My Hero! presents a sprawling collection of 50-75 international artworks that explore iconic superhero imagery, along with reimagined interpretations of our classic heroes. The artists in the exhibition both pay homage to these universal idols, and also present critical questions about their popularity and God-like stature. Some artists in the exhibition also spin the fantasy further by imagining the hero as a child, as an aging being, and even as an animal. The variety of interpretations in My Hero is vast and challenging, dark and humorous, familiar yet new. 

The scalable 3,000 square foot exhibition includes a wide array of media, including painting, illustration, photography, sculpture, mixed media and video. Images of select artworks are here.

Artists
Mike Alcantara, Katherine Bradford, Robert Xavier Burden, Enrique Chagoya, Sandra Chevrier, Bill Concannon, Marcus D’Alfonso, Andreas Englund, Jeremy Fisher, Foto Marvellini, Justin Hager, Cheong-ah Hwang, Ole Marius Joergensen, Graham Kirk, Dave Laro, Adam Lister, Jannis Markopoulos, Simon Monk, Mark Newport, Rémi Noël, Aaron Noble, Jennie Ottinger, Laurina Paperina, Jenny Parks, Dulce Pinzon, Peter and Madeline Powell, Alessandro Rabatti, Mel Ramos, Cheyenne Randall, Lizabeth Rossof, Hannah Rothstein, Samuel Rowlett, Matt Ritchie, Steve Seeley, Rose Sellery, Inez Storer, Mark Todd, Frank Trankina, Winston Tseng, Linda Vallejo, Patricia Waller, Dan Willner, William Wray,  Jason Yarmosky, Maurizio Zuluaga

Venues
California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA  |  May 21 - Aug. 14, 2016
Huntsville Museum of Art, AL  |  Sept. 10 - Dec. 11, 2016
Daura Gallery at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA  |  Jan. 12 - Mar. 18, 2017
International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX  |  Apr. 15 - July 23, 2017
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT  |  Aug. 24, 2017 - Jan. 2, 2018
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, MI  |  Feb. 3 - May, 15 2018
South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD  |  June 12 - Oct. 2, 2018
Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV  |  Nov 1 - Dec. 31, 2018
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL  |  Jan. 31 – May 5, 2019
Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring, TX  |  June 1 – Aug. 17, 2019
Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA  |  Sept. 14 – Jan. 12, 2020