Josiah McElheny is a New York-based sculptor, performance artist and filmmaker, best known for his use of glass with other materials. He has exhibited in solo exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, among other institutions internationally. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago,Tate Modern, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and other museums internationally. McElheny is also the author and editor of several books, including Interiors (Sternberg Press), Glass! Love!! Perpetual Motion!!! (University of Chicago Press), The Light Club (University of Chicago Press), and has contributed essays to Artforum, BOMB, and Cabinet. McElheny has taught at number of institutions including: Yale University, Columbia University, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of California, Davis. He received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1989 and was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship in 2006.

Image: Todd White Art Photography, Installation view of Island Universe 2008, at White Cube, London. 2008