JOSHUA SMITH
Born 1976.
Lives and works in New York
Education
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 1996-1998 BFA Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 1994-1996
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Josh Smith, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
Josh Smith: The American Dream, The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, CT (catalogue)
2010-2009
Who Am I, De Hallen Haarlem, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Josh Smith: On The Water, Deitch Studios, New York, NY (catalogue)
2009
Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Currents, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY (catalogue)
Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan -I’m Not You, Air de Paris, Paris, France
Josh Smith Books, Printed Matter, New York, NY
2008
Hidden Darts, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria (catalogue)
Josh Smith: Collages, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Josh Smith: Zurich Abstraction, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Josh Smith / Josh Fish, Hard Hat, Geneva, Switzerland
Josh Smith, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
Unstable Ideas, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway
2007
Abstraction, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY (catalogue) Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK
2007-2006
Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006
Air de Paris, Paris, France
Dial “J” for Josh, Power House, Memphis, TN
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit, MI
Standard Norwegian Show, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway
2005
Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK -Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Make It Plain, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY -Sculpture Center, New York, NY
2004
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY
2003
Chinese Paintings, M Shanghai Bistro, New York, NY
Dial “J” For Josh, Margo Victor Presents, Los Angeles, CA Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Volume Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2012
Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday, curated by Matthew Higgs, James Cohan Gallery,New York, NY
Idealizing the Imaginary: Illusion and Invention in Contemporary Painting, Oakland University
Art Gallery, Rochester, MI (catalogue)
Jessica Dickinson, Liam Everett, Alex Olson, Josh Smith, Garth Weiser, Altman Siegel Gallery,San Francisco, CA
Mix/Remix, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
The Painting Factory: Abstraction After Andy Warhol, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
Painting Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Print/Out: 20 Years in Print, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (catalogue)
2011
The 54th International Art Exhibition: ILLUMInations, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (catalogue)
Accrochage, Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York, NY
After Images, Musee Juif de Belgique/Her Joods Museum van Belgie, Brussels, Belgium(catalogue)
Don’t Do It, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger AG, Zurich
Le Printemps de Septembre, curated by Anne Pontegnie, Toulouse, France
Painting...EXPANDED, Espacio 1414, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Ray’s a Laugh, Half Gallery, New York, NY
Sculpture Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
The Perfect Man Show II, White Columns, New York, NY
Untitled (Painting), Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
2010
2000 – 2010, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Paris, France
Alpha Omega: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Barbaric Freedom, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
Rise of the Rad, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Signatures, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
Twenty Five, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
When do you see yourself in ten years?, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway
You Were There, curated by Tom Duncan at Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2009
A Wild Night and a New Road, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
Abstractionists Unite! Who Give You Just Enough to Last a Lifetime, curated by Nancy Chaikin, The Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Access All Areas, curated by Arturo Herrera, Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Cave Painting, curated by Bob Nickas, PSM Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Chapter Three: The Wall of the Sky, The Wall of the Eye, About Change Collection, Berlin,
Germany
Fax, The Drawing Center, New York, NY; Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada; Dowd Gallery, Cortland,
NY; Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico; Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong
Jettison: New Ideas in Abstraction, Austin Peay State University Trahern Gallery, Clarksville,TN
Josh Smith and Sophie von Hellerman, Consortium, Dijon, France
Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, P.S.1, New York, NY
My Summer Show, curated by Cristina Delgado, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
Practice, Practice, Practice, Organized by Michael Smith and Jay Saunders, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX
Summer Show, Saks, Geneva, Switzerland
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 (catalogue)
The Living and the Dead, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
The Perpetual Dialogue, (curatorial contributor), Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Top 10 Allegories, Francesca Pia Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
We are Sun-Kissed and Snow-Blind, curated by Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Galerie Patrick
Seguin, Paris, France
2008
Black and White Exhibition: Dean Hughes, Nadira Husain, Andrei Koschmieder, Josh Smith, Anne Spieir, Galerie Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt, Germany
Book/Shelf, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Champion Zero, Rental, New York, NY -Fair Market, curated by Haley Mellin, Rental, New York, NY -Meet Me Around the Corner-works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley
Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
Murder Letters, curated by David Rimanelli, Filomena Soares Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
Painting Now and Forever, Green Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Painting Now and Forever, Part II, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Standard Sizes, Andrew Kreps, New York, NY
The Peanut Gallery, curated by Jo Bradley, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
2007
A Few Artist’s Books: Roma Publications and Christoph Keller, ProjectSD, Barcelona, Spain -Accidental Modernism, Leslie Tonkonow, New York, NY -Aleatoric Contracts, curated by Eivind Furnesvik, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway.
Beneath the Underdog (or One Unopened Packet of Cigarettes), curated by Nate Lowman and Adam McEwen, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
Biennale de Lyon: 00s, The History of a Decade That Has Not Yet Been Named, La Sucrière, Lyon, France.
Conditions of Display, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Der Ficker: Thea Djordjadze, Sophie von Hellermann, Mick Peter, Tamuna Sirbiladze, Josh Smith, Emily Wardill and Franz West, Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner Gallery,
London, UK
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
Genesis I’m Sorry, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Irreversible, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, NY
Last Attraction Next Exit, curated by Neville Wakefield, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
Malerei und Affekt, Organized by Gregg Bordowitz and Achim Hochdörfer, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria -Michèle Didier Project – Part II: Christopher Wool and Josh Smith, Christophe Daviet Thery,
Paris, France
Off Modern, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction, curated by Bob Nickas, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, Switzerland
The Third Mind: Carte Blanche a Ugo Rondinone, 2008, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Uncertain States of America, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic (catalogue)
What Glue Do You Use?, Atelier Cardenas Bellanger, Paris, France
what we do is secret, Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2006
Bill Saylor, Josh Smith, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Color Aside, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY -Gedi Sibony and Josh Smith, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY
Hold That Elevator, Butridge Gallery at Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
In Dialogue, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Paper, Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, IL
Reena Spaulings, New York, NY
Slow Burn, curated by Jonah Freeman, Gallerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland
Take One, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Dimes of March, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY
Uncertain States of America, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
Under Pressure, Art:Concept, Paris, France
USA Today, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK and The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Josh Smith, Kelley Walker, Kunstalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
When the Revolution Comes, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2005
Helter Skelter, curated by Monica Moran, Capsule Gallery, New York, NY
I’m a Child of Divorce, Give Me a Break, curated by Michael St. John, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
Interstate, curated by Adam McKewen, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
KIOSK: Modes of Multiplication and Liam Gillick: Edgar Schmitz, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Lesser New York, curated by Fia Backström Production, Brooklyn, NY
Marc Selwyn Gallery, curated by Clarrissa Dalrymple, Los Angeles, CA
New York Twice, curated by Fabrice Stroun, Air de Paris, Paris, France
New York’s Finest, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings, November-January, Susanne Hillberry Gallery, Detroit, MI
Paper, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
POST MoDERN, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Ruptures des Évidences, curated by Rita Ackerman, Confort Moderne, Potiers, France
Situational Prosthetics, curated by Nate Lowman, New Langton Art Center, San Francisco, CA
Sophie von Hellerman and Josh Smith: Collaborations, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY -Uncertain States of America, Astrup-Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
2004
Collection (or, How I Spent a Year), curated by Bob Nickas, P.S. 1, New York, NY
East Village ASU, curated by Rick Prol, B-Side Gallery, New York, NY
Me, Myself, and I, curated by Renee Riccardo and Paul Laster, University Galleries, Florida
Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
Repetition, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Rimbaud, curated by Max Henry, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY
So Few Opportunities, So Many Mistakes, curated by Josh Smith, Champion Fine Art, New York, NY
2003
25th Ljubljana Graphic Arts Biennial, Ljubljana, Slovenia -Mighty Graphitey, Feature Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Copy Books, Roth Horowitz, New York, NY
2000
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
New Work: Abstract Painting, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Mr. Fascination, Threadwaxing Space, New York, NY
1998
Remix, Team Gallery, New York, NY
Artist Books
can your monkey do the dog: Josh Smith and Christopher Wool. Brussels: MFC-Michèle Didier, 2007.
Currents. New York: 38th Street Publishers, 2009. Josh Smith: Abstraction. New York and Berlin: Luhring Augustine and Holzwarth Publications,
2007. Josh Smith 2009. New York: 38th Street Publishers, 2009. New York Death Trip 4. New York: 38th Street Publishers, 2008. Tennessee Fish. New York: 38th Street Publishers, 2008. The Signing. New York: Printed Matter, 2008.
Catalogues and Periodicals 2012
Cherix, Christophe. Print/Out: 20 Years in Print, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY,
2012. Idealizing the Imaginary: Illusion and Invention in Contemporary Painting, Rochester, MI:
Oakland University Art Gallery, 2012, pp.48-51. Marcus, Daniel. “Printemps de Septembre: Various Venues, Toulouse, France,” Artforum, No.
50, No. 5, January 2012, pg. 215.
2011
After Images. Brussels: Jewish Museum of Belgium, 2011, pp. 122-125. Asfour, Nana. “Josh Smith,” Time Out New York, Issue 802, February 24-March 9, 2011, p. 53. A.B. “The art of Josh Smith: The biggest show he has ever done,” The Economist, June. Bollen, Christopher. “Dead Again,” Interview, February 2011, p. 51. Cooper, Harry. “Spatter and Daub,” Artforum, XLIX, No. 10, Summer 2011, p. 319. Corbetta, Caroline. “Cose d’Artista: Josh Smith,” Venti Quattro, pp. 14-15. Corbett, Rachel. “Josh Smith: Peter Brants’s 2011 Art Bet,” The New York Observer, April 25,
2011, pg. 46. Crow, Kelly. “Hating It Is a Good Sign: Peter Brant on Collecting,” The Wall Street Journal, May
7, 2011, C14. Dauriac, Romain. “Josh Smith: Mon nom sur ta liste,” Clark Magazine, No. 48, May – June
2011, pp. 52-55. Goldstein, Andrew M. “Peter Brant’s Sumptuous Fete for Josh Smith,” Artinfo.com, May 10,
2011. Korine, Harmony. “Josh Smith,” Interview, May 2011, p. 60-62. Kuo, Michelle. “Acting Out: The AbEx Effect,” Artforum, XLIX, No. 10, Summer 2011, p. 315. Lopez, Elisa Maria. “Artist to Watch: Josh Smith,” Whitewall, Fall issue, pp. 56-57. Marshall, Piper. “Critics Picks: New York. Josh Smith: Luhring Augustine,” artforum.com, March
8, 2011. Marcus, Daniel. “Eyes in the Heat. Figuration in Jean Dubuffet, Cathy Wilkes, and Josh Smith,”
Artforum, XLIX, No. 10, Summer 2011, pp. 366-375.
McCormick, Carlos. “The Last Look: Josh Smith,” Paper, Volume 27, No. 8, Summer 2011, pg. 104.
O’Reilly, Adam. “Between a Name and a Signature: Q+A With Josh Smith,” artinamerica.com, February 11, 2011.
Schultz, Charlie. “Act III,” artslant.com, February 20, 2011. Vogel, Carol. “Inside Art: Josh Smith in Venice and Connecticut,” The New York Times, Friday,
April 15, 2011, C28.
2010
Bradley, Joe. “Josh Smith,” The Journal, Entry 28, pp. 138-145. Chan, Paul. “Miracles, Forces, Attractions, Reconsidered,” Texte zur Kunst, September 2010, p.
117 and 166. Gioni, Massimiliano. Alpha and Omega: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, 16 June- 29
December 2010, Yannis Karlopoulos, p. 18-19. Obrist, Hans Ulrich. “Josh Smith,” DU, Issue 807, June 2010, p. 47. Pirovano, Stefano. Forma e informazione: Nuove vie per l’astratto nell’arte del terzo
millennio, Italy: Johan & Levi Editore, 2010, p 100. Lieberman, Justin and Chris Sharp. “Waxing Durr,” Art Lies: A Contemporary Art Quarterly, No.
66, Summer 2010, pp. 20-25. Trembley, Nicolas. “Reproduction,” Numéro, February 2010, no. 110, p. 64. Yablonsky, Linda. “Art and Action,” New York Times Magazine Blog, October 8, 2010.
2009
Chérix, Christophe. “Painting Stripped Bare,” Parkett, No. 85, pp. 188-197. FAX. New York: The Drawing Center and Independent Curators International, pp. 144-146. Johnson, Ken. “Review: Josh Smith, Currents,” The New York Times, page Kerr, Merrily. “The Generational: Younger Than Jesus,” Flash Art, Vol. XLII, No. 267, July -
September 2009, page 27. Maine, Stephen. “Review: Josh Smith, Currents,” Art in America, June/July 2009, p. 194. Pontégnie, Anne. ”Painter without a pause,” Parkett, No. 85, pp. 176-187. Robinson, Walter. “Weekend Update,” artnet.com, March 20, 2009. Rothkopf, Scott. “Best of 2009,” Artforum, XLVIII, No. 4, December 2009. pg 183. Saltz, Jerry. “’Jesus’ Saves,” www.artnet.com/magazineus, April 20, 2009. Schjeldahl, Peter. “Goings About Town: Chelsea,” The New Yorker, page 11. Sharp, Chris. “The Idiots.” Art Review, May 2009, p. 84. Trembley, Nicholas. “Reproduction,” Numéro, February 2010, p. 64. Trezzi, Nicola. “New York Artists Dictionary / Part 2,” Flash Art, March/April 2009, p. 70. Vogel, Carol. “It’s Art of the Computer Generation (33 and Under, Please),” The New York
Times, March 9, 2009, C1. Vogel, Carol. “Artists over 33 need not apply,” International Herald Tribune, March 11, 2009, p.
11. Wool, Ira G. “Josh Smith Is not Afraid,” Parkett, No. 85, pp. 162-175.
2008
Bradley, Jo. “Salon XXIV,” The Journal Contemporary Culture, Entry 24, p. 101. Smith, Josh. “I, Robot: Über Christopher Wool bei Luhring Augustine, New York“, Texte Zur
Kunst, September 2008, pp. 195-197, 251-252. Josh Smith 7
Smith, Josh and Ann Craven. “Let’s Get This Done,” Flash Art, Vol. XLI, No. 263, 2008. pp. 56- 58.
Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: Accidental Modernism,” The New York Times, January 18, 2008, E38.
Smith, Roberta. “Frieze Art Fair Feels a Big Chill,” The New York Times, October 18, 2008, C1.
2007
Allan, Stacey. “Reviews: Josh Smith,” Modern Painters, June 2007. p. 111. Alemani, Cecilia. “Art Sharing,” Mousse, No. 11, November 2007. pp. 105-107. Burgher, Elijah. “Josh Smith: Skestos Gabriele Gallery,” Art US, Issue 17, March – April 2007. Davidson, Karen. “Galleries-Chelsea: Josh Smith,” The New Yorker, April 30, 2007, p. 20. Di Nardo, Francesca. “One Plus One Equals Three,” Mousse, No. 11, November 2007. p. 100. Duponchell, Valérie and Béatrice de Rochebouët. “Les Affaires au Zenith du Grand Palais.” Le
Figaro, Oct. 20, 2007, pp. 30-31. Falconer, Morgan. “Josh Smith at Luhring Augustine, New York,” saatchi-gallery.co.uk, April 7,
2007. Funcke, Bettina. “Gallery Walks: Bettina Funcke on New York,” Texte zur Kunst, Issue 66, July
2007. pp. 77-78, 96-97. Funcke, Bettina. “Revealed in Reproduction (In the Studio: Christopher Wool),” Tate Etc., Issue
9, Spring 2007, page 37. Furnesvik, Eivind, (curator). “Aleatroric Contracts,” Oslo: Standard (Books), pp. 56-63. Hewitt, Simon. “Paris: Fine Form,” Art + Auction, October 2007. p. 60. Hudson, Suzanne. “Josh Smith. Luhring Augustine,” Artforum, Summer 2007, XLV, No. 10,
page 495. Moisdon, Stéphanie, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, ed. 00s- The History of a Decade that Has Not
Yet Been Named. Zürich: JRP Ringier, 2007, pp. 247-248. (catalogue) Moisdon, Stéphanie et al. “Biennale de Lyon 2007.” Supplement to Les Inrockuptibles,
September 8, 2007, cover, p. 21. Orden, Abraham. “The Minute.” artnet.com, May 7, 2007. Orden, Abraham. “The Windy Apple.” artnet.com, Jan. 24, 2007. Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Josh Smith, Kelley Walker, Zurich: JRP Ringier, pp. 104-133, 170-
171. Rondinone, Ugo, et. al. “Josh Smith.” Palais / Magazine, Issue 04, Fall 2007. Smith, Josh. “Work in Progress: The Autograph Man,” V Magazine, no 45, Spring 2007. p. 55. Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: Genesis I’m Sorry,” The New York Times, August 3, 2007.
2006
Ammirati, Domenick. ”Openings: Josh Smith”, Artforum, Summer 2006, pp. 336-337. Backström, Fia. Pump Up the Jam. Zürich: Künsthalle Zürich, 2006. (catalogue) Dailey, Meghan, and Norman Rosenthal. USA Today, London: Royal Academy of the Arts,
2006, pp.342-347. (catalogue) Hill, Christina, “Sign Off”, Detroit Metro Times, July 26, 2006. “Indepth Art News: Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Josh Smith and Kelley Walker,” absolutearts.com,
April 2006. Johnson, Ken. “Art in Review: Gedi Sibony and Josh Smith,” The New York Times, April 28,
2006. McKinnon, John, “Reviews: Josh Smith,” Time Out Chicago, December 28, 2006, p. 74.
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Polti, Giancarlo and Helena Kontova, “Top 100 Artists”, Flash Art, October 2006, pp.68- 70. Stillman, Nick. “Reena Spaulings. An Art Brand,” Flash Art, May-June 2006, Vol. XXXIX, pp. 96-
98. Tom, Greg, “Reading Too Much into It,” thedetroiter.com, August 3, 2006.
2005
Burton, Johanna, “Josh Smith,” Vitamin D., London: Phaidon, 2005. Davis, Nicole. “New Lease on Painting,” artnet.com, Feb. 8, 2005. Ho, Christopher. “POSTMoDERN at Green Naftali,” Modern Painters, March 2005, p. 98. Neal, Jane. ”Josh Smith, Fortescue Avenue,” Flash Art, December 2005. Moyer, Carrie. “POST MoDERN at Greene Naftali: Vital Look at Modernism’s Wake.” Gay City
News, Feb. 10, 2005, pp. 18, 27. Smith, Roberta, “Art in Review: Joshua Smith,” The New York Times, April 15, 2005. Smith, Roberta, Art Listings, Canada Gallery, New York’s Finest, New York Times. Uncertain States of America, Oslo: Astrup-Fearnley Museum, page pp. 106-107. (catalogue)
2004
Ammirati, Domenick, “Josh Smith,” Art US, vol. 4, September-October. Smith, Josh. Texte Zur Kunst, Insert, December. Spears Mears, Emily. “Critics’ Picks: Josh Smith.” artforum.com, May 4, 2004. Walker, Kelley. “Top Ten,” Artforum, April 2004, p. 60.
2003
“Fancy Dancer, and other Horse Names by Josh Smith.” Vice, Volume 10, Number 3, Spring. Pontegnie, Anne, “Josh Smith: Catherine Bastide,” Artforum, September 2003, p. 237. Smith, Roberta, “Art in Review: Mighty Graphitey,” The New York Times, August 7, 2003.
Collections
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY