J Stoner Blackwell
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J Stoner Blackwell, known as Josh Blackwell, is an American artist and teacher from New Orleans, Louisiana.[1]
Blackwell received his MFA from the California Institute of Art and a BA at Bennington College. He is on the faculty at Bennington College, starting at a visiting faculty member in 2009 and joining the faculty in 2016.[1][2]
Work
Blackwell was trained as a painter and now works in mixed media, creating works he calls 'Neveruses'.[3][4][better source needed] These are paintings and objects created from plastic bags with colored fibers on them.[5][6] In November 2017 his installation called Josh Blackwell: Neveruses Report Progress was on display at the Education Department's MAD Process Lab.[1] His influences range from the Italian futurists to folk and outsider art.[1]