Josh Smith (artist)

Josh Smith
Born1976
Okinawa, Japan
NationalityAmerican
Occupationartist

Joshua Smith (born 1976) is an American artist based in New York City.

Biography

Smith was born in Okinawa, Japan and raised in Tennessee.[1] Trained as a printmaker, he initially began working with collages in the early 2000s.[2] He combined photocopies, documents and drawing in layers to create abstract images reacting to surreal and expressionist ways of painting.

He first became known in the early 2000s, however, for a body of work that consisted of paintings featuring letters from his own name:[3] Smith used the letters as a base for building abstract imagery.[4] In recent years, he has made numerous partly-figurative series, including series featuring palm trees, skeletons, fishes and devils, among other varied themes.[5] He also makes artist books and collages.[6] Amongst Smith's favourite and more famous motifs is the Grim Reaper, which first appeared in 11 works for his 2017 solo exhibition at STANDARD (OSLO).[2]

He also makes artist books, sculptures, ceramics, and collages.[1]

Smith attended Miami University from 1994 to 1996 and the University of Tennessee from 1996 to 1998.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Josh Smith Spectre at David Zwirner, London 2020[7]
  • Josh Smith at Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn 2016[8]
  • The American Dream at The Brant Foundation Art, Greenwich, Connecticut 2011[9]
  • Josh Smith at Deitch Studios, New York 2010[10]
  • Josh Smith at Luhring Augustine, New York City 2009[11]
  • Josh Smith at Jonathan Viner Gallery,[12] London, 2007[13]

Group exhibitions

References

  1. ^ a b "Josh Smith". Xavier Hufkens.
  2. ^ a b Irwin, Michael. "Josh Smith". Ocula.
  3. ^ Catherine Bastide, ArtForum from FindArticles.com Archived 2007-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Christina Hill, Sign Off, MetroTimes.com
  5. ^ "JOSH SMITH with Phong Bui". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ^ Josh Smith at Luhring Augustine Gallery, ArtFacts.net
  7. ^ "Josh Smith: Spectre". David Zwirner.
  8. ^ "Josh Smith". Bonner Kunstverein.
  9. ^ "Josh Smith: The American Dream". The Brant Foundation.
  10. ^ "Josh Smith at Deitch Studios".
  11. ^ "Josh Smith at Luhring Augustine".
  12. ^ "Exhibitions – Jonathan Viner". jonathanvinergallery.com.
  13. ^ "Josh Smith at Jonathan Viner".
  14. ^ "The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World". MoMA.
  15. ^ "Surface to Surface – Joe Bradley, Nicolas Deshayes, Eddie Peake, Dan Rees, Josh Smith, Oscar Tuazon – Exhibitions – Jonathan Viner". jonathanvinergallery.com.
  16. ^ "Josh Smith in Surface to Surface, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London". Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  17. ^ "Barbaric Freedom at Simon Lee".
  18. ^ "Josh Smith, Sophie Van Hellermann at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens".