Faculty Profile
Joshua Faught
Professor of Art
Endowed Chair in the Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program
M.F.A., 2006, Fiber and Material Studies, The School of the Art Institute of ChicagoAAS, 2004, Textile and Surface Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New YorkB.A., 2001, Art History and English, Oberlin CollegeAppointed 2026
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.

