ABOUT ME
Josh Juett is an artist living and working in Tarntanya, Adelaide.
Working primarily as a painter but incorporating installation and ceramics into his work Juett’s explores relational dynamics and self-inquiry. Drawn to sombre Dutch still life paintings of the 1600s, Juett’s own exacting and technically precise paintings excavate his childhood recollections. Folding references to popular culture and the cartoons, toys and video game characters of his childhood into playful and surreal compositions, Juett invokes a cryptic personal symbology that is by turns irreverent and affecting in its allusion to the transience of life.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
SILENT TREATMENT, BEINART GALLERY, VIC.
2024
TO THE FILTER, MARS GALLERY, VIC.
2023
GILDED CAGE, MARS GALLERY, VIC.
2023
MM..FOOD, BEINART GALLERY, VIC.
2022
LOST IN THOUGHT, PRAXIS ARTSPACE, SA.
2021
MONOLOGUE, BEINART GALLERY, VIC.
2021
YOU LOOK GREAT, FLOATING GOOSE STUDIOS, SA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE 2025 FINALIST EXHIBITION, NSW.
2025
QUARANTINE ART FAIR W/ MARS GALLERY, VIC.
2024
SMALL WORKS 2024, BEINART GALLERY, VIC.
2024
JUST MY TYPE, OUTRE GALLERY, VIC.
2024
RSASA/SALA PORTRAIT PRIZE FINALIST EXHIBITION, RSASA GALLERY, SA.
2024
FLOATING GOOSE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW, FLOATING GOOSE, SA.
2024
FLYING HORSES, COLLABORATIVE SHOW W/DAN WITHEY, PRAXIS ARTSPACE, SA.
2023
ART TAIPEI W/ YIRI ARTS, TAIPEI, TIAWAN.
2022
LUCID 2022, BEINART GALLERY, VIC.
2022
SELF-RAISING FLOWER, COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION W/ BILLY OAKLEY, HAUNT COLLECTIVE, SA.
2021
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, FLOATING GOOSE STUDIOS, SA.
2021
DARK ART 2021, BEINART GALLERY, VIC.
2021
STILL. NATIONAL STILL LIFE AWARD, COFF HARBOUR REGIONAL GALLERY, NSW.
2021
RSASA/ SALA PORTRAIT PRIZE FINALIST EXHIBITION, RSASA GALLERY, SA.
2021
ADELAIDE PARKLANDS ART PRIZE FINALIST EXHIBITION, ADELAIDE FESTIVAL THEATRE, SA.
2020
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, FLOATING GOOSE STUDIOS, SA.
2019
RSASA/SALA PORTRAIT PRIZE FINALIST EXHIBITION, RSASA GALLERY, SA.
AWARDS / GRANTS
2024
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT, ARTS SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
2023
PROJECT GRANT, ARTS SOUTH AUSTRALIA .
2022
CREATIVE CITIES GRANT, CHARLES STURT COUNCIL.
2021
GALLERY M OPEN CONTEMPORARY ART PRIZE, RED HOUSE GROUP INC. AWARD.
- Flower Power, 2020.
2021
RSASA/SALA PORTRAIT PRIZE, HELPMANN ACADEMY PRIZE.
- Like new: See listing for full details and a description of all imperfections, 2021.
2019
RSASA/SALA PORTRAIT PRIZE, DAVID BAKER PRIZE.
- Just a Boy and His Rocks, 2019
RESIDENCIES
2025
Q BANK GALLERY ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, Q BANK GALLERY, TAS.
2022
ED TWEDDELL STUDIO RESIDENCY, CENTRAL STUDIOS, ADELAIDE.
EDUCATION
2021
BACHELOR OF VISUAL ART, UNISA.