Josiah Gagosian

Josiah Gagosian is an artist and educator based in New Orleans, and in his role as Interim Artist-Centered Program Manager, he is responsible for the administration of the Joan Mitchell Center residency and public programming, and acts as a primary contact and resource for artists.

He was born in Pocatello, Idaho and raised in Idaho and Oregon. His father is a descendant of Ottoman-Armenian converts to Mormonism, and his mother is the daughter of a devout Mexican Catholic and a lapsed Mormon of Scandinavian extraction. These disparate identities have shaped a sensibility that is both deeply religious and keenly interested in the natural world and humanity’s place in it. Gagosian completed his BA in English Literature and Painting at the University of Oregon in 2005, after which he moved to New Orleans, where the variegated culture of Carnival and the often impenetrably humid climate have fostered the growth of an artistic practice rooted in the human and natural environments he inhabits and impacts. He completed his MFA at University of New Orleans in 2020, and was previously an Artist-in-Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center – learn more about his artistic practice here.