Josh Jensen

Born in Amiskwacîwâskahikan, Treaty 6 Territory, Edmonton, Canada. Based in Tiohtiá:ke, Montréal, Canada.

Education

2022 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, Photography, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec

Solo/Duo Exhibitions

2024 Full Circle, Main Floor Showcase, Casa, Lethbridge, Alberta

2024 Degrowth Utopia, Joshua Jensen and Róisin Dennis, Curated by Grace O’Boyle, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland


Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 Weighted Blanket, Cathemeral Observances, VAV Gallery, Montréal, Québec

2020 Forage, Art Matters Festival, Articule, Montréal, Québec 

2020 Residue II, Concordia Photography Collective, Galerie POPOP, Montréal, Québec

2019 Magic Lantern VII, Articule, Montréal, Québec

2019 Nous Nos Souffles/Vulnerability Lingers, Art Matters Festival, Galerie POPOP, Montréal, Québec

2019 On a Scale of 1 to 10, Concordia Photography Collective, Galerie du Viaduc, Montréal, Québec

2019 I Feel Tender, VAV Gallery, Montréal, Québec

2018 Points of View, A National Human Rights Photography Exhibition, Museu da Agua, Lisbon, Portugal

2018 Points of View, A National Human Rights Photography Exhibition, La Nau, Valencia, Spain

2017 Points of View, A National Human Rights Photography Exhibition, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Manitoba

2017 Infocus Photography, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

2017 Fast Forward, Gallery in the Grove, Bright’s Grove, Ontario

Residencies

2025 (upcoming) Union House Arts, Artist in Residence, Port Union, Newfoundland and Labrador

2024 Casa, Artist in Residence, Lethbridge, Alberta


Workshops

2024 Memory Mapping Cyanotypes, Casa, Lethbridge, Alberta

2024 Here and Now, Ströndin Studio, Seydisfjördur, Iceland

Professional Experience

2024-2026 Co-Curator of Sustainability, FOFA Gallery, Montréal, Québec

2023-2024 Assistant Technician in Sustainability, FOFA Gallery, Montréal, Québec

2023-2024 Ceramic Workshop Assistant, Visual Art Center, Westmount, Québec

2022-2024 Installation Technician, Dazibao Gallery, Montréal, Québec

2022-2024 Production Assistant for Jessica Auer, Montréal, Québec

2023 Program Assistant, Bonavista Biennale, Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador

2022 Production Assistant for Sharon Lockhart, Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

2022 Arts Administration Intern and Photographer, Fogo Island Arts, Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

2021 Production Assistant for Lyla Rye, Toronto, Ontario

2019-2020 President of the Concordia Photography Collective, Montréal, Québec

2018-2019 Member of the Concordia Photography Collective, Montréal, Québec

2016-2017 TNT Fusion Head Photographer/Workshop Assistant, Judith and Norman ALIX Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario

Publications

2024 Degrowth Utopia, Exhibition Publication, Belfast, Northern Ireland

2022 Here and There, In Continuum, Colure Collective, Montréal, Québec

2021 Desire Lines, Self Published

2021 Solastalgia, The VOID Magazine, Montréal, Québec

2020 Inventory, Self Published

2019 VII Zine, Magic Lantern, Montréal, Québec

2019 Darkslide V: DUST, The Concordia Photography Collective, Montréal, Québec

Artist Talks

2023 Guest Lecture in Photography Department; Portfolio Presentation with Clara Gutsche, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec

2022 Guest Lecture in Photography Department; Professional Development Presentation with Jessica Auer, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec

Curation

2019 The Waste Land, Centre Des Arts Skol, Co-Curation with The Concordia Photography Collective, Montréal, Québec

Awards

2024 Artist in Residence Award, Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta

2020 FASA Special Project Grant, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec

2017 Gallery in the Grove Award, Bright’s Grove, Ontario

2017 Senior Visual Art Award, NCIVS, Sarnia, Ontario

Archives

Artexte, Montréal, Québec