BIOGRAPHY

Josh Wallace was born in Vernon, British Columbia in 1995. He graduated from University of Victoria with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in 2022 and currently lives in Victoria. He has exhibited in British Columbia and is currently represented by Madrona Gallery in Victoria, BC and Hambleton Galleries in Kelowna, BC.

Inspired by historical painting and modern digital media, Wallace incorporates traditional techniques to create contemporary imagery. His subjects are friends, family and the landscape, using them to experiment with narratives, compositions and the medium.

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EDUCATION

2022 Bachelors of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Honours, University of Victoria

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 Stuff, Vernon Community Art Centre, Vernon B.C.

2023, Midnight Walk, Madrona Gallery, Victoria B.C.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014 Riot on the Roof, Vernon B.C.

2015 Armstrong Art Gallery, Armstrong B.C.

2015 Splash of Red, Vernon B.C.

2016 Leap Gallery, Vernon B.C.

2016 Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna B.C.

2018 Sooke Fine Arts Show, Sooke B.C.

2019 ~ Hambleton Galleries Annual Christmas Exhibition, Kelowna B.C.

2022, Subject to Change, University of Victoria, Victoria B.C.

2022, Visage, Rockslide Gallery, Victoria B.C.

2024, Colours of Summer, Madrona Gallery

2024, Still/Life, This_____, Vancouver B.C.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Pilot Sponsorship Project from Vernon Community Art Centre, 2014

Mural Commissioned by CSRD, 2016

Gallery Assistant at Madrona Gallery 2019 - 2023

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Hambleton Galleries - Kelowna, British Columbia

Madrona Gallery - Victoria, British Columbia

COLLECTIONS

Permanent Collection of the Vernon Public Art Gallery

Promised Future Bequest to the Collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

PRESS

“Riot on the Roof”, Shaw TV Okanagan, August 21, 2014

“Artist, Gallery Looking for Missing Painting”, October 5, 2014

“Art Wars: Old Guy vs Young Guy”, Today in BC, July 15, 2016

“Artists Splash on the Red for Caetani”, Vernon Morning Star, August 5, 2016

“Joshua Wallace at Kelowna Community Theatre”, artsco, March 15, 2017

“Joshua Wallace”, Galleries West, Nov 6, 2019

“Annual BFA Exhibit Returns to in Person Format”, UVIC, April 12, 2022

“Midnight Walk”, Galleries West, April 6, 2023

“Josh Wallace: Midnight Walk”, Do 250, April 4, 2023

“At the Galleries: Passion of paint, sculpture, collide in greater Victoria spaces”, April 9, 2023, Oak Bay News