Josh Graham
Contact. jg at suspendedinlight dot com
Born in Denver [1974], Josh Graham is a visual artist and composer. Raised in Phoenix. Lived in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley, and now outside of Seattle.
Graham’s work — up to and including musical set pieces with any number of his earth moving bands, from a past with Red Sparowes to a present with IIVII and A Storm of Light — addresses with no uncertain focus the inescapable slide of time in passages significant and singular where the fleeting nature of the illusion of permanence and its ruin are nothing if not inevitable. In print/altered photographic mnemonics, visual installation, and sculpture, Graham pursues an obsession with light, dark, shadow space and natural forms.
Large formats [6 feet plus] on aluminum dominate [with wolf sculptures redolent of his ground-breaking work with musical confrontationalists Neurosis abounding], and round out an expansive body of work that is, in micro and macro, about nothing if not the emphasis on form, structure, discipline and their eventual loss. Using found objects, digital manipulations and video/audio installations, Graham’s work presages a near eschatological understanding of life cycle and being.
– Eugene Robinson
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Solo Exhibitions
Standard Model Catastrophes, Made In NY Media Center, Brooklyn
The River of Time: E6 Gallery, San Francisco
Group Exhibitions
Roadburn: Tilburg, Netherlands
Devil Town: Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
7 Sins: Aktion Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Anagnorisis Fine Arts: Angelic Possession (guest artist); New York, NY
Installation Six: Eastern District, Brooklyn NY
Voices in the Bardo: Shadow’s Space, Philadelphia PA
Installation Six: Pink Hobo Gallery, Minneapolis MN
Installation Six: Tangent Lab, Wichita KS
Installation Six: Okay Mountain, Austin TX
Installation Six: Scion Installation LA, Los Angeles CA
Catalyst: Gallery Fifty 24, San Francisco, CA
Visual Installation Performances
Neurosis: Concert Visuals, 60+ performances worldwide
A Storm of Light: Concert Visuals, 150+ performances worldwide
Selected Bibliography
OX Magazine (DE): Josh Graham
Ghost Cult (UK): Interview with Josh Graham
Mute Art Music (Argentina): Josh Graham
01/2012 Staf Magazine (ES): Quik Art, Josh Graham
Rocksound Magazine (UK): Design Devils
Juxtapose Magazine: Online Interview
Mombaça Magazine (ES): Art In Marginal Spaces
Current TV: Television Interview
Brooklyn Vegan: An Interview with Josh Graham
Lectures
Latvian Academy of Culture: Riga, Lativa
Roadburn Music Festival: Tilbug, Netherlands
Collections
Available upon request.