Josh Cloud (b. San Diego, 1999) is a multimedia artist and educator based in LA. In 2021 Josh received a BFA from CalArts in experimental animation and art. His work is centered around personal experience, around black + queer questioning of american life, around being an over emotional pisces and wanting to cry a lot. His practice emerges from the primordial goo of his sketchbook, where the line can then be translated into sculpture and inflated to take up space in our physical world. Josh attended Skowhegan school of painting and sculpture in 2023, and currently teaches at a free after school animation class for middle school and high school artists.
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B. 1999 El Cajon, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2023 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2021 BFA Interschool, Art & Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Cambium, South Willard, Los Angeles, CA
2022 The Only Way Out is Through, South Willard, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2023 South Willard, Gordon Robichaux, New York City, NY
2023 This Archipelago, Los Angeles City College VAMA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Weird Flowers, Curve Line Space, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Barro Barrio, Guerrero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 People Places Things, Good Mother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Céramique, Aparador LA, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Coping Strategies, Radical Patience LA, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Folk Medic ii: Panace, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Affection Artifacts, Coaxial, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Very Tender, Flower Head, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Hand To Machine, The Reef, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Terra Firma Foreign Lands, Murmurs, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Dissolving Sights ii, Automata, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Animation Vacation, Non Plus Ultra, Los Angeles, CA
Panel/Artist Lectures
2022 Visiting Artist, Otis College of Art and Design
2021 Comfort Behaviors Q&A, LA Film Forum
2021 Visiting Artist, Uproot: Artist Coalition, UC Santa Barbara
Publications
2023 LA Times, This new gallery in L.A. is forging connections between Bay Area and SoCal artists