Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford is an interdisciplinary artist, Director of the School of the Arts, and Associate Professor of Visual Art at Indiana University Northwest. He is also a co-director and co-founder of the collective Floating Museum based in Chicago. His work has been shown at the Art Institute of Chicago, Malmo Konstmuseum, Chicago Cultural Center, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Palais de Tokyo Hors les Murs, the DuSable Black History Museum and the Hyde Park Art Center, among other spaces. He has held fellowships from the Sculpture Space, the Illinois Arts Council, the MacDowell Colony, the Vermont Studio Center, the Brown Foundation Program at the Dora Maar House, and the Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting. His work has been supported by grants from the Mellon Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Harpo Foundation, the Propeller Fund, the Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation, the Field Foundation, Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Stephanie Field Harris Charitable Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, an Indiana University New Frontiers Grant, and a Fulbright Fellowship in Sicily, among others. Reviews and coverage of his work have been included in outlets like the New York Times, Sculpture Magazine, Newcity, Hyperallergic, Artforum, CBS News, NPR, the Chicago Sun Times, USA Today, Dezeen, and the Chicago Tribune. He recently served as an artistic director of the 5thedition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Photo: Eric Perez
Education
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
MFA University of Illinois at Chicago
BA Bard College
Teaching/ Professional Experience
2025-present Director of the School of the Arts, Indiana University Northwest
2018-present Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Indiana University Northwest 2018-present
2016-2018 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Contemporary Practices, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2013-2016 Lecturer in Contemporary Practices, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011-2013 Lecturer of Drawing and Sculpture, DePaul University
2012 Instructor of Sculpture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008-2009 Instructor of Sculpture, University of Illinois at Chicago
Selected Exhibitions/Performances
2026 Solo Exhibition, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst IL
2026 Forthcoming: Floating Museum Lagos Biennial
2026 Forthcoming: Memory Palace, permanent art commission, City of Chicago for the Cermak Corridor
2025 Floating Museum for Mecca, public art project with the Mellon Foundation, Terra Foundation, and the Graham Foundation
2025 A Matter of the Invisible, Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford & Leticia Pardo, NON STNDRD, National Building Art Center, Sauget, Illinois
2024 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Artistic Director and Curator
2023 IN/SITU EXPO Chicago, Chicago IL
2023 Forthcoming: Chicago Architecture Biennial, Artistic Director and Curator, Floating Museum
2023 Forthcoming: Memory Palace, permanent art commission, City of Chicago for the Cermak Corridor
2022 Floating Museum: A lion for every house, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2021 League of Nations, Solo show, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL
2021 Sustainable Societies for the Future, Malmo Kunstmuseum, Malmo, Sweden curated by Kirse Jung-Stevnsborg
2020 The Long Dream, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2020 Floating Museum, Turn the Light, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
2020 Members Show, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019 Sculpture commission, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
2019 Sculpture commission, Hinsdale Public Library
2019 Solo Show, Garden Gipsoteca, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago IL
2019 IN/SITU EXPO Chicago, Chicago IL
2018-19 Floating Museum: Cultural Transit Assembly, public art project with the Chicago Transit Authority and the Chicago Park District
2017 Floating Museum: River Assembly, public art project with the City of Chicago
2017 Floating Museum, Singing Stones, Palais De Tokyo/EXPO Hors le Murs
2017 Floating Museum, How to give life to a mountain, DuSable Museum, Chicago IL
2017 Small Objects, Skowhegan Project Space, NY NY
2015 Schrott Center for the Arts, Butler University with Mike Calway-Fagen
2015 Terrain Biennial
2015 The American Academy of Arts and Letters 2015 Invitational Exhibition
2015 Sate Park, University of California San Diego Art Gallery
2014 Division of Labor, Group Show, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 Evanston Art Center, Sculpture on the Lawn
2014 Group show, The Franklin, Chicago, IL
2013 Hall of Kahn, solo show, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2012 EXPO Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center booth, Chicago, IL
2012 Strategies for preservation, group show, SHOP, Chicago, IL
2012 Terraformer, Group Show, Chicago, IL
2011 Strength in numbers, collaborative project, Scope Art Fair, Miami
2011 Reformation, Skowhegan Group Show, Skowhegan ME
2011 Give me a place to stand and I will move the world, Hyde Park Alliance for Art and Culture, Chicago, IL
2010 Ground Floor, Group Show, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2010 Ecclesiastes rose, public sculpture and performance sponsored by the Fulbright Commission, Mondello, Italy
2009 Sketch for the taste keepers, performance, American Academy, Rome, Italy
2009 Death floats by in hot pants, performance, Tiber River, Italy
2009 Starkiller in Lake Michigan, performance, Chicago, IL
2009 Thesis Show, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
2008 Interring the Albatross, Solo Show, Hungry Man Gallery, Chicago
2008 Formfit, Group Show, The Great Space, UIC, Chicago, I
2008 2 Person Show, Elegant Mr. Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Collection, Collection, Group Show Mess Hall, Chicago, IL
2008 Sin Fronteras, Group Show, University of Florida juried exhibition
2006 Re-membered, Group Show, UBS Exhibition Center, Red Hook, NY
2006 Selections, Group Show, Fisher Gallery, Bard College, NY
Awards/Residencies
2025 Driehaus Foundation Grant
2025 Indiana University Research Grant
2025 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
2024 State of Illinois Department of Human Services Grant
2024 State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Grant
2024 Indiana University Presidential Arts and Humanities Production Grant
2024 Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation Grant
2024 Good Chaos Grant
2024 Wagner Foundation Grant
2024 Arts Work Fund
2024 Terra Foundation Grant
2023 Indiana University Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellowship
2023 Chicago Community Trust Grant
2023 Good Chaos Grant
2023 Ruth Foundation Grant
2023 Indiana University Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellowship
2023 Terra Foundation Art Design Chicago Grant
2023 Poetry Foundation Grant
2023 The Stephanie Field Harris Charitable Foundation at the Chicago Community Foundation
2023 City of Chicago Chi Biz Strong Grant
2023 Indiana University Northwest Summer Faculty Fellowship
2022 Builders Vision Grant
2022 Indiana University Northwest Research Grant
2022 Graham Foundation Grant
2022 Driehaus Foundation Grant
2022 Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Grant
2022 Illinois Arts Council General Operating Grant
2022 Field Foundation Grant
2022 City of Chicago Neighborhood Opportunity Grant
2022 Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Project Grant
2021 Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, City of Chicago Grant
2021 Driehaus Foundation Grant
2021 Indiana University Northwest, Research Grant
2021 Indiana University Northwest, Summer Faculty Fellowship
2021 Joyce Foundation Grant
2021 MAP Grant
2020 Field Foundation Grant
2020 Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Grant
2020 Chicago Community Trust Grant
2020 Alphawood Foundation Grant
2020 Terra Foundation Emergency Grant
2020 Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant
2020 Indiana University Summer Faculty Fellowship
2020 Indiana University Student Success Grant
2020 Field Foundation New Leaders Grant: Floating Museum
2019 Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Project Grant
2019 Joyce Foundation Grant
2019 Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Grant
2019 Indiana University Summer Faculty Fellowship
2019 Field Foundation Grant
2019 Indiana University New Frontiers Grant
2018 Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Project Grant
2018 Terra Foundation Grant
2018 Illinois Humanities Grant
2018 Chicago Park District Nights Out in the Park Grant
2017 Polk Bros Foundation Grant
2017 Field Foundation Grant
2017 School of the Art Institute Faculty Enrichment Grant
2016 British Council Arts and Social Practice Fellowship
2016 Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation Grant
2016 Awesome Foundation Grant
2016 SAIC Shapiro Center Research Graduate Fellow
2016 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Faculty Enrichment Grant
2016 Sculpture Space Residency Fellowship
2015 Propeller Fund Grant
2015 Propeller Fund Residency
2015 Maker Grant
2015 Brown Foundation Fellow at the Dora Maar House, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
2015 DCASE/Joyce Foundation Studio Artist in Residence
2015 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Faculty Enrichment Grant
2014 Foundation for Contemporary Art, Emergency Grant
2014 Art Slant Showcase winner
2014 Illinois Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship
2014 Fellowship, MacDowell Colony
2014 Illinois Arts Council Professional Development Grant
2014 Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
2012-2013 Resident Artist at the Hyde Park Art Center
2012 Harpo Foundation Grant
2012 CAAP Grant
2012 Illinois Arts Council Project Grant
2011 Propeller Fund Grant
2011 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2011 Hyde Park Alliance for Art and Culture Artist-in-Residence
2010 Federal Assistance Award
2009-2010 J. William Fulbright Grant, Sculpture, Italy
2009 State Department Grant for the Arts, US Embassy, Rome Italy
2009 Visiting Artist, American Academy, Rome Italy
2008 Provost’s Award, University of Illinois at Chicago
2007-2008 Teaching Assistantship, University of Illinois at Chicago
2007 Tuition Waiver, University of Illinois at Chicago
2006 Studio Arts Award, Bard College
2004-2006 Trustee Scholarship, Bard College
Lectures
2022 Chicago Design Summit, Chicago Architecture Biennial / Graham Foundation
2021 Beyond Commemoration, DuSable in Chicago History, Lake Forest College
2021 EXPO Chicago Dialogues: Sustainable Societies for the Future
2019 Artist Talk, Arts Club of Chicago, with Professor Jon Levy
2017 Future of Public Art, panel discussion, Art Institute of Chicago
2016 Artist Talk, Boston University
2014 Artist Talk, Drexel University
2014 Artist Talk, Alfred University
2013 Hall of Khan, artist talk, Hyde Park Art Center
2010 Lecture, German Fulbright Conference, Berlin Germany
2010 Lecture, Liceo Artistico, Benevento Italy
Curatorial Projects
2013 Co-founder of Jekyll&Hyde Gallery
2011 Co-founder of the Hyde Park Kunstverein