ABOUT THE ARTIST: JOSHUA HOGAN

josh_hogan Joshua Hogan began his professional achievements in 1997, when he received his B.A. in Fine Art from Carlow College. After graduating, Hogan began exhibiting his art in both solo and group exhibitions around the city of Pittsburgh and has received many awards and honors for his participation in these exhibitions.
In 1997, Hogan's painting "Choice" was accepted by curator Madeline Grynsztejn into the 8th Annual Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Exhibition at the Carnegie Museum. During this exhibition, The Greater Latrobe Senior High School, in an event called Art Gala, selected his piece as first place and purchased it for their collection of "art unique to southwestern Pennsylvania in the high school." This was a tremendous honor as "this project was initiated more than 60 years ago and has since spawned a catalog of all the art on collection" by Latrobe High School.

In 1998, Hogan exhibited his painting "Finding Wings" in the 31st Annual Exhibition of the Pittsburgh Society of Artists and received the "Juror's Award." This exhibition was held at The Third Street Gallery in Carnegie, PA and the painting became the inspiration for the creation of The Finding Wings Center for Healing in Santa Barbara, California. Hogan also received "First Place" for his oil painting "The Council" during the 1999 People's Art Show presented by Pittsburgh Progressive Artists at the PPG Wintergarden.

Hogan's first solo exhibition, "Stories" took place at the former Studio Z Gallery in Pittsburgh's southside. This exhibition, as well as his interaction with and the support of gallery owner Kathleen Zimbicki, led him into more opportunities to exhibit as a solo artist. Some of these exhibitions included: "Remember Wonder," Daystar Gallery - "My Security, My Escape... My Voice," Bloomfield ArtWorks - and "Recent Works," Penn Gallery.

In 2000, Hogan was juried into The Three Rivers Arts Festival Market, in the category of painting and he exhibited his work in his Artist Market Booth for three consecutive years. Hogan then launched Box Heart Gallery with his wife, Nicole Capozzi, in Bloomfield, Pittsburgh's "Little Italy." In May of 2004, Hogan exhibited "The Unspoken," in collaboration with professional assemblage artist Brenda Stumpf, at Mosaic the Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2006, Hogan exhibited "Urban/Organic Extractions," a series of paintings completed in collaboration with abstract painter Mark Gualtieri, at ArtSpace 303 in Homestead, PA. Hogan's exhibition, "Ardent Heart" was exhibited in November 2007 at moxie DaDA Gallery in Pittsburgh's northside. In 2009, Hogan exhibited paintings from his series, Ruins of Rationality, in an exhibition entitled "Dyad" which also featured the blown glass works of artist Adam Kenney. In 2010, Hogan's painting "I Have No Idols" was exhibited in the Westemoreland Museum of Arts Biennial.

Hogan continues to work as an artist, curator, and professional framer at Box Heart Gallery and as an art consultant with Mox Box Premier Art Consulting. He is also a member of I.A.T.S.E. Local #489 where he works as a scenic painter for feature film and television productions.