AWARDS
2014 NIA
All Members Exhibit
Judges Award- (Highest Honor) for painting “Sustainability of Youth”- South Bend, IN-
Awarded by Julie W. Tourtilotte, Art Professor for Saint Mary’s College.
2012 24th
Annual Heartland Artists Juried Regional Art Exhibit
2nd place- for painting –
Plymouth, IN- Awarded by Elizabeth James. (My painting was 1 of 100 paintings
chosen out of over 200 entries)
NIA Spencer Gallery Exhibit
Merit Award-
for painting “Samson & Lion”- Mishawaka, IN-
Awarded by Mark Rospenda, Associate Curator, South Bend Museum of Art.
Goldman Art Management 2012 International
Contemporary Art Competition
Honorable
Mention- for painting “Catching Dreams.” www.goldmanartonline.com During this international competition, my painting was chosen out
of 110 pieces of art. Also, photos of my paintings and an interview are
published in the 2012 Goldman Art Spring Contemporary Catalog/Magazine. (hard
copy)
2011 Fort
Wayne Museum of Art “Independence in the Studio” Exhibition
Judges
Award- (Highest Honor) for painting - Fort Wayne, IN- Awarded by Sarah Aubrey Curator for
the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. (My painting was 1 of the 24 paintings
chosen for the exhibit out of 76 entries.)
2010 NIA- Studio Art Classes Juried Exhibition
Merit
Award- “Alice, Friends Should Make You Wonder Not Wander”- South Bend, IN-
Awarded by Linda Freel professor of graphic design and fine art at Ivy Tech
State College.
2008 20th Annual Heartland Artist
Juried Regional Art Exhibit:
Best of Show- “Musketeers, Milady, & Dead
Chicken”- Plymouth, IN- Awarded by Anthony Droege Retired Professor and
Coordinator of Visual Arts from IUSB. (My painting was 1 of the 122 paintings
chosen for the exhibit out of 202 entries)
Purchase
Award- (Tom A Black, Attorney)- “Musketeers, Milady, & Dead Chicken” -
Plymouth, IN
Exhibitions Judged and/or Juried
2014
2014 Congressional Art Competition from the 2nd
Congressional District
I was one of 4 judges for the
competition who helped select 68 pieces for the exhibition as well as chose 1st,
2nd, and 3rd place winners. Awards presented by Congresswoman
Jackie Walorski (IN-02).
2013
2013 Congressional Art Competition from the 2nd
Congressional District
I was one of 3 judges for the
competition who judged 80 pieces submitted in order to award 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd place winners. Awards presented by Congresswoman Jackie
Walorski (IN-02).
Solo Exhibitions
2013
“Fraught With Madness”- Buchanan Art Center’s Showplace Gallery – Buchanan, MI- Showcasing of 23
pieces of my art- (July 10th-Aug 25th)
“Landscape of the Mind”, Feature Artist Josh
Hozey- Heartland Artist Gallery - Plymouth,
IN- Showcasing of 17 pieces of my art- (Jan 1st- Jan 26th)
2011
“On Exhibit #1: 2011-2012”, “Welcome to My World” -
Featuring Josh Hozey. On display in accompanying
galleries Daniel Paul Giddings & Robert Hardt – Colfax Campus Gallery/
Colfax Cultural Center- South Bend, IN- Showcasing of 18 pieces of my art-
Gallery Coordinator Dea Andrews- (Nov 4th- Dec 16th)
2009
Josh Hozey Solo Exhibition- Inspirative
Gallery (aka the “in” Gallery) Inaugural Opening- Plymouth, IN-
Showcasing of 34 pieces of art- Gallery Director Angela Leed- Live Music by Tim
Velez. (Oct 9th- Nov 20th)
Group and Juried Exhibitions
2014
36th Elkhart
Juried Regional Exhibition- Midwest Museum of American Art Elkhart, IN- (Oct 10- Dec 7) Juried by Rachel Perry, Curator of Art Emeritus, Indiana State Museum, and Dr. Steven Conant, Collector
& Artist, Indianapolis, Indiana.
26th Annual Heartland
Artists Juried Regional Art Exhibit- Heartland Artists Gallery Plymouth,
IN- (Sept 30- Oct 31) Juried by Jamie
Ball, Culver Academies Art Department.
NIA “All Member Show”- Colfax Campus Gallery South Bend, IN- (Sept 9- Oct 31) Juried by Julie W. Tourtillotte, Art Professor for Saint Mary’s College.
(Collection of Art from 27 artists)
2012
24th Annual Heartland
Artists Juried Regional Art Exhibit- Plymouth,
IN- (Oct 2- Nov 2) Juried by
Elizabeth James. (My painting was 1 of 100 paintings chosen out of over 200
entries)
NIA South
Bend Museum of Art- South Bend, IN- (Sept 7- Nov
14) (My painting was 1 of 54 pieces chosen for this exhibit out of 111
entries.)
NIA Spencer Gallery Exhibit- Mishawaka, IN- (July 7- Aug 1)
“2012 Spring Contemporary Art
Competition” – (Group Exhibition) Goldman Art Management’s International Art
Competition- (May 1- June 30)
“Scales, Gills, and Fins: Fish
Art”- Buchanan Art Center- Buchanan, MI-
(April 11- May 26)
Gallery East- Mishawaka, IN- (March 26-April 26)- After the NIA show finished March 23,
the gallery owner asked me to extend the display of my paintings for an
additional month.
Northern Indiana Artists Membership
Show- Gallery East - Mishawaka, IN- (Feb
6- March 23)
“Anniversary Art Contest”- MyArtContest.com- (Group Exhibition) International Contest (February
2012)
2011
Independence in the Studio- Fort Wayne Museum of Art- Fort
Wayne, IN- (August 13 – October 16) (My painting was 1 of 24 paintings
chosen for the exhibit out of 76 entries.)
21st Annual Art & Social Justice Exhibition- Colfax
Campus Gallery/ Colfax Cultural Center- South Bend, IN- (June 10 - August 5) 23
artists showcasing pieces whose content was limited to concerns for a socially
just world.
Senator Richard Lugar’s Exhibit- Fort Wayne,
IN Office- (May 1 - May 31) (My paintings were 2 of only 13 paintings chosen
for the exhibit displayed in Senator Lugar‘s Office)
2010
32nd Elkhart Juried Regional
Exhibition - The Midwest Museum of American Art- Elkhart, IN-
(October 8 - Dec 5) (My painting was 1 of 209 paintings chosen for the exhibit
out of 502 entries)
22nd Annual Heartland Artist Juried Regional Art
Exhibit- Heartland Artist Gallery- Plymouth, IN-(Oct 6th-Oct
29th)
“Unified by Art“ - NIA (Juried)- Colfax Campus Gallery/Colfax Cultural Center- South Bend, IN- (September 17
- October 30th)
“Abstracts”- Myartcontest.com (Group Exhibition) -
International Contest- (July 15th)
South Bend Civic Theater (Juried)- South Bend
Civic Theatre Gallery- South Bend, IN-(July 19th-September 19th)
Small Wonders Art Show (Judged) -
Heartland Artist Gallery- Plymouth, IN- (May 14th - 29th)
NIA- Studio Art Classes Juried Exhibition- Barnes Gallery-
Studio Art Classes- South Bend, IN- (April 17th-May 21st)
2009
NIA- Lake Michigan College Fall Show (Juried)- Lake
Michigan College- Niles, MI-(Nov. 12th- Dec. 20th)
21st Annual Heartland Artist Juried Regional Art
Exhibit- Heartland Artist Gallery- Plymouth, IN-(Oct 9th-Nov
6th)
South Bend Civic Theater (Juried)- South Bend
Civic Theatre Gallery- South Bend, IN-(July 29th-September 20th)
NIA-South Bend Museum of Art Annual Juried Exhibit- South Bend
Museum of Art (Jerome J. Crowley Gallery)- South Bend, IN-(June 6th-October
4th) (My painting was 1 of the 41 paintings chosen to exhibit out of
88 entries)
NIA Artists (Group Exhibition) - Gallery
805- South Bend, IN-(June 5th-June 27th, 2009)
Small Wonders Art Show (Judged) - Heartland
Artist Gallery - Plymouth, IN- Collection of various works by artists 12” x 12”
or under. (May 3rd-30th, 2009)
2008
20th Annual Heartland Artist Juried Regional Art
Exhibit- Heartland Artist Gallery - Plymouth, IN- Judged by Anthony
Droege (Retired Professor & Coordinator of Visual Arts from IUSB) (Oct. 13th-31st)
Circa Arts Gallery - South Bend, IN- Various Artists
(September 2008-April 2009)
1996
Round Barn
Festival, Group Exhibition- Rochester, IN. “Mixed Artists” - Showcasing of
local artists works.
Commissioned & Other Works
2008
Acrylic Painting- “Jest Be
You”, Commissioned by Jon Hubanks, South Bend, IN
Acrylic
Painting- “Vasoline, Jester, and Nike of Nicole”, Donated to Hello Gorgeous
Charity Auction, South Bend, IN
1996
Designed
T-Shirts for Baseball Team (Rochester, IN)
1995
Designed Theater
Posters for Local Play - “Rumors” (Rochester, IN)
Professional
Affiliations
Northern
Indiana Artists, Inc - Active Member (March 2009- Present) 
