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Next Big Thing: Josiane M. H. Pozi

By Galerie editors
Woman with blonde hair looks out a car window, portrayed on a screen in a dimly lit room with wooden flooring.
An image of 1 (2021) from the artist’s installation at Stadtgalerie in Bern, Switzerland. Photo: David Aebi, courtesy of the artist, Carlos/Ishikawa, London, and Stadtgalerie Bern

Life’s most mundane moments take on a deeper meaning when viewed through artist Josiane M. H. Pozi’s lens. Her raw, lo-fi depictions of simple exchanges with her father or a night drinking with friends lay bare feelings of separation, loneliness, and anxiety brought to the surface in a world obsessed with capturing just about every second on our phones. After directing music videos for musician and composer Klein, the London-based artist held her first solo exhibition, “Pingey,” at Gandt in Queens, New York, in fall 2020. 

Flat-screen TV on glass stand with image of a person, small speakers below, and beige carpet on the floor.
Josiane M.H. Pozi, Pingey, (2019). Photo: courtesy the artist and Carlos/Ishikawa, London
Old TV under stairs with headphones on cloth-covered floor displaying blurred bedroom scene, cords plugged into wall.
Josiane M.H. Pozi, Capture 03 01 18, (2018). Photo: courtesy the artist and Carlos/Ishikawa, London

Deeper meaning: “There’s a running theme in all these works. It’s wanting to be validated, and I guess that’s just human existence. Everyone wants to feel like they’re enough or valued in some way.” 

“Her work really lives up to its promise of blurring the lines between reality and fiction in the way that she metabolizes media and performance”

Bettina Korek

Up next: Subsequent to her play -a revision, performed at Serpentine Park Nights in September, Pozi is developing an all-new body of work and will be featured in a solo show at Carlos/Ishikawa next fall.

Art installation in a dimly lit room featuring multiple screens on walls and a colorful checkered floor mat.
Josiane M.H. Pozi & Klein, Untitled, (2021), and Let’s Dance (a dancing mat from hell), (2021). Photo: courtesy the artist and Carlos/Ishikawa, London

A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2022 Winter Issue under the headline “Next Big Things.” Subscribe to the magazine.

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