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Joshua Bagley: links

A sourced, verified bibliography of projects, interviews, exhibitions, and platform documentation.

18 sources · last updated 2026-06-25

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Joshua Bagley details his background in aerospace engineering and his self-taught journey into generative art using Processing since 2020.

about page ↗ artist site · profile

Dreams is presented as an exploration of uneven subdivision in which uniform and crooked lines generate complex emergent structures.

dreams page ↗ artist site · project

Ecumenopolis generates scenes of cityscapes in unknown worlds, with ten percent of proceeds directed to homelessness prevention.

ecumenopolis page ↗ artist site · project

Spotlight details photon-path simulation interacting with differentially grown shapes to produce textured light compositions.

spotlight page ↗ artist site · project

Spaghetti Bones models life-forms that grow, age, evolve, and die through differential growth, recording path histories like tree rings.

spaghetti-bones page ↗ artist site · project

The Art Blocks platform profiles Joshua Bagley as a generative artist inspired by science and nature, living and working in Massachusetts.

Art Blocks artist page ↗ platform profile · 2021-2023

Dreams by Joshua Bagley comprises 700 unique generative editions exploring uneven subdivision, released on Art Blocks Curated.

Dreams collection ↗ collection · 2021

Ecumenopolis by Joshua Bagley comprises 676 generative editions of speculative cityscapes, released July 2021 on Art Blocks.

Ecumenopolis collection ↗ collection · 2021

Spotlight by Joshua Bagley comprises 625 generative editions simulating photon interactions with differential-growth forms, released February 2022.

Spotlight collection ↗ collection · 2022

Spaghetti Bones by Joshua Bagley comprises 600 generative editions simulating life-form growth, aging, and path tracing, released on Art Blocks.

Spaghetti Bones collection ↗ collection · 2023

Interviews

In a conversation hosted on Cent, Joshua Bagley discusses the inspiration, development process, and conceptual framework of his Dreams project.

In Conversation with Joshua Bagley ↗ interview · 2021

Press and criticism

A research overview of Art Blocks collections discusses Dreams by Joshua Bagley as an exemplar of uneven-subdivision generative techniques.

NFT Project Research: ART BLOCKS ↗ press · 2023

A generative art newsletter references Joshua Bagley's sustained experimentation with differential growth algorithms in code-based practice.

Gorilla Newsletter 87 ↗ press · 2025

Galleries and exhibitions

Joshua Bagley's generative works were included in the GEN.ART exhibition Immutable at Vellum LA in June 2022 alongside major digital artists and collectors.

GEN.ART Immutable at Vellum LA ↗ exhibition · 2022

Profiles and archives

MutualArt maintains a biographical and career profile documenting Joshua Bagley as an American generative artist working with code and plotter output.

MutualArt biography ↗ archive · profile

NFT market data platform provides collection statistics, floor prices, and sales volume for Joshua Bagley's generative NFT projects.

NFT Price Floor artist profile ↗ archive · market data

Bagley supplies an interactive generator allowing exploration of Spaghetti Bones simulation parameters and life-form evolution rules.

spaghetti-bones generator ↗ artist site · tool

Test mint outputs for Spaghetti Bones provide early visual examples of differential-growth life simulations prior to the full collection release.

spaghetti-bones test mints ↗ artist site · archive