Joshua Tobey is the son of renowned western sculptor Gene Tobey, who instilled in Josh an innate desire to pursue a career as an artist. “One of the greatest assets I’ve had in my career is growing up in an artist’s studio and knowing that you can be an artist – that it’s a reality,” Josh has stated. Josh began molding his first sculptures at five or six years old while sitting in the back of his father’s classrooms in Corvallis, Oregon, where Tobey worked as a college art professor before he began his full-time art career in Santa Fe. Joshua eventually went on to earn a fine art degree at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado he returned to Santa Fe as apprentice to his father and quickly began producing his own body of work. A distinct feature of Josh’s art is his original and contemporary patina work, which he has continued to develop over time to incorporate a visual texture onto the surface of each bronze. The artist views the patina as its own artistic composition, a notion that sets him apart in the world of sculpture, “My patinas have developed to the point where every new piece is the cutting edge in my studio,” says Josh. Josh has received significant recognition for his artwork in the western art world - from national sculptor society awards to museum awards. But his most honored achievement to date is being recognized as the featured artist at the 2014 Fall Arts Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Josh is the first sculptor to ever receive this award.
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