Josh Hoering

Five pieceswill be on display for a group exhibition cuated by Dan Swartz, titled “Summer Set: Home Made”.  The opening will be at Club Soda on Thursday, July 9th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

The exhibition will also include artwork from:

David Birkey
Daniel Dienelt
Michelle Diller
Marie Gardeski
John McCormick

“Qualia Police” will be part of the “Identification Please” exchange portfolio and exhibition during the Southern Graphics Council (SGC) in Chicago, Illinois.  The exhibition and portfolio are curated by Christopher Ganz.

Here is Christopher Ganz’s description of the portfolio:

“Internationally/nationally forms of identification are being increasingly demanded of individuals for the sake of employment, travel, security, and data registries.  Security and information firms are booming globally as a result.  The wearing of bar-coded name tags is increasing and trending towards universal acceptance. This Orwellian need for states/corporations to be aware of and control the movement of people is threatening to individual freedom and cultural exchange.  In a positive light, ID’s are an increasingly sophisticated graphic medium, an institutionalized art form that has great potential for creativity.  This portfolio’s purpose is to subvert the concept of ID with creativity and humor; turn it into artwork instead of an instrument of dehumanization.

The portfolio concept is a nametag print.  Each artist will invent a multinational company/agency/ or country and create a print/nametag for an employee/citizen.  The nametag identity could be a self-portrait, fictional person, robot, animal, etc. Graphic and biometric identification (bar-codes, fingerprints, or futuristic forms) are to be incorporated in the print.  Each print will be displayed in a nametag holder and hung with a chord or clip.”

Other artists in the exhibition include:  Todd Anderson, Rebecca Bailey, Justin Bays, Edward Bernstein, Janine Biunno, Denise Bookwalter, Dustyn Bork, Katie Conner, Justin Diggle, Stacy Elko, Christopher Ganz, Melissa Gill, Melissa Haviland, Bill Hosterman, Ina Kaur, Peter Massing, Carolyn Muskat, Ted Ollier, Althea Murphy-Price, John Pyper, Ben Pond, Kathryn Reeves, Mary Robinson, Arturo Rodiriguez, Michelle Rozic, Jim Sconyers, Jennifer Thomas, Julie Wall, and Shawn Williams.

“Cinque Terra” won First Place for “Most Picturesque” in the International Photography Contest at Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.