BIO
Lenworth “Joonbug” McIntosh is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California. His Jamaican roots loom large throughout his work and find reflection across his creative wheelhouse, which includes illustration, design, painting and analog photography. An avid collector of images, Lenworth considers the process of curation an integral exercise in his practice. Across mediums, his work is narrative-driven, seeking to capture some emotive moment in the long string of moments that make a life.
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EDUCATION
2009-2005 BA in Graphic Design, McMurry University, Abilene, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 In the Direction of Home, pt.2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2020 Self Reliance, pt.2, Oakland, CA
2019 Lenworth 3: Joonbug ‘In Practice’, {neighborhood}, Dallas, TX
2018 Lenworth 2: Man Wearing Hat, {neighborhood}, Dallas, TX
2018 Mass Inc., First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Oil Guppies, Atama, Dallas, TX
2014 Lenworth, Epocha Shoe and Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Ordinary People” Tlaloc Studios Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2023 “Proximo” Tlaloc Studios, Franchise Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 “1523” Group Exhibition, Pt.2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2021 “Art Basel” Ciroc chateau, Miami, FL
2020, Long Strange Trip, Nielsen Arts, Berkeley, CA
2019 Pass the Sticks, Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Summer Friends, pt.2, Oakland, CA
2018 House Plant Show, SWIM, San Francisco, CA
2018 Black Mail Program Show Oakland, CA
2017 Maker’s Loft, Oakland, CA
2016 Black Mail 2, San Francisco, CA
2015 Black Mail, San Francisco, CA
2015 Dallas is Dallas art show with City Bicycle Co., Dallas, TX.
2015 Urban Chatter, Dallas, TX.