@joshmeillier
American, b. 1990, Northfield, Minnesota
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Josh Meillier completed his BFA in drawing and painting at Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2013, and received his MFA in painting at Pratt Institute in 2020. He has exhibited solo and group exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, Washington, Connecticut, Maryland, Missouri and South Carolina. Some of his most recent shows have been NO LONGER A GAME at SEASON in Seattle Washington, Emergent Poise:Persona at On Canal in New York, New York, Contempo Tempo, at NE Sculpture in Minneapolis, Minnesota, inheritance, at Super Dutchess Gallery, in New York New York, Lately, at CIRCA Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and i dont understand this world, at Space369 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Josh Meillier’s paintings are driven by a prolific exploration in mark making, material and process. Using mixtures of paints, papers, tapes, glues, fabrics, flooring and old work he creates a process that is strategic, intuitive and adventurous. Materials are chosen through their accessibility and relationship to the studio, often times using byproducts of the creation process. This enables a certain amount of honesty in mark making and memory of painting.