New Exhibition Gala MAR 4—JT-GOCA to feature the fine art of Spelman Downer and Steve Rieman
February 15, 2023March 4, 2023
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New Exhibition Gala MAR 4—JT-GOCA to feature the fine art of Spelman Downer and Steve Rieman

NOTE: The exhibition’s opening gala was originally scheduled for FEB 25, but it has now been postponed to MAR 4 due to severe weather. CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES — The state-of-the-art Joshua Tree Gallery of Contemporary Art (JT-GOCA) opens its newest exhibition, ABSTRACTED DIRECTIONS, with a free public gala on Saturday, March 4, 2023 from 6-8pm where art patrons, buyers, enthusiasts, collectors, and aficionados, may celebrate the new and unique works. The exhibition features the artwork of abstract painter Spelman Downer and metal sculptor Steve Rieman—two internationally acclaimed artists who chose to create many of their works in the Joshua Tree area....

New Exhibition Gala NOV 12—JT-GOCA to feature Berlin-based Artists
November 1, 2022February 15, 2023
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New Exhibition Gala NOV 12—JT-GOCA to feature Berlin-based Artists

CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES — The state-of-the-art Joshua Tree Gallery of Contemporary Art (JT-GOCA) opens its newest exhibition, NOUVEAU BERLIN, with a free public gala on Saturday, November 12, 2022 from 6-8pm where art patrons, buyers, enthusiasts, collectors, and aficionados may celebrate the new and unique works. NOUVEAU BERLIN, a group exhibition showcasing the works of seven Berlin-based German artists whose works continue to show why Berlin is considered by many to be the perfect playground for artists to innovate and experiment.  The exhibition features paintings, sculpture, and photographic works of art by both rising and established Berlin artists including Oliver Czarnetta,...

National Geographic Features JT-GOCA Artist, Stephan Gladieu
July 3, 2022February 15, 2023
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National Geographic Features JT-GOCA Artist, Stephan Gladieu

It started as a countercultural art movement in 2001. After years studying at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kinshasa—following teachers’ advice on creating work with “proper” materials, such as resin and plaster of paris—some students in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) decided to do something different. They created art with what was in their immediate environment, including tires, exhaust pipes, foam, plastic bottles, antennas, tins that had held milk or paint, feathers, CDs, rubber slippers, and other discarded items. This work, the artists believed, felt familiar to a Congolese audience and spoke to a particularly egregious aspect go...

“Trash Mask” Portraits Highlight the Mineral-Garbage Exploitation Cycle of the DR Congolese People
July 3, 2022January 5, 2023
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“Trash Mask” Portraits Highlight the Mineral-Garbage Exploitation Cycle of the DR Congolese People

— New Gallery Exhibition Raises Awareness and Support JOSHUA TREE, UNITED STATES — The Joshua Tree Gallery of Contemporary Art’s (JT-GOCA) new exhibition, THROUGH THEIR EYES, is a solo exhibition featuring the extraordinary photographic art of Stephan Gladieu — and it’s literally helping to support a collective of about thirty Congolese artists whose goal includes bringing awareness to the global exploitation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Gladieu’s vibrant portrait series, Homo Detritus (trash human) captures the members of the art collective, “Ndaku, ya la vie est belles” as they don intricate costume masks created from the western-world...

Hi-Desert Cultural Center and ARTCO Collaborate to Open New Joshua Tree Gallery of Contemporary Art with an Exhibition Featuring the Works of Michael Childers and Gordon Clark
December 9, 2021January 5, 2023
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Hi-Desert Cultural Center and ARTCO Collaborate to Open New Joshua Tree Gallery of Contemporary Art with an Exhibition Featuring the Works of Michael Childers and Gordon Clark

The Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s state-of-the-art gallery in Greater Joshua Tree has formed an innovative new partnership with the renowned multi-national art gallery, ARTCO, and will once again open its doors to the public on December 11, 2021 with a new name—the Joshua Tree Gallery of Contemporary Art—and a new exhibition, EMERGENCE, as part of the highly anticipated re-opening. Joshua Tree Gallery of Contemporary Art (JT-GOCA) and the Cultural Center’s entire leading-edge Yucca Valley Visual & Performing Arts Center that it’s a part of, had its grand opening in June 2018 but was forced to close fewer than two years later...