About

Joe Hemes has been focusing on the manipulation of light to create a mystical experience since 1995.  His illuminated sculptures cast shadows, project color, and weave a tapestry of light projections. He loves to work with many forms and materials.

He regularly shows work in galleries around the state, with large-scale installations commissioned for schools, lobbies, event spaces, markets and small scale commissions for private residences.

Joe received a Masters of Architecture at Montana State University and studied craft at Haystack Mountain School in his home state of Maine, where he has been widely exhibited.  He has earned awards as a LEED architect, photographer and sculptor.  Joe has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts/Maine Arts Commission and a Haystack Fellowship.

My current work exposes the beauty of our planet Earth and the dark realities of climate disruption. I believe that art can illuminate these issues in new and provocative ways. These sculptures draw people in and ask them to consider their place in an optimistic re-imagining of our world.