Joshua King Bio

Joshua King’s belief in cultivating tomorrow’s culture led him to being one of the founders and Executive Director of AURORA; an art, technology and community-based organization that inspires a more accessible future of art and technology by supporting the voices of today’s artists and connecting diverse communities through transformative public art experiences. With the success of AURORA, the culture of North Texas is rapidly emerging to new international heights. Since 2010, AURORA and King’s work, has exhibited 480 artists on over 270 acres of public land to bring more than 300,000 in attendance. King’s personal artwork is known for re-defining form and purpose giving a new intensity and expression to post-industrial concepts that are grounded within our relationships to life.

“Everything has a cycle,” says King. “Ideas evolve, visions fade, and time moves on.”

With influences from Christian Boltanski, Michael Heizer, Judy Chicago and Tom Friedman, King’s artwork challenges the viewer to pay attention, ask the childhood question of ‘why’ and to explore outside the traditional cultural landscapes.