BIOGRAPHY
MFA Visual Art, Azusa Pacific University, 2020
BFA Ceramics, University of Central Florida, 2008
Joshua Freeman creates artwork that explores the relationships between the function of objects and memory, particularly with toys or other nostalgia. He works in ceramics, mixed media sculpture and installation. He uses both fired and unfired clay, resulting in some works that are permanent and others that are temporary and experiential.
He was born in Clearwater, Florida and currently lives in Los Angeles with his radiant wife and brood of four youngsters. He was born with an exceptional gift of telling dad jokes and enjoys nicknaming things. As a child he built sand palaces for lizards and dreamt of being a professional pog player if the astronaut or rock star gigs didn't pan out. In college he rambled around majors until his hand got stuck in the mud of the Ceramics studio and he has been unable to pull himself out of it ever since. After traveling all across the country in a van with two brave Ugandans for several months, he was swooned into a career teaching art in 2010. He taught at Olympia High School in Orlando, FL from 2012-19 and was awarded Art Teacher of the Year for Orange County, Florida. He currently teaches AP Studio Art, Ceramics and AP Art History at Providence High School in Burbank, CA and Ceramics at Cal Baptist University in Riverside, CA. When not instructing, he drudges away in his studio, tormenting his new ideas like a mad scientist.
"I believe Ceramics is a beautiful convergence of science, architecture, and art. We use ceramic objects in so many applications throughout the day but often do not even realize it. We put our morning coffee in it as well as our morning refuse. Some people cannot smile properly without ceramic teeth, which would make for an even more gloomy world. It can withstand incredible stress and has immense strength, and yet it can be as fragile and irreparable as Humpty Dumpty. It can provide clean water in remote villages and help us fly space missions. It is these unique features of ceramic materials that begin to define my obsession of clay and why I want to share this passion with others."
MFA Visual Art, Azusa Pacific University, 2020
BFA Ceramics, University of Central Florida, 2008
Joshua Freeman creates artwork that explores the relationships between the function of objects and memory, particularly with toys or other nostalgia. He works in ceramics, mixed media sculpture and installation. He uses both fired and unfired clay, resulting in some works that are permanent and others that are temporary and experiential.
He was born in Clearwater, Florida and currently lives in Los Angeles with his radiant wife and brood of four youngsters. He was born with an exceptional gift of telling dad jokes and enjoys nicknaming things. As a child he built sand palaces for lizards and dreamt of being a professional pog player if the astronaut or rock star gigs didn't pan out. In college he rambled around majors until his hand got stuck in the mud of the Ceramics studio and he has been unable to pull himself out of it ever since. After traveling all across the country in a van with two brave Ugandans for several months, he was swooned into a career teaching art in 2010. He taught at Olympia High School in Orlando, FL from 2012-19 and was awarded Art Teacher of the Year for Orange County, Florida. He currently teaches AP Studio Art, Ceramics and AP Art History at Providence High School in Burbank, CA and Ceramics at Cal Baptist University in Riverside, CA. When not instructing, he drudges away in his studio, tormenting his new ideas like a mad scientist.
"I believe Ceramics is a beautiful convergence of science, architecture, and art. We use ceramic objects in so many applications throughout the day but often do not even realize it. We put our morning coffee in it as well as our morning refuse. Some people cannot smile properly without ceramic teeth, which would make for an even more gloomy world. It can withstand incredible stress and has immense strength, and yet it can be as fragile and irreparable as Humpty Dumpty. It can provide clean water in remote villages and help us fly space missions. It is these unique features of ceramic materials that begin to define my obsession of clay and why I want to share this passion with others."