josh graupera
jfgraupera@gmail.com
Education
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, 2016
BFA, Cum Laude, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, May 2014
Fellowships/Residencies
Trauma-Informed Practice for Teaching Artists, The Bartol Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 2021
Cooperative Leadership Institute, Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, PA, 2020
Project Activate Fellowship, Lancaster County Community Foundation, Lancaster, PA, 2019
Residency for Art and Social Change, African American Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Cindi Royce Ettinger Fellowship, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Movement Media Fellow, Media Mobilizing Project, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
Fob Holder Program, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
Apprentice Training Program, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
The Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY, 2014
Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, 2013
The New York Studio School: Drawing Marathon, New York, NY, 2013
Awards
Creative Communities Grant, Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, 2020-2024
Nominee, Art and Social Change Residency, African American Art Museum of Philadelphia, 2018
Professional Development and Technical Assistance Grant, Brandywine Workshop and Archives, 2017
Cindi Royce Ettinger Stipend, Second State Press, 2017
Skowhegan Scholarship, 2016
Third Place, First Juried Exhibition, The Starter Kit, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
Strohl Visual Arts Scholarship, 2014
Edna Rochow Workman Memorial Award, Best Painting in Oil or Related Medium, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, 2013
Charlotte Street Association, Creative Leadership Award, Lancaster, PA, 2011
Visiting Artist Lectures/Performances
Texas A + M University, College Station, TX March 2021
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA March 2021
University of Washington, Seattle, WA November 2020
Pennsylvania College of Art + Design, Lancaster, PA February 2020
The Ware Center at Millersville University, Lancaster, PA December 2019
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA September 2019
Skowhegan School of Painting and Drawing, New York, NY October 2018
Apolitical my Ars!, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2017
Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA November 2016
Solo Exhibitions
Blockadia.sim, Cindi Royce Ettinger Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
Prints and Process, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Sanctuario 19121, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Undertones: A BFA Exhibition by Josh Graupera, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, 2014
Group Exhibitions
Stoop Stories, The Ware Center at Millersville University, Lancaster, PA 2021
Pinch Hitter Projects Inaugural Exhibition, Pinch Hitter Projects Philadelphia, PA, 2020
Printmaker Pop-Up, Arthur Ross Gallery, 2020
Friends, Peace and Sanctuary Overview, BOOKLYN, Brooklyn, NY 2019
Friends, Peace and Sanctuary: Peace, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2019
Print and Labor, Spanish American Civic Association, Lancaster, PA, 2018
Logan in Progress, Rush Arts Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Collective Consciousness, African American Museum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Journeys, Latino Art Showcase, City Hall Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Distance ≠ Time, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
+VIBES+ (Benefit for Black and Brown Workers Collective and The Attic), Tattooed Mom’s, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
We Have The Future, 40th St AIRSPACE, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
MEZCLA, Carrick Modern Art, Durham, NC, 2017
Random Access Memory, Community Futures Lab, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Surface Forms, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Pussy Grabs Back, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
Extended Family, Mid-Atlantic Print Conference, Spalding University, Louisville, KY, 2016
Development Without Displacement, Chesapeake Arts Center, Brooklyn Park, MD, 2016
For Sale By Owner, Skowhegan, ME, 2016
Homebodies Tour, Lancaster/Philadelphia, PA, Brooklyn, NY, Richmond, VA, 2016
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
OUTCRY!, African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
First Juried Exhibition, The Starter Kit, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
Summer Prints, Second State Press, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
Apprentice Banner Showcase, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2015
Three-Point Perspective: Variation in Small Drawings, Mt. Holyoke College, MA, 2014
Millersville University, Made In Millersville: Senior Art Showcase, Millersville, PA, 2014
Collections
Risolve Print Shop, Lancaster, PA
Swarthmore College, Peace Archives, Swarthmore, PA
City of Lancaster, Office of Public Works, Lancaster, PA
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY
Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Spanish American Civic Association, Lancaster, PA
Millersville University, Millersville, PA