Joseph Josue Mora: CONDITION REPORT
@ Yes Project Space
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 18th
Join us for a full installation takeover by artist Joseph Josue Mora. You are not going to want to miss this show! This installation work and sculptural pieces will challenge your viewpoint on labor. “By identifying gestures in my art making process, such as removing tape after painting a gallery wall, creating scratch marks on a gallery wall when sandpaper is used to conceal the holes from previous exhibitions, and pushing joint compound through drywall, I fossilize the unseen labor of an art preparator. These actions help me relate the unseen labor of undocumented immigrants who support the operations of many industries in the US. I see art preparators and undocumented immigrants working in the shadows of great institutions but are rarely recognized. Through my practice, I communicate and question the parallels of the bureaucratic processes and spaces in which I exist.”
Joseph Josué Mora has exhibited in the Chicago Latinx Art Now Biennial (2016), National Museum of Mexican Art (2018 and 2023), and debuted a series of new and ongoing work in a solo show titled Clearance at the Chicago Art Department (2019). Mora co-organizes Undocumented Projects since 2017. He was selected as one of the eight Breakout Artists of 2022 in Newcity Chicago Magazine and at the Chicago Artists Coalition. In May 2022, Mora created a temporary graphite mural titled Needed, But Not Wanted (In Masses), through Mind Map, a bi-monthly program at MANA Contemporary Chicago. Mora was selected as an artist for the Center Program 10, 2023, at the Hyde Park Art Center, where he also exhibited between December 2023-February 2024. Mora’s artwork can be found in the collections of the National Museum of Mexican Art and the Illinois State Museum in Springfield.
In addition to Mora’s studio practice, he also has experience in gallery work as an art preparator and most recently as the Assistant Director of Exhibitions and Staff Advisor for SITE Galleries and INCUBATOR at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he holds a bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree from.
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