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Josh Smith

(American, born 1976)

Josh Smith

Untitled, 2019

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Josh Smith

Turtle, 2019

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Josh Smith

Untitled, 2020

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Josh Smith

Faded Photo, 2022

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Josh Smith

Untitled, 2022

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Josh Smith

Untitled, 2022

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Josh Smith

Untitled, 2022

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Biography

Timeline

1976: Born in Okinawa, Japan
1994 - 1996: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1996 - 1998: BFA, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
: Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Exhibitions

2019 - 2020: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2019-2020:
Forever Young – 10 Years Museum Brandhorst, Museum Brandhorst, Munich
2019: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2019:
Josh Smith: Emo Jungle, David Zwirner, New York (solo exhibition)
Josh Smith: Finding Emo, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels (solo exhibition)
MCMXXXIV, Massimo De Carlo, Milan
Trouble in Paradise: Collection Rattan Chadha, Kunsthal Rotterdam
2018 - 2019: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2018-2019:
Nightfall, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels
2018: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
Josh Smith: I Will Carry the Weight, Massimo De Carlo, London (solo exhibition)
Josh Smith: Understand Me, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, New York (solo exhibition)
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo
Cliché, Almine Rech, New York
Contemporary Dialogues with Tintoretto, Zuecca Projects Space, Venice
David Zwirner: 25 Years, David Zwirner, New York
Smooth Transitions, Löwenbräu Areal, Zurich [organized by Galerie Eva Presenhuber]
2017: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Josh Smith: You Walk On Ahead, Go As Fast As You Want. I’ll Follow Along Slowly. I Know The Road Well, Standard (Oslo), Oslo (solo exhibition)
The Gap Between the Fridge and the Cooker, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotlan Heatwave, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles
Painting Paintings (David Reed) 1975, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Zeitgeist, MAMCO, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland
Animal Farm, The Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT
Jump Ball, Dio Horia, Mykonos, Greece
White Trash, Luhring Augustine, Bushwick, New York
Jo Baer, Michael E. Smith, Josh Smith, Raphaela Vogel, Essex Street, New York
FEED BACK, Marlborough Contemporary, New York, NY
Pharmacy for Idiots, Rob Tufnell & Tanya Leighton, Cologne
Artistic Toolbox: 1989-2017, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2016 - 2017: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2016-2017:
Creature, The Broad, Los Angeles
Franz West: Artistclub, 21er Haus Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna
Fredrik Vaerslev: All Around Amateur, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway; Le Consortium, Dijon, France
The Power & The Glory, Charles Riva Collection, Brussels
Schiff Ahoy: Contemporary Art from the Brandhorst Collection, Museum Brandhorst, Munich
What’s My Name ?, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin
2016: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Josh Smith, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (solo exhibition)
Josh Smith: Fishes, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels (solo exhibition)
Between Something and Nothing, Richard Telles, Los Angeles
Fine Young Cannibals, Petzel Gallery, New York
Group Exhibition, Richard Telles, Los Angeles
Ich, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt
La mia ceramic, Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris
Michael St. John: These Days; Leaves of Grass, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
No Rules, No Rules, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York
Self, Massimo De Carlo, London
S.M.S. S.O.S.: Text, Texture and Gesture, Marlborough Chelsea, New York
2015 - 2016: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2015-2016:
New Skin: Selections from the Tony and Elham Salamé Collection, Aïshti Foundation, Beirut
Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich [itinerary: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna]
The World is Made of Stories: Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
2015: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Josh Smith, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich (solo exhibition)
Josh Smith, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome (solo exhibition)
Josh Smith: Cold Fusion, Hiromi Yoshii Roppongi, Roppongi, Japan; Hiromi Yoshii Tokyo (solo exhibition)
Josh Smith: Sculpture, Luhring Augustine, New York (solo exhibition)
Beneath the Surface, de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, Miami
Carte Blanche to Luhring Augustine, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris
CNTRL+P: Printmaking in the 21st Century by University of Tennessee Alumni, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jacques Andre, Jean-Pascal Flavien, Monique van Genderen, Ola Rindal, Josh Smith, Kelley Walker, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels
Josh Smith/Dieter Roth, presented by Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Cahiers d’Art, Paris
My wife does the dishes, I do the revolution, Kimmerich, Berlin
The Now Forever, Basilica Hudson, Hudson, New York
The Shell (Landscapes, Portraits & Shapes), Almine Rech Gallery, Paris
Unfixed: New Painting, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Winters—Smith, Casamadre Arte Contemporanea, Naples, Italy
Works on Paper, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
2014 - 2015: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2014-2015:
The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2014: Josh Smith Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Josh Smith: Unsolved Mystery, Massimo De Carlo, Milan (solo exhibition)
ART Fahrenheit 451: Sailing into the Sea of Oblivion, Yokohama Trienniale 2014, Yokohama, Japan
Artist’s Artists: James Siena, Josh Smith, and Charline von Heyl Collect Prints, International Print Center New York, New York
Artists for Artists: 51st Anniversary Exhibition to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
BASH: An Exhibition in Two Parts, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, New York
Dallas Biennial 2014: Josh Smith + Jose Lerma, Oliver Francis Gallery, Dallas
Displayed, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Fire!, Venus over Manhattan, New York
Home/Sculpture, Massimo De Carlo, London
Hypothesis for an Exhibition, Dominique Lévy Gallery, New York
The Image Is beside the Point, Pierot the Fool, New York
Mirage: Alex Israel & Josh Smith, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
Pouring It On, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Speaking through Paint: Hans Hofmann’s Legacy Today, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York
Stay in Love, Laurel Gitlen, New York
2013: Kyle Thurman, Israel Lund, Jean Baptiste Bernadet, Josh Smith - TORRI, Paris
24 Hours - Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
For the Time Being - Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Josh Smith - Zabludowicz Collection London, London (England)
: Abstract Generation: Now in Print, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; USA
: Josh Smith, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway (solo)
: Josh Smith, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA (solo)
: Josh Smith, Home Alone 2, New York, NY, USA (solo)
: DSM-V, curated by David Rimanelli, presented by Vito Schnabel, The Future Moynihan Station, New York, NY, USA
: Passive Aggressive, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy
: White Collar Crimes, presented by Vito Schnabel, Aquavella, New York, NY (catalogue), USA
: 39 Great Jones, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
: Josh Smith - Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
: The Slide Show – Mekanism Skateboards, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2012: Painting Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2011: Untitled (painting) and Tulsa 1968: A film by Larry Clark, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York (group)
: 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
: Sculpture Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
: 21° édition Le printemps de septembre, Toulouse, France
: After Images, Musée Juif de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium
: The American Dream, The Brant Foundation, Greenwich/CT, USA (solo)
: Made in Italy, Gagosian Gallery, Rome, Italy
2010: Alpha Omega Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athen
About Us, Johann König, Berlin, Germany
TWENTY FIVE, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
Barbaric Freedom, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK, curated by Anne Pontegnie
FAX, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong, China
FAX, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Josh Smith, Gallery Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy (solo)
Sophie von Hellermann & Josh Smith, Museum Dhondt-Dhanenens, Deurle, Belgium (solo)
2009: On The Water, Deitch Studios, Long Island City, NY (solo)
Who Am I, Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, the Netherlands (solo)
Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Rusters in the Duffel, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY (solo)
I’m not you, Air de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY (group)
We Are Sun-kissed and Snow-blind, Galerie Patrick Seguin invites Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Paris, France
Hard Hat at Francesca Pia Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Younger Than Jesus, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
That’s Just the Way It Is, Curated by Michael St. John, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
The Generational: Younger Than Jesus, New Museum, New York, NY
The Living and the Dead, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
My Summer Show, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
Top 10 Allegories, Francesca Pia Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
Access All Areas, Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany, curated by Arturo Herrera
Cave Painting, PSM Gallery, Berlin, Germany, curated by Bob Nickas
Chapter Three: The Wall of the Sky, The Wall of the Eye, About Change Collection, Berlin, Germany
Abstractionists Unite! Who Give you Just Enough To Last A Lifetime, The Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Practice, Practice, Practice, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
A Wild Night and a New Road, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008: Hidden Darts, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Zurich Abstraction, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Unstable Ideas, Standard, Olso, Norway (solo)
We Have Never Met Before [...], Standard, Oslo, Norway
Fair Market, Rental Gallery, New York, NY
Painting Now and Forever Part II, The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Meet Me Around the Corner - Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway
Standard Sizes, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Champion Fine Art: Champion Zero, RENTAL, New York, NY
Blasted Allegories. Werke aus der Sammlung Ringier, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
Murder Letters, Filomena Soares Gallery, Lisbon, Spain
Black and White Exhibition, Galerie Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt, Germany
Book/Shelf, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Recent Acquisitions, Gifts, and Works from Various Exhibitions 1985-2007, White Columns, New York, NY
Accidental Modernism, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2007: Last Attraction Next Exit, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
Irreversible, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, NY
ProjectSD, Barcelona, Spain
Michèle Didier Project – Part II, Michèle Didier Project, Brussels, Belgium
Beneath the Underdog, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Conditions of Display, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction, De Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland
Uncertain States of America, CSW Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej/Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Der Ficker, Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK
Uncertain States of America, Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
Carnegie Art Award 2006, Den frie udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark
What glue do you use?, Atelier Cardenas Bellanger, Paris, France
Malerei und Affekt, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Uncertain States of America, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
USA Today, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
USA Today, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
USA Today: New American Art from The Saatchi Gallery , The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Third Mind – Carte Blanche à Ugo Rondinone, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
00s – The History of a Decade That Has Not Yet Been Named, Lyon Biennial 2007, La Sucrière, Lyon, France
Paintings, Props and Problems (Still Unresolved), Standard, Oslo, Norway
off modern, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Genesis, I’m sorry, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
What we do is secret, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Prague Biennale 3, Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic
Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2006: Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI (solo)
Air de Paris, Paris, France, curated by Eva Svennung (solo)
Standard Norwegian Show, Standard, Oslo, Norway (solo)
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Dial “J” for Josh, Delta Axis / Power House, Memphis, TN (solo)
Take One, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Dimes of March, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY
Hold That Elevator, Butridge Gallery at Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
Paper, Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, IL
Under Pressure, Art:Concept, Paris, France
Bill Saylor and Josh Smith, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gedi Sibony and Josh Smith, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY
Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Josh Smith, Kelley Walker, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Exquisite Corpse, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, NY
Reena Spaulings, New York, NY
Slow Burn, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland
In Dialogue, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
In Dialogue, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
The Uncertain States of America, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo & Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
USA Today, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Color Aside, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
2005: Situational Prosthetics, New Langton Art Center, San Francisco, CA
Paper, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
New York’s Finest, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
Marc Selwyn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
KIOSK, ICA-Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Sophie von Hellerman and Josh Smith, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings, Susanne Hillberry Gallery, Detroit, MI
Confort Moderne, Poitiers, Ruptures des Evidences
Uncertain States of America, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
Helter Skelter, Capsule Gallery, New York, NY
I’m a Child of Divorce, Give Me a Break, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
Interstate, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
New York Twice, Air de Paris, Paris, France
Lesser New York, Fia Backstrom, Brooklyn, NY
Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY (solo)
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Make It Plain, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
Faces, Taxter and Spengeman Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner Gallery, London,UK (solo)
2004: Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY (solo)
POST modern, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
East Village ASU, New York, NY
Me, Myself & I, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Rimbaud, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY
Repetition, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, NY
Collection (or, How I Spent a Year), P.S.1, New York, NY
2003: Mighty Graphitey, Feature Galler, New York, NY
Ljubljana Graphic Arts Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Volume Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Chinese Paintings, M Shanghai Bistro, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
Dial “J” for Josh, Margo Victor Presents, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Josh Smith: Recent Paintings & Handmade Books, Freight + Volume, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2002: Copy Books, Roth Horowitz, New York, NY
2000: New Work: Abstract Painting, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
1999: Mr. Fascination, Threadwaxing Space, New York, NY
1998: Remix, Team Gallery, New York, NY
: Supplementary biography provided by Air de Paris

Public Collections

: Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
: Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI Lugano), Lugano, Switzerland
: Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
: Fondation François Pinault, Venice
: The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, Connecticut
: Aïshti Foundation, Beirut
: Zabludowicz Collection, London, England
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
: Pomeranz Collection, Vienna
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
: Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
: Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
: Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
: Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
: de la Cruz Collection, Miami, FL
: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
: The Broad, Los Angeles
: Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
: Sammlung Goetz, Munich

Literature

2008: Achim Hochdörfer (ed.): 'Josh Smith. Hidden Darts Reader', Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, 2008 (exh. cat.)

Josh Smith

(American, born 1976)

Josh Smith

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Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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