Joshua Roman is a California Based Fine artist and illustrator.
His instantly recognizable style seems to explode off the canvas and can be best be described as Figurative Surrealism. His use of intricate and vibrant rainbow lines, shapes and swirls give the pieces energy while sitting still. Playful creatures and surreal landscapes often contrast the eerie and sometimes sensual subject matter of his pieces. His portraits are unique and original while still capturing the essence of the subject. His distinct colorful works have been shown in Film, Television and Galleries around the World.
Exhibition History:
December 5, 2003 - January 9, 2004 - "Emerge" - solo show - Ghetto Gloss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
March 5, 2006 - Annual group show - La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
September 27, 2007 - October 19, 2007 - “Blood sweat and fears” - solo show - Ghetto Gloss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July 2, 2009 - "Shake the Dust" - Box Eight Studios, Los Angeles, CA
August 1, 2009 - "I think it's art, i think it's fashion" - Box Eight Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 28, 2012 - "Plush" - Atmosphere , Long Beach, CA
June 7, 2014 - "Pandamonium" - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
June 7, 2014 - "Circus Sideshow" - The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sept 30, 2014 - "Melanjolly" - Thumprint Gallery, San Diego, CA
Oct 17,2014 - "Come and Knock on Our Door - A tribute to John Ritter" - Meltdown Comics EMAO Productions, Los Angeles, CA
Feb 27, 2015 - "Quotes Lines & Lyrics" - Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Feb 28, 2015 - "The Murray Affair" - The Syrup Loft, Los Angeles, CA
March 7, 2015 - "Eat your art out 8" - Titmouse Animation studios - EMAO Productions, Los Angeles, CA
March 26, 2015 - "Culture Pop V" - Gallery 38, Los Angeles, CA
April 11, 2015 - "Xiong Mao" - Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
April 25, 2015 - "Storybook" - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
May 1, 2015 - "With Love your Biggest Fan 2" - Arch Enemy Arts Gallery , Philadelphia, PA
May 9, 2015 - "Time After Time" - Rothick Art Haus - POPzilla Gallery, Aneheim, CA
May 15, 2015 - "Black and Blue" - Swoon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
May 30, 2015 - "Spring Fling" - The co-LAb Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
June 5, 2015 - "Chocolate Art Show" - KGB Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
July 3, 2015 - "Freefall" - Corvidae Collective, Nashville, TN
August 15, 2015 - "Daft Punk 3" - Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
August 29, 2015 - "The Cool Down" - The co-LAb Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
September 4, 2015 - "The Coaster Show 3" - La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
September 12, 2015 - "20X20" - Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
September 18, 2015 - "Carbon" - Sally Centigrade Gallery, Denver, CO
November 6, 2015 - "Small Wonders 4" - Arch Enemy Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
November 14, 2015 - "Interiors : Copycatviolence show - Gristle Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
November 14, 2015 - "Prints on Wood Show" - Distinction Gallery - Escondido, CA
November 16, 2015 - "Memento Morie" - Penumbra Gallery - Lisboa, Portugal
November 17, 2015 - "Get the Lead out 7" - Swoon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
November 20, 2015 - "Crazy for Cult 4" - Gallery 1988 west - Los Angeles, CA
November 28, 2015 - "Dark Slide art Show" - Dubuque area Arts Center - Dubuque, IA
December 11, 2015 - "Brooklyn Biennial" - Cotton Candy Machine - Brooklyn, NY
December 12, 2015 - "Sinister Sweet Show" - The fun Station - Los Angeles, CA
January 9, 2016 - "Really, Really good looking show" - Gallery 1988 west - Los Angeles, CA
Feb 11, 2016 - "Geometries : Copycat Violence Show" - Sally Centigrade Gallery - Denver, CO
Feb 27, 2016 - "Hey Ladies" - The co-LAb Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
March 19, 2016 - "Bemused" - Penumbra Gallery - Lisboa, Portugal
March 25, 2016 - "30 Years Later" - Gallery 1988 west - Los Angeles, CA
April 2 , 2016 - "Eat your art out 9" - Titmouse Animation studios - EMAO Productions, Los Angeles, CA
May 1, 2016 - "Bobs Burgers" - Gallery 1988 west - Los Angeles
May 7, 2016 - "All about dem Benjamins" - The co-LAb Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
May 7, 2016 - "Felis Catus" - Future Gallery - Lake Orion, MI
May 13, 2016 - "Idiot Box" - Gallery 1988 west - Los Angeles, CA
July 1, 2016 - "20 Years later" - Gallery 1988 west - Los Angeles, CA
July 2, 2016 - "Dali Tribute show" - Future Gallery - Lake Orion, MI
July 9, 2016 - "Cash n Carry" - Flower pepper - Pasadena, CA
July 9, 2016 - "Frida Khalo tribute show" - La Bodega Gallery - San Diego, CA
August 13, 2016 - "Water" - Cactus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
September 2, 2016 - "Coaster show 4" - La Luz De Jesus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
September 3, 2016 - "I'm Feeling Neutral" - The co-LAb Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
September 24, 2016 - "Bobs Burgers" - Spoke Art NYC - New York, NY
September 30, 2016 - "NomoFomo" - Meltdown Comics EMAO Productions - Los Angeles, CA
October 21, 2016 - "Crazy for cult X" - Gallery 1988 West - Los Angeles, CA
October 29, 2016 - "Tiny Tales" - Gallery 1988 East - Los Angeles, CA
November 4, 2016 - "Postcard Show" - Gallery 1988 East - Los Angeles, CA
November 12, 2016 - "Tiny Treasures" - Cactus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
November 18, 2016 - "the 100 show" - The co-LAb Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
December 2, 2016 - "A show about Nothing" - Gallery 1988 West - Los Angeles, CA
December 3, 2016 - "Winter" - Future Gallery - Lake Orion, MI
December 9 , 2016 - "The Cohens" - Gallery 1988 West - Los Angeles, CA
December 10, 2016 - " 5th Anniversary show" - Flower Pepper - Pasadena, CA
December 10, 2016 - "Star Wars" - La Bodega Gallery - San Diego, CA
December 16, 2016 - "Untamed Fauna" - Alexi Era - Eugene, OR
Feb 9, 2017 - "Revival"- Sally Centigrade Gallery - Denver, CO
Feb 11, 2017 - "Red" - Casita Del Pueblo Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
Feb 25, 2017 - "Across the sea" - Book & Job Gallery - San Fransisco, CA
March 4, 2017 - "Pressure" - Gristle Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
March 11, 2017 - "Loteria" - Cactus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
March 17, 2017 -"Mike Tysons Punch out" - Gallery 1988 West - Los Angeles, CA
April 14, 2017 - "Memes" - Gallery 1988 West - Los Angeles, CA
April 18, 2017 - "Trump won't stop us" - Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
April 22, 2017 - "Bad Girls & Outcasts" - Cactus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
May 5, 2017 - "Stephen King show" - Gallery 1988 West - Los Angeles, CA
May 13, 2017 -"Nature Show" - Future Gallery - Lake Orion, MI
May19, 2017 - "the 100 Show" - the co-LAb Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
May 19, 2017 -"Blacklight Show" - Hero Complex Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
June 3 , 2017 - "Eat your art out 10" - Titmouse Animation studios - EMAO Productions, Los Angeles, CA
June 10, 2017 - "Something Wild in My Garden" - Catus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
June 22, 2017 - "Sweet n' Low" - Bedford Gallery - Walnut, CA
July 1, 2017 - "Mucha Tribute show" - Future Gallery - Lake Orion, MI
July 8, 2017 - "Frida Khalo Tribute show" - La Bodega Gallery - San Diego, CA
July 21, 2017 - "30 Years later" - Gallery 1988 West - Los Angeles, CA
July 22, 2017 - "The Fab four" - Cactus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
August 26, 2017 - "Sensory Alchemy" - solo show - Future Gallery - Lake Orion, MI
September 1, 2017 - "5th Annual Coaster Show" - La Luz De Jesus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
September 8, 2017 - "BoJack Horseman" - Gallery 1988 West - Los Angeles, CA
September 9, 2017 - "3am" - Hudson Hughes Gallery
September 23, 2017 - 'Perfect 10" - La Bodega Gallery - San Diego, CA
October 6, 2017 - "Glow" - Arch Enemy Arts - Philadelphia, PA
October 14, 2017 - "Dia De La Muertos X" - Cactus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
October 14, 2017 - "Monster Minis" -Thumbprint Gallery - San Diego, CA
November 17, 2017 - "Crazy for cult XI" - Gallery 1988 West - Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 2017 - Derubeis Fine art Gallery - Las Vegas, NV
Feb 10, 2018 - "Patterns" - Cactus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
Feb 24, 2018 - "Insectica" - Sally Centigrade Gallery - Denver, CO
March 10, 2018 - "Cactus Anniversary Invitational" - Cactus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
April 28, 2018 - "Lovers Eye" - Hudson Hughes Gallery
May 25, 2018 - "Paper Pushers" - Gallery 1988 West - Los Angeles, CA
June 2, 2018 - "Spirit Animal" - LaBodega Gallery - San Diego, CA
July 8, 2018 - "The world of Frida" - Bedford Gallery - Walnut, CA
August 4, 2018 - "Resurgence" - Corvidae Gallery - Nashville, TN
September 7, 2018 -"Super Mario Bros" - Bottleneck Gallery - Williamsburg, NY
September 8, 2018 - "Rebirth" - Cactus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
September 22, 2018 - "Perfect 10" - LaBodega Gallery - San Diego, CA
October 13, 2018 - "Mercy" - Cactus Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
November 11, 2018 - "Crazy for Cult XII" - Gallery 1988 - Los Angeles, CA
November 16, 2018 - "Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary Show" - Designer Con - Pasadena CA
September 27, 2019 - "Crazy for Cult XIII" - Gallery 1988 - Los Angeles, CA
December 4, 2019 - "Group Show" - Revolution Gallery - Buffalo, NY
December 6, 2019 - "Weird Al" - Gallery 1988 - Los Angeles, CA
January 10, 2020 - "30 Years Later" - Gallery 1988 - Los Angeles, CA
January 31, 2020 - "LA Local" - Gallery 1988 - Los Angeles, CA
October 1, 2022 -"Crazy for Cult XVI" - Gallery 1988 - Los Angeles, CA
Joshua Roman is represented by:
DeRubeis fine art of metal Galleries - Lake Taho - Waikiki - Scottsdale
Holle fine art Gallery - Key West
Savion Gallery - Savannah, GA
For representation or sales Inquiries: Joshuaromanart@gmail.com