Artist Talk at the Innovation Studio + Store: Hoesy Corona

About the Artist

Hoesy Corona (Baltimore, MD) is a Latinx Queer artist of Mexican descent creating uncategorized and multidisciplinary art spanning installation, performance, and sculpture. In the studio, Hoesy’s work highlights the complex relationship between humans and the environment by focusing on our changing climate and its impact on habitation and migration patterns. Corona has exhibited widely in galleries, museums, and public spaces in the United States and internationally. He is the recipient of many honors and awards including the Mellon Foundation’s MAP Fund Grant; the NALAC Fund For the Arts Artist Grant; the Andy Warhol Foundation’s Grit Fund Grant; and a Ruby’s Artist Grant. He has attended residencies at Ox-Bow Artist Residency, Wabash College AIR, The Nicholson Project, and a Transformer Siren Arts Residency. His work has been reviewed by The Washington Post, Bmore Art Magazine, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine, Washington City Paper, and The American Scholar among others.