---
title: Josiah Bolth
description: Artist in New Orleans
url: https://www.artsume.com/a/josiah-bolth
type: artist
createdAt: "2026-10-20"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21"
disciplines:
  - Painting
location: New Orleans, LA, United States
website: https://Instagram.com/@the_secular_cowboy
birthYear: 1991
---

# Josiah Bolth

*Artist in New Orleans | Painting | Based in New Orleans, LA, United States*

## About

My life has been a party
and a tragedy
and a joke.

## Curriculum Vitae

### Education

- **2027** - MFA Candidate, Painting, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States, class of 2027
- **2013** - BFA, Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, United States, class of 2013

### Employment

- **2024** - Program Director, Resistance Fair, New Orleans, LA, United States
- **2023** - Illustrator, Arcadia Books, New Orleans, LA, United States (Rougarou at Mardi Gras)
- **2013–2015** - Co-founder/Studio Manager, Ash St. Studios, Baltimore, MD, United States
- **2011** - Model, Ryan Mcginley, YEARBOOK, New York, NY, United States
- **2009** - Illustrator, Palm Press, Palm Springs, CA, United States (The Great Adventures of Crawfish Charlie)
- **2007** - Gallery Assistant, Jane Behman Gallery, Palm Springs, CA, United States

### Recognition/ Awards

- **2023** - Cover Artist, New American Paintings, Issue 166: South
- **2012** - Artistic Merit Award, La Quinta Arts Foundation, La Quinta, CA, United States

### Accredidations

- **2021** - Louisiana Realtor’s License, Louisiana Realtor’s Association
- **2021** - Commercial Driver’s License, Louisiana DMV
- **2021** - Commercial Drone Pilot License, Federal Aviation Administration
- **2018** - Level 1 Sommelier, Court of Master Sommeliers

### Profiles

- **2026** - Lucia Love: Constructing the Real: The Winding Ways of the Secular Cowboy
- **2025** - CanvasRebel: Last Ride of the Secular Cowboy
- **2025** - BoldJourney: Meet Josiah Bolth
- **2025** - Rambler Media: Artists of White Linen Night
- **2013** - Ryan McGinley, Yearbook

### Volunteer Experience

- **2023** - Organizer, New Orleans Artists for Palestine, Instagram.com/pali_resistance_fair_nola
- **2008** - Docent, Agua Caliente Cahuilla Heritage and Cultural Center, Palm Springs, CA, United States

### Exhibitions

- **2026–Present** - *Delirium*, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group
- **2026** - *No Dead Artists 30*, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group, juried group exhibition
- **2026** - *Louisiana Contemporary 2026*, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group, juried group exhibition
- **2026** - *Family Meal*, Carroll Gallery at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group
- **2025–2026** - *The Enchanted Grotto*, The Front, New Orleans, LA, United States, Solo
- **2025** - *Vantage Point*, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group
- **2025** - *Twilight Language*, Living Arts of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, United States, Solo
- **2025** - *Permanent Exhibition*, Boxcar Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States
- **2025** - *Climate Culture Salon*, Music Box Village, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group
- **2024** - *And Now for Something New Vol. 6*, LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group, juried group exhibition
- **2024** - *Synthesis*, Scale Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group
- **2023–2024** - *Surreal Salon 16*, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Group, international juried group exhibition
- **2023** - *Les Salon des Bon Enfants*, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group, juried group exhibition
- **2023** - *Salon d’Whatever*, Anna’s, New Orleans, LA, United States, Solo
- **2022** - *Voyage*, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA, United States, international juried exhibition
- **2022** - *No Dead Artists*, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States, international juried exhibition
- **2022** - *Sleepwalk Expedition*, Fourth Wall Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States, Solo
- **2022** - *Last Ride of the Secular Cowboy*, Anna’s, New Orleans, LA, United States, Solo
- **2021** - *Art For Activism Group Exhibition*, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group
- **2021** - *The Hand that Feeds*, Spomenik Supply, New Orleans, LA, United States, Solo
- **2021** - *Juried Group Exhibition*, The Front, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group
- **2020** - *Art For Activism Group Exhibition*, Carroll Gallery, New Orleans, LA, United States, Group
- **2015** - *Member Exhibition*, Ash St. Studios, Baltimore, MD, United States
- **2013** - *Graduate Class Exhibition*, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, United States
- **2012** - *Teenage Hallucination*, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, featured by Dennis Cooper
- **2011** - *Viva el Valle II*, Galleria de la Ciudad, Mexicali, BC, Canada, Group
- **2010** - *Desert Oracle*, Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA, United States

## Portfolio

### Hellfire Club (2026)

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### Hellfire Club (2025)

## Links

- **Website:** https://Instagram.com/@the_secular_cowboy
- **instagram:** https://instagram.com/the_secular_cowboy