Josh is a Honolulu-based independent curator, writer, and artworker from Pauoa, Kona, Oʻahu. He previously served as Associate Director of Hawaiʻi Contemporary, which presents the Hawaiʻi Triennial (2022–2025). Previously, he was Associate Director of Puʻuhonua Society (2020–2022), where he produced CONTACT (2014–2019), Hawaiʻi’s largest annual thematic contemporary art exhibition. In 2022, he was named an Independent Curators International Curatorial Research Fellow alongside Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick. Together, they developed ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters, a multi-site exhibition of Kānaka ʻŌiwi contemporary art co-curated with Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu, presented across the University of Hawaiʻi System on Oʻahu in 2023. In 2024, he co-edited the 808-page publication ʻAi Pōhaku, Stone Eaters: Native Hawaiian Contemporary Art in Hawaiʻi 1973–2023. He currently serves on the board of Tropic Editions (2018–present) and as a commissioner on the Honolulu Mayor's Commission on Culture & the Arts (2024–present).
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