JOSH FAUGHT
b. 1979, St. Louis, Missouri
lives and works in San Francisco, California
EDUCATION
2006 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fiber & Material Studies, Chicago, IL
2001 BA, Oberlin College, Art History & English, Oberlin, OH
2004 AAS, Fashion Institute of Technology, Textile & Surface Design, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/COMMISSIONS
2022
Look Across the Water into the Darkness, Look for the Fog, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
2019
Both Things are True, Koppe Astner Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Mr. Kramer’s Dream House, Casa Loewe, London, England
2018
Josh Faught (solo presentation), Frieze London, London, England
2017
Sanctuary, St. Mark’s Cathedral, commissioned by Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
2015
Josh Faught (solo presentation), NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL
Siyinqaba, US Embassy in Swaziland, Mbabane, Swaziland
2014
Christmas Creep, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY
I know I came into this room for a reason, Kendall Koppe Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
The Mauve Decade, Launch Pad commission, London, England
2013
BE BOLD for what you stand for, BE CAREFUL for what you fall for, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art at the Neptune Society Columbarium, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Snacks, Supports, and Something to Rally Around, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Josh Faught (solo presentation), Artissima Art Fair, Turin Italy
2012
Longtime Companion, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY
2010
While the Light Lasts, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY
31st Annual Betty Bowen Award Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Procedures to Reduce Contamination and Stimulate Better Living, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
2005
My Other Car Is A Broom, Booster and Seven, Chicago,IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS
2023
Narrative Threads: Textile Art Now, Moody Center for the Arts, Houston, TX (forthcoming)
Queer Threads, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
2022
Where Words Falter: Art & Empathy, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, CA
Kendall Koppe Gallery presentation, Frieze London, London, UK
Kendall Koppe Gallery presentation, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
Art at the Governor’s Mansion, Governor’s Mansion of California, Sacramento, CA
2021
Crafting America, curated by Glenn Adamson, Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR
Josh Faught and Hamish Chapman, Paris Internationale, Paris, France
Interlaced, Qualia Contemporary, Palo Alto, CA
2020
Art for the Bay Area, limited print edition fundraiser, organized by Kim Nguyen and Diego Villalobos
2019
Touchstone, Koppe Astner Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
OBJECTS Redux: How 50 Years Made Craft Contemporary. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2018
The Future of Craft Part I, Museum of Craft and Design, New York, NY
The Future of Craft Part II, Museum of Craft and Design, New York, NY
Bay Area Now 8, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Josh Faught and Kris Lemsalu, Sadie Coles HQ/Koppe Astner Gallery, London, UK
Textile Abstraction, Casas Riegner, Bogota, Colombia
Soft Core, curated by Matt Paweski, South Willard, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, New Museum, New York, NY
Iconoclasts, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
A Line Can Go Anywhere, curated by Jenelle Porter, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Curious and Curioser, curated by Jessica Silverman, fused projects, San Francisco, CA
If I Were in Your Body, Fierman Gallery, New York, NY
Josh Faught, Katherine Vetne, and Wayne Koestenbaum, [2nd floor projects], San Francisco, CA
99 Cents or Less, curated by Jens Hoffman, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Detroit, MI
Broken Language, Shulamit Nazarian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Soil and Stones, Souls and Songs, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila, Philippines
First Light: A Decade of Collecting at the ICA, The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston, MA
Crafting the Future, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
On Empathy, Bridget Donahue, New York, NY
2015
Borrowed Alibis, Freymund-Guth Fine Arts, Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland
Pretty Raw, Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2015
Material Fix, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Static Cling 2, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Loving After Lifetimes of All This, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO (traveled to Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, Asheville, NC)
2014
As We Were Saying, Emily Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present, curated by Jenelle Porter, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (traveled to the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH and Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA)
Rites of Spring, curated by Dean Daderko, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Houston, TX
2013
The Peacock, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
Where I Lived and What I Lived For, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
2012
The Unspecified Index, 601 Artspace, New York
Today, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY
Material Occupation, University Art Museum, State University of New York--Albany, Albany, NY
2011
Josh Faught and William J. O’Brien, Lisa Cooley Gallery, NY
NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL
Painting Expanded, Tanya Banakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Acquisitions from the New Years Project, Western Bridge, Seattle WA
Text.ure, Regina Rex, Brooklyn, NY
Living Live, curated by David Fierstein, The Center, New York, NY
2010
Andy Coolquitt, Josh Faught, J. Parker Valentine, 2010 Armory Show, New York, NY
Made In America, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Craft, curated by Melissa Brown, Lehmann College, New York, NY
2009
Call + Response, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
On the Pleasure of Hating, curated by David Hunt, Lisa Cooley Gallery, NY
Josh Faught, Alex Fleming, Alan Reid, NADA Art Fair, Miami, FL
2008
Creswell Crags, Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, NY
The Horror Show, curated by Deb and David Tolchinsky, Chicago Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007
Impossible Violence, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Josh Faught, Josh Mannis, William J. O’Brien, Second Gallery, Boston, MA
Designer, Grizzly Bear, Friend EP
GRANTS/AWARDS
2021 San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant
2016 Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Award
2016 Artadia Award
2012 SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2011 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award
2009 Betty Bowen Award, Seattle Art Museum
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Loewe Foundation
Henry Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Oakland Museum of California
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Saatchi Collection
Kadist Art Foundation
Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation
Western Bridge, Seattle, Washington
Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
PUBLICATIONS/BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019
Lord, Catherine and Richard Meyer. Art and Queer Culture (Revised Edition). London: Phaidon, 2019.
Vitamin T: Threads and Textiles in Contemporary Art. Ed., Jenelle Porter and Phaidon editors. London: Phaidon, 2019.
Wolkoff, Julia. “These Artists are Changing Expectations of What a Tapestry Can Be.” Artsy. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-7-artists-weaving-new-tapestry-traditions
2018
Harbour, Aaron. “Bay Area Now.” Journal fyi. September 7, 2018. https://www.journal.fyi/review-bay-area-now-8-ybca
Hotchkiss, Sarah. “Expansive, Exciting ‘Bay Area Now 8’ Lives up to ITs Name at YBCA.” KQED Arts. September 7, 2018. https://www.kqed.org/arts/13840458/13840458-bay-area-now-8-yerba-buena-center-for-the-arts
Textile Abstraction (catalogue). Bogota: Casas Riegner, 2018.
Wise, Robyn. “Bay Area Artist Josh Faught Weaves Layered Histories.” California Home and Design. https://www.californiahomedesign.com/trending/2018/09/28/bay-area-artist-josh-faught-weaves-layered-histories/
2017
Adamson, Glenn. “Heaven Sent.” Art in America. April 2017, pp. 90-93.
Adamson, Glenn. “Josh Faught.” Queer Threads. Ed., John Chaich and Todd Oldham. New York: Ammo Books, 2017.
Clemans, Gayle. “Seattle Cathedral Tapestry Weaves Together Gay Politics, ‘Radical Inclusion.’” The Seattle Times. March 5, 2017
Lutz, Leora. “Josh Faught: The Prose of Safe Spaces.” Surface Design Journal. Fall 2017, pp. 32-37.
Schwedender, Martha. “A Line Can Go Anywhere: review.” The New York Times. September 13, 2017: C19.
2016
Auther, Elissa. “He is Survived by his Longtime Companion: Feeling in the Work of Josh Faught.”
Nation Building: Craft and Contemporary American Culture. Ed., Nicholas R. Bell. London: Bloomsbury Press, 2016.
2015
Auther, Elissa. “Sloppy craft as temporal drag in the work of Josh Faught.”
Sloppy Craft: Post-disciplinarity and Craft. Ed., Cheasley Patterson, Elaine and Susan Surette. London: Bloomsbury Press, 2015. pp. 4-6, 9-12, 17, 24-5, 36-7, 45-58, 62, 162-3, 197-9.
McBane, Barbara. “Queer Abstraction.” The Archive: The Journal of the Leslie-Lohman
Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. No. 53. Spring 2015. pp. 11-13.
Slenske, Michael. “The Art World’s New Material Obsession: Fiber.” The Wall Street Journal. August 14, 2015.
2014
--------. “Goings On About Town.” The New Yorker.
--------. “Chistmas Creep, Josh Faught at Lisa Cooley.” Cover: Carpets and Textiles for Modern Interiors. December 16, 2014.
--------. “Josh Faught at Kendall Koppe.” Contemporary Art Daily. October 25, 2014.
Colucci, Emily. “Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin’: Weaving Queer Desire in Josh Faught’s ‘Christmas Creep.’” filthydreams.wordpress.com. November 9, 2014.
Cotter, Holland. “‘As We Were Saying’: ‘Art and Identity in the Age of “Post.”’” The New York Times. October 3: C23.
Halle, Howard. “Josh Faught, ‘Christmas Creep.’” TimeOut New York. November 18, 2014.
Indrisik, Scott. “Sarah Elson’s London Launch Pad.” BlouinArtInfo.com. August 12.
Linden, Christina. “Tie a Knot in It and Hang On.” Modern Painters. March: pp. 54-55.
Parrish, Sarah. “Josh Faught.” Fiber Sculpture 1960 - Present, 2014: pp. 194.
Patel, Alpesh. “Critics’ Picks: New York, Josh Faught, Lisa Cooley.” Artforum. November 16, 2014.
Thompson, Susannah. “Josh Faught I Know I Came into this Room for a Reason.” ArtReview. December 2014.
2013
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SECA 2012 Art Award: Zarouhie Abdallian, Josh Faught, Jonn Herschend, David Wilson (exhibition catalogue). San Franicisco Museum of Modern Art, 2013.
Gerrity, Jeanne. “Josh Faught” (review). Art Practical. November 12, 2013.
Faught, Josh and Glen Helfand. “Light Years: Revisiting In A Different Light.” Art Practical.September 13, 2013. http://www.artpractical.com/feature/light-years-revisiting-in-a-different-light/#.Ukr4CbwVxRM.
Auther, Elissa. “He is Survived By His Longtime Companion: Representations of Feeling in the Work of
Josh Faught.” Live webcast and essay to be published by the Smithsonian American Art Museum at the Renwick Gallery. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KieE-rRMHsw.
Lutz, Leora. “Review: SECA Award: Josh Faught and Zarouhie Abdalian.” SFAQ.September 24, 2013. http://www.sfaqonline.com/2013/09/review-seca-award-part-1-zarouhie-abdalian-and-josh-faught/#.
Frock, Christian L. “Seeking SFMOMA’s SECA Awards.” KQED Arts. September 16, 2013. http://www.kqed.org/arts/visualarts/article.jsp?essid=126009
Baker, Kenneth. “SFMOMA reaches out with works in public.” San Francisco Chronicle. September 14, 2013: pp. E1-E2.
Gallagher, Lauren. “SFMOMA takes show on the road.” SF Examiner. September 19, 2013. http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sfmoma-takes-show-on-the-road/Content?oid=2581946.
Fowler, Nancy. “Take Five: STL-born artist Josh Faught on ‘Snacks’ and sexual orientation.” St. Louis
Beacon. July 8, 2013. https://www.stlbeacon.org/#!/ content/31603/josh_faught_snacks cam_062613?coverpage=3588
Russell, Stefene. “Josh Faught at the Contemporary Art Museum--St. Louis. St. Louis Magazine. July 2013.
2012
Adamson, Glenn. “Goodbye to Craft.” Referenced as part of October 25, 2012 lecture at University of California, Berkeley.
Stuber, Tracy. “Josh Faught.” Modern Painters. November, 97.
Benway, Nova. “Josh Faught at Lisa Cooley: Longtime Companion.” The Drawing Center, New York.http://www.drawingcenter.org/index.php/2012/08/02/josh-faught-at-lisa-cooley-longtime-companion/
Keesling, Jamie. “The familiar and the queer.” ArtSlant. http://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/show/31267
Schaming, Corinna Ripps. Material Occupation. Exhibition catalogue. Albany: University Art Museum, University at Albany, 2012.
--, “Josh Faught” (short listed exhibition review). The New Yorker. July 14, 2012.
2011
Roberts, LJ. “Put Your Thing Down, Flip It, and Reverse It: Re-imagining Craft Identities Using Tactics of Queer Theory.”
EXTRA/ORDINARY: Craft and Culture in Contemporary Art. Ed. Maria Elena Buszek. Durham: Duke University Press, 243-259.
Miller, Leigh-Anne. “The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won’t Want to Miss.” Art In America. May 12, 2011.
2010
Smith, Roberta. “Josh Faught: While The Light Lasts” (review). The New York Times. February 11, 2010.
Schwendener, Martha. “Josh Faught: While The Light Lasts” (review). The New Yorker. January 28, 2010.
Kron, Catherine. “Josh Faught: While the Light Lasts” (review). January 22, 2010.
Adamson, Glenn. “Analogue Practices.” The Studio Reader: On the Space of Artists. Eds. Grabner, Michelle and Mary Jane Jacobs, eds.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 251-258.
Farr, Kristin, “Studio Invasion: Josh Faught.” KQED interview. December 28, 2010.
Kunimatsu, Susan. “Josh Faught: Sloppy Craft.” Fiberarts. November/December 2010.
Frost, Steven. “Fiber Art: The Queer Kid on the Bus.” Art21 Blog. August 5, 2010.
2009
Bernstein, Amy. “Call and Response as Critical Chorus.” PORT. September 9, 2009. http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2009/09/call_and_respon.html
Bowie, Chas. “Call + Response review.” The Oregonian. Monday June 29, 2009.
Cruz, Araceli. “The Horror Show.” The Village Voice. August 4, 2009.
Graves, Jen. “Josh Faught Wins!” The Seattle Stranger, September 17, 2009.
Graves, Jen. “Currently Hanging.” The Seattle Stranger, November 2, 2009.
Graves, Jen. “Josh Faught: Sculpture is an Imperialist Force”, podcast, The Seattle Stranger, November 10, 2009.
Kley, Elisabeth. “Gotham Art & Theater.” Artnet. July 23, 2009.
Mondloch, Kate. “The Way Things Work: A Conversation between Kate Mondloch and
Josh Faught.” Essay published in conjunction with Call and Response exhibition. 2009.
2008
Smith, Roberta. “Creswell Crags review.” The New York Times. September 26, 2008.
Adamson, Glenn. “Sloppy Craft.” Crafts Magazine. March/April 2008.
Murray, Timothy. “Disquieting Horror: Disembodiment, Mirrorical Stain, and Electronic Disturbance.”
Cultural Chicago Magazine. February 2008.
2007
Joshua David Riegel and Sara Stoner. “Knowing Me/Knowing You.” Essay published in conjunction with Impossible Violence Exhibition. 2007.
Gschwandtner, Sabrina, ed. KnitKnit 5, New York, NY.
McFadden, David, ed. Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting, catalogue published in conjunction with exhibition at the Museum of Arts & Design. New York, NY: 2007.
Surabhi Ghosh and Rob Hunt, eds. Bailliwik, Spring 2007.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Koppe Astner Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Chair of Textiles/Associate Professor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco/Oakland, CA