Josh Smith (artist)

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Josh Smith
Born1976
Okinawa, Japan
Nationality American
Occupationartist

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

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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

Group exhibitions

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  2. 1 2 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".
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