Biography
Justin Hoover is a Bay Area born artist, gallerist, and nonprofit manager.
He is currently completing his Masters of Public Administration degree in International Management from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and is simultaneously the financial chairman on the board of directors for a local arts-based education nonprofit called ArtSeed. He has worked with many other education-based organizations throughout the world ranging from a school for Buddhist Nuns in Nepal to multiple youth arts and education programs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
As a gallerist, Justin is continually pushing the boundaries of what is conceptual art. His most recent conception, the Garage Biennale, is currently in full swing, and has been receiving great reviews from the SF Chronicle and the SF Weekly. Graduating from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004, his art has a spontaneous energy, as well as a refined form, which makes the work alive and calm, fresh and deep, playful and serious all at the same time. His work reflects a meditative serenity, while containing a fearless, yet thoughtful elegance.