Mosley Wotta
“Ghutter Artist” is not a term widely used though it accurately describes Mosley Wotta’s labor tested style, evergreen grit and overall career path. Jason (McNeal) Graham, better know as MOsley WOtta is a Windy City Heartland transplant living in Central Oregon. Wotta’s work spans nearly two decades of exploration in multiple mediums including writing, painting, performance, video. His catalogue includes: Scrap Mettle (2008), Wake (2009), Amalgam x (2010), Kink Konk (2012), Markets Flooded (2014), Crack in the Bell (2014), RDJ (2017), Didn’t Grow up (2018), Let it fly (2019), What Comes After (2019), This is Not All There Is (2020), Head On (2020).
Mosley Wotta’s music, literary performance and visual art have featured internationally, including: Living Future Con, TED X, Fish Trap Writes, Oregon Community Foundation invited speaker, Goddard College (Resident Scholar), High Desert Museum “Desert Reflections” Exhibition. Street Con Dubai, Valley Forge Fiesta, Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute
Mosley WOtta (Jason Graham) is an Arts Beautification & Culture award recipient. Individual Artist Fellowship Recipient. City Club Community Leader Honoree, Oregon Slam Poetry Champion 2008, Creative Laureate (Bend, OR.), Oregon Humanities Conversation project leader, and, a Bridging Oregon (North Coast) Facilitator.
Additionally, MOsley WOtta has led interviews with Michael Pollan, Yaa Gyasi , Laila Lalami (Pulitzer Prize Nominee), David Eggers, T Geronimo Johnson, and Jimmy Santiago Bacca, among others. As a performing artist, he has opened for Buddy Wakefield, Saul Williams, Anis Mojgani (Poet Laureate) Elizabeth Woody (Poet Laureate), Kim Stafford (Poet Laureate), Terry Tempest Williams, Derek Brown, Gary Ferguson, Patricia Smith, Indigo Girls, Ghost Face Killer, Lyrics Born, Toad and the Wet Sprocket, GURU, Toots and the Maytals, KRS ONE, MURS, Brother Ali, Living Legends, Michael Franti, Nahko Bear, Gift of Gab, Blackalicious and TRICKY. Mosley Wotta works in dedicated collaboration with long time friend and multi-instrumentalist + producer + sound designer, Colten Tyler Williams.
Mosley Wotta – IT’s NOT THE YEAR IT’s YOU
A world transcending 7 track epic that does not fail to capture the magic and urgency of modern world’s ancient pulse .. Album Out Now!
Mosley Wotta – Head on (Okay)
Head on (Okay) is a direct response to the unmitigated confrontation we are all experiencing…Single Out Now!
Mosley Wotta – This IS (Not) All There IS
A world transcending 7 track epic that does not fail to capture the magic and urgency of modern world’s ancient pulse .. Album Out Now!
Mosley Wotta – What Comes After
Mosley Wotta returns with gritty distorted synths and trap beats. Album Out Now!
Mosley Wotta – Markets Flooded
The duo finds inspiration in everything from Albanian clarinet melodies to chirping songbirds, and musicians including Tricky, Saul Williams, and Death Grips.
Mosley Wotta – KinKonK
“Cast us as the monster, and bride of Frankenstein. You’re gonna try to take us, now we’re off the leash. You’re gonna to try break us on these city streets.”