Yashua Klos
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.[1] 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).[2]
Early life and education
Klos was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he grew up on Chicago's South Side and was raised by his single mother.[1] In 2000, he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Northern Illinois University.[3] Klos then studied abroad in France, where he investigated Renaissance painting techniques at L'Atelier Neo Medici in 2002. By 2009, he earned a Masters of Fine Arts at Hunter College.[4]
Art
Themes and Ideas
Technique
Select Past Works
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[5]
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
Scholarships
Joan Mitchell Fellowship, 2014
NYFA Grant, 2015
Residencies
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2005
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
The Vermont Studio Center
References
- ^ a b "Yashua Klos". Artspace. Phaidon Global. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "A Conversation With Yashua Klos on Violence, Police, and Art". Blouin Artinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Yashua Klos Biography" (PDF). Tilton Gallery. Jack Tilton Gallery. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Yashua Klos". ArtSlant. ArtSlant Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ Genocchio, Benjamin. "By Invitation Only". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 21 March 2018.