Jon Bocksel
My work often involves an investigation into language, while at times recycling and appropriating symbols to create new iconic forms. I invite the viewer to ponder the conditioning behind the dissemination of the written word, and to create their own meanings.
Born NY 1983
BFA Pratt Institute Brooklyn 2005
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
"Hunter Gatherer" Booklyn, Brooklyn NY
"Abc 123" Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton NY
"Nothing to Say" Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco CA
2010
"Shape of Things to Come" Jettison Magazine, Next Art Fair Chicago IL
"April Group Show" Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"If I could shoot laser beams out of my eyes- I would shoot laser beams out of my eyes" Space 1026, Philadelphia PA
2009
Sarah Morgan/ Ben Wolf and Jon Bocksel, Normal Projects, Chicago IL
2008
Text Messaging Islip Art Museum, Islip NY
Website
www.jonbocksel.info








