Josi Smit (b. 1993) is a multidisciplinary artist who works in sculpture, installation, photography, and text.
Josi is currently based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, QC.
CV
Education
- 2014-2018 BFA with Distinction, Sculpture/Installation + Creative Writing minor, OCAD University, Toronto
- 2011-2013 Film Production, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
- 2023 We Should Be Dancing, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- 2018 We always bought cherry soda on the walk home, curated by Shell Projects, *QueenSpecific, Toronto
- 2018 A View to a Room, with Sarah Munro, curated by Juliana Zalucky, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto
Group Exhibitions
- 2023 Plumbraiser 4.0, the plumb, Toronto
- 2023 Feedback Loop, curated by Rowan Lynch, MKG127, Toronto
- 2021 The Way You Look Tonight (as Special Programming,) curated by Philip Ocampo, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
- 2020 Crawling out of a hidden place, curated by Anaïs Castro & David Liss, Arsenal Contemporary, Toronto
- 2019 The Walls, curated by TheTheThe (Briar Gill & J. Thomas Kim,) 181 Brunswick Ave, Toronto
- 2019 The Rooms, curated by TheTheThe (Briar Gill & J. Thomas Kim,) 181 Brunswick Ave, Toronto
- 2019 The Bald Eagle’s Claw, Curated by Philip Ocampo, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
- 2019 Annual Fundraiser Exhibition & Sale, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
- 2019 The tile was still the same, Curated by Natalie Castrogiovanni, 12 Ossington Ave, Toronto
- 2019 λ (wavelength), Curated by Charisse Fung, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto
- 2018 16th BMO 1st Art Exhibition, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto
- 2018 Rooms, curated by Bill Clarke, Angell Gallery, Toronto
- 2018 Entangled: Roundtable Residency Exhibition, Dragon Academy, Toronto
- 2018 Fresh Paint/New Construction, curated by Michael Patten and Suzanne Viot, Art Mûr, Montreal
Grants, Awards, and Scholarships
- 2023 Concept to Realization Grant - New/Early Career Artist, Canada Council for the Arts
- 2023 Visual Artists Creation Project Grant - Emerging Artist, Ontario Arts Council
- 2020 Research and Creation Grant - New/Early Career Artist, Canada Council for the Arts
- 2019 Ossington Public Exhibition Career Launcher, OCAD U Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers
- 2018 BMO 1st Art - Ontario Regional Award, Bank of Montreal
- 2018 Sculpture/Installation Program Medal, OCAD University
- 2018 Haydn Davies Memorial Award, OCAD University
- 2018 Nora E. Vaughan Award, OCAD University
- 2016 The Women’s Art Association of Canada - Mary Ella Dignam Scholarship, OCAD University
- 2013 Universal Studios Canada Scholarship in Filmmaking, Toronto Metropolitan University
- 2012 Universal Studios Canada Scholarship in Filmmaking, Toronto Metropolitan University
Residencies
- 2018 Roundtable Residency, Dragon Academy, Toronto
Writing
- 2020 “Shedding — Eduardo Basualdo,” Exhibition Text, Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto
- 2019 “Living Throbbing Miscellanies (Loosely Framed,)” FrameWork: Katie Bethune-Leamen, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto
- 2019 “Michelle Bellemare, Julia Dault, and Ragnar Kjartansson,” Muscled Rose Exhibition Text, Scrap Metal Gallery, Toronto
- 2019 “We should be dancing,” The Bald Eagle’s Claw Exhibition Publication, Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto
- 2018 “The Quiet Resistance of Embedded Work”, OCAD U Journal of Visual Critical Studies, Toronto
- 2016 “Jettisons,” Modern Laundry, Toronto
Artist Talks and Readings
- 2023 We Should Be Dancing Radio, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
- 2017 Guest Reader, Writing in Dangerous Times Symposium, OCAD University, Toronto
- 2017 Artist Talk, The Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto
- 2016 Featured Reader, A-L-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-I-V-E : Student Readings, OCAD University, Toronto
- 2016 Guest Reader, FoLASS Reading Series, OCAD University, Toronto
Fairs
- 2018 Art Toronto, with OCAD University, Toronto
Press