Joshua DeWall was born and raised in the small town of Galena, Illinois. From a young age, Joshua was attracted to the medium of glass. Upon graduation from high school, it became his lifelong commitment. He received a Bachelor of Fine Art from Southern Illinois University and also a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York.

He has worked nationwide as a glass gaffer, designer, assistant, instructor, and artist at institutions such as: the Pittsburgh Glass Center; the Rochester Institute of Technology; Snow Farm, Williamsburg, Massachusetts; Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina; and the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio in Norfolk, Virginia. 

Joshua has received numerous awards including a fellowship at the Creative Glass Center of America; Artist Residency at The Works in Newark, Ohio as well as a residency at the Sonoron Glass Academy in Tucson, Arizona, and a scholarship to Pilchuck Glass School. Joshua has been featured in New Glass Review 32 and in Flow Magazine. Currently, he is the production manager at Ignite Glass Studios in Chicago, Illinois.