Ehren Joseph

The fulcrum in my work is the dichotomy between current scientific trends and how they apply to history. I consider my paintings views through a microscope where one can see pattern and information such as pre-Aramaic text and symbolism. I choose colors based on a Pythagorean tuning scale and the geometric shapes I select are designs that can be folded in on themselves to create 3-dimensional polyhedra such as Platonic solids.

The paintings are started on the ground where the canvas is washed, stained, scrubbed and scraped to achieve depth of space. Paint is then applied in washes, mixed with sand, and in some cases directly applied from the tube.

I received my degree from Boston University and taught classical figure drawing, painting, and sculpture at a fine arts studio in New York. I launched a commercial photography career in 2007, and am a recent transplant from Brooklyn to Denver.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Cum Laude, May 2000
Boston University, Boston, MA

EXHIBITIONS

‘9/11 Memorial Visions’ August 2016
Memorial design published in a book about innovative concepts for public art at the World Trade Center Memorial site. Author Lester J. Levine.

Point Gallery - Denver, Colorado September 2016
Group exhibition showcasing paintings and sculptures.

GreenPoint Gallery - Brooklyn, New York December 2013
Group exhibition showcasing paintings.

Friends Without a Border -New York, New York December 2011-2016
Photography auctions and exhibitions in support of Pediatric hospitals in Laos and Cambodia.

The Spirit of Brazil Photography Exhibition - Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brazil June 2009
Traveling photography exhibition throughout Brazil.

Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center - New York, New York November 2002
Group exhibition of fine art.

PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS

Sculpture: ‘Youth Wisdom; Action’ June 2001
Paumanok Elementary School, Dix Hills, NY

Sculpture: ‘The Natural Response’ September 2000
Sargent College of Rehabilitation, Boston University, Boston, MA