Joshua Nathanson
Biography
Born Washington, D.C., 1976
Education MFA, Fine Art, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2006
BFA, Fine Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2000
Resides Los Angeles, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Drink More Water, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY 2021 Wildfire Delivery, Brownie Project, Shanghai, CN 2019 Symbiotic, Various Small Fires, Seoul, South Korea
Joshua Nathanson | Erin Jane Nelson, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY 2018 An Idea Because They Ate It, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
High Flow, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China 2017 Forest Lawn, Downs & Ross, New York, NY
Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2016 Make Memories with the Bunny, Kaikai Kiki, Tokyo, Japan
Froth, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
2015 Labor Day, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Turvy Topsy, Art Center College of Design MFA Thesis Gallery, Pasadena, CA 2005 Balance, Diktatorian Project Space, Berlin, Germany
2002 Veneer, Mike George Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Postcards, XYZ Gallery, Blacksburg, VA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Via Café, Tif Sigfrids Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
RETURN OF THE DRAGONS Chinatown 1998-2008, Blossom Market, Los Angeles, CA
2020 From New York to Brussels; Los Angeles to Shanghai, Spurs Gallery, Beijing, CN .paint, MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Art in the Age of Anxiety, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2018 L.A. Dreams, CFHILL Art Space, Stockholm, Sweden
Best in Show, That That Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Still Figuring Out a Title, Shoredale Projects, Los Angeles, CA Enfant Savant Salad Savage, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Eternal Youth, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016 Human Condition, curated by John Wolf, 2231 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA
The Grove: Joshua Nathanson, Ditte Gantriis and Juan Antonio Olivares, Hester, New York, NY
Electronic Superhighway, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Collection―From Shōhaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer, Yokohama Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan
2015 #BAE #AQN, An Instagram show, curated by Natalia Ibáñez Lario, Yautepec Gallery, Mexico City, MX
Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic L.A., PIASA, Paris, France Doodles, The Vanity Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA
I Know You Got Soul, ARNDT, Singapore
2014 Popular Panorama, Secret Recipe, Los Angeles, CA
Little Messages for Modern Shut-Ins, Aran Cravey, Los Angeles, CA ABCOM, four81, New York, NY
Another Cats Show, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Reproduction, What Pipeline, Detroit, MI
2012 The Nudes Painting Show, 3704 N Figueroa, Los Angeles, CA
Prince at the Forum, Beacon Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
Good Time Owl City, The Sam Francis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2011 From Where You Just Arrived, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles, CA
The Fake: Forgery and Its Place in Art, LA>< ART, Los Angeles, CA 2010 Musée Los Angeles, 1451 E 4th Street, Los Angeles, CA
Apocalypse Later, Pool House, Los Angeles, CA
WET PAINT 2: Nine Young LA Artists, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA Support Group, Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Domestic Partner, Workspace, Los Angeles, CA
Maximum Art n Art, C Marsh Space, Los Angeles, CA
Big Poster, Pro Choice, Vienna, Austria
Vegetables for Breakfast, Mountain Fold, New York, NY
Boofthle Booth-Booth: Deux Doox - The Hollywood Biennale, Pauline, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Black Dragon Society (Finale Show), Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA Delusionarium IV, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Welcome To The Neighborhood, Tight Space, Santa Ana, CA
As If This Land Were Yours, Eveningside, Los Angeles, CA
Lucy Indiana Dodd, Joshua Nathanson, Bernhard Wilhelm, Egypt, Vienna, Austria 2007 Boofthle – Booth Booth, Pauline, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Beast or Dressed Like Beast, Flaca, London, UK
2005 Prof. Winkler Kunst – Und Literaturtage, Circus of Books Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Winters Back, Creaky Castle at Rollsportbahn Nizza, Frankfurt, Germany
Whalewolves, Golden Poodle Club, Hamburg, Germany 2003 Dust is Mostly Skin, Past Tense Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Spaces, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Pattern Life, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Bibliography
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Art in the Age of Anxiety, edited by Omar Kholeif. MIT Press, 2021.
PRESS
2018 Art Viewer. “Joshua Nathanson at Various Small Fires.” artviewer.org, October 4 Art of Choice. “Joshua Nathanson.” artofchoice.com, September 20th, 2018
2016 Knight, Christopher, “Review: The ‘Grind’ of city life at Various Small Fires,” Los Angeles Times, August 9
Wee, Darryl, “Interview: Takashi Murakami On His Superflat Collection,” Blouinartinfo, March 4
Russeth, Andrew, “Cutting a Fine Figure: Around New York,” ArtNews, February 17
Degen, Pener, “How Hollywood Power Players Jump Through Hoops to Score a Unique Piece of Art,” Hollywood Reporter, January 22
2015 Goldstein, Andrew M., “8 Rising Stars to Watch at EXPO CHICAGO,” Artspace.com, September 19
Will, Rachel, “Piasa Brings Emerging Artists of Los Angeles to Paris in New Exhibition,” Blouinartinfo, June 15
2014 Griffin, Jonathan, “Highlights 2014,” Frieze blog, December 19