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.
EXHIBITIONS
Three Holes in a Parachute, March 16 – April 20, 2019
Plow Louise, February 27 – April 4, 2015
Duckrabbit, June 13 – July 26, 2014
Jason Bailer Losh
- 1977
- Born in Denison, IA
- Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
- 2013
- Mountain School, Los Angeles, CA
- 2007
- Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
- 2019
- Three Holes in a Parachute, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2018
- EXPO Chicago, with Anat Ebgi, Chicago, IL
- 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
- Art Los Angeles Contemporary, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 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
- Art Los Angeles Contemporary, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- NADA Miami Beach, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, 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
- 2010
- Aqua Art Fair Miami, with Horse Trader Curatorial Projects, Miami, FL
- 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
- The Armory Show, for Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
- 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.
Oil on canvas 49 ¹⁄₄ x 43 ¹⁄₄ x 1 ³⁄₈ inches / 125.1 x 109.9 x 3.5 cm
Detail
Oil on canvas stretched on panel 96 x 72 inches / 243.8 x 182.9 cm
This way to the exit, 2018
Teak, pine, brass, walnut, steel, and fir
40 x 23 x 23 inches
White wash, 2018
Teak, pine, paint rollers, acrylic paint, steel, bamboo, walnut, and fir
53 x 12 x 12 inches
Sister Works (A), 2017
Glass, gourds, steel, maple, walnut, nylon rope, thread, pine, nylon, teak
101 x16 x 14 inches
Sister Works (B), 2017
Glass, gourds, steel, maple, walnut, nylon rope, thread, pine, nylon, teak
64 x 16 x16 inches
John's Bronze, when a friend comes..., 2016
Walnut, ultracal, steel, concrete and pine
39.5 x 8 x 10 inches
Bananas in the Bush, 2016
Walnut, tin, paint roller, concrete stain, lead, horse hair & pine
44 x 14 x 14 inches
Near Positive, Installation view at Zieher Smith & Horton, 2016
Near Positive, Installation view at Zieher Smith & Horton, 2016
Bag, tube, ball, 2015
Cast bronze
16 x 8 x 10 inches
Tighten the Caboose (Barnacle), 2015
Brass, gourd, bamboo, maple, ultracal, twine
71 x 10 x 10 inches
Rock, box, bowl, balls, 2015
Cast bronze
22 x 12 x 23 1/2 inches
Unique object
Four bowls and box, 2015
Cast bronze
8 x 8 x 9 inches
Blocker, 2015
Ultracal, fir, cork, steel, birch plywood
61 x 11 x 10 inches
Incognito, 2015
Maple, brass, birch plywood
70 x 10 x 10 inches
Odd Vows, 2015
Ultracal, concrete stain, spray paint
48 x 32 x 2 inches
Edith My Edith, 2015
Bronze, rubber, birch plywood
46 x 10 x 10 inches
Artist's Daughter, 2015
Ultracal, concrete stain, spray paint
22 x 16 x 1 inches
P.A. System Pop, 2015
Maple, Ultracal, spray paint, birch plywood
42 x 10 x 10 inches
The Fable of the Little Fish, 2015
Retractable air hose mount, air hose, pine
Dimensions variable
Russian Tattoo, 2014 (Detail)
Maple, pine acai, acrylic paint, birch plywood
70 x 14 x 10 inches
Orangerie, 1964, 2014
Ultracal, rubber hose and clamp
60 x 38 inches
Russian Tattoo, 2014
Maple, pine acai, acrylic paint, birch plywood
70 x 14 x 10 inches
Every Ezra Pound, 2014
Ebony, Pot metal, maple, Ultra Cal, acrylic paint, gel medium transfers, birch plywood
74 x 12 x 12 inches
Deluge, 2014
Steel, keruing, wood stain, birch plywood
64 x 10 x 10 inches
Untitled (Overton and under), 2014
Walnut, Ultra Cal
29 x 1.75 x 20.5 inches
Studio view, 2014
BIOGRAPHY
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.
EXHIBITIONS
Three Holes in a Parachute, March 16 – April 20, 2019
Plow Louise, February 27 – April 4, 2015
Duckrabbit, June 13 – July 26, 2014
CV
Jason Bailer Losh
- 1977
- Born in Denison, IA
- Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
- 2013
- Mountain School, Los Angeles, CA
- 2007
- Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
- 2019
- Three Holes in a Parachute, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2018
- EXPO Chicago, with Anat Ebgi, Chicago, IL
- 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
- Art Los Angeles Contemporary, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 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
- Art Los Angeles Contemporary, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2014
- NADA Miami Beach, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, 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
- 2010
- Aqua Art Fair Miami, with Horse Trader Curatorial Projects, Miami, FL
- 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
- The Armory Show, for Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY
- 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.