Leading 8 ½” x 11” pen, pencil and marker on paper 2022
Light Breaker (for Amanda Nedham) 11” x 14” pen, pencil, marker and watercolor on paper 2022
Of A Dream Of The King With Seven Cavers And A Severed Head 11” x 14” pen, pencil, marker and watercolor on paper 2022
The Gelatinous Rainbow Horse 11” x 14” pen, pencil and marker on paper 2022
I make small intimate drawings on paper utilizing pen, marker, watercolor, and collage. These works are a distinct combination of fantastical hockey players and subterranean explorers navigating magical caves with frequent references to fiction literature, spiritualism, and intuition. I employ the color red to transform space and to highlight the movement of characters like the gelatinous circulatory system horses caver-hockey players on a quest to explore my own imagination. The color red intensifies these cinematic realms and strange sacred spaces.
Joshua Drayzen was born in 1984 in Long Island, New York and currently lives and works in Brooklyn. He received his BFA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts in 2006. He is currently continuing his education through the New York City Crit Club.
Drayzen has been included in various exhibitions including The Big Show at My Pet Ram in New York City. Previously, Drayzen exhibited as a member of the collaborative art group Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) with Lehmann Maupin in New York City.