Born in 1984 in Oneonta, New York, USA
Lives and works in Ithaca, New York, USA
Josh Sperling draws on the language of minimalist painting from the 1960s and 1970s, primarily working with shaped canvases. He crafts intricate plywood supports over which canvas is stretched and painted in a signature palette of saturated, sometimes clashing colors. In their three-dimensionality, his works blur the lines between painting and sculpture, image and object. Mining a wide range of sources, from design to art history, Sperling has crafted a unique visual vocabulary remarkable for its expressive quality and irrepressible energy.
education
2006
BFA, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam NY
solo shows
2022
- My Pleasure, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium
- Daydream, Perrotin, New York, USA
2021
- Frank Stella, Josh Sperling, curated by Matt Black, Charles Riva Collection, Brussels, Belgium
- Spectrum, Perrotin, Hong Kong
2020
- One Fell Swoop, Bill Brady Gallery, Miami, USA
- Paradise, Perrotin, Shanghai, China
2019
- So It Goes, Perrotin, Paris, France
- Nevertheless, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium
- Summertime, Perrotin, Tokyo, Japan
- Big Time, Perrotin, New York, USA
2018
- Two Purple Tigers, Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
- Chasing Rainbows, Perrotin, Paris, France
2017
- Man Child, Bill Brady Gallery, Miami, USA
2016
- Strong Silent Type, Retrospective Gallery, Hudson, USA
group shows
2023
- Time Mixed, Oketa Colleciton, Tokyo, Japan (forthcoming)
2021
- The Show Will Go On, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Shapes, Alexander Berggruen, New York, USA
2020
- SITE: Turkel House, Library Street Collective, Detroit, USA
2019
- WildMetropolis, curated by Xu Zhen, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China
- Chairs Beyong Right & Wrong, curated by Raquel Cayre, R & Company, New York, USA
2016
- From the Cradle to the Grave, with Sam Friedman, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, USA
- Your Favorite Artist's Favorite Artist, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, USA
- NADA, Sorry We're Closed, Miami, USA
public collections
- Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal, Canada
- Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China
- Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
- Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
- Longlati Foundation, Hong Kong
- SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, USA
