Joshua Michael Kline

Place: Philadelphia

Born: 1979

Biography:

Josh Kline is an American artist and curator born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1979. He is known for his works that combine technology, digitization, and image manipulation to address political and social issues. Kline's first solo gallery exhibition was held at 47 Canal in 2011. His work Skittles was displayed along the High Line in New York City in 2014. In 2015, his installation Freedom, featuring Teletubby statues in SWAT gear and a computerized version of Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential inaugural address, gained widespread attention and acclaim. Kline's piece Cost of Living (Aleyda) was included in America is Hard to See, the opening exhibition of the new Whitney Museum of American Art facility in 2015. He participated in the 2019 Whitney Biennial and had a solo exhibition titled Project for a New American Century at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2023.