Josh Byer

Josh Byer is an actor and artist residing in Vancouver, Canada. His clients & collaborators include Armada Records, Armin van Buuren, Best Buy, Brightlight Pictures, The Canadian University Press, CBC, Gutter, ill.Gates, Interscope, Keystone Entertainment, Laidback Luke, McClelland & Stewart, MTV, NBC, New Line Cinema, Nissan, The Ottawa Citizen, R3HAB, Simon Fraser University, Southam News, Sony Entertainment, Spinnin' Records, Staples, SyFy, USC, Victory Square Publications and The Yale Record. A Juno and Journey Prize nominee, Josh is also a grant recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts. His work has won awards from the Montreal World Film Festival, the Northwestern Film Festival, the LEOs, and Kodak Canada. In 2015, Josh was awarded his first Gold record from Sony Canada. Featured in hundreds of publications, Byer's work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Toronto, Japan, New York and Vancouver alongside Picasso, Dali, Matisse, and the Group of Seven. Licensed by international manufacturers such as Trademark Global, The Metaverse Corporation and Chamton Pty, Josh's artwork now appears on merchandise available via dozens of retailers. In 2024, his artwork was selected by NFT.NYC to headline Magic Eden's Ordinals series and was featured on the festival's billboards in Times Square. An advocate of the arts, Josh has led seminars, classes, and workshops for a variety of educational & cultural institutions -- including the Pacific Cinémathèque, The Purple Thistle Centre, the Praxis Centre for Screenwriters, Simon Fraser University, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Vancouver School Board.