Curriculum Vitae
José J. González
Artist - Printmaker - Woodworker
josejgonzal@gmail.com
www.positivepressure.art
Education & Training
2014-2017 Studio Art - University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa
2023 Intaglio workshop - Honolulu Museum of Art School
Professional Experience
2023-current Exhibit Specialist - State Foundation on Culture and the Arts - Honolulu,HI
Awards
2024 Award for Excellence in Honor of Mike Takano - Honolulu Printmakers 96th Annual Exhibition - Honolulu, HI
2023 Award of Excellence - A Taste of Art - Sacramento, CA
Peter Morse Award - Honolulu Printmakers 95th Annual Exhibition - Honolulu, HI
2018 Puʻuhonua Society Emerging Artist Purchase Award - Honolulu Printmakers 90th Annual Exhibition - Honolulu, HI
2015 State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Purchase Award - Honolulu Printmakers 87th Annual Exhibition - Honolulu, HI
HonBlue purchase award - Honolulu Printmakers 87th Annual Exhibition - Honolulu, HI
Matt Smith Scholarship Award - University of Hawaiʻi Manoa - Honolulu, HI
Exhibitions
2024 Artists of Hawaiʻi Biennial - Downtown Arts Center - Honolulu, HI
Honolulu Printmakers 96th Annual Juried Exhibition - Downtown Arts Center - Honolulu, HI
The Contemporary Print - ICOSA - Austin, TX
2023 A Taste of Art - Sacramento Fine Arts Center - Sacramento, CA
Holiday Invitational - Downtown Art Center - Honolulu, HI
Intergenerational - Commons Gallery, University of Hawaiʻi Manoa - Honolulu, HI
Caminos y Conexiones - BoxJelly - Honolulu, HI
Honolulu Printmakers 95th Annual Juried Exhibition - Downtown Art Center - Honolulu, HI
2022 Kanaka Climbers Exhibition & Art Sale - Patagonia - Honolulu, HI
2021 Kanaka Climbers Exhibition & Art Sale - HiClimb - Honolulu, HI
2018 Honolulu Printmakers 90th Annual Juried Exhibition - Honolulu Museum of Art Academy Gallery - Honolulu, HI
2017 Glide - Lana Lane Studios - Honolulu HI
2016 Contact - Honolulu Museum of Art Academy Gallery - Honolulu, HI
Honolulu Printmakers 88th Annual Juried Exhibition - Honolulu Museum of Art Academy Gallery - Honolulu, HI
2015 For The Love of Skateboarding - The Republik - Honolulu, HI
Honolulu Printmakers 87th Annual Juried Exhibition - Honolulu Museum of Art Academy Gallery - Honolulu, HI
Commissions
2021-2023 Hawaiʻi Feast & The Greener Reader - Design & construction of thirteen
Little Free Diverse Libraries, serving as canvases for mini-murals and installed in
communities around Oahu
Other
2016 Printmaking demo Lithopixel Refactory Collective - Southern Graphics Council
at Portland State University - Portland, OR
Printmaking demo Plastic Fantastic? - Spalding House - Honolulu, HI
2015 Printmaking demo at Make Manoa Yours College Preview Day - University of
Hawaiʻi Manoa - Honolulu, HI
Collections
Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts - Honolulu, HI
HonBlue - Honolulu, HI
Puʻuhonua Society - Honolulu, HI
Technical Skills
Extensive operational and safety knowledge of a wide variety of woodworking machinery, power tools and hand tools:
2021-2023 Builder & Fabricator - Layout Etc.
2015-2021 Builder & Fabricator - Retrospect Designs
Art handling, gallery lighting, pedestal and custom display fabrication:
2023-present Exhibit Specialist - Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
