Joshua Searle

Lost in Colour

Joshua Searle is an Australian-Colombian artist whose practice delves into socio-cultural issues, diasporic identity, and the legacies of colonisation. Born in 1998 and raised on the Mornington Peninsula, he is a self-taught painter who employs a diverse range of mediums, including acrylic, oil stick, oil pastel, enamel, and spray paint on canvas.

Searle's work confronts issues while celebrating Black excellence and his Colombian heritage, employing figurative repetitive figures to adapt meaning within diverse contexts . His practice frequently employs figurative repetition, with meaning shifting in response to historical and personal contexts.

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Joshua Searle

Joshua Searle

An art gallery with modern, colorful paintings and sculptures. The walls display abstract and expressive canvases, and there are standing, multi-colored abstract sculptures on the floor. A dark bench is in the center of the room.
Joshua Searle On the road to El Dorado I saw two llamas acrylic and oil stick on canvas 182 x 183 cm

Joshua Searle On the road to El Dorado I saw two llamas acrylic and oil stick on canvas 182 x 183 cm

Joshua Searle The gods came in many forms to silence the powers at be acrylic and pigmented ink on canvas 199.5 x 137 cm

Joshua Searle The gods came in many forms to silence the powers at be acrylic and pigmented ink on canvas 199.5 x 137 cm

Joshua Searle Head in the trees hearing the golden bells ring acrylic, oil stick, pigmented ink and enamel on canvas 199.5 x 137 cm

Joshua Searle Head in the trees hearing the golden bells ring acrylic, oil stick, pigmented ink and enamel on canvas 199.5 x 137 cm

Joshua Searle His vision was shrouded by the beauty of the gold ornament acrylic and oil stick on canvas 152 x 182.5 cm

Joshua Searle His vision was shrouded by the beauty of the gold ornament acrylic and oil stick on canvas 152 x 182.5 cm

Joshua Searle A stylish figure appeared to stop me as I climbed the temple acrylic and oil stick on canvas 182.5 x 182 cm

Joshua Searle A stylish figure appeared to stop me as I climbed the temple acrylic and oil stick on canvas 182.5 x 182 cm

Joshua Searle Tiahuanaco vessel in the form of a llama enamel on canvas, 137 × 152 cm

Joshua Searle Tiahuanaco vessel in the form of a llama enamel on canvas, 137 × 152 cm

Joshua Searle Homage to corn oil on canvas 166 x 101cm

Joshua Searle Homage to corn oil on canvas 166 x 101cm

Joshua Searle Madre (Mother) oil, acrylic on canvas 91 x 101cm

Joshua Searle Madre (Mother) oil, acrylic on canvas 91 x 101cm

Joshua Searle Aztec mask acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 152 × 137

Joshua Searle Aztec mask acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 152 × 137

Stylized figure (Unknown provenance) Synthetic polymer paint and oil stick on canvas 40 x 30cm

Stylized figure (Unknown provenance) Synthetic polymer paint and oil stick on canvas 40 x 30cm

Amor (Love) Synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas 72 x 96cmcm

Amor (Love) Synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas 72 x 96cmcm

Frailejones Polymer paint on canvas 122.5cm x 76.5cm

Frailejones Polymer paint on canvas 122.5cm x 76.5cm

irse (go) Synthetic polymer paint. oil stick and permanent ink on plastic card 120.5 X 99.5cm

irse (go) Synthetic polymer paint. oil stick and permanent ink on plastic card 120.5 X 99.5cm

Balaclavas on my mother’s street II Wood, textile on steel base 191 x 30 x 15cm

Balaclavas on my mother’s street II Wood, textile on steel base 191 x 30 x 15cm

Balaclavas on my mother’s street I Wood, textile on steel base 191 x 30 x 15cm

Balaclavas on my mother’s street I Wood, textile on steel base 191 x 30 x 15cm