Ian Hersko (1991) is an artist, educator, and curator living in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the Chair of the First Year Experience at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and teaches in both the studio and liberal arts. Hersko is also the founder and operator of Rainbow, an alternative gallery and project space in Cincinnati. In his own artistic practice, Hersko creates multimedia installations and objects that contemplate touch, loss and anti-monumentalism. Hersko creates precarious, ephemeral, and sentimental objects that draw from his experience as a queer, transgendered person. Before becoming an educator, Hersko worked in social work, which informed his approach to teaching and community building.
Ian Hersko (he/him)
ianhersko@gmail.com
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 perpetual care, Dream Clinic
2019 Tracing Voids, Route One Gallery
2018 The Grass Grows Over, Anytime Department
Group Exhibitions:
2023 Ebb and Flow, Kennedy Heights Arts Center
2022 Artist Run Spaces, Contemporary Arts Center
2020 The One-Pagers, Houseguest Gallery
Alumni Meetup, MC Gallery
Faculty Exhibition, Art Academy of Cincinnati
2019 Bianco, Emerge Gallery
before | now, 1628 Ltd
Public, Clifton Cultural Arts Center
Open Source 1.3, The Carnegie
2018 Smile Until the Tears Run into Your Mouth, Contemporary Arts Center
Head in the Clouds, The Waiting Room
BBQLA: The Fools Journey, Anytime Department
Open Source 1.2, The Carnegie
2017 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts
Some Kind of Error, Weissensee Kunsthochschule
Pivot, DAAP Galleries
Art Children in 3-D, Clay Street Press
International Sculpture Day, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park
The Art of Food, Carnegie
2016 MACAA: Better Than Art, Modern Makers
ArtWorks Exhibition, 1305 Gallery
2015 Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Civic Garden Center
2014 Brandish, solo exhibition, Main Street Window Gallery
Minumentals, Art Academy of Cincinnati
I Fell So Sad, Thesis Exhibition, Art Academy of Cincinnati
Final Friday, Moerlein Tap Room
2013 Dean's List Exhibition, Art Academy of Cincinnati
Student Painting Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center
Curatorial
2021-Present Co-curator, Rainbow
2022 Juried Student Exhibition, NKU
2017 One Line Over the Other, Wave Pool
2016 Mystique Writing, 840 Gallery
Residencies
2019 Taleamor Park
2019 Vermont Studio Residency
2017 Berlin Weissensee School of Art: Studio Inquiry
Awards
2019 Taleamor Park Fellowship
2019 Vermont Studio Center Merit Scholarship
2017 Wolfstein Travel Fellowship
Beverly Erschell Scholarship
William and Mary Bonansinga Scholarship
2014 Wilder Travel Award
2013 3rd Year Excellence Scholarship, Art Academy of Cincinnati
Press
Adjunct Professor
Art Academy of Cincinnati 2018-Present
First Year Experience Chair
Assistant Professor
Adjunct Faculty Liaison 2021-2023
University of Cincinnati, Adjunct 2017-2019
Professional
2021-Present Founder, Operator and Co-curator of Rainbow
2015-2019 Teaching Artist & Project Manager for ArtWorks Cincinnati
2015-2016 Creative Education Support for Happen Inc.
2015-2019 Visitation Facilitator for Family Nurturing Center
Education
University of Cincinnati
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning 2016-2018
Masters of Fine Arts
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Bachelors of Fine Arts 2010-2014
Major in Sculpture
Minor in Creative Writing