About Josh | Bio de Josh
Josh Wald, is a multi-disciplined artist who works and lives between New York, and Lisbon. His newest collection is focused on medium to large scale painting/ illustrations that play with preconceptions, human identity, and a modern interpretation of what pop art could be. The work weaves a line between elegance, playfulness, and rebellion.
Josh, was raised in Cape Cod, and moved to New York after graduating college and fell into work as an international fashion model in 1998. His quick success pushed him deeper into the fashion industry, signed by IMG, he followed a 26 year long career as an international super model. He traveled the world and working for brands such as Giorgio Armani, Salvatore Ferragamo, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, D&G, Carlo Pignatelli, Brunello Cucinelli, Canali, Paul Smith, Gianfranco Ferre, Nautica, Liz Claiborne, DKNY, Esprit, Kenneth Cole, John Varvatos, Victoria Secret, Bloomingdale's, Barneys, Saks Fifth Avenue, and many more.
He has worked with global icons such as Gisele Bundchen, Heidi Klum, Salma Hayek, Christy Turlington, Annie Leibovitz, Richard Avedon, Peter Lindbergh, Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Paolo Roversi, Tim Walker, Terry Richardson, and many others.
Josh has been featured in publications such as GQ, Esquire, Details, Maxim, Vogue, L’uomo Vogue, Vanity Fair, Numero, Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, Forbes, The New Yorker, Men’s Style, Men’s Wear, Out, Playboy, among others.
His 26 years spent with music, and skating the streets of New York mixed with a high-fashion career and a love for design has shaped a unique creative narrative—this one has been formed by high society and equally subculture, and the streets. These conflicting influences often battle each other and yet define each other. We see this in the form of question repeatedly surface in Josh’s work. Who are we? In context to modern culture and society. He proposes that it’s a choice that can be made over and over again. “Culture and society, it's human made, we get to choose who we are in this film called “life", and everyone is dressed in costume, everyone.”
--------------------
Josh creció en Cape Cod y se mudó a Nueva York tras graduarse de la universidad. En 1998, comenzó a trabajar como modelo internacional. Su rápido éxito lo catapultó al mundo de la moda. Firmó con IMG y desarrolló una carrera de 26 años como supermodelo internacional. Viajó por todo el mundo trabajando para marcas como Giorgio Armani, Salvatore Ferragamo, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, D&G, Carlo Pignatelli, Brunello Cucinelli, Canali, Paul Smith, Gianfranco Ferre, Nautica, Liz Claiborne, DKNY, Esprit, Kenneth Cole, John Varvatos, Victoria's Secret, Bloomingdale's, Barneys, Saks Fifth Avenue y muchas más.
Ha trabajado con iconos mundiales como Gisele Bündchen, Heidi Klum, Salma Hayek, Christy Turlington, Annie Leibovitz, Richard Avedon, Peter Lindbergh, Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, Bruce Weber, Paolo Roversi, Tim Walker, Terry Richardson y muchos otros.
Josh ha aparecido en publicaciones como GQ, Esquire, Details, Maxim, Vogue, L’uomo Vogue, Vanity Fair, Numero, Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, Forbes, The New Yorker, Men’s Style, Men’s Wear, Out, Playboy, entre otras.
Sus 26 años dedicados a la música y a patinar por las calles de Nueva York, combinados con una carrera en la alta costura y su pasión por el diseño, han forjado una narrativa creativa única: una narrativa creada por la alta sociedad, la subcultura y las calles. Estas influencias contradictorias a menudo se enfrentan, pero a la vez se definen mutuamente. Esto se evidencia en la pregunta recurrente en la obra de Josh: ¿Quiénes somos? En el contexto de la cultura y la sociedad modernas. Él propone que es una elección que se puede repetir una y otra vez. «La cultura y la sociedad son creaciones humanas; nosotros elegimos quiénes somos en esta película llamada “vida”, y todos vamos disfrazados, absolutamente todos».