Moses E Hoskins

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For several years this image offered by a purveyor of dreck has appeared whenever the name Moses Hoskins is googled. Be assured that this piece was NOT rendered by the Moses Hoskins of this website.

Hoskins contacted the establishment several times years ago in an effort to learn what the story was but has never received a satisfactory explanation or reply.

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untitled / painting & drawing media on canvas, 64 x 64 inches, 2024 64sq24

Some have mentioned they prefer this one as seen above, displayed upside down.

Although as a visual fine artist thoroughly conditioned in figurative rendering, Moses E Hoskins has worked abstractly since the mid 80's.

Moses was born in Iowa in 1953 where he spent his youth and some time as an adult. / He was publicly schooled followed by a post-secondary education consisting of sporadic stints at a few colleges in the American Midwest. (It was different then being in his 20's in the 70's than it is now, being in his 70's in the 20's.) - Eventually, a full decade out of hi-skool, he did finally earn a BFA in 1981 from the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History at Iowa City where mainly he drew naked people and was a janitor at night. This was to be the final foray into what is considered Formal Education. He did not attend Graduate School anywhere..

In 1988 Hoskins finally got around to fleeing to New York City as a better place, ostensibly, to not amount to anything. / He continues there - living, working and showing his artwork wherever they will have it. / He exhibited regularly at OK Harris in NYC from 2000 until the gallery closed in 2014.

Despite multiple grants from the foundations Pollock-Krasner and Adolph & Esther Gottlieb in evident support of his quixotic efforts in painting, drawing & collage media - and even after a Yaddo residency, Hoskins remains acutely aware that any Big Deal Career is unlikely to ever be. / He has never been naive regarding byzantine artworld Political Machinery...

Currently Hoskins' work is included in White Columns Artist Registry, New York - and Robischon Gallery in Denver has a selection of his paintings in their inventory.

This website features work produced since 2015. - To make inquiries or to see work from before 2016, contact moseshoskins@mac.com

Please note: Any Moses Hoskins using FaceBook, Linked-In, Twitter, etc. is not the guy of this website. Hoskins does not engage in any so-called social media. - Altogether, 2 websites and private email comprise the extent of his cyber input/output. NO cellphone -NO Instagram - NO texting