Hartford Art School
Galleries
Exciting experiences await you at The Hartford Art School Galleries
The Hartford Art School Galleries encompass the Joseloff Gallery, the Donald and Linda Silpe Gallery, the Helen S. Kaman Print Study Center, and the Art on Campus initiative. Our purpose is to launch conversations, expand creative thinking, and kindle engagement with our community through the lens of contemporary art. From thematic and retrospective exhibitions featuring globally renowned artists to experimental collaborations, a variety of exhibitions are on display year-round. We are free and open to the public—a hub for everyone in the community to gather, learn, and imagine through art.Coming Soon: Human Marks: Tattooing in Contemporary Art
September 11 – December 13, 2025
Human Marks: Tattooing in Contemporary Art explores convergences between tattoo culture and global contemporary art. The exhibition, book (Hirmer Publishers), and related programming present the full creative spectrum of artists who maintain both tattoo and studio practices to ask what the world of fine art can learn from today’s tattoo community. With a range of surprising media—from paintings made with human blood to wearable works in silicone and even perfumery—themes of ritual, ethics, and identity tie together the materially dynamic, unexpected, and challenging artwork featured in Human Marks.
Human Marks will be the 8th International Distinguished Artists Symposium and Exhibition (IDASE) at the Hartford Art School, marking a long-awaited return of this esteemed exhibition program after an eleven-year hiatus. Significantly, Human Marks will build on the legacy of IDASE by commissioning six new works for the exhibition. Participating artists include Kaur Alia Ahmed, Oz Bardos, Makoto Chi, Nassim Dayoub, Evan Paul English, Gesiye, Don Ed Hardy, Ciara Havishya, Dr. Lakra, Christopher Martin, Duke Riley, Miller Robinson, Tamara Santibañez, Lyric Shen, and Jayna Won.
In addition to the main exhibition in Joseloff Gallery, the Hartford Art School’s Silpe Gallery will present Realigned Possession, an installation and 8-hour performance by Miller Robinson and Creighton Baxter that elaborates on the theme of identity, specifically in relation to Queer uses of the body.
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 11, 5–7 p.m. at Joseloff Gallery
Symposium: Friday, September 12, 10–6 p.m., University of Hartford, followed by a community dinner in the 1877 Club
Image caption: Tamara Santibañez, Landscape IV (Peaks), 2015, Oil on canvas, Photo by Ben Sklar