The paintings often depict the same moments within the same landscapes as experienced by different figures. They consider how a landscape may be internalised and changed through the experiences of different individuals within the same collective narrative.
— Joshua Raz
Josh Raz graduated from Newcastle University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art and currently resides in London.
Joshua Raz explains in his own words: "Much as the land is permeated with a thousand histories, forgotten as they are buried beneath the new,the surface of each painting overlays a chronology of imaginings. Some of these are explored through prose within three accompanying texts. They divulge a haze of latent moments and images that dwell in the synapses between each painting. They are forks in the road to be taken or to be ignored entirely."
Since winning the Hix Award in 2016, Raz has produced four solo shows, ‘The Atrophy Experience’, Hix Gallery, London (2017), ‘Hubris and a Whimper’, Abject Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne (2018), ‘Joyride’, Bermondsey Project Space (2021) and 'Trails Through a Reverie', Ronchini Gallery (2022). He has been featured in GQ magazine (May 2017) and in Artmaze Magazine (November 2021). Raz also completed a residency in Al Cuz Cuz, situated in the mountains of Malaga, Spain and has participated in a number of group shows, including ‘Love is the Devil’, held at Marlborough Gallery (2022) and ‘Uncovers’ (2019), held at Christie’s and Unit London. More recently, Raz has also had work featured at Dallas Art Fair (2023).
Born in 1993 in the UK
Lives and works in London, UK
Education
| 2016 |
Bachelor's Degree in Fina Art, Newcastle Uniersity, Newcastle |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2022 |
Ronchini, ‘Trails Trough a Reverie’, London, UK |
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Painters Painting Paintings, 'Half Tranced', Hertfordshire, UK |
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| 2021 |
Bermondsey Project Space, ‘Love is the Devil’, London, UK |
| 2018 |
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| 2017 |
Hix Gallery, ‘The Atrophy Experience’, London, UK |
Group Exhibitions
| 2016 |
Galerie Marguo, ‘A New Sensation’, Paris, France |
| 2022 |
Marlborough Gallery, ‘Love is the Devil’, London, UK |
| 2019 |
Christie’s and Unit London, ‘Uncovers’, London, UK |
Awards
| 2016 |
Hit Award |
