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Joe De Hoyos
b.1962
Joe De Hoyos has been a collage artist since 1987 when he took a special studies course at the University of Houston and fell in love with the process. He was drawn to working in a non-classical art medium finding influences in Dada, Surrealism, and Pop Art. Much like the Dadaists did he re-appropriates (found) imagery to create meaning out of unexpected juxtapositions. In his hands penises become line drawings, eyes become kites, and colorful dots symbolize viruses. Subjects he often touches upon include politics, sex, AIDS, fame, and consumerism. He was once described as New York’s premiere collage-ist.
A curator once commented that many of his compositions were sweet on the surface, but with a dark undertone upon inspection. Indeed many of his works are influenced by his experience of coming out as gay in less enlightened times, living with HIV / AIDS, and being a survivor of child abuse. However these themes are hardly visible upon first glance because they are not so much factually reported as they are poetically referred to.
More details and image on his website
JOE DE HOYOS
EMAIL: joe_dehoyos@yahoo.com
PHONE: (213) 505-1729
Solo Exhibitions
1999 Erotica, Tom of Finland, New York, NY; co-curated with Tom of Finland
Land of the Free...Home of the Brave, The Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York, NY;
co-curated with Trish Kerle; sponsored by the National Museum of Lesbian and Gay History
Group Exhibitions
2011 Saints & Sinners, Antebellum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Curated by Rick Castro
Mixed Messages, La Mama La Galleria, New York, NY; Curated by John A. Chaich
2007 Pretty Soon: An Exhibition of Time-Oriented Work, 4 Walls Gallery, San Diego, CA; Curated by Elliot Linwood
2006 Between Ten, Spin Gallery, Toronto, Ontario; Curated by Visual AIDS
About Still Life, Space 743, San Francisco, CA; Co-curated by Termeh Yeghiazarian and Maysoun Wazwaz
Hope & Healing, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA; Co-curated by Pamela Peniston Pamela Wu Kochiyama
2006 Juried Erotic Art Show, The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN; curated by Garry A. Milius
Tiny Fine Art, Art At Large Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Pet Sylvia
Do You Think I’m Disco?, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY; curated by Edwin Ramoran
2005 Proof Positive, San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA; curated by Julie Blankenship
2004 Reversing Vandalism, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA; curated by Everett Erlandson
2003 Spaces Between, San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA; curated by Termeh Yeghiazarian
The Weather Report, Jewish Community Center, Louisville, KY; curated by Craig Bunting
Spice, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA; curated by Stephen Tourell
2000 Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD; curated by Gary Sangster, Executive Director
1998 Edifying Sappho and Socrates, Sydney, Australia/Amsterdam, Holland; curated by Rafael von Unslar with
Todd Roulette
1997 The Time Capsule, Museum of Modern Art's Education Center/World Wide Web, New York, NY; curated by Visual AIDS
Versus III, Velan, Italy; curated by Vezio Tomasinelli
Home is Where the Heart Is, White Columns, New York, NY; curated by Cassandra Langer
1996 A Living Testament of the Blood Fairies, Artists Space, New York, NY; curated Geoff Hicks, Frank Moore and Sur Rodney (Sur)
HIV/AIDS: In Our Own Voices, Manhattan Borough President's Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Tom Flood
Unity in Community, Manhattan Borough President's Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Tom Flood
Arts'/AIDS' Communities: Realizing the Archive Project, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA; curated by Visual AIDS/The Archive Project
1995 Universal Diversity 3, Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY; curated by Scott Holman
Spirits & Heroes, Peter Madero Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Peter Madero
Artgroup Addresses AIDS, Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY; curated by Scott Holman
1994 Heritage With Pride, Peter Madero Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Peter Madero
1993 Art, Sex, Fruit & More, MBM Gallery, New York, NY; curated by Michael Bradley Moore
Web Exhibitions
2012 This Belongs To Us www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; Feb. ’12; curated by Richard Haines
2011 Why Do You Insist On Flaunting? www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; Mar. ’11; curated by Sacha Yanow
2010 Treat My Words, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; Nov. ’10; curated by John Chaich
The Pure Cut, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; Mar. ’10; curated by Joseph Akel
2009 Art, AIDS and Activism, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; Oct. ’09; curated by Jeanne Bergman
Writing Pictures, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; July ’09; curated by Javior Romero
Living Better, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; June ’09; curated by Craig Willse
Warriors, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; May ’09; curated by Ruben Natal-San Miguel
Making Movies, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; Jan. ’09; curated by Bill Thelen
2007 Mnemonic Provocations, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; Nov. ’07; curated by Mario H. Ramirez
2006 Vital Signs, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; July ’06; curated by Catharina Manchanda
Tiny Fine Art, Tiny Fine Art Gallery, www.tinyfineart.com; curated by Pet Sylvia
2004 Intimately Acquainted, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html;Oct ‘04; curated by Grady T. Turner
Civil Disobedience, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; Aug. ‘04; curated by Photios Giovanis
American Archetypes, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; Feb ‘04; curated by Marc Lepson
2003 Beyond XXX, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; March ‘03; curated by Magalie Guerin
2001 Hot Dam! Picks, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; June ‘01; curated by Carrie Moyer
and Sue Schaffner
An Exhibition, www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/index.html; March ‘01; curated by Julia Gruen
Bibliography
2011 “Mixed Messages", exhibition catalogue, John Chaich, p. 13
“Mixed Messages: A(I)DS, Art + Words", Holland Cotter, New York Times, June 27, p. C29
“Mixed Messages", Ara H. Merjian, Art Forum.com, June 2011
“Learning To Read: Mixed Messages for Visual AIDS ", Seth Clark Silberman, The Archive, Summer 2011, p. 17
“Clarity Through Mixed Messages ", Lily Bouvier, Chelsea Now / The Villager, June 2011
2004 “Artwork From The HIV Community: 2005 Calendar", GlaxoSmithKline, cover and December illustration
2003 "Visionaries”, Michael Edwards (Editor),HIV Plus, January/February issue, p. 16
"Qualities Of Leadership: 2003 Calendar”, Ortho Biotech, October illustration
1999 "Collage Bound", Paul Harris, New York Blade News, p. 25
"Fall Arts Preview", Gerald Bartell, New York Blade News, p. 32
"Land of the Free...Home of the Brave", Center Voice, p. 2
"Positively Art: 1999 Calendar", Abbott Laboratories, p. 2
1998 Various illustrations for POZ en Espanol, Winter 98/99, pp. 15, 33-35, 62, 72
"Un Discipulo del Collage", Mauricio Lafitte-Soler, POZ en Espanol, pp. 50, 51
“Positively Art: 1998 Calendar", Abbott Laboratories, pp. 7, 15
1997 "Una Muestra Positiva", Mauricio Lafitte-Soler, El Diario/La Prensa, Supplement
"A New Understanding", Laurie Fitzpatrick, Art & Understanding, pp. 3, 27
"Art in Review", Holland Cotter, New York Times, June 27, p. C24
"Versus III", exhibition catalogue, Vezio Tomasinelli, Demetrio Paparoni, pp. 26, 27
"Home is Where the Heart Is", exhibition catalogue, Cassandra Langer
"The Stuff Life is Made Of", Holland Cotter, Art in America, pp. 51, 54
1996 "Days Without Art", Bill Arning, Village Voice, p. 95
"Arts'/AIDS Communities: Realizing the Archive Project", exhibition catalogue, Nick Debs, p. 29
Education
Bay Area Video Coalition; San Francisco, CA; Web Development Certificate; August 2001-December 2001
School of Visual Arts; New York, NY; Continuing Education: Graphic Design; Spring 1998-Fall 1999
London University; London, England; Artists Exchange Program; Spring 1988
University of Houston; Houston, TX; Undergraduate Studies in Graphic Communications; Summer 1984-Spring 1988
Collections
Suzanne Murphy Albertson
The Kinsey Institute
Nick Debs
Geoffrey Hendricks
Awards
1999 Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL
1998 Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, IL
1997 Artists Space, New York, NY