JASON HOELSCHER STUDIO | ABOUT / CV
Jason Hoelscher Studio, a licensed, fully insured, and contract-ready LLC led by artist, tenured professor, and gallery director Jason Hoelscher (MFA, PhD), works at the intersection of conceptual rigor and the physical and social demands of public space. With more than 30 years of national and international exhibitions and public art experience, the studio collaborates closely with civic agencies, architects, and community partners to create conceptually rich yet crowd-pleasing site-responsive artworks that translate the rhythms and experience of place into enduring form. Informed further by Hoelscher's training in Design Thinking & Innovation from Harvard Business School Online, the studio's approach moves fluidly between creative vision and technical precision, resulting in durable, code-aware artworks designed to breathe within their environment and hold their meaning over time.
Jason Hoelscher Studio, a licensed, fully insured, and contract-ready LLC led by artist, tenured professor, and gallery director Jason Hoelscher (MFA, PhD), works at the intersection of conceptual rigor and the physical and social demands of public space. With more than 30 years of national and international exhibitions and public art experience, the studio collaborates closely with civic agencies, architects, and community partners to create conceptually rich yet crowd-pleasing site-responsive artworks that translate the rhythms and experience of place into enduring form. Informed further by Hoelscher's training in Design Thinking & Innovation from Harvard Business School Online, the studio's approach moves fluidly between creative vision and technical precision, resulting in durable, code-aware artworks designed to breathe within their environment and hold their meaning over time.
CV
SUMMARY OVERVIEW
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PRIMARY DISCIPLINES AND MEDIA
SELECTED PUBLIC & SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS
SELECTED PUBLIC ART FINALIST & PRE-QUALIFIED REGISTRY SELECTIONS
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED PRESS AND MEDIA COVERAGE
SELECTED VISITING ARTIST AND PUBLIC LECTURE ENGAGEMENTS
RELATED EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY OVERVIEW
- 30+ Years of Exhibitions and Public Art Experience: Interdisciplinary artist, curator, and tenured professor with a national and international record of creating simultaneously crowd-pleasing and conceptually rich site-specific artworks for civic, cultural, healthcare, airport, campus, and park environments
- 200+ art installations developed, budgeted, and delivered, from gallery and museum exhibitions to complex multi-site public projects involving crane lifts, rigging, fast-track schedules, and coordinated logistics
- Licensed and registered single-member LLC with $4 million of insurance coverage
- Selected Public Art Commissions:
- Durham, NC (2026–2027): Architecturally integrated powder-coated metal wall reliefs for the interior of the Environmental & Street Services South Building
- Snow College, UT (2026–2027): A suite of site-specific murals and integrated architectural terrazzo for the new Social Sciences building, engineered as a building-scale visual system reflecting the landscape, geology, and spatial dynamics of the Sanpete Valley
- New Civic Building, NV (2026): A commission featuring an architecturally integrated 1,000+ sq. ft. terrazzo installation and five GFRC (glass fiber reinforced concrete) plaza inlays designed to strengthen wayfinding, community gathering, and local identity (under NDA until public announcement)
- Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport (2025): A suite of three architectural terrazzo floor medallions delivered on a fast-track schedule in under five months, establishing critical wayfinding anchors in a high-traffic terminal. Nominated for both a 2026 National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association Honor Award and an Associated Builders and Contractors Excellence in Construction Award
- Pollinate, MIT/Harvard HUBweek Festival, Boston City Hall Plaza (2017): Commissioned curatorial civic installation drawing 50,000+ visitors, with extensive television, radio, online, and print coverage, including front-page Sunday Boston Globe coverage and a WHDH-TV/NBC interview. Named “one of the most Instagrammable spots in Boston” the week it debuted
- Durham, NC (2026–2027): Architecturally integrated powder-coated metal wall reliefs for the interior of the Environmental & Street Services South Building
- National & International Recognition: Recipient of the Westword newspaper's Best of Denver award and Saatchi Art’s Critic’s Choice Award. Press coverage in venues ranging from The Boston Globe and The Denver Post to Professional Artist magazine and NBC News. Museum installations in Atlanta and Denver; gallery exhibitions spanning New York City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Hong Kong; and a citywide seven-part public installation integrated throughout the medieval village of Lacoste, France
- Current Public Art Momentum: The studio’s 2025–2026 momentum includes recent and active finalist status for public art commission opportunities across Rhode Island, North Carolina, Michigan, Colorado, and Washington, alongside invited design development for institutional partners including the Toronto Blue Jays
- Studio Methodology: Projects begin with an AEIOU framework, analyzing each site’s Activities, Environments, Interactions, Objects, and Users. This process translates site research into a working grid of site behavior, observed conditions, design response, and artistic outcomey to guide durable, visually engaging public artworks developed in tandem with community members, architects, engineers, fabricators, installers, and general contractors
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. PhD: Aesthetics and Art Theory. Portland, ME, 2018. (Dissertation advisor: Brian Massumi)
- Pratt Institute. MFA: Painting. New York, NY, 2000
- Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. BFA: Painting and Drawing. Denver, CO, 1998
- Harvard Business School Online: Executive Education Program. Certificate: Design Thinking and Innovation. Cambridge, MA, 2025
- New England Complex Systems Institute. Certificate: Complex Physical and Social Systems and Network Modeling. Cambridge, MA, 2014
PRIMARY DISCIPLINES AND MEDIA
- Murals | Architectural terrazzo | ACM/aluminum panel systems | Exterior screening & cladding | Mosaic & tiling systems | GFRC (glass fiber reinforced concrete) | Powder-coated metals | High-traffic civic, campus, healthcare, airport & park environments | Fast-track delivery | Budget-aware fabrication coordination | Installation logistics | Community & stakeholder engagement | Collaborative project delivery
SELECTED PUBLIC & SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS
- City of Durham, Environmental & Street Services South Building | Durham, NC — 2026–2027
- Scope: A suite of architecturally integrated wall relief artworks
- Materials: Powder-coated and laser-perforated aluminum and steel
- Scope: A suite of architecturally integrated wall relief artworks
- Snow College, Social Sciences Building | Ephraim, UT — 2026–2027
- Scope: One 8' x 24' mural, one 8' x 12' mural, one 10' architectural lobby floor medallion, and a coordinated suite of site-integrated corridor wall works
- Materials: Epoxy terrazzo with waterjet-cut aluminum divider strips, site-specific murals, mixed media
- New Civic Building | Nevada Location — 2026
- Scope: Site-specific 1,100 sq. ft. integrated lobby terrazzo and five-piece architectural plaza GFRC inlays
- Materials: Epoxy terrazzo with waterjet-cut aluminum divider strips, and integrally colored GFRC
- Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport | Greer, SC — 2025
- Scope: Multi-zone concourse floor art integration of three floor medallions spanning high-traffic terminal sectors, completed from design submission to ribbon cutting in under five months
- Materials: Epoxy terrazzo with waterjet-cut aluminum divider strips
- Distinctions: Nominated for 2026 National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association Honor Award; Nominated for Associated Builders & Contractors Excellence in Construction Award
- HUBweek Art & Technology Festival | Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA — 2017
- Scope: A civic curatorial installation executed in partnership with MIT and Harvard University
- West Virginia Wesleyan College | Buckhannon, WV — 2024
- Scope/Components: Surface Tension, interior installation
- Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA Denver) | Denver, CO — 2019
- Scope/Components: Nth Dimension, invitational installation
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia (MOCA GA) | Atlanta, GA — 2019
- Scope/Components: Gathered IV, curated/juried museum installation
- ArtFields | Lake City, SC — 2019
- Scope/Components: Juried municipal/civic-scale public art installation
- Jacksonville University | Jacksonville, FL — 2017
- Scope/Components: Syllepticon, commissioned invitational site-specific installation
- Lacoste Autumn Festival | Lacoste, France — 2013
- Scope: Conceive & Create, seven-site integrated public art installation involving 20+ artists, distributed town-wide across a medieval village in southern France
- Middle Tennessee State University | Murfreesboro, TN — 2012
- Scope/Components: P3: Painters Painting Paint, commissioned interior installation
- Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA Denver) | Denver, CO — 2001
- Scope/Components: PostPoint, invitational site-specific exhibition installation
- Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities | Denver, CO — 1999
- Scope/Components: Colorado Abstraction 1975–1999, invitational institutional installation
SELECTED PUBLIC ART FINALIST & PRE-QUALIFIED REGISTRY SELECTIONS
- City of Bellingham One Percent for Art | Bellingham, WA — 2026 | 16' roundabout sculpture
- Toronto Blue Jays Clubhouse & Executive Offices | Toronto, ON — 2026 | Invited design development for clubhouse and executive office artwork
- Eleanor Slater Hospital Integration | Warwick, RI — 2025 | Suite of five murals | 1 of 3 finalists out of 200+ submissions
- Pleasant Ridge Arts Council | Pleasant Ridge, MI — 2025 | Parkside mural
- Denver Public Art | High Line Canal Trail | Denver, CO — 2025 | Public trail sculpture integration
- City of Westminster Public Art | Westminster, CO — 2025 | Two Kensington Park sculptures
- Pre-Qualified Artist Registries:
- NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Directory
- City of Bellingham, WA Pre-Qualified Artist Registry
- The Painting Center NYC Curated ArtFile Gallery
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Kalmanson Gallery. Fold/Flow/Field, Swainsboro, GA, 2026
- Lamasco Gallery. Curvitecture, Evansville, IN, 2024
- Wren Gallery. Simplexity, Artsy/Los Angeles CA, 2018
- Hoffman-LaChance Contemporary. Iconographic Overdrive, St. Louis, MO, 2016
- TGB Gallery. Full Spectrum, Berlin, Germany, 2011
- Gallery See. Syntaxiomatic, Atlanta, GA, 2010
- Pinnacle Gallery. Minimalish: Recent Paintings, Savannah, GA, 2010
- Rule Gallery. Attention Span Management, Denver, CO, 2009
- Cornell DeWitt Gallery. Scope New York, New York, NY, 2004
- OK Harris Gallery. Recent Paintings. New York, NY 1999
- Rule Gallery. Ambient Austerity, Denver, CO, 1998
- Edge Gallery. NeoNow, Denver, CO, 1998
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- JAG Gallery. Small Works 2024, Key West, FL, 2024
- Site: Brooklyn. The Power of Abstraction, Brooklyn, NY, 2024
- Traveling Exhibition: See Me. International Traveling Exhibition, 2024
- Venues: International School of Prague (Czech Republic); Wirral Met College (UK); Static Complex (Liverpool, UK); Prince George’s Community College (MD); Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; New Mexico School for the Arts/SITE Santa Fe; Snow College (UT); Brigham Young University (UT); ArtShare (Los Angeles, CA).
- Projects Gallery (Aqua Art Miami). Miami, FL, 2011, 2016, 2018
- Jeffrey Leder Gallery. Works on Paper, Long Island City, NY, 2016
- ParisCONCRET Gallery. Poste Concret, Paris, France, 2011, 2013
- Farm Project Space. Space-Time (with illustrated catalog), Provincetown, MA, 2013
- Manifest Gallery. Tapped 3, Cincinnati, OH, 2013
- Jeffrey Leder Gallery. Abstract: Less is More, Long Island City, NY, 2012
- Rule Gallery Fairs. Multiple Expositions, Santa Fe, NM / NYC / Miami, FL, 2007–2012
- ParisCONCRET Gallery. Stockholm Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden, 2012
- St. Cecilia’s Gallery. Brooklyn, NY, 2011
- Mark Humphrey Gallery. Southampton, NY, 2011
- Moot Gallery. Year of the Rabbit, Hong Kong, China, 2010, 2011
- Mr. Beast Gallery. Kaiju, Savannah, GA, 2011
- ParisCONCRET Gallery. Popular Mechanics, Paris, France, 2010
- Jepson Center for the Arts. Open Art, Savannah, GA, 2009
- Splashlight Studios. RXArt (with illustrated catalog), New York, NY, 2006
- LA Center for Digital Art. Snap to Grid, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
- Cornell DeWitt Gallery. Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, 2003
- White Columns. Groundswell Benefit, New York, NY, 2003
- Cornell DeWitt Gallery. FlatOut, New York, NY, 2002
- OK Harris Gallery. Review of the Season, New York, NY, 1999
SELECTED PRESS AND MEDIA COVERAGE
- Artrepreneur Orange Book NYC. Artist Spotlight, March–April 2023
- Westword. Feature coverage, August 2019
- The Boston Globe, Sunday Edition. Feature article, October 14, 2017
- The Boston Globe Online. Multiple features, October 2017
- Boston WHDH-TV Channel 7 (NBC affiliate). Interview, October 14, 2017
- The Riverfront Times. Must-See Exhibitions This Week, September 2017
- Professional Artist Magazine. Artist profile, November 2011
- Art Ltd. Magazine. Solo exhibition review, February 2010
- Saatchi Online Magazine. Critic's Choice: Jason Hoelscher, September 2007
- Westword: Best of Denver Issue. Best Solo Show: Emerging Artist: Jason Hoelscher, April 1998
SELECTED VISITING ARTIST AND PUBLIC LECTURE ENGAGEMENTS
- Emerson College. Visiting artist and speaker, Boston, MA, February 2025
- Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. Commencement speaker, May 2024
- UCLA. Respondent lecture, Los Angeles, CA, July 2022
- HOW Art Museum: Shanghai. Curatorial residency, June–August 2020
- Museum of Contemporary Art: Denver. Visiting artist and speaker, August 2019
- Apex Art. Juror of curatorial proposals, New York, NY, October 2018
- Morris Museum of Art. Public lecture, Augusta GA, May 2016
- Andy Warhol Foundation. Arts Writers Grant Program Workshop. January–December 2015
- Massachusetts College of Art. Visiting artist and speaker. Public lecture and class visits, Boston MA, February 2014
RELATED EXPERIENCE
- Georgia Southern University | Professor of Interdisciplinary Art & Gallery Director | Savannah, GA — 2015–Present
- Fiscal oversight of a six-figure annual state budget
- Principal curator and logistics coordinator for 20 exhibitions per year
- Liaison for university administration and community stakeholders, managing complex project logistics and engineering compliance
- Design and teach BFA and MFA courses; chair and advise graduate thesis committees
- Duke University Press | Author — 2021
- Art as Information Ecology: Artworks, Artworlds, and Complex Systems Aesthetics. Nominated for 2021 Book of the Year awards by the American Society for Aesthetics (ASA) and the College Art Association (CAA). See the Writing & Research page for more information
- ArtPulse Magazine | Art Critic & Contributing Editor | Miami, FL — 2013–2021
- ARTnews Magazine | Art Critic | New York, NY — 2015
- Burnaway | Columnist | Atlanta, GA — 2017–2018
- Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) | Instructor, Painting and Foundations | Savannah, GA — 2007–2014
- Susan Sheehan Gallery | Assistant Gallery Director | New York, NY — 2002–2007
- Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design | Director, NYC Studio Project Residency | New York, NY — 2000–2001
- Mary Heilmann Studio | Studio Assistant & Production Assistant | New York, NY / Bridgehampton, NY — 2000–2002
- Pat Hearn Gallery | Gallery Registrar & Professional Art Handler | New York, NY — 1998–2000
