Grantees
Joe Hedges
County: Whitman County
Website: http://www.joehedges.com
Awards
Grants for Artist Projects 2019
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About
Joe Hedges is an intermedia artist who has developed an expansive practice that weaves together oil painting, new media, digital imaging, net art, sound and installation. His projects explore the effects of digital technologies on human experience. Hedges has exhibited nationally and internationally and has led community-based public art projects in Ohio, Kentucky and Washington. Hedges is currently living in Pullman, Washington.
Joe Hedges received the 2019 GAP Award funding to support a new body of work called Hypercombines. These works will be included in upcoming solo exhibitions in Artworks in Loveland, CO in November, 2019 and at Chase Gallery in Spokane, WA in January 2020. Specifically, the GAP will provide support for electronic materials that will be incorporated into works that are part oil-painting and part new media works.
Artist External Links
instagram: http://instagram.com/joehedges
Featured Works
Centaurs, (after Sandro Botticelli), oil on panel in found frame, television, guitar amplifier, arrow, wooden shelf, cords, cables, media player, video, audio, 49”x37”x11”, 2019
Smooth & Shiny, oil on canvases in found frames, cassette players, cassettes, found sounds, cycle timer, wooden shelf, plastic cup, pencil, 54”x44”x10”, 2019
Cloud Control, oil on canvas, oil on canvas over wood panel, monitors, CRT television, mini-computer, guitar pedals, cords, cables, time capsule, bubble wrap, video, sound, 80”x88”x17”, 2019
We Care About You and Your Memories, oil on canvas, plastic storage containers, macbook, PC, monitors, electronics, glass, concrete, 95”x126”x60”, 2018
Island Hopping, oil paint on panel, image on digital device, 11”x18”x1.5”, 2019
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Image: Peggy Piacenza, 2024 Fellowship Recipient