Josh Highter is an artist whose work focuses on the intersection between observation and memory, utilizing the processes of drawing, painting, and printmaking. The spaces constructed play at the tension between the familiar, observed experiences and the foreign, distant memories that are what remain of these experiences once they are over. His paintings are process driven and the surface of the painting is of primary interest.
Josh is a painter and MFA graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington. Currently living and working in Berkeley California, he is originally from Vermont and will always call the Green Mountains “home.” Prior to moving to California, he was living in Bloomington, Indiana and teaching drawing and painting at Herron College of Art and Design in Indianapolis. Most recently, Josh was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Davis, where he taught drawing and painting.
Pile of Stuff #1, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #2, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #3, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #4, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #5, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #6, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #7, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #8, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #9, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #10, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #11, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #12, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #13, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Pile of Stuff #14, monotype on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Gridded Transcription of Rosso Fiorentino's Moses Defending the
Daughters of Jethro, graphite on paper, 22" x 30", 2015
Frattage Drawing, graphite on paper, 120" x 40", 2014
Detail of frottage drawing
Inflatable drawing, ink on plastic, 33" x 17" x 11", 2014
Disassemblage #1, graphite on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Disassemblage #2, graphite on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Disassemblage #3, graphite on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Disassemblage #4, graphite on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Disassemblage #5, graphite on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Disassemblage #6, graphite on paper, 22" x 30", 2014
Metamemory, acrylic on paper, 9" x 13", 2015
Looking for expansion, graphite on paper, 9" x 11", 2013
Looking for containment, graphite on paper, 9" x 13", 2013
Marin Headlands, graphite on paper, 9” x 12”, 2014
Upside Down, graphite on paper, 30" x 22", 2013
Screen, graphite on paper, 30" x 22", 2013
A Better Blueprint, graphite on paper, 30" x 25", 2012
Separation of the Whole, graphite on paper, 30" x 25", 2012
Aerial, graphite on paper, 30" x 25", 2012
Break It Up, graphite on paper, 30" x 25", 2012
Explosion, collage on paper, 9” x 9”, 2010
O + A studio visit, 2015
Study for Imploding, digital, 2012
Slow Build, 2014
Daily Serving article, 2013
Pieces of You, oil and calcium carbonate on canvas, 51” x 55.5”, 2015
Five Times Removed, oil on canvas, 50” x 42”, 2015
Forced Grid, oil on linen, 22” x 16”, 2015
Gridded Pile of Stuff #1, oil on canvas, 51" x 57", 2015
Gridded Pile of Stuff #2, oil on canvas, 51" x 55.5", 2015
Gridded Pile of Stuff #3, oil on canvas, 51" x 57", 2015
Discarded and Found, oil on panel, 15.5" x 19.5", 2015
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, oil on panel, 8.75" x 11.75", 2015
Consectetur Adipiscing Elit, oil on panel, 9.5" x 8.125", 2015
Direct Light, oil on panel, 11.75" x 11.75", 2015
Edge, oil on panel, 15.75" x 15.75, 2015
Stitched, oil on panel, 16" diameter, 2015
So Romantic, oil on panel, 12" diameter, 2015
Overgrowth, oil on canvas, 18" x 18", 2015
Undone, oil on panel, 22" x 18", 2014
Swirly, oil on panel, 48" x 60", 2014
Tossed Around, oil on panel, 48" x 60", 2014
Aansluiting, oil on canvas, 57" x 51", 2014
Up Close, oil on canvas, 16" x 20", 2014
RePosed, oil on canvas, 20x16, 2014
First Glance, oil on panel, 18" x 20", 2014
Inside-Out, oil on canvas, 51" x 55", 2013
Compressor, oil on canvas, 51" x 55.5", 2013
Imploding, oil on canvas, 48" diameter, 2013
Repeating, oil on canvas, 55" x 51", 2012
Exploding, oil on canvas, 48" diameter, 2013
Forming On Bottom, oil on canvas, 57" x 51", 2013
Diagonal Collision, oil on canvas, 55" x 55.5", 2012
Folding Sequence, oil on canvas, 63" x 48", 2012
Cross-Section, oil on canvas, 49" x 43", 2012
Folding, acrylic and charcoal on paper, 40" x 30", 2012
Into the White, oil on canvas, 51" x 55.5", 2012
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