Selected Press:
Kelly Beall, Design Milk, “New Depth-Filled Wall Sculptures by Joshua Abarbanel”
December 5, 2023
Jaime Derringer, Design Milk, “Take 5: Emo Sundaes, Paper Pulp Sculptures, Interactive Ecosystems + More”
August 3, 2021
Menachem Wecker, Rough Sketch, “An artistic golem for trying times”
September 29, 2020
Shana Nys Dambrot, LA Weekly, “Meet an Artist Monday: Joshua Abarbanel”
June 1, 2020
Marcelo Salazar Medina, Madera21, “La obra en madera de Joshua Abarbanel parece no detenerse”
May 7, 2020
Allison Futterman, Jewish Journal, “An Artist Inspired by Nature”
February 5, 2020
Anna Marks, Design Blog, “Joshua Abarbanel's wooden sculptures burst with floral motifs”
January 2019
Willona Sloan, Black Coffee & Vinyl, “Ice Culture”
January 2019
Erika Hirugami, Artsy, "Ephemeral Ethereality"
April 5, 2017
Purva Chalwa, Material Driven, "Ice, Water, Pebble and Wood: Joshua Abarbanel's journey from the ephemeral to the tangible"
December 1, 2016
Orit Arfa, Jewish Journal, "Santa Monica artist part of ‘Golem’ revival in Berlin"
November 30, 2016
CNN Greece, "A boat made of ice melts in the Arctic"
November 23, 2016
Monica Mascia London, Elle Decor Italia, "Statue di ghiaccio in mostra a Los Angeles"
November 22, 2016
Freire Barnes, The Culture Trip, "Awesome Ice Boat Sculptures Inspired by the Stunning Norwegian Fjords"
November 22, 2016
Lea Zeitoun, designboom, "Joshua Abarbanel sculpts ice boats during Arctic Circle expedition"
November 17, 2016
Katharina Weigmann, Prager Zeitung (Prague, Czech Republic), "Die Geister, die wir riefen"
November 10, 2016
Thomas Kramar, Die Presse (Vienna, Austria), "Golem: Leben, durch die Schrift erschaffen"
November 6, 2016
A.R. Vaughan, Art F City, "The Hellion is a Lonely Hunter (with apologies to Carson McCullers)"
October 27, 2016
Kristin Grieshaber, Associated Press, "Berlin's Jewish Museum opens show on mystic golem creature"
September 22, 2016
Joshua Abarbanel interview (at 10:48) for Golem documentary, Arte TV
September 2016
Shana Nys Dambrot, Fabrik, "Art About Town: Gallery Review—Joshua Abarbanel & China Adams, Seismic | Formations"
Issue 32, Summer 2016
Rebecca Shiller, Hand Eye Magazine, "Knowing by Hand"
June 15, 2016
Kristine Mitchell, My Modern Met, "Intricately Cut Wood Blocks Pieced Together to Mimic the Blooming Beauty of Coral Reefs"
May 5, 2016
Christopher Jobson, This Is Colossal, "Spiraling Coral Reefs Assembled from Precisely Cut Wood by Joshua Abarbanel"
April 30, 2016
Hi-Fructose, "Joshua Abarbanel's Wood Sculptures Inspired by Natural Forms"
April 28, 2016
Human Nature, "Joshua Abarbanel"
January 21, 2016
Jenny Zhang, My Modern Met, "Intricate Wooden Sculptures Made from Dizzying Repetitions of Organic and Geometric Shapes"
July 16, 2015
Contemporist, "Five New Sculptures by Joshua Abarbanel"
July 14, 2015
Jaime Derringer, Design Milk, "Best Art Posts of 2014"
December 24, 2014
Angelica Grittani and Selena Magni, Vain Creative (Italy), cover story, "Joshua Abarbanel"
October 2014
Library as Incubator Project, "Featuring: Joshua Abarbanel"
September 9, 2014
Frances Anderton, KCRW Design and Architecture, 'Joshua Abarbanel on “Seeing Life”'
July 16, 2014
Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, "Artist's intricate laser cuts sculptures mimic coral reef patterns"
July 9, 2014
Vasilis Lagios, Design Father, "Layered Wooded Sculpture by Joshua Abarbanel"
July 6, 2014
Caroline Williamson, Design Milk, "See Life: Layered Sculptures Inspired by Reefs"
July 4, 2014
Gendy Alimurung, LA Weekly, "The Insect-Human Duet: A Field Guide"
July 23, 2008