ABOUT

Josh Chefitz (b. 1977) is a Cleveland-based artist working in handmade paper and mixed media. Influenced by figures such as Joan Miró, Paul Klee, and Gustav Klimt, Chefitz draws on what he learned in algebra: grids, quadrants, and x and y coordinates, alongside a recurring set of rounded forms he calls his “comfort shapes.” 

Concerning his process, Chefitz says: “I often cut up my work. The goal is not to. When I do, those remnants can find their way into something new. Some end up in different pieces entirely, scattered but from the same family.”

Chefitz, a self-taught artist, has shown his work throughout Northeast Ohio, as well as at Lindsay Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, and with the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition.