ABOUT

Joshua Littlefield (b. 1995) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose practice spans photography and collage. Originally from St. Petersburg, Florida, he earned a B.F.A. in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2017 and an M.F.A. in Photography and Electronic Media from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2020. He is currently based in Baltimore, Maryland, where he teaches Fundamentals of Design as an adjunct professor at Stevenson University in Owings Mills.

Littlefield’s work explores the realities of growing up within a nationwide “bully culture” (one that privileges traditional notions of success over emotional vulnerability) through the lens of his experiences as an LGBTQIA+ person. Speaking from both the perspectives of victim and participant, he examines the avoidance strategies and coping mechanisms developed in response to such environments. His practice often functions as a de-compartmentalization of personal grief and insecurity, extending an invitation for collective reflection. By translating language, memory, sensation, and other intangible facets of human experience into perceptual and material forms, he employs both digital and physical experimentation to make the ephemeral tangible.

His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions including RedLine Contemporary Art Center (Denver, CO), the Masur Museum of Art (Monroe, LA), the Scarab Club (Detroit, MI), the Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA), and Gologorski Gallery (Kraków, Poland). His projects have also appeared in publications such as The Hand Magazine and Pastiche Magazine.