Josias Figueirido is an artist from Spain based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. With a focus on painting, Figueirido’s work combines digital and analog technologies to explore stories that speak of friendship, community, and belonging. In 2022, impacted by living and working at the US-Mexico border, Figueirido created his signature fictional characters Piri the Dreamer and Flying Coyote, two cartoon creatures who emerged out of a blend of ideas related to migration and immigration, biographical events and personal experiences.

Education

• MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA), 2017

• Post Graduate Diploma (Drawing), The Royal Drawing School (London, UK), 2010

• BA Fine Art, London Metropolitan University (London, UK), 2008

Awards

• Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency (2023)

• Wassaic Projects Artist Residency (2022)

• National Endowment for the Arts, Challenge America: Arts Engagement in American Communities (2021)

• Millay Arts Artist Residency (2021)

• Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences (2020)

• University Creative Project Grant, Texas A & M International University (2020)

• Vermont Studio Center (2019)

• Moritz-Heyman Artist Residency (2018)

• CRE Fellowship, Second State Press (2018)

• The Horseman Collection Purchase Prize, The Horseman Foundation and PAFA (2017)

• FMC Tower Curator’s Award, FMC Tower and PAFA (2017)

• Fine Arts Venture Fund, PAFA (2016 & 2017)

• Dumfries House Artist Residency (2016)

• Post-Graduate Apprentice Program, Fabric Workshop and Museum (2015)

• Antonio Quesada Painting Prize, Francisco Fernandez del Riego Museum (2011)

• Paintings in Hospitals Purchase Prize, Royal Drawing School (2010)