Joshua Smith (born 1976) is an American artist based in New York City.
[1] Trained as a printmaker, he initially began working with collages in the early 2000s.
[2] He combined photocopies, documents and drawing in layers to create abstract images reacting to surreal and expressionist ways of painting.
[4] In recent years, he has made numerous partly-figurative series, including series featuring palm trees, skeletons, fishes and devils, among other varied themes.
[6] Amongst Smith's favourite and more famous motifs is the Grim Reaper, which first appeared in 11 works for his 2017 solo exhibition at STANDARD (OSLO).