Joseph Rogers

Hello and thank you for visiting my profile. I hope you get something out of this creative journey of mine, whether it's a smile or frown, anything that made you look twice is a success in my book.

My life's experiences have varied radically from growing up in working class suburbia to treating casualties in a war zone to teaching medical school cadaver anatomy classes to helping build a sculpture at Burning Man to riding a krewe in Mardi Gras and so much more in between. What does it all mean? I'm still trying to figure it out. The older I get, the less I know. My art is a way to share those experiences and to try and make sense of this world and the next.

I am constantly seeking out new ways and forms of visual expression. My art often fuses metaphysical and at times, humorous concepts with powerful symbology of shape, form and color to convey superficial and hidden meanings. My goal is to move a viewer, in some way, a bit closer to their own revelation of truth.

I believe visual art can serve as an energy conduit between the divine, the artist and the viewer. This relationship transcends time and geography. Many indigenous artistic traditions have understood this essential role of art. It connects us to the cosmos. I...

2004 Graduate, Air War College
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

1999 Graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

1997 Master of Science, Human Movement Science
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

1990 Post-Graduate Fellow, Child and Maternal Health
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

1987 Bachelor of Science, Physical Therapy
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Viginia

1984 Associate of Arts
Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland

SOLO EXHIBITION
2019 - “Marys and Martyrs Show”, Studio 111, San Antonio
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 - First Friday Show, BRICK Gallery, San Antonio
2020 - “All Hands On Deck Show”, Choice Goods Gallery, San Antonio
2020 - US Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Creative and Performing Arts
Competition, San Antonio, Awarded First and Second Place Prizes
2020 - “Decay Layer Volume Two Show”, BRICK Gallery, San Antonio
2019 - “The Majestic Miniatures Show”, Paradise Gallery and Cocina, San Antonio
2019 - “All Hands On Deck Show”, BRICK Gallery, San Antonio
2019 - “The Cultural Re-appropriation Show of San Antonio” (C.R.A.S.S.), BRICK
Gallery, Antonio (co-curator)
2018 - “The Color of Blind Show”, Central Library, San Antonio
2012 - Southwest School of Art All-School Juried Exhibition, San Antonio
2007 - Hickam Air Force Base Fine Arts Show
2006 - Upwood Art League Group Show, United Kingdom
2005 - Upwood Art League Group Show, United Kingdom
2004 - United States Forces Forces Korea Fine Art Show, 2nd Place Award