Josh Faught’s work uses pop cultural detritus, archival materials, and the vernacular of textiles to explore the complex ways in which queer bodies negotiate trauma, time, intimacy, joy, and resilience. Recent solo exhibitions include Sanctuary, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; Look Across the Water into the Darkness, Look for the Fog, Wattis Institute, San Francisco; Both Things are True, Kendall Koppe, Glasgow; Mr. Kramer Builds His Dream House,Casa Loewe, London; Siyinqaba, US Embassy in Swaziland, Mbabane; BE BOLD for what you stand for, BE CAREFUL what you fall for, SFMoMA at the Neptune Society Columbarium, San Francisco; and Snacks, Supports, and Something to Rally Around, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis.
Faught has exhibited in group exhibitions at The New Museum, New York; Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas; James Cohan Gallery, New York; Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles; Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Sadie Coles HQ, London; ICA Boston; The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Oakville Galleries, Ontario; and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit. Faught is a recent recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Trellis Art Foundation Stepping Stone Grant.
Faught is a Professor and Maria Manetti Shrem Endowed Chair in Art Studio at the University of California Davis
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