Statement
Josh Mintz's work operates predominantly on a miniature scale as he explores the nooks and crannies of being human. Focusing on the transient moments of everyday life, he surveys the emotional connections between objects, time, psyche, and identity through equivocal narratives. Often extracted from or set within a domestic setting, Mintz’s trompe l’oeil sculptures, handmade miniatures and minute readymades, are both sincere and unsettling. Domestic architecture and ubiquitous objects are isolated, rearranged, concentrated, and contextualized as they mirror the experiences, places, and associations of viewers- giving room for shared portraits. His miniature sculptures, assemblages, and sculptural almanacs transform a wide range of materials into intimate mise-en-scene, blurring together fiction and reality.
Bio
Joshua Mintz (b. New Orleans, LA) is a sculptor making handmade miniatures and almanacs. His work utilizes portraiture and storytelling by exploring the nooks and crannies of feeling human. Through his shifts in scale, medium, and narrative structures, he challenges boundaries such as fiction: reality, spectator:participant, presentation:representation.
Mintz received his Bachelors of Art from Rhodes College in 2015 and his Masters of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2019. He has shown nationally in Memphis, New Orleans, New Hampshire, New Jersey, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Texas. In 2022, Joshua was awarded The Helis Foundation prize for Best in Show in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s Louisiana Contemporary, curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver. Additionally he has been artist-in-residence at Joan Mitchell Foundation (New Orleans, LA). He currently lives and works out of New Orleans.