Joshua Hart
I am an artist & art psychotherapist based in Leeds. My practice involves moving image, performance, exhibition-making, poetry, music, painting & collage. By interpolating materials (words, sounds, video footage), I catalogue & encapsulate them in self-published books, audio playlists, videos & mixed media performance installations. My work often possesses a provisional and unstable quality.
I have a long-term commitment to building sustainable communities through the collaborative development of artist-led spaces & projects including co-founding the Institute of Jamais Vu, a live-work space & gallery in London (2010-2014), & Serf, a studio & project space in Leeds (2016–present).
From 2015 to 2022 I worked as a carer at a nursing home for the elderly. This led to training as an Art Psychotherapist at the Art Therapy Northern Programme (MA, 2018–2021), and I now work as Mental Health Advisor as Leeds Arts University (since 2022).
Solo
2qaxe3sawq1§ qww n o, Serf, Leeds, May 2025
Power Threat Beaming, FiiK Studios, Leeds, November 2024
Feyd-Rautha Prize 2024, Scatological Rites of all Nations, London, July 2024
Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit’sworldwouldfallapart, Serf, Leeds, August 2023
Aene Cleilaxu, ACX7000, Morecambe, May 2022
Best Of, Scatological Rites of all Nations, November 2021
Postcurse, Freehold Projects, Leeds, October 2019
Everyone is totally free, North Grange Mount, Leeds, December 2017
Jill & Josh & their Dead Petz, with Jill McKnight, Basement Arts Project, Leeds, December 2017
HP+HP+HP++HP+HP+H+PHP+HPHP+HP - It’s all the same to me!, as Hypatia Moment, Serf, Leeds, November 2017
Gore Me, Serf, Leeds, February 2017
Everyone is listening, Ash Road, Leeds, December 2016
Mahomet, as Chiron Fugee’s White Ring, Serf, Leeds, October 2016
sSolid Silver, Assembly House, Leeds, April 2016
Mystery Killa EP, 5o1.online, Leeds, February 2016
Everyone is a star, Well Street, Bradford, December 2015
One Million Years B.C., with Jill McKnight, CBS Gallery, Liverpool, April 2015
Everyone is a heroic individual, Boggle Hole, Whitby, December 2014
Thunderdome, as the Institute of Jamais Vu, blip blip blip, Leeds, June 2014
Star Wars, as the Institute of Jamais Vu, Basic Space, Dublin, January 2014
Google Glassed, as Phases of Death, Peat’s Playhouse, London, September 2013
Fire Hazard II, as Wolfram & Hart, Peat's Playhouse, online, 2013
habit(h)ut, Tirana, September 2013
Eternal Interstice, eternal-interstice.co.uk, June 2013
Swansong, swan-song.co.uk, December 2012
Group
Hangover Square, Hang Zhang with Florence Trust, Holy Trinity Church, London, February 2025
MSMSw/UFC01, Serf, Leeds, October 2024
Staff Exhibition, Leeds Arts University, Leeds, September 2024
Ground Test, Gloam Gallery, Sheffield, May 2024
Leeds Artist Show 2023, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, February 2023
Rest Breaks V Groundhog Hole, online event, February 2021
Boiling England, Cole Denyer with What Comes To Mind, RTM FM, August 2020
…Even if it’s Someone Else’s, group show as part of Index festival, Freehold Projects, Leeds, September 2019
The Desire to be Part of a Story…, group show as part of Index festival, Yorkshire House, Leeds, June 2019
Rest Breaks, All Hallows Church, London, January 2019
Revolting Serfs, Serf, Leeds, September 2017
War Pigs, Acme Studios, London, July 2017
nawki, curated by 12o Collective, various locations, July 2017
Hold Fast, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh, June 2017
Taction, Serf, Leeds, September 2016
Cascading Relevant Information, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, December 2015
Black Bull Intervention, Leeds, April 2014
Poetry Will Be Made By All!, Westbau, Zurich, January 2014
ex, blip blip blip, Leeds, September 2013
Hypotheticals Part II, Free Range Gallery, Perth, July 2013
Ou l’art s’arrime, La Martiniere, Nantes, June 2013
Middlesex Degree Show, Middlesex University, London, May 2013
Newmarket Approach, Cross Green Industrial Estate, Leeds, March 2013
Broaderlines, Middlesex University, London, November 2012
Realms, Finsbury Park, London, September 2012
Fuck Sake Part Deux, Mexico Project Space, Leeds, June 2012
Fuck Sake, Ply Gallery, Perth, November 2011
Not Really Here, Not Really There, One-Offs Project, Leeds, August 2010
End of Year Show, Leeds College of Art, Leeds, May 2010
Fire Hazard, Fine Art studio, Leeds College of Art, Leeds, April 2010
Other
Co-founder & studio at Serf, Leeds, 2016 - ongoing
Co-founder of Peat’s Playhouse, various locations, 2013-2016
Co-founder & co-director at the Institute of Jamais Vu, London, 2010-2014
Co-founder and studio at One-Offs Project, Leeds, 2010
Education
Art Therapy Northern Programme, MA Art Psychotherapy Practice, 2018 - 2021
Middlesex University, BA Fine Art First Class Honours, 2010 - 2013
Leeds College of Art, Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, 2009 - 2010
Awards
Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice, 2021 - 2022
Helping Artists Keep Going
Axis is an artist-led charity supporting contemporary visual artists with resources, connection, and visibility.