"At Youngstown State and The Ohio State University I studied sociology and philosophy, giving much thought to what might be called the social construction of reality and the ways in which we assign meaning to what we see. This concern for social issues along with an interest in the visual led me into the business of film making. However, as time passed I sensed that my real interest had less to do with narrative and more with trying to understand single moments. That focus on the moment returned me to my childhood love of drawing and painting. As good writing or movie making can condense time (a lifetime, history) a painting can expand time and enrich the experience of a single moment. My paintings are careful considerations of particular moments and places."
Biography
Michael Hoza’s paintings have been exhibited at numerous galleries. These have included the Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus Ohio; The Artist’s Roost, Worthington, Ohio; Sunbear Studio, Alexandria, Ohio; Art, Fine & Folk, Columbus, Ohio; and The Michael Orr Gallery, Columbus, Ohio. He is now represented by the Sharon Weiss Gallery at 20 East Lincoln Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
Mr. Hoza’s paintings are in private and corporate collections. His work has also been selected for exhibition at the Ohio State Fair, the Ohio Art League, and the Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery. One of his paintings from an Ohio Art League show at the Columbus Museum of Art was featured in the Columbus Dispatch with a review of the show by Jacqueline Hall. He also co-produced with William Hoza a site specific sculpture at the Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. Hoza was born in Youngstown, Ohio and has an undergraduate degree from Youngstown State University and a graduate degree from The Ohio State University.
Mr. Hoza’s paintings are in private and corporate collections. His work has also been selected for exhibition at the Ohio State Fair, the Ohio Art League, and the Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery. One of his paintings from an Ohio Art League show at the Columbus Museum of Art was featured in the Columbus Dispatch with a review of the show by Jacqueline Hall. He also co-produced with William Hoza a site specific sculpture at the Wexner Center, Columbus, Ohio.
Mr. Hoza was born in Youngstown, Ohio and has an undergraduate degree from Youngstown State University and a graduate degree from The Ohio State University.
News
Painter captures Ohio countryside in documentary style-The Columbus Dispatch, August 10th, 2008
Michael Hoza: Verdant Drama, Sky over Earth in central Ohio-May 29th, 2012 (Press Release, PDF)
Sky, earth called foundation for Hoza's paintings- Dublin Villager, June 13th, 2012
Landscape painter explores quiet beauty of rural central Ohio- The Columbus Dispatch, July 8th, 2012
Michael Hoza: Verdant Drama, Sky over Earth in central Ohio-May 29th, 2012 (Press Release, PDF)
Sky, earth called foundation for Hoza's paintings- Dublin Villager, June 13th, 2012
Landscape painter explores quiet beauty of rural central Ohio- The Columbus Dispatch, July 8th, 2012
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