Born in 1979 at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. He now lives with his wife Laura and works in Berkeley, CA.

2002 BFA, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

2012
The Imagined Chase,Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern, San Francisco, CA

2011
Perceptions of Religious Imagery in Natural Phenomena, 101/Exhibit, Miami, FL
Percezione dell’Imaginario Religioso nei Fenomeni Naturali, Castello di Carlo V, Lecce, Italy

2009
72 Virgins to Die For, Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern, San Francisco, CA

2008
The Art of The Boy Who Made Silence, A. Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007
Bring Us Rapture, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011
Vessel Traces, with Joseph Cohen, Chiesa San Giovanni di Dio, Lecce, Italy

2010
Joshua Hagler and Mayumi Ishino, Babel Visningsrom for Kunst, Trondheim, Norway
Nearly Approaching Never to Pass, with George Pfau, Reaves Gallery, New York,NY

2008
Behemoth, with Michael Ritch, Reaves Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010
Artopia, exhibiting SF Weekly Masterminds Grant Finalists, Project One Gallery, San Francisco, CA
I am Solitary I am an Army, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Black Lab, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
Paint, Manifest Creative Research Center, Cincinnati OH
Comings and Goings, Fivepoints Art House, San Francisco, CA
Tarot, Galerie Petits Papiers, Brussels, BE
Americans in Paris, Galerie Petits Papiers, Paris, FR

2009
Echo: Eight San Francisco Artists Respond to Surrealist Masterworks, Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern, San Francisco, CA
Open-Art Fair, represented by Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Utrecht, NE
Linearts, exhibiting with Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Ghent, Belgium
Art-Interview International Competition Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
Title TBA (Five Painters), Ad Hoc Gallery, New York, NY
A Certain Amount of Uncertainties, AA Dock, Brussels
Regime Change, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA

2008
30 under 30, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Pop Subversion, Ad Hoc Gallery, New York, NY
Behemoth, featuring Joshua Hagler and Mike Ritch, Reaves Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausolito, CA

2007
Selections 2007, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Little Show, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Back Room, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Faithfully, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2006
Your Gallery, In association with The Saatchi Gallery, The Guardian Gallery, London, England
RaiseUp, St. Petersburg, FL, ADM Project Gallery, Hollywood, CA, Omy Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Bay 2 LA, Project Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fourteen Hills, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2005
Word of Mouth, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA
ArtSFest, San Francisco Center for Design Galleria, San Francisco, CA

2004
Kitchen Sink Magazine Anniversary, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
Culprit Research Project, Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Perspectives, Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
Kitchen Sink Magazine Release, The Lab Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lost Causes, featuring the work of Blaine Fontana, Matthew Bourque and Joshua Hagler, Urban Earth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2002
The Medium is the Massage, Triestman Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
BFA Show, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Head First and Luminous, Featuring the work of Albert Hardin and Joshua Hagler, Carbonbase Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2011
Martignano International Residency for Artists, Six months, Puglia, Italy

2010
Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, One month, Trondheim, Norway

2011 Martignano International Residency for Artists, six months, Martignano, Italy
2010 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, artist in residence, one month, Trondheim, Norway
2010 Finalist, Celeste Prize, New York, NY
2010 Finalist, SF Weekly Masterminds Grant, San Francisco, CA
2010 Nominee, SFMOMA SECA Award, San Francisco, CA
2010 Nominee, 2x2 Solos, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
2009 Winner, Best of the Bay Area 2009, San Francisco Magazine, San Francisco, ca
2009 Finalist, London Calling Competition, Scream Gallery, London
2009 Best of the Bay Area 2009, San Francisco Magazine
2009 ArtSlant.com, September/October Artist Showcase Winner
2008 Wildgift Movement Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2008 University of Arizona Young Alumni Award, Tucson, AZ
2007 Second place winner in ArtInterview.com international juried competition
2007 Work chosen for Artspan's Biennial Selections 2007, San Francisco, CA
2007 Finalist, Headlands Center for the Arts Tournesol Award, Sausolito, CA
2006 Selected to exhibit in The UK Guardian's Your Gallery Exhibition, in association with the Saatchi Gallery. Cited by critic Jonathan Jones as favorite artist of the contest.
2006 Xeric Foundation Grant, MA
2005 San Francisco Bay Area Emerging Artist Award Nomination, San Francisco Center for Design Galleria, ArtSFest, San Francisco, CA
2002 Judge's Choice Award, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona Museum of Fine Art, BFA Show, Tucson, AZ

2011 $10,000 raised using Kickstarter.com to fund animation project, The Evangelists
2006-2008 Author and illustrator of the graphic novel The Boy Who Made Silence
2007 Director of 5 Mined Fields, an alternative exhibition space in Berkeley

2011
Joshua Hagler at 101/exhibit, Artcards, www.artcards.cc, review by Brinson Renda, Oct. 10, 2011
Joshua Hagler, Beautiful/Decay Magazine, feature by Andy Ritchie, book 5
Percezione dell’Immaginario Religioso nei Fenomeni Naturali, Arskey Magazine d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, review by Chiara Miglietta, August 8, 2011, Italy
Diversions and Distractions at Scope, ARTslant, review by Natalie Hegert
Vessel Traces, preview, Arte Sacra Contemporanae, artesacracontemporanea.it, May 30, 2011
Joshua Hagler espone a Lecce, Connect Magazine, May 27, 2011, Italy

2010
Masterminds 2010, SF Weekly, feature by Reyhan Harmanci, Vol. 29, No. 4
Beautiful Decay Magazine, Featured work, Book 3, March 2010 Opening this Week in New York: Nearly Approaching Never to Pass, Little Paper Planes, Review by Jess Wheaton, October 13, 2010
Joshua Hagler and George Pfau at Reaves Gallery, Curbs and Stoops, Review by Ashley Zelinskie, October 18, 2010
Refraction Art, Interview by Lance Hewison, October 22, 2010
Street Carnage, Interview by Luke O'Neil, October 14, 2010
All The Art Out There, Feature by David Carmack Lewis, October 14, 2010
Joshua Hagler y George Pfau, Taxi Magazine blog, Feature by Judith Pastor Flores, October 28, 2010

2009
Echo, ARTnews Magazine, review by Kenneth Baker, vol. 108, No. 11
Florida International Magazine, Featured Work, Page 82, November 2009, Miami, FL
Enrich Thyself: the finest art at the finest prices, feature by Michael Jang, San Francisco Magazine, San Francisco, CA
Ever Heard of Ritual Killing?, review by Jolene Torr, ArtSlant, San Francisco, CA
Interview with Joshua Hagler, Dormain Guyer, Arteaser.com
Local Artist of the Week: Joshua Hagler, SF Bay Guardian, February 4, San Francisco, CA
Joshua Hagler at Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern, Compressor Films, short documentary
Hit and Myths, Traci Vogel, SF Weekly, January 7, San Francisco, CA

2008
5 Squared, interview by Layla Lyne-Winkler, Issue 2, Plastic Antinomy Magazine, Oakland, CA
Behemoth, review by Ari Messer, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco, CA

2007
Art Space Talk: Joshua Hagler, interview, My Art Space, www.myartspace.com
Art Online, interview, The Australian Art Market Report, Issue 23, Australia
Interview with Joshua Hagler, The Extra Finger, theextrafinger.blogspot.com

2006
Alive and Clicking, Jonathan Jones, The UK Guardian, London, England
Special Report, The UK Guardian, London, England
The Winners Area, Gen Art Pulse, www.genartpulse.com
Exhibitions on the Horizon, San Francisco Arts and Lit, San Francisco, CA
RaiseUp Art Book Vol. 2, RaiseUp Publications, Canada

2005
Artwork featured in Fourteen Hills Literary Journal, vol. 12 no.1, San Francisco, CA
Painting featured in Dirt: A Journal of Contemporary Arts and Literature, vol. 1, New York, NY
Portfolio featured in Brain Zone Magazine, Issue 3, Italy

2013 Visiting Artist, University of Illinois, Chamaign, IL
2011 Visiting Artist, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2011 Visiting Artist, Amministrazione Eterarte, Martignano, Italia
2010 Visiting Artist, Reaves Gallery, in discussion with George Pfau, New York, NY
2007 Visiting Artist, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Triestman Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Ironport Systems, Redwood City, CA