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Klos was born in Chicago, Illois, where he grew up on Chicago's South Side and was raised by his single mother. In 2000, he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Northern Illinois University. Klos then studied abroad in France, where he took intensive courses at L'Atelier Neo Medici in 2002. By 2009, he earned a Masters of Fine Arts at Hunter College. |
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Revision as of 18:20, 21 March 2018
Yashua Klos (born 1977) is a multimedia artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Working closely with printmaking and collage techniques, Klos bases his practice around ideas of identity, memory, and community. In the past, Klos taught foundational studio courses at Hunter College. He now works with pre-college students at Parson's and is represented by Tilton Gallery (New York) and Galerie Anne de Villepoix (Paris).
Early life and education
Klos was born in Chicago, Illois, where he grew up on Chicago's South Side and was raised by his single mother. In 2000, he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Northern Illinois University. Klos then studied abroad in France, where he took intensive courses at L'Atelier Neo Medici in 2002. By 2009, he earned a Masters of Fine Arts at Hunter College.
Art
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Selected exhibitions
Solo exhibitions:
2013
February: Jack Tilton Gallery, “We Come Undone”, New York NY
2015
September: Jack Tilton Gallery, “As Below, So Above”, New York NY
2016
September: Galerie Anne DeVillepoix, "Blank Black", Paris FR
Group exhibitions:
2006
February: The Abrons Art Center, “Inner Visions”, New York NY
September: Deitch Projects, “Deitch Art Parade”, New York NY
2008
February: Rush Arts Gallery, “Garveyism”, New York NY
August: Port Authority Bus Terminal, “The Mt. Rushmore Drawings”, New York NY
2009
January: Museum of Science and Industry, “Black Creativity 09”, Chicago IL
June: Hunterdon Museum of Art, “Up and Coming”, Clinton NJ
2010
July: Scaramouche Gallery, “Lush Life”, New York NY
September: Tilton Gallery, “ELSE”, New York NY
October: Catskill Art Society, “Utopia and Wallpaper”, Livingston Manor NY
2011
June: Kravetz Wehby, “Paperwork”, New York NY
2012
October: Memphis College of Art, “Singular Masses”, Memphis TN
Weatherspoon Museum, “Art on Paper”, Greensboro NC
November: Studio Museum in Harlem, “Fore”, New York NY
Dodge Gallery, “Bigger Than Shadows”, New York NY
2014
February: Carnegie Mellon University, Draw 2014 Symposium, Pittsburgh PA
November: Opa Locka ARC, In Plain Sight, Opa-Locka FL
Awards
Joan Mitchell Fellowship, 2014
NYFA Grant, 2015
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