BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA – Sleeth Gallery on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College will host a solo exhibition by Dr. Jason Hoelscher March 14-April 5. A gallery reception will be held Thursday, March 14 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. with an artist talk at 6 p.m. Sleeth Gallery is located in McCuskey Hall.

Hoelscher is gallery director and associate professor of interdisciplinary art at Georgia Southern University. He earned his PHD in aesthetics and art theory from IDSVA, where he completed his dissertation under the supervision of Brian Massumi. Hoelscher earned his MFA in painting from the Pratt Institute and certificates in complex and emergency systems studies and network modeling from the New England Complex Systems Institute at MIT.

His book “Art as Information Ecology” was published by Duke University Press in 2021, and nominated for the American Society of Aesthetics “Outstanding Monograph” award in 2022. 

“My paintings explore the role of attention in a contemporary context,” he said. “Artworks both demand and reward attention, but what counts as attention shifts over the years. It is in the zone where contemporary viewers’ attenuated attention spans meet accelerated information intake speeds that my paintings operate.” 

West Virginia Wesleyan College (WVWC) is a private, four-year residential liberal arts and sciences college in Buckhannon, West Virginia. A tradition of excellence for more than 130 years, West Virginia Wesleyan is home to 14 Fulbright Scholars. The Princeton Review ranked Wesleyan as one of its 2023 Best Colleges in the Southeastern Region of the United States. U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-2023 Best College Rankings designated Wesleyan seventh in Best Value – Regional Universities (South). WVWC offers students nearly 60 majors and 40 minors; graduate programs in athletic training, business administration, creative writing, nursing and clinical mental health counseling; 20 NCAA Division II athletic programs; multiple performing arts groups; and more than 50 organizations. Founded in 1890, the College is closely affiliated with the United Methodist Church and abides by the Wesley doctrine that emphasizes service to others. For more information, visit wvwc.edu.