Fly Paper, 2014. Still from video, 35mm film and mixed digital video, 23 minutes, 17 seconds

m.A.A.d., 2014. Video, digitally transferred to HD from 35mm film and VHS, 14 minutes, 52 seconds

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Berkeley, California, 1981

Resides: Los Angeles, California

Education: Loyola Marymount University

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2017

“Shadow Play,” New Museum, New York.

“New Suns: Kahlil Joseph,” Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands.

2016

“Wildcat: Kahlil Joseph,” McNay Art Museum, San Antonio.

2015

“Double Conscience,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017

“The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp,” Prospect.4, New Orleans.

2016

“Black Cowboy,” Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.

“Henry Taylor with a New Film by Kahlil Joseph,” Blum & Poe, Los Angeles.

“The Infinite Mix,” Hayward Gallery at Southbank Centre, London.

“Young Blood: Noah Davis, Kahlil Joseph, the Underground Museum,” Frye Art Museum, Seattle.

2014

“The Oracle,” The Underground Museum, Los Angeles.

“Ruffneck Constructivists,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.

Selected Screenings

2017

Black Mary, Tate Modern, London.

2015

The Reflektor Tapes, Toronto International Film Festival, Canada.

2014

Wildcat, Artists’ Film Biennial, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.

2013

Black Up, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Until the Quiet Comes, Sundance International Film Festival, Salt Lake City.

Selected Bibliography

2017

Als, Hilton. “The Black Excellence of Kahlil Joseph,” The New Yorker (November 6).

Soloway, Diane. “How the Family-Run Underground Museum Became One of L.A.’s Most Vital Cultural Forces,” W (November).

McDermon, Daniel. “Kahlil Joseph’s New Film Is Steeped in Harlem’s History. And His Own,” New York Times (October 31).

Abraham, Amelia. “How Artist Kahlil Joseph Restored Faith in the Music Video,” Guardian (October 19).