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josh roach (jars hooch) is a multidisciplinary artist/maker currently based out of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. His practice is focused around the characters that he becomes through the wearing of hand-made costumes, and the subsequent actions that he performs with objects and other creatures in both constructed and real-world spaces. Recently, this has mostly been through either live performance or video work. Josh is currently pursuing his MFA degree in Sculpture & Expanded Media at Illinois State University. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Manitoba in his hometown of Winnipeg, Canada.
Upcoming Events & Exhibitions
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Recent Exhibitions
2019, April, innie/outie, CVA110, Normal, Illinois, USA.
2019, April, Student Annual Exhibition, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois, USA.
2019, March, TIME/SHARE, Lit. on Fire Bookstore (through Project 1612), Peoria, Illinois, USA.
2019, January, MFA Biennial, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois, USA.
2018, December, Regular Style, MFA Exhibition Online (online).
2018, November, Meat Cute, Lalaland, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
2018, October, spaceballz, _211F_, Normal, Illinois, USA.
2018, April, Student Annual Exhibition, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois, USA.
2018, April, Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
2018, January, Hands, Milner Library, Normal, Illinois, USA.
Recent Performances
2019/04/10, BEAROBO crashes the Annual, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois, USA.
2019/04/06, |herenothere|, CVA 110, Normal, Illinois, USA.
2019/01/25, [poly], University Galleries, Normal, Illinois, USA.
2018/10/17, "Chrysalis" parts I & II, with slowthrower, Nightshop, Bloomington, Illinois, USA.
2018/08/03, hot shop, RampArts, Bloomington, Illinois, USA.
2018/05/03, Blades of Grass, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA.
2018/04/11, glitterbug, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois, USA.
Collaborators
with Ryan Melmoth, sound and video games, 2014-current.
with slowthrower (Chris Albert and Ryan Paluczak), music and performance, 2018.
with Emily Lehman, performance and video, 2017-18.
with Michael Blake, sculpture, 2018.