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JOSHUA DEANER                                          

Born 1976. Boston, MA                                                                                      

Lives and works in Providence, RI and Little Compton, RI

EDUCATION:

1996             Associates Degree of Applied Arts and Sciences

                      Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

BOOKS:

2024 An Honest Liar

Wake Up Your Mother Not Me

2023 Shhh! Walls Have Ears

Someone Else’s Lipstick

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

I wasn’t Looking When This Was Taken

2021 Breadcrumbs

9 Strip Clubs In Rhode island

2020 A Time And A Place

Real Estate Field Manual

Millenovecentonovantasette

4 Sentences

2019 Let Me Forget Anything

2018 The First 10 Years

2012               Disappeared

                        If I Die Young I Musta Been Good

2011                Some Blood Some Tears

                        In The Window Of My Grandfather’s Store

                        Ritual Burial Of Letter To Long Lost Friends

2010                A Town Without Pigeons

2009               i sell fish.

2008                Shortly After Her disappearance

2007               Examples of Desperation

2000                As I Lay Waiting

1998               Lettera Curiosa

1996             Before Bed

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:    

2005               Oslo, Brooklyn, NY

2004               Gallery 33, Tel Aviv, Israel

2000               Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

                       Louis Boston, Boston, MA

1997               Corto Maltese, Matera, Italy

1996               L’Atelier Salon, Boston, MA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2025 “Leftovers” The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA

2016 “Welcome: Page by Page” at The Center For Photography At Woodstock, NY

2013                “Ed Ruscha: Books & Co.” Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY

                        “Ed Ruscha: Books & Co.” at the Museum Brandhorst, Munich Germany

                        “Serious Double Acts" at Marcus Campbell ArtBooks, London, England

                        “A Fair” Art + Design Gallery University of Kansas, Kansas MO

2012                 “Help/less” Printed Matter, New York, NY                     

“ABCED” Mews Project Space, London, England

                        “Evolution of Photo Bookmaking” Mercantile Library at FotoFocus Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

“Over-Booked: A Chapter from the NY Art Book Fair at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN 

2011                 “ABC Artists’ Books Collective” Printed Matter, New York, NY

                         “Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition” Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

                        “Pushing Paper” Dominican University, O’Connor Art Gallery, River Forest, IL

2010                 “Exposure: The Annual PRC Juried Exhibition” Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA

                         “A Town Without Pigeons” 2 Person Show, AS220, Providence, RI

2009                 Gallery 291, San Francisco, CA

                         “Juried Exhibition” Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI

                         “4th Annual Photography Exhibition and Sale” Four Corners Arts Center, Tiverton, RI

2002                 “The Coaster Project, Destination: The World” Brooklyn, NY

                         "Amanecer", Brooklyn, NY

                         “Small Works” Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY

2000                 “Something About The Girl” Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

                         “Face Off” Fuller Museum Of Art, Brockton, MA

                         “ARTCetera 2000” Boston, MA

1999                  “Paper Prayers 11” Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA

                          Art-East Gallery, Balatonfured, Hungary

1997                  “Under 25” Fort Points Arts Community Gallery, Boston, MA

1996                  Christina’s, Cambridge, MA

                          Framingham Public Library, Framingham, MA

PRESS / IN PRINT:

2024 Mnemotope 006. Bogbodies Press. Amsterdam, Netherlands

2010                  “Out Of The Darkroom” Phillipe de Pury & Company, NOW catalogue, March 6, 2010

                 “Joshua Deaner @ AS220” Big Red Shiny, March 16, 2010

Photographic Resource Center - Group Show, The Boston Globe, May 9, 2010

2009                  “Joshua Deaner” the biggest little, December 14, 2009

2000                   “Hot Show” Stuff At Night, February, 1, 2000

“A gritty, hopeful urban dreamscape” The Boston Globe, June 15, 2000

                     “An Impressive new talent” South End News, June 8, 2000

BOOK FAIRS:

2013                LA Art Book Fair, Los Angeles,CA

2012                The NY Art Book Fair, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

                        Offprint Paris, Espace Kiron, Paris, France

                        London Art Book Fair, Whitechapel Gallery, London, England

2011                The NY Art Book Fair PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

                        Stealing Books Copeland Market Book Fair at Son Gallery, Peckham, England

2010                Offprint Paris Espace Kiron, Paris, France

                         The NY Art Book Fair PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

                         Flash Forward Festival “Self-Published Book Expo” Toronto, Canada

                         London Art Book Fair Whitechapel, Gallery, London, England

                         Self Publish, Be Happy The Photographers, Gallery, London, England

                         3. International Photobook Festival Documenta-Halle, Kassel, Germany

                         Artists’ Books and Independent Publishing Fair” The New Art Gallery, Walsall, England

2009                 Very Hotshot Holiday Market Silver Eye Center of Photography, Pittsburgh, PA

AWARDS:                                                                 

2024                 Shortlist for Villa Lena Residency 2025, Palaia, Italy

2009                 First Prize fine art book category, Blurb - Photography.Book.Now International Competition

2001                 Finalist Award in Photography from Massachusetts Cultural Council

1999                Artist in Residence, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Balatonfured, Hungary

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

                         Blue Sky Gallery, Portland OR

                         Boston Public Library, Boston, MA

                         George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

                         Indie Photobook Library, Washington, DC

                         International Center of Photography, New York, NY

New York Public Library, New York, NY

                         School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

                         Ms. Aimee Beubien, Chicago, IL

                        Mr. Giuseppe Buonsanti, Matera Italy

                         Mr. Daniel Shanken, Harrisburg, PA

                        Ms. Ruth Daniels, Somerville MA

                         Mr. Nicola DiPede, Matera, Italy

                        Mr. Mark Glovsky, Glocester, MA

                        Mr. Mark Gurley, Boston, MA

                        Mr. & Mrs. Kreg Holt, Brooklyn, NY

                        Mr. Bernard Toale, Allston, MA

                        Mr. & Mrs. Joe Toreno, Chino, CA

                        Mr. Guy Yanai, Tel Aviv, Israel