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When I was young, I would wear my mom’s aquamarine, paisley chiffon skirt as a dress. I would put on Devo and jump and spin around on her bed, twirling faster until all I could see was the chiffon floating around me.
Through my drag persona, Sunset Blush, I explore traditional binaries as sites of play. Drawing on everything from art history to contemporary modes of queerness, my practice is deeply rooted in using aesthetics and frivolity as revolutionary tools. I explore a variety of mediums as meditative tools to access the subconscious, believing that our complex interiors hold the keys to our collective liberation. Sunset Blush’s world plays with beauty, flamboyance, and far-out fantasy; I look forward to a future where every bitch can feel their fantasy too.
BIO
Josh Cabello is a visual artist, curator, and drag queen born in 1997 in Los Angeles. He graduated from Brown University in 2019 with an A.B. in both Visual Art and English. He has exhibited at venues including the RISD Museum, Providence, RI; the Cohen Gallery, Providence, RI; Rare Cafe, Los Angeles, CA; and performed in the LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA. His solo show, Extra New Topographics, at the List Arts Center in RI, led him to receive the Belsky-Moranis award. He most recently curated a group show, titled Like Water, at SoLA Contemporary in Los Angeles June 2021.
Education
2015-2019
Brown University, Providence, RI
A.B. Visual Art, A.B. English (Honors)
Fall 2017
Universidad Nacional de las Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Summer 2014
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Exhibitions
*denotes one or two person show
2019
Extra New Topographics*, List Art Center, Providence, RI
2019
Brown University's 39th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cohen Gallery, Providence, RI
2018
Meet and Greet with Sunset Blush*, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2018
Studio 221*, List Art Center, Providence, RI
2018
The Second Show, List Art Center, Providence, RI
2018
Oh, Wait., List Art Center, Providence, RI
2018
Rare Cafe, Trade Show Pop-Up, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Rising Senior Show, List Art Center, Providence, RI
2018
Open Studios, List Art Center, Providence, RI
2018
Big Woodcut, List Art Center, Providence, RI
Awards
2019
Belsky Moranis Award, Visual Art Department, Brown University, Providence, RI
2019
BAI Grant, Brown Arts Initiative, Brown University, Providence, RI
2018
2018
2016
Julie Sloane Fellowship Award, Visual Art Department, Brown University, Providence, RI
Flexible Flyer Fellowship Award, Visual Art Department, Brown University, Providence, RI
Brown Venture Fellowship Award, Swearer Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
Related Experience
2019-Current
Artist's Liaison at Superposition Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Aides in exhibition planning, installing, and opening, communicates with and provides support for represented artists, and aides at art fairs or any related public events
2013-Current
Freelance Design, Los Angeles, CA
Designs apparel, web material, and print material for various artists/organizations including Pluralitees, Fusion Dance Company, Katie Cunningham, and the Tenderloin Opera Company
Fall 2017
Intern at DAQUE, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Aided in exhibition openings, built social media campaigns, created online catalogues, aided in translation, and organized online databases for this contemporary artist collective that worked closely with HILO Gallery.
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