Tosh Basco’s practice spans across performance, photography and drawing. She is best known for her movement and body-based performances staged under the name of Boychild. Her mesmerising performances usually escape from being captured, demanding actual, physical presence. Having started to perform in San Francisco drag bars, Basco carried on shaping a uniquely alive, moving and collaborative performativity. With collaboration being a vital aspect of her practice, she co-funded Moved by the Motion, a collective entity she runs with artist and filmmaker Wu Tsang. The immediacy of Basco’s live art can be further sensed in her two-dimensional works: her photography and drawings retain a communicative, intimate eloquence. For instance, her 2021 Grief Series, born out of the artist’s personal loss, depicts monochrome fast-paced strokes which hint at a body that was once present and now gone. The simplicity of forms in Basco’s works only accentuates the complexity of their message. 

Carlos/Ishikawa

Zürich

Performa

New York City

Venice Biennial

Venice

The Biennale of Sydney

Sydney

Usa River

Art New York

San Francisco

Untitled

Basel

Art Basel

London

Frieze

Company Gallery

Karma International

Flowers Gallery

Somarts

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Lace)

Düsseldorf

Julia Stoschek Collection

Serpentine Galleries

Glasgow

Tramway

Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum

Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Paris

Centre Pompidou

ICA London

Migros Museum Für Gegenwartskunst

MoMA

Barcelona

Macba

Moca

Mca Chicago

Yerba Buena Center For The Arts

Tosh Basco

School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago (Saic)

Wu still life

Wrist Flick Obfuscations

Still life ?

Safi

Safi still life

Moved by the Motion: Spooky Distancing

Glimpse

Crawlspace in your palm

A stage

1,000 Caresses