Originally from Tennessee, Josh Smith (1976- ) is a multi-medium artist based in New York. Addressing painting through a form of Expressionist Pop Art, Josh is known for repeatedly painting several motifs including his name, a leaf and a fish, a witty way to suggest the functioning role of the artist rather than visual appeal. Smith looks for objects one can strip the meaning out of it. 'Josh Smith' is a common, simple name, the artist and the viewer work together to create something interesting.

Josh has exhibited world wide, possibly one of his more notable concepts, On The Water, his exhibition at Deitch Studios, New York, when Smith painted forty-seven paintings directly on the wall, spaced evenly apart as if they were canvases hung on the wall.

Josh Smith's brightly colored, quasi-abstract paintings are based on appropriated imagery and may be grouped stylistically with Expressionist Pop artists Martin Kippenberger and Christopher Wool. Seemingly unplanned, his paintings-including Untitled from 2013-are carefully orchestrated using a selection of sources and a systematic process of repetition, which can be explained by Smith's background in printmaking. Like prints and multiples, Smith's works are often identical in size and motif, including his name, a leaf, and a fish, a witty way to suggest the functioning role of the artist rather than visual appeal. Smith looks for objects that one can strip of meaning. The artist paints a common palm tree set against a nondescript tropical sky of pinks, purples and oranges, revealing his interest not in representation or in signification but, rather, on the process of painting itself. In Untitled, Smith presents a common subject, and the artist and the viewer work together to create something interesting.