1976                      Born in Tennessee
1994 – 1996        Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1996 – 1998        University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee (BFA)

lives and works in New York

2009
Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem
Luhring Augustine, New York
Air de Paris, Paris
 
2008
Bastide, Brussels
MUMOK, Vienna
Standard, Olso
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich

2007
Luhring Augustine, New York, Abstraction
Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner Gallery, London

2006
Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit
Air de Paris, Paris
Standard, Oslo
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels
Power House, Memphis, Dial “J” for Josh

2005
Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner Gallery, London
Sculpture Center, Long Island City
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, Make It Plain
Taxter and Spengeman Gallery, New York, Faces

2004
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York

2003
Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels
Volume Gallery, New York
M Shanghai Bistro, Brooklyn, Chinese Paintings
Margo Victor Presents, Los Angeles, Dial “J” for Josh

2008
RENTAL, New York, Champion Fine Art: Champion Zero
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Blasted Allegories. Werke aus der Sammlung Ringier
Filomena Soares Gallery, Lisbon, Murder Letters
Galerie Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt, Black and White Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Book/Shelf

2007
Locust Projects, Miami, Conditions of Display
Atelier Cardenas Bellanger, Paris, What glue do you use?
Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, What we do is secret
Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, off modern
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, The Third Mind – Carte Blanche à Ugo Rondinone
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Wien, Malerei und Affekt
Gagosian Gallery, New York, Beneath the Underdog
Max Wigram Gallery, London, Last Attraction Next Exit
De Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction
Fortescue Avenue/Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, Der Ficker
Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, Irreversible
ProjectSD, Barcelona, PROJECTESD
Sutton Lane, Paris, For the People of Paris
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, Genesis, I’m sorry
Lyon Biennial 2007, La Sucrière, Lyon, 00s – The History of a Decade That Has Not Yet Been Named
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, USA Today
Michèle Didier Project, Brussels, Michèle Didier Project – Part II
Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Uncertain States of America

2006
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Take One
Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, The Dimes of March
Butridge Gallery at Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Hold That Elevator
Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, Paper
Art : Concept, Paris, Under Pressure
Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Bill Saylor and Josh Smith
Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, Gedi Sibony and Josh Smith
Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Josh Smith, Kelley Walker
Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, Exquisite Corpse
Reena Spaulings, New York
Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Slow Burn
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, In Dialogue
Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, When the Revolution Comes
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo & Serpentine Gallery, London, The Uncertain States of America
Royal Academy of Arts, London, USA Today
Luhring Augustine, New York, Color Aside,
Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo,

2005
ICA-Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, KIOSK
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, Sophie von Hellerman and Josh Smith
Susanne Hillberry Gallery, Detroit, Paintings
Confort Moderne, Poitiers, Ruptures des Evidences
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Uncertain States of America
Capsule Gallery, New York, Helter Skelter
Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, I’m a Child of Divorce, Give Me a Break
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, Interstate
Air de Paris, Paris, New York Twice
Fia Backstrom, Brooklyn, Lesser New York
New Langton Art Center, San Francisco, Situational Prosthetics
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, Paper
Canada Gallery, New York, New York’s Finest
Marc Selwyn Gallery, Los Angeles

2004
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, POST modern
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
New York, East Village ASU
University Galleries, Florida, Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, Me, Myself & I
I-20 Gallery, New York, Rimbaud
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, Repetition
P.S.1, New York, Collection (or, How I Spent a Year)

2003
Feature Galler, New York, Mighty Graphitey
Ljubljana Graphic Arts Biennial, Ljubljana

2002
Roth Horowitz, New York, Copy Books

2000
Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, New Work: Abstract Painting
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio

1999
Threadwaxing Space, New York, Mr. Fascination

1998
Team Gallery, New York, Remix