Joshua Rodenberg

Head of Innovative Media Studios, Associate Professor, Library

[email protected]

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Specialization

Sound and video art, emerging media installation and sculpture

Education

MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University
BS, University of Southern Indiana

Biography

Joshua Rodenberg is Associate Professor and Head of Innovative Media Studios at VCUarts Qatar. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Southern Indiana and a Master of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in Craft and Material Studies.

As a sound and video artist, Joshua develops research practices centered on data sonification, environmental sound art, and the sonic properties of natural oscillations. His work investigates how complex datasets, buoy readings, and environmental phenomena can be translated into immersive audio and multimedia experiences. He frequently collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, including marine biologists, material practitioners, and fellow artists, to create experimental films, sound installations, VR experiences, and multimedia works. His sound design has been featured in artistic films such as Federico Cuatlacuatl’s 2024 film Tiemperos, and his research has been presented at major international platforms including Ars Electronica, ICMC, ISEA, and CTM Festival.

Joshua’s international residency practice includes participation in the Arctic Circle Artist Residency program and research partnerships exploring data-driven creativity at institutions across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. In 2024, he received the VCU Quest Fund research grant to support his Arctic-focused sound art research. At VCUarts Qatar, he shapes innovative curricula and mentors students in sound design, creative coding, and experimental media production while actively building collaborative networks between local craft communities, international artists, and research institutions.

His practice is driven by a commitment to innovation, exploration, and the belief that emerging technologies and artistic research can illuminate urgent questions about ecology, data, and human connection.

Research Interests

Sound, video, emerging media, sculpture

Publications

2024 Mortality Tables, LIFEFILES series Season 02, collaboration with Erika Tsuchiya
2022 (RE)verb audio ‘zine, Collaboration with Amy Youngs, issue #1
Down at the Abbey, digital audio album OFF-RECORDS Brussels Belgium
2021 Sonic Jeel compilation album: Zekreet, featured audio track
2019 Coapan En Espera (Coapan On Standby), digital Release, Richmond VA
Cognizant, digital audio album OFF-RECORDS Brussels Belgium
2013 Electric Cruise, Electric Cruise Richmond, VA
Busted, Vol 1. Issue 1. Richmond VA

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Finding the Time, Capital One Extended Media Gallery, West Creek Town Center Henrico, VA
2018 Inescapable, solo exhibition, Anderson, VCUarts Richmond, VA
2009 Cubeular, solo exhibition, New Harmony Gallery for Contemporary Arts, New Harmony, IN
2008 Cubeular Thinking, Solo Exhibition Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
2008 I Rocked this City, solo exhibition Project Space: Lexington Art League, Lexington Kentucky,
2007 MFA Thesis solo show, “I Built is City” Anderson Gallery, Richmond, Virginia,

Group Exhibitions

2025 ALL PRECONCEPTIONS COLLAPSE: Haus One Gallery, in collaboration with Sabine Schrunder
Berlin, Germany
2024 Monumental: Sculpting Past Tomorrow, Benchellal Exhibition: sound track exhibited
“You Told Me So” National Museum of Qatar, Doha Qatar
2023 File Festival 2023, HYPERSONICA exhibition, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Language as Machines, The Gallery at VCUarts Qatar, Doha, Qatar
Qatar America Institute for Culture (QAIC) in Washington, DC.
2022 VCUQ Arts Research Lab exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2021 Pisando Lodo: Rasquache Collective, River House Arts gallery, Toledo, OH
Vidicon 2021: virtual experimental video
2019 Live from Cicada, Cicada Gallery, Ogden, UT 2019
2018 Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery annual art auction, Richmond, VA
Bling It Iridian Gallery annual art Auction, Richmond, VA
2017 Monster Draw Rally, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery annual art auction, Richmond, VA
Now See Us, Hear Us, Sediment Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery annual art auction, Richmond, VA
2014 Visual Textures, best in show, Fredericksburg, VA

Collaborative and Performance Projects

2025 EAI ArtsIT 2025 Arctic Resonance performance, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Transit: World Stage: Sound Kitchen performance with Erika Tsuchiya
ISEA Symposia: Reprising Elements performance with Arshia Sobandi, Seoul, Korea
The International Computer Music Association Conference 2025, Zodiac Live performance,
Boston, USA
Journey Between Two Worlds, Mirroring the Sky performance with Erika Tsuchiya
Dunes and Dugongs: London Design Biennial, London, UK
ALL PRECONCEPTIONS COLLAPSE: collaboration with Sabine Schrunder, Berlin, Germany
Manifest IO: Reprising Elements performance with Arshia Sobandi, Berlin, Germany
2024 Mutek AE: Mirroring the Sky performance with Erika Tsuchiya, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tasmeem Bienial 2024 “Under Construction” Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar with Erika Tsuchiya, Doha, Qatar
Tiemperos, collaboration with Federico Cuatlacuatl, Sound Design
2023 Reprising Elements performance with Arshia Sobandi, VCUQ Doha, Qatar
Belonging to Soil, collaboration with Amy Youngs, sound design, Hong Kong City, Hong Kong
Rays of Essence, Festival X, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Rays of Essence, “Meta-Functions of Cultural Production”, Ars Electronica University exhibition, Linz Austria
Live Performance at Synth Library Prague, Czech Republic
Belonging to Soil exhibition, collaboration with Amy Youngs, sound design McDonough Museum of Art Youngstown, Ohio
Rays of Essence, “Language as Machines”, VCUarts Qatar Gallery, Doha Qatar
2022 Synthesizer Meetup: Fire Station, co-organizer and performance
Belonging to the Soil, VR experience, Collaboration with Amy Youngs, Sound Design
Chambita, Collaboration with Federico Cuatlacuatl, Sound Design
First Landing, Collaboration with Ethan Brown and Federico Cuatlacuatl, Sound design
2020 Tsenacommacha, Collaboration with Ethan Brown and Federico Cuatlacuatl, Sound Design
2019 Becoming Biodiversity application, Sound Design, Collaboration with Amy Youngs, Sound Design
Coapan En Espera (Coapan On Standby) Collaboration with
Federico Cuatlacuatl, Sound Design
Live sound performance, Pearl and the Oyster, Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA
Live Video processing, “Weirdear Records presents” Anderson Gallery, Richmond VA
Live Video processing, Mock Orange concert, Capital Ale House, Richmond VA
Clouds Installation, Sound Design, Collaboration with Susie Ganch
2017 Comic Arts Brooklyn, Trash Daddies artist Collective, Brooklyn, NY
Cosmocomisima, Inlight Richmond 2018, Collaboration with Russell White, annual jured event 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Live Sound Performance: Demon’s Den, Nashville TN
Harmonious, Installation/performance, Sediment Gallery, Richmond VA
2016 Celestial Mystic Spirits, collaborative show with Charlotte Rodenberg and Matt Barton,
Sediment Gallery, Richmond, VA
2014 Home Grown, collaboration with Charlotte Rodenberg, Fremont Abbey, Seattle WA

Awards/Grants/Fellowships

2026 Arctic Hideaway Artist Residency, Fleinvar, Norway
Dyski Artist Residency, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Research Lab Grant: The Stack, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
2025 Distinguished Achievement Award in Research, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
Light Observatory #7 Artist Residency, the Netherlands
Dyski Artist Residency, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Faculty Research Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
2024 Quest Fund Research OVPRI grant, Virginia Commonwealth University
Arctic Circle Artist Residency, Svalbard, Norway
2023 Synth Library Prague residency, Prague, Czech Republic
2022 Research Lab Grant: D.A.T. Lab Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
2021 Research Lab Grant: D.A.T. Lab Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
Faculty Research Grant Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar

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