Faculty Profile

Joshua Faught
Professor of Art
Endowed Chair in the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program

Josh Faught is a Sacramento-based fiber artist. Faught creates sculptures that use traditional textile and homespun techniques, such as loom-weaving, knitting, and crocheting, to explore craft traditions, queer culture, and personal history. In 2025, Faught received the Guggenheim Fellowship. Recent solo exhibitions include Josh Faught, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2025) and Look Across the Water into the Darkness, Look for the Fog, Wattis Institute, San Francisco (2022). He was a visiting professor in 2025 in The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Artist Residencies at UC Davis.