Bio & CV | Joshua Whitman

About Me

Navajo Introduction

Yá’át’ééh shik’éí dóó shidine’é. Shi’ éí Joshua Micheal Whitman yinishyé dóó Na’nízhoozhídę́ę́’ éí naashá. Shi’ éí Tódich’ii’nii nishłį́ doo Honágháahnii báshíchíín. Shi’ éí Tá’chii’nii dashicheii dóó Tsi’naajinii dashinálí. Ákótéego Diné hastiin nishłį́.

Navajo to English Translation

Greetings my relatives and my people. My name is Joshua Micheal Whitman and I am from Gallup. I am of the Bitter Water clan and born for the One-Walks-Around clan. My maternal grandfather are of the Red Running into the Water People clan and my paternal grandfather are of the Black Streak Wood People clan. That is how I am a Navajo man.

I am an artisan & graphic designer

Born and raised in Gallup, NM for the majority of my life; I have lived in several different communities, towns, and cities across a handful of states within my lifetime. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art with a minor in Dance from the University of New Mexico, Class of 2018.

Influences from life, work, trips across the U.S. during my life have sparked and fueled my passion for art. My father is a one of the major influences for my interest in art. Serving in the army and stationed in Europe, my father explored museums and galleries during his free time and painted beautiful European landscapes in watercolors. I have studied art in depth throughout high school by taking art classes every semester.

My art career is filled with a variety of projects, open calls, juried exhibitions and during my spare time I will create both digital and physical art works in the following disciplines: painting (oil, acrylic, & watercolor), drawing (graphite & ink), and digital photography. I incorporate and explore my relationship between color usage and how my subconscious channels through emotions and thoughts onto the canvas. My work is primarily abstraction but during the COVID pandemic I have been honing my skills as an amatuer photographer and improving the quality of digital replications.

Cirriculum Vitae (CV)

EDUCATION
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Studio | Class of 2018
Areas of Concentration: Painting & Photography
Minor: World Dance

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Chaos & Serenity | John Sommer's Gallery | Albuquerque, NM

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025 ROY-G-BIV Challenge | Art123 Gallery | Gallup, NM

2023 5-and-20 Challenge | Art123 Gallery | Gallup, NM

2022 BeCause | Art123 Gallery | Gallup, NM

2022 6th Annual Member Group Show | Art123 Gallery | Gallup, NM

2021 Still.Life. | Art123 Gallery | Gallup, NM

2021 Off the Wall Challenge | Art123 Gallery | Gallup, NM

2018 Bernalillo County Metropolitan Courthouse | Albuquerque, NM

CURATED EXHIBITIONS

2023 3rd Annual Valentine Art Swap | Octavia Fellin Public Library | Gallup, NM