Inspired by the long history of social and political commentary within the discipline of printmaking, Hitchcock frequently uses the medium to explore relationships of community, land, and culture. His artworks examine notions of safety, security and protection, not just of country, but our environment and flora and fauna.
Hitchcock uses images of beads, bombs, floral patterns, buffalo and owls to speak about issues of indigenous historical trauma. Many of the images are interpretations of stories told by his Kiowa/Comanche grandparents and abstract representations influenced by beadwork, land, and culture.
BIO
John Hitchcock is an Artist, Professor and Associate Dean of Arts at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. He earned his MFA at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Hitchcock’s work has been exhibited at numerous national and international venues including: Weaving Past into Present: Experiments in Contemporary Native American Printmaking” at the International Print Center New York, Chelsea Gallery, New York (2015) and Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2017); “National Sanctuary” Solo exhibition at the Museum of Wisconsin Arts, West Bend, Wisconsin (2016); “Traces of the Plains” Solo exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2014); “Songs for Spirit Lake” The Rauschenberg Project Space, New York, New York (2013); “Air, Land, Seed” on the occasion of the Venice Biennale 54th International Art at the University of Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy (2013); “Envisioning The Plains” Solo exhibition at the American Culture Center in Shanghai, Shanghai, China (2012); the Kumu Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia; London Print Studio, London, England, UK; South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa; Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Chile; Museum of Arts & Design, New York; Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida; Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Exit Art, New York; and the Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
View Hitchcock’s artwork at: www.hybridpress.net
E-MAIL: hybridpress@gmail.com
TITLE: Beads, Birds and Bombs 3 (From the Sky)
YEAR: 2015
MEDIA: Unique work on paper, screenprint and dye on Rives BFK
SIZE: IN: 22 X 30
SIGNED: Yes
Value: $1000 Framed
TITLE: Black Arrow over the Mountain
YEAR: 2011
MEDIA: Unique work on paper, acrylic paint, screenprint and drawing on Rives BFK
SIZE: IN: 30×44
SIGNED: Yes
Value: $2500 Framed
Exhibited in: ARTiculations in Print-Traces of the Plains at The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), Santa Fe, New Mexico 2014 and Back Where They Came From at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri.
TITLE: Chemically Wasted (Warhorse)
YEAR: 2011
MEDIA: Unique work on paper, acrylic paint, screenprint and drawing on Rives BFK paper.
SIZE: IN: 30×44
SIGNED: Yes
Value: $2500 Framed
Exhibited in: Air, Land, Seed, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, New Mexico 2013 and
ARTiculations in Print-Traces of the Plains at The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), Santa Fe, New Mexico 2014.
TITLE: Rabbit Hill
YEAR: 2011
MEDIA: Unique work on paper, acrylic paint, screenprint and drawing on Rives BFK
SIZE: IN: 30×44
SIGNED: Yes
Value: $2500 Framed
Exhibited in: ARTiculations in Print-Traces of the Plains at The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), Santa Fe, New Mexico 2014.
