Hi, I'm Josh.

I'm a Designer, Artist, and World Builder currently exploring Chinese American history with the Portland Chinatown Museum

About

Joshua (Josh) Sin is a Canadian artist and designer living in Portland, Oregon. He centers his practice around design fiction and world-building using textiles and character design to explore middle culture. The bridge between East and West, the bonds between past, present, and future, and the intermarriage between tradition and modernism.

Trained as an industrial designer, shoemaker, and innovation strategist, he has shown previous exhibitions at Parallax Art Center, Portland Chinatown Museum, and Metaverse Biennale in Dubai.

For more information, please reach out at joshsin@gmail.com

Selected Exhibitions

2024 - Visual Residency, Inside the Box Gallery, Portland, OR (forthcoming)

2023 - 2024 Invisible Hands, Portland Chinatown Museum, Portland, OR

2023 Ode to San Francisco, Four Chicken Gallery, San Francisco, California

2022 - 2023 Glean Recology, Artist-in Residence, Portland, OR

2022 Metaverse Biennale SIKKA Art & Design Festival, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2017 You are Beautiful, Chicago, IL 2015

2012 Algorithms in Space II, Chicago, IL

2011 Spark Innovation, Toronto, ON

2010 ID Show, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, ON

2009 illumination, BCE Place: Galleria & Heritage Square, Toronto, ON 

Publications, Talks, & More

2023 Asian American Art Talk, Portland Chinatown Museum, Portland, OR

2023 Shed Panel Art Talk - The ReBuilding Center, Portland, OR

2022 Divide Magazine, Vol 4

2021 Zerowaste Workshop - Danielle Elsener, Portland, OR 

2016 Shoemaking Apprenticeship - Nassier Vies Studio, Toronto, ON 

2015 Titanium Grand Prix winner, Cannes, France

2015 Shoemaking Workshop - School School, Port Townsend, WA

2014 Leather Manipulation - Chicago School of Shoemaking, Chicago, IL 

2005 Gymnastic World Championships, Eindhoven, Netherland

2003 Gymnastic World Championship, Hannover, Germany

joshsin@gmail.com

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