About this Event
The gallery is open for viewing hours Wednesday - Saturday from 2:00-6:00pm with the artist, Josh Tiessen, live painting each day. Coffee table books featuring Tiessen's expansive collection are available for purchse alongside the paintings.
Artist Bio:
Josh Tiessen was born in 1995 in Moscow, Russia to Canadian parents. He is an international award-winning contemporary artist based near Toronto, Canada and is currently Artist-in-Residence at Moshava Gallery in New York, NY. Tiessen is best known for his hyper-surreal shaped oil paintings, which take up to 1700 hours to complete, and reflect the interaction between the natural world and human-made structures. Drawing upon his studies in theology and environmentalism, Tiessen holds a B.R.E. in Arts, Biblical Studies, and Philosophy (2020), and an M.A. in Art History from the University of Toronto (2024).
Tiessen has mounted solo exhibitions at University of Toronto in Toronto, ON (2024); Rehs Contemporary Gallery in New York, NY (2023); Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, CA (2021); and Jonathan LeVine Projects in Jersey City, NJ (2019). His work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions, including Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art in Baton Rouge, LA (2025); LA Art Show in Los Angeles, CA (2022); Beinart Gallery in Melbourne, Australia (2021); Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum in Oradell, NJ (2020); Gallery at Oxo in London, U.K. (2018), Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, FL (2016); Albany Museum of Art in Albany, GA (2016); and National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, ON (2012), among others.
The artist’s work has been written about in publications such as Forbes, CBC, Toronto Star, American Art Collector, International Artist, and The Huffington Post. His work is the subject of three art monograph books, including Vanitas + Viriditas (2024) and Streams in the Wasteland (2021), a multi-disciplinary project with composer Zac Tiessen, which CTV National News called “a masterpiece.” This prolific artist has garnered numerous awards and honours including International Guild of Realism Creative Achievement, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and Canada’s 150th Anniversary Sesquicentennial Constituent Award, for his artistic accomplishment and philanthropic work.
You can find his work at www.joshtiessen.com and on Instagram @joshtiessen.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Moshava Art, 45 West 8th St, New York, United States
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