Knight Spotlights

Alumni Knight Spotlight: Josh Moulton ‘96
Job Title, Profession:
CEO/COO/CFO, President/Founder/Principal at Josh Moulton Fine Art Gallery
Current Hometown: Chicago, IL

Josh Moulton

Josh Moulton, the son of celebrated illustrator Conrad Moulton, is a professional artist/painter in Chicago. His work is collected internationally and his paintings adorn many corporate office spaces around the country.

Josh has been painting full-time as his career in Chicago for over 20 years. His work was represented by galleries in Santa Fe, NM, NYC, Chicago and Winnetka before he decided to open his own gallery in 2011. The Josh Moulton Fine Art Gallery in Lincoln Park serves as his space for creating new paintings and a gallery to display and sell his work. The gallery at all times has around 40 original paintings for sale, many framed giclee prints of the paintings and 10-20 original paintings in the works.

Josh is always available for commissioned work and is extremely easy to work with. His family is the love of his life and they encourage him every day.

Name of spouse, children's names/ages if applicable: Ariana Moulton, Jackson Moulton 14, Carter Moulton 11

What's on your music playlist these days? Grateful Dead, Tribe Called Quest, Doobie Brothers, The Samples, Dave Matthews

What's the latest book you've read? Devil in the White City

Favorite time of year? Why? Spring... weather gets better, things come back to life, better for my biz.

Your greatest adventure to date? Living abroad in London/Florence (1999). Traveling for 2 weeks in Croatia (2003)

Favorite lunch at ULS? Chicken Patties

Advice would you give your former self? Dream of playing in the NBA was most likely not going to happen but there was a chance

Best decision you've ever made? Besides marrying my wife.... opening my own gallery in 2011

Favorite memory of Cook Road? Being inducted into the ULS Alumni Arts Hall of Fame

Favorite Treat: Salty or Sweet? Details please! beef jerky

If you had a theme song, what would it be? Shakedown Street

Your favorite teacher at ULS? And why?  Suzanne Raymo. She loved me.

Cats, dogs or no pets? Names of pets, if applicable!  Bear E. Sanders Moulton- English White Lab

What's your favorite movie? Braveheart, Gladiator, Sexy Beast, Dances with Wolves

Aside from necessities, what is one thing could you not go a day without? Coffee

If you could live in a different country for a year, which country would you choose? Italy

What's on your bucket list? Visit Asia and Africa someday

Name five things that make you happy: Painting, my fish tanks, Detroit sports... and of course, my family!

 

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