Josef Strau lives and works in Berlin and New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Galerie Buchholz, Berlin (2021); Kunstverein Düsseldorf (2020); Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich (2019); Gaga, Los Angeles (2019); Greene Naftali, New York (2018, 2012); Künstlerhaus Bremen (2017); House of Gaga, Mexico City (2016, 2013); Secession, Vienna (2015); The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago (2014); and Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (2008).
His work is in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany.