Artist Talks: Brandon Morse and Joshua Challen Ice

Join SOLOS artists Brandon Morse and Joshua Challen Ice to learn more about their SOLOS 2025 exhibitions, Brandon Morse: Gradually, All At Once and Joshua Challen Ice: Something to Do With My Hands. Brandon Morse’s talk will begin at 3pm and Joshua Challen Ice will speak at 4pm. Admission is free. Talks will take place in the galleries, on the lower level of the museum.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITIONS

Brandon Morse works with generative systems in order to examine the poetic and metaphorical potential of physical phenomena such as entropy and emergence.
In Gradually, All At Once, Morse presents two new multichannel video works that use geological phenomenon including erosion and plate tectonics to create generative systems that evoke the dynamics of human life.

Joshua Challen Ice creates sculpture, kinetic, and light-based installation art to explore ideas related to architecture and philosophy. Drawing on his background in lighting design and technology for the stage, he creates fully immersive works. In Something to Do With My Hands, Ice presents a new installation created for SOLOS 2025 that explores issues of care, maintenance, and creation.

Both exhibitions takes place as part of MoCA Arlington’s SOLOS 2025, part of the Museum’s long-running SOLOS exhibition program. Launched in 1988, SOLOS features solo exhibitions by artists based in the Mid-Atlantic region who are working at the forefront of contemporary art.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Brandon Morse
Born 1974, Arlington, TX
Based in Washington, DC

Brandon Morse’s previous exhibitions include the Kreeger Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center (Washington, DC), the Nanjing Museum (Nanjing, China), and Kusthalle Detroit, as well as many gallery exhibitions across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Morse holds an MFA from the Ohio State University and a BFA from University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. He is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art at University of Maryland.

Joshua Challen Ice
Born 1995, Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Based in Pittsburgh, PA

Joshua Challen Ice’s work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Sculpture Center (Cleveland, OH), Carlow University Gallery (Pittsburgh, PA) and Gradient Project Space (Thomas, WV) and in group exhibitions at Miller ICA at Carnegie Mellon University, SPACE Gallery, and The Royal Danish Academy, among other venues. He has participated in artist residencies and fellowships in the United States and Europe and created numerous immersive public art installations throughout Pittsburgh. Ice graduated from Point Park University with a BFA in Lighting Design and Entertainment Technology.