introduction to Printmaking, Intermediate Screen Print
January 2023-December 2023
Personal Artist Assistant
Las Cruces, NM
Art Handler and Technical Aid
August 2018-April 2021
Madhouse Press
Las Cruces, NM
Letterpress Printmaking Consultant and Assistant
May 2017-Present
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
Instructor Of Record: Printmaking 1, Drawing 1, and Painting 1
January 2015 - December 2017
Co Instructor Intermediate Printmaking
August - December 2016
Assistant To Safety Officer, Chemical Safety Manager, Facilities Technician
January 2016 - May 2018
Printmaking and Painting Technician
August 2014 - May 2018
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Education
Master of Fine Art: Studio Art, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (2018)
Bachelor of Fine Art: Painting, Magna Cum Laude, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (2014)
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Awards/Honors
Friends of the UAG Award, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (2018)
La Posta de Mesilla Art Appreciation, New Mexico State University, NM (2017)
Monuments to Main Street Plein Air Competition: 2nd Place, Pro Category, Las Cruces, NM (2016)
Ken Barrick Memorial Endowed Scholarship, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (2016)
Mary Lawbaugh Purchase Award, University Art Museum Permanent Collection, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (2015)
Mas Art, Art Appreciation Award, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (2015)
Electrical Box Project, Public Art, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (2014)
La Posta de Mesilla Art Appreciation, New Mexico State University, NM (2013)
Janet J. Swenson Memorial Scholarship, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (2013)
Trekell Painting Contest: 3rd Place, Trekell Fine Art Supplies, Hisperia, CA (2013)
Wanda and Willy F. Martin Scholarship, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (2010)
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Conferences
Presenter,“I’m Not your Teacher, I’m Your Mentor” on the panel The Boundaries of a Caring Classroom:
Understanding the reach, roles, and responsibilities of care-based pedagogy, SECAC 2023 at Richmond, VA
Organizations
Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI)
Mid America Print Council (MAPC)
Florida Print Society (FLPS)
Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC)
Exhibitions
2024
Disabled Visibility, SGCI, Providence, RI
FLPS Member Exhibition, Rainbow Gallery, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Myth, Pullproof Studio, Pittsburgh, PA
Works on Paper, Core Art Space, Lakewood, CO
Continuous Cycles, Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL
2023
Southern Arts Invitational, The Arts Center, Moultrie, GA
CCP Minature Print Show, Greenwich Arts Council, Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Connect: Collect 2023: Friendship, Hulsey Gallery, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
Florida Printmakers Society Biennial 2023, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Spring into Art 2023, Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2022
Rites and Passages, Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL
Push Pull, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM
Symbiotic II, Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM
Crusty, Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM
Selections from Seventh Annual 9INHAND Print Exchange, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
Relief Conspiracy Pop-Up, Madison, WI
All About Love, Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL
Art in the Time of Covid, Online Exhibition
Itty Bitty Print Exchange, Arts West, Athens, OH
2021
Itty Bitty Print Exchange, Imagine Butte Resource Center, Butte, MT
Printmakers Show, Gallery 915, Las Cruces, NM
Sticky & Moist, Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM
Despite Darkness, Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM
2020
in a Nutshell, Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM
Relief Conspiracy, The Harlow, Hallowell, ME
2020 Proof, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM
Symbiotic, Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM
“69” Third International Erotic Print Exchange, Belleartes, Cáceres, Spain
2019
Impress 2 Express: A PrintQuake in the Desert Southwest, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
Impress 2 Express Overflow, Desert Peak Architects, Las Cruces, NM
Black and White Ramble, Mas Art, Las Cruces, NM
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Awagami Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper Museum, Tokushima
Rise: Iowa Print Exchange Exhibition, Gallery 181, College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Posted: 9INHANDPRESS Print Exchange Exhibition, Frontline Arts, Branchburg, NJ
2018
Dead Matter Press Print Exchange Show, 2 Stroke Coffee, Portland, OR
Print is Dead, Dakota Arts, Bellingham, WA
Print Matter(s), Washington State University Gallery 3, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Here and Now, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM,
Juror: Joy Miller, Curator at the Las Cruces Museum of Art
NMSU Juried Student Show, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Juror: Cathy Lee Crane, Border Art Resident (BAR) 2018
Tiny Show: Mini Chaotic, Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Vices, Dive Bar Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Not Only, But Also: Graduate Thesis Exhibition, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Celebration of Obsolescence, Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance, Washington State University Gallery 3, Washington State
University, Pullman, WA
2017
Lost Landscapes, Youngers Gallery, Northeastern Junior College, Sterling, CO
Darkness, The Alleyway Gallery, Portland, OR
Practical Magic, Dead Matter Press Gallery, Portland, OR
New Acquisitions, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Tiny Show: Las Cruces, Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Dead Matter Press Exchange Party, Dead Matter Press Gallery, Portland, OR
NMSU Juried Student Show, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Juror: Steve Randall, Border Art Resident (BAR) 2017
Monochaotic II, Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM
2016
Infinity, Wells Hall Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
NeoMagic, Zuhl Museum, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM,
Jurors: Marissa Sage, Director of the University Art Gallery and Tiffany Santos, Director of the Zuhl Museum
Maximum Weight Capacity, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
NMSU Juried Student Show, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM,
Juror: Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Border Art Resident (BAR) 2016
Print, Printed, Printing IV, Burris Hall Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
2015
Monochaotic, Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Making Sense, Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Project Postcard: 2015, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
NMSU Faculty and Graduate Show, Red Dot Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Beyond the Border, Holtzman MFA Art Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD
WEAD Members and Friends, West End Art Depot., Las Cruces, NM
Id/Bird/Sand/Youth, Wells Hall, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
2014
Relinquish, Art Obscura Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Mas Art Anniversary Show, Mas Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Boondoggle, West End Art Depot, Las Cruces, NM
2014
Spring BFA Exhibition, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Print, Printed, Printing III, Burris Hall Gallery, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM
2013
October Ramble, Mas Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Project Postcard: 2013, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
NMSU Juried Student Show, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Juror: Grant Billingsley, former Border Art Resident (BAR) 2013
2012
NMSU Juried Student Show, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Jurors: Darius Himes and David Chickey, co-founders of Radius Books, Santa Fe, NM
Bibliography
Rebecca McLaren, “Issue 15: Memory Vol 1”, Polemical Zine, Online Publication, March 1, 2021.
https://issuu.com/mclarenrebecca/docs/memory1
Museum label for Angela Piehl. Pretty Vacant Fetish. New Mexico, University Art Gallery, "Curatory: Viewpoints"
exhibition, December 2-18, 2015.
Alexia Severson, “Pop-up art show explores the five senses”, Las Cruces Sun-News, December 4, 2015
Alexia Severson, “Dualities,” Las Cruces Sun News, September 4, 2015
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Alexia Severson, “Meet your Neighbor: Joshua Flores”, Las Cruces Sun-News, July 31, 2015
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Lauren Goldstein and Carmen Gimenez Smith. “Din Magazine Issue 6”, Online Publication, May 7, 2015.
http://www.issue6.dinmagazine.org
Emily C. Kelley, “Electrical box project has NMSU art students charged up”, Las Cruces Sun-News, May 9, 2014.
Shaless Robinson, “Students Showcase Their Final Work At Exhibition”, The Round-Up, April 22, 2014