“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston Churchill
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Joshua Sikich
Midwest born and raised. Marine artillery veteran from 2011-2015. San Diego educated and based.
Education
B.A. (Candidate) Sculpture, San Diego State University 2021
A.A. Creative and Applied Arts, MiraCosta College 2018
A.A. Studio Arts, MiraCosta College 2018
Group Exhibitions and Awards
2021 San Diego State University Student Exhibition 2020/2021. San Diego State University. Online Exhibition.
2021 Path of Freedom. Online Instagram Exhibition, Contemporary Virtual Gallery (Curator: Federica Gallo).
2020 Academics in Pandemic: Flattening The Curve, Juried Exhibition, Ethical Metalsmiths, Online Exhibition
2020 San Diego State University Student Exhibition 2019/2020, University Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2019 Cream Corn Blues, Flor y Canto Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2019 Crack in Your Life, Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA
2019 Parallels, Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA
2019 Captured, Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA.
2018 Chasing Visions, Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA, Second Place: Drawing
2017 Revealed, Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA
Collaborative Projects
2019 Midterms, School of Art and Design, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (Painted Mural in collaboration with Natara Bjarnson, Delilad Struckel, and Sharon Lucas)
Collections
2018 Flanders Field, 17"x11", Watercolor on paper. Sold piece (Put into Private Collection under Judith Preston)
Commissions
2020 Private Art Commission, Les Demoiselles d’Google, 40"x30", Oil on Canvas, Jack Mocker, Youngstown, OH
2019 Private Art Commission, Honky Fest, 20"x16", Oil on Canvas, Frank Sikich. Youngstown, OH
2018 Private Art Commission, War: What Comes After. Digital Drawing, San Diego, CA
2018 Private Art Commission, The Nuclear Cowboy. Digital Drawing. Brendan S. Bigney, San Diego, CA
Published Projects and Articles
2019 “House to House, Street to Street.” Tidepools 2019, Volume 3. pg 20
2018 War: What Comes After (2nd ed.) , Digital. Book cover for poem anthology by Brendan S. Bigney. San Diego, CA