Josh Atlas was born in Brooklyn in 1983. He took his first high school art class at age 15, as a requirement. Once he realized that art class had hot girls, he decided to stick around for a few more semesters. Maybe thats why his parents were confused about his sudden conviction to attend art school.
In 2005, he received his BFA in Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University. One year later, he left Pittsburgh to join William Pope.L's Black Factory tour and then on to New York, where he was thoroughly defeated. Josh currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
BFA in Fine Arts, 2005. Concentration in Electronic/Time-Based Media
Group Exhibitions
2010
Pulp Fictions - Ferenbalm-Gubrue Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
NTBA - NTBA, Los Angeles, CA
Art for Haiti - The Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA (co-curated with Alex Couri)
2008
Encyclopedia Destructica: NY - Encyclopedia Destrucica Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
2006
Jabberwocky vs. Dada - Artists Upstairs, Pittsburgh, PA
Men are So! - Imeo Gallery at Berkley Arts Center, Denver, CO
100% Centennial - Regina G. Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2005
Toy - Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Media Tonic II - Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA
Spectacular, Spectacular - Regina G. Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2004
softWorks - Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA
Performances
2009
Baby's Mama - HiChristina, Brooklyn, NY
Don't Smell the Floss Book Tour (with Matty Byloos) - Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA.
2007
The Kissing Distance - Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Love Machine - The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Skills - Ellis Gallery at Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Bigger AND Better - The FRAME at Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Festivals and Screenings
2007
Filmideo - Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ
Encyclopedia Destructica: Volume Bumba - Brillobox, Pittsburgh, PA
Semiennial - Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY
Flux 15 - Pittsburgh, PA
Semiennial II - Monkeytown, Brooklyn, NY
To the Hills - Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Simultan2 - Timisoara, Romania (catalogue produced)
PiXeLdaNce Thessaloniki, Greece
Public Work
2006
Art Investing in Ten Easy Steps - Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2005
Community Splash - East Liberty, Pittsburgh, PA
2004
Art Santa - Various neighborhoods, Pittsburgh, PA
Gun Cozies - Various neighborhoods, Pittsburgh, PA
Curatorial
2010
Art for Haiti Benefit Auction Co-organized with Alex Couri. The Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA.
2009
The Young Pretenders Traveling video program. Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY. Ferenbalm-Gubru Station, Karlsruhe, Germany. Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. Alpineum Produzentengalerie, Luzern, Switzerland. Zenshi, Tokyo, Japan.
Publications
2009
The Flying Destructicate: Make Your Own Truth - ed. Jonathan Brodsky. Encyclopedia Destructica
2008
ED:NY - ed. Josh Atlas and Matteo Orsini. Encyclopedia Destructica
Bumba: The Fourth - ed. Christopher Kardambikis and Jasdeep Khaira. Encyclopedia Destructica