Jason Bailer Losh The Glass House Retrograde, 2020 (detail)
About
Jason Bailer Losh’s work embraces the distinct history of found objects as a subject and material to discuss class, labor, and craft. Composed from a supply of everyday objects sent to him by his father-in-law, Losh’s sculptures are also monuments to family lore and personal memories, which he harnesses for the purpose of exploring larger cultural questions. Through his unique sequences and arrangements, Losh’s common, commercial, and domestic objects such as chair legs, faux fruit, or decorative bowls are exposed of their sculptural, formal and physical dimensions provoking a sense of intimate familiarity. In a recent return to painting, Losh’s current works incorporate his own sculptures and materials into domestic interiors reflecting on narrative, nostalgia, and preservation of memory. By offsetting these compositions on the canvas, Losh challenges notions that idealize the past and contests popular representations of ‘the American dream.’
Jason Bailer Losh (b. 1977, Denison, Iowa) received his MFA from School of Visual Arts, New York.His work has been exhibited at such institutions as LAXART, Los Angeles; Socrates Sculpture Park, New York; FLAG Art Foundation, New York; and Fairview Museum of Art and History, Fairview, Utah. He has had solo exhibitions at Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles; ZieherSmith, New York; and Control Room, Los Angeles. He has participated in group exhibitions including ‘Rockaway!’, organized by Klaus Biesenbach at PS1/Rockaway Surf Club, New York; ‘Soft Target’, curated by Phil Chang and Matthew Porter at M+B Gallery, Los Angeles; and ‘Building Materials’, curated by Lucas Blalock at Control Room, Los Angeles. Losh lives and works in Connecticut.
Denison native takes art residency at World Trade Center
“I grew up building houses with my dad, so when I got out of grad school I became a sculptor because of that. All of my sculpture, and the work that I make right now, is based on finding the relevance in objects from family heritage and personal history. It all stems from building houses with my dad in Denison.” —Jason Bailer Losh
More Must See Los Angeles Shows | Jason Bailer Losh & Sarah Ann Weber
Now on view at Anat Ebgi are two not-to-miss shows. The first is “Three Holes in a Parachute”—Jason Bailer Losh’s newest body of work, informed by a skillset of carpentry and craftsmanship passed down to Losh by his father. The second is Sarah Ann Weber’s “Tropical Disease”—an exhibition of new drawings influenced by the artist’s memories, family archives, and the nature of California. —Pearl Fontaine
Jason Bailer Losh | In Chinatown, Trading Heirlooms for Fine Art
A Brooklyn resident who has studied in Beijing, Mr. Losh is known for creating art that explores his own cultural heritage. In his native Iowa, he once took a series of photographs of houses that his carpenter father had built over 50 years, many located in small towns that have since been largely abandoned or fallen into decay. —Kelly Crow
"I’m not a cowboy, a conservative, or even particularly patriotic, but I like that my work is a form of Americana. I have sentimental feelings regarding my childhood, my family’s heritage, and Iowa. I’m honest about where I’m from and who I am…if I wasn’t, the artwork would suffer." —Jason Bailer Losh
Denison native’s sculpture displayed in New York City
A sculpture designed by Denison native Jason Bailer Losh is standing in Socrates Sculpture Park in New York City as part of an exhibition by emerging artists. —Bulletin Review
Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019
Three Holes in a Parachute, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Near Positive, Zieher Smith & Horton, New York, NY
2015
Plow Louise, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2013
AOSS/ROAS, Control Room, Los Angeles, CA
City Ice Arts, Awareness, Kansas City, MO, curated by Gehry Kohler
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
Pt. 2: Invasive Species, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2019
The Conversation, Anat Ebgi at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
2018
As Concrete As Possible, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2017
Brass Tacks, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
The Times, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Concrete Island, Venus Over LA, Los Angeles, CA
UNTITLED, with Anat Ebgi, San Francisco, CA
2016
Bandini Interational Film Festival, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA
Srijon Chowdhury’s Memory Theater, Upfor, Portland, OR
ARTBandini, Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Bloody Red Sun of Fantastic L.A., curated by René-Julien Praz, PIASA, Paris, FR
Lost in a Sea of Red, The Pit, Glendale, CA
Gala at Greystone, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
Rockaway!, organized by Klaus Biesenbach, PS1/Rockaway Surf Club, New York, NY
Soft Target, curated by Phil Chang and Matthew Porter, M&B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
DuckRabbit, Anat Ebgi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Stoic & Baby, Design Miami, Miami, FL
Building Materials, Real Art Ways, curated by James Hyde and Lucas Blalock, Hartford, CT
2012
Building Material, curated by Lucas Blalock, Control Room, Los Angeles, CA
Echo of Echo, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Chinese Take-Out, New Commissions Program, Art In General, New York, NY
Art: 21 exhibition, TinT Gallery, Thessaloniki, GR
Slummer Night(with Orphan), curated by Sadie Laska, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing on Drawing, curated by Rory Donaldson and Erica Mercado, Deep Space NY, New York, NY
Never Records, No Longer Empty, curated by Robert Riederer, Never Can Say Goodbye, New York, NY
2009
Niagara, The Art Handlers Show, New York, NY
Brooklyn Artillery Fair, with Horse Trader Curatorial Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Creative Research Lab, Tell Me Everything, As You Remember It , Austin, TX
Work Out, OTOM, Greenpoint, New York, NY
30 and Beyond, curated by David McFadden, Iowa State University College of Design, Ames, IA
2008
Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
2007
Behold the Antagonist Movement, curated by Robert Riederer, Dead Cat Gallery, Providence, RI, School of Visual Arts MFA Road Show, curated by Dan Cameron, Arthur Roger Project Space, New Orleans, LA
School of Visual Arts MFA Road Show, curated by Dan Cameron, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX
School of Visual Arts MFA Road Show, curated by Dan Cameron, Boots Contemporary Art Space, St. Louis, MO
$960,000 Plus, curated by Joao Ribas, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Dark Matter, curated by Mike Egan and Peter Gregorio, Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
Bibliography
2018
"Interview @ Jason Bailer Losh," Kozzarte, June 15, 2018. (Link)
2017
Travis Diehl, "Concrete Island", Art Agenda, April 2017. (Link)
Hannah Bhuiya, "L.A. is the Concrete Frontier", SSENSE, May 2017. (Link)
Pablo Lopez, "Concrete Island at Venus Over LA", Contemporary Art Review LA, May 2017. (Link)
2015
Kristen Osborne-Bartucca, “Plow Louise,” Artscene, April 2015.
2011
Museum Nerd, “The Best Exhibitions of 2011,” Artlog, December 2011.
Chinnie Ding “The Making of the Chinese New Working Class,” Art Forum, September 2011. (Link)
Kelly Crow, “In Chinatown, Trading Heirlooms for Fine Art,” The Wall Street Journal, June 2011. (Link)
Jailee Rychen, “An Art Scavenger Hunt in the Heat of Chinatown,” The Examiner, June 2011.
2010
Georgia Kotretsos "Inside the Artist Studio: Jason Bailer Losh,” ART:21 Blog, April 30, 2010. (Link)
Candace Jackson, “Running on Empty,” Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2010.
Larry Getlen, “A tower-ing work of art,” NY Post, January 17, 2010. (Link)
Keri MacDonald, “Never Can Say Goodbye: Artists take over abandoned record store,” Huffington Post, February 2, 2010.
2009
Emily Brady, “RIP Pontiac: Brooklyn artist reflects on muscle car inspiration,” The Village Voice, April 28, 2009. (Link)
2008
Alison Levy, “EAF08: 2008 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition,” Artslant, September 9, 2008. (Link)
Brent Harm, “Denison native's sculpture displayed in New York City,” Omaha Sunday World Herald, September 7, 2008.
2006
Brent Harm, “Denison native hits the road with art show,” Denison Review, July 6, 2008.
Frank Holliday, “Existential Irony, The sober, moving resonance of ‘Dark Matter,’” Gay City News, September 1, 2006.
Publications and Press
2012
Chinese Take Out, “Influences and Decisions”, Art in General, 2012.
2008
Paradise Lost, directed by Daniel Fish, American Repertory Theater program, (Image rights purchase for 2009 season, If wishes were horses then beggars would ride), 2008.
If wishes were horses then beggars would ride, a travel journal of the 2007 School of Visual Arts Road Show, edited by Jason Bailer Losh, 2008.
A group exhibition in text form, Vector Issue 1, edited by Peter Gregorio, 2008.
