JOSHUA SIN
Hi, I'm Josh.
I'm a Designer, Artist, and World Builder currently exploring play and flow with the Shaking The Tree Theatre &
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
About
Joshua (Josh) Sin is a Canadian artist and designer living in Portland, Oregon.
Trained as a world champion gymnast, a concert pianist, and a cobbler, his work is influenced by thousands of hours of articulating precision, repetition, and technique. Using discarded textiles, ancient ancestral crafts, and digital tools in world-building, he visualize a speculative future where circularity symbolizes the constant evolution of deconstruction and reconstruction. his large-scale descendant sculptures, immersive rice room installations, and video work reimagine narratives on consumer culture, the invisible boundaries between the East and West, the bridge between past and present, and the blind faith towards technology.
For more information, please reach out at joshsin@gmail.com
Selected Exhibitions
2024
- Coming Home, Revitalizing Old Town, 220 Gallery, Portland, OR
- The Dump Show, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, California
- SATIRE, Shaking The Tree Theatre, Portland, OR Oregon
- Cuts Across: Artists Respond to Lived Intersection, Carnations Contemporary,
- We Wrote This With You in Mind, Inside the Box Gallery, Portland OR
2023
- Regenerations, Portland Chinatown Museum, Portland, OR
- Ode to San Francisco, Four Chicken Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Glean, Recology, Parallax Art Center, Portland, OR
2022
- Metaverse Biennale SIKKA Art & Design Festival, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Publications, Talks, & More
2024
- Silver Medalist - Best Visual Arts for the Global Asian Creative Awards
- Anti-Fashion Fashion Show Critiques Consumer Culture - Willamette Weekly
- Simultaneity as Design: Everyday Pakistan and Beyond, Beaconhouse National School of Visual Arts and Design, Lahore, Pakistan
2023
- Sustainable Fashion Lecture, Portland State University, Portland OR
- Asian American Art Talk, Portland Chinatown Museum, Portland, OR
- Shed Panel Art Talk - The ReBuilding Center, Portland, OR
2022
- Divide Magazine, Vol 4
- Zerowaste Workshop - Danielle Elsener, Portland, OR
2016 Shoemaking Apprenticeship - Nassier Vies Studio, Toronto, ON
2015 Titanium Grand Prix winner, Cannes, France
2015 Shoemaking Workshop - School School, Port Townsend, WA
2014 Leather Manipulation - Chicago School of Shoemaking, Chicago, IL
2005 Gymnastic World Championships, Eindhoven, Netherland
2003 Gymnastic World Championship, Hannover, Germany
joshsin@gmail.com
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