About
Josie Hoffman is an interdisciplinary artist driven by movement, the constant element of expression in their art practice. This movement flows through different formats, including 2D and 3D visual art, body movement, and performance. Their art flows through thoughts of environment, body politics, mental health, community, family, and cultural history. Depending on what the artwork calls for —natural materials, recycled materials, dance, digital media, beads, or aerial arts —they incorporate reflections on land, water, and identity.
Josie is a direct descendant of Grand Portage Ojibwe and European settlers. She resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a working artist, curator, and teacher. She regularly practices, performs, and teaches aerial arts within her communities and serves as a studio manager for Andrea Carlson Studio. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Fine Arts Studio Practice at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She holds a BFA in Fine Arts Studio and a Teaching Artist Minor from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 2022, she was awarded the First Peoples’ Fund Business in Leadership Fellowship. In 2023 and 2025, she was awarded the Minnesota State Arts Board grant for individual artists and was a 23’-24’ Emerging Curators Institute Fellow.
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