Josh Almond
Kimberly Dennis
Joshua Almond is an Assistant Professor of Art at Rollins College, having joined the faculty of the Art and Art History Department in the fall of 2008. Joshua teaches classes on three-dimensional foundations, sculpture, and contemporary theory.
Kimberly L. Dennis is an Associate Professor of Art History. She has been at Rollins since 2005. She received her M.A. in art history from Vanderbilt University and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Associate Professor of Art History
Assistant Professor of Studio Art
Dr. Dennis’ teaching areas are Renaissance and Baroque art, western architecture, and urbanism, with a particular interest in women’s involvement in the art as artists, patrons, and subjects.
Joshua received his Bachelor of Art degree from Rhodes College and went on to do two years of post-baccalaureate study in Furniture Design at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 2007, he was awarded his Master of Fine Arts degree in Wood from Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Her recent scholarship includes: “Camilla Peretti, Sixtus V, and the Construction of a Locus of Peretti Family Identity in Counter-Reformation Rome” (forthcoming, 2011, SixteenthCentury Journal) and “Rediscovering the Villa Montalto and the Patronage of Camilla Peretti,” in Ed. Katherine A. McIver, Wives, Widows, Mistresses, Nuns: Making the Invisible Visible in Early Modern Italy (Ashgate, forthcoming, 2011).
Joshua works primarily in wood using traditional techniques to create abstract landscapes. Drawing from a variety of sources for inspiration (including aerial photography, satellite imagery, and electron microscopic imagery), his work accentuates the parallels between macrocosmic and microscopic forms. By referencing these geological and biological structures, he is able to create a new visual topography that entices the viewer both visually and tactually. The sculptures are informed by his personal interest in both science and philosophy.
Dr. Dennis’ current research focuses on the art and architectural patonage of Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphili, sister-in-law and longtime companion of Pope Innocent X (r. 1644-55). Among the projects examined in this study are Pamphili’s role in the construction of Palazzo Pamphili and the Church of Sant’Agnese, her re-organization of the central urban space of Piazza Navona, her reconstruction and re-population of the city of San Martino al Cimino, and the portrait bust she commissioned from sculptor Alessandro Algardi at the height of her power.
Intentionally ambiguous, the forms are neither biological nor geological, yet somehow relate to both. They are, at once, familiar and exotic. Joshua approaches the work intuitively and, in his investigations, is compelled to return to certain specific motifs. Negative spaces, erosional forms, areas of decay or desiccation, and other areas of protrusion are all present and recurring imagery within the work. Joshua has exhibited in both national and international exhibitions in venues as far afield as Los Angeles, California; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Tacoma, Washington. For more information on Joshua Almond’s work visit http://www.joshalmond.com Image info: “Of Sex and Death”, 2010, Basswood, 72" x 24" x 15"
Image info: Alessandro Algardi, Portrait of Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphili, 1646-47