JOSH DIHLE (American, b. 1984) lives and works in Chicago, IL. He received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012 and his BA at Middlebury College in 2007. His residencies include Kunstmeile Krems (Austria), Ace Hotel (Chicago, IL), Catwalk Institute (Catskill, NY), Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT) and the Ox-Bow Summer Arts Faculty Residency (Sagatauck, MI). Recent solo exhibitions include ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), and M+B (Los Angeles, CA). Recent group exhibitions include ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), Joy Machine (Chicago, IL), Wasserman Projects (Detroit, MI), and Gaa Gallery (New York, NY). His work and curatorial projects have been written about in Bad at Sports, Colossal, the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, NewCity, Artspace, The Washington Post, and Artsy, among others. Dihle was a co-director of the Chicago artist project space Julius Caesar, is a co-founder of COLOR CLUB (Chicago, IL), co-founder of Barely Fair (Chicago, IL), and co-founder of The Sugar Hole, the world’s only puppet powered ice cream walk-up window (located at Color Club, Chicago, IL).

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Josh Dihle, Confluence, 2025, oil, acrylic, colored pencil, resin, fossils, rocks, Legos, marbles, beach glass, plastic toys, coral, paper pulp, plaster gauze, foam, cherry, and carved walnut on panel, 57 x 45 x 19 in.
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Josh Dihle, Hand Stand, 2025, meteorite, coyote tooth, Apple AirPod, toy car, rocks, Legos, fossils, turquoise, broken dice, beads, steel penny, buttons, mosaic tile, marbles, and oil paint on carved walnut, 58 x 9 in.
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Josh Dihle, Gift Hand, 2023, fossils, amber, glass, rocks, plastic level, and Legos on carved walnut, 3 x 2.5 x 2 in.
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Josh Dihle, Radon, 2025, casein, acrylic, resin, turquoise, rocks, Lego’s, found jewelry, plastic Micro Machine, fossil, beach glass, and walnut on panel, 13.25 x 10.25 x 1.25 in.
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Josh Dihle, Vista (Lush), 2024, oil on canvas, 12 in. diameter
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Josh Dihle, The Austrian Method, 2024, jewelry, found bullet casing, shells, toys, eye agate, Lacoste patch, and casein on carved walnut, 18 x 14 x 1.5 in.
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Josh Dihle,Vista (Desert), 2024, oil on canvas, 12 in. diameter
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Josh Dihle, Red Hand, 2023, amber, shells, colored pencil, and casein on carved walnut, 5 x 4.5 x 1 in.
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Josh Dihle, Dis, 2023, amber, fossils, rocks, metal, plastic toys, and enamel on carved oxidized walnut, 18 x 14 x 2 in.
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Josh Dihle, Untitled (Drawing 28), 2015-2022, graphite on paper, 12 x 9 in.
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Josh Dihle, Alligator Gar, 2022, fossils, rocks, crystals, amber, beads, nut, plastic toy, metal bell, and colored pencil on walnut, 10.5 x 3.75 x 3.75 in.
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Josh Dihle, Untitled (Drawing 19), 2015-2022, graphite on paper, 12 x 9 in.
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Josh Dihle, Seer, 2020, oxidized walnut, 66 x 49.5 x 3 in.
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NADA Miami, Installation view, 2024.
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NADA Miami, Installation view, 2024.
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NADA Miami, Installation view, 2023.
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NADA Miami, Installation view, 2023.
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NADA Miami, Installation view, 2023.
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Adventure in My Dream, Installation view, 2023.
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Adventure in My Dream, Installation view, 2023.
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Josh Dihle, Low Tide at the Leetown Reservoir, Installation View, 2022.
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Josh Dihle, Low Tide at the Leetown Reservoir, Installation View, 2022.
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Josh Dihle, Low Tide at the Leetown Reservoir, Installation View, 2022.

Gallery Exhibitions

Selected Press