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
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.
Trained as a printmaker, he initially began working with collages in the early 2000s.
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: Smith used the letters as a base for building abstract imagery. In recent years, he has made numerous partly-figurative series, including series featuring palm trees, skeletons, fishes and devils, among other varied themes. He also makes artist books and collages. 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).
He also makes artist books, sculptures, ceramics, and collages.
Smith attended
Miami University
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from 1994 to 1996 and the
University of Tennessee
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from 1996 to 1998.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
*Josh Smith Spectre at David Zwirner, London 2020
*Josh Smith at Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn 2016
*The American Dream at The Brant Foundation Art, Greenwich, Connecticut 2011
*Josh Smith at Deitch Studios, New York 2010
*Josh Smith at
Luhring Augustine,
New York City
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2009
*Josh Smith at Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, 2007
Group exhibitions
*The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World, MOMA, New York, 2015
*Josh Smith in Surface to Surface, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London 2012
*Barbaric Freedom at Simon Lee,
London
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2010
*Josh Smith,
Sophie von Hellermann
Sophie von Hellermann (born 1975, Munich) is an artist based in London who gained a fine art degree at the Royal College of Art. She went to art school in London, and stayed because "It's magical." She has been inspired by German Romanticism and ...
at , Deurle, 2010
References
External links
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Documentation of recent Josh Smith exhibitions*Further information fro
Luhring AugustineJosh Smith on Ocula.comJosh Smith on www.jonathanvinergallery.com
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American artists
Miami University alumni
University of Tennessee alumni
Living people
1976 births