Jody Boyer

Biography

Jody Boyer is a visual artist and arts educator originally from Portland, Oregon. In her studio practice she explores the broad interdisciplinary possibilities of traditional and new media with a specific interest in personal memory, cinema, landscape and a sense of place.

She received her B.A. in Studio Arts from Reed College, her M.A. in Intermedia and Video Art from the University of Iowa, and her K-12 teaching certificate at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. 

Her artwork has been shown nationally, including at the Des Moines Art Center, Womanmade Gallery in Chicago, and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and in such publications as Review and Art in America. 

She has presented at local, state and national education conferences on topics ranging from technology integration to craft and craftivism in arts education to integrating ecology and sustainability in the visual arts.

In 2014 she was selected Nebraska Art Teacher Association's Middle School Art Educator of the Year by the Nebraska Art Teachers Association.

Education

Scheduled Teaching

Exhibitions

(*denotes solo or two person)

2021   
Ray Frederick Gallery* forthcoming, Iowa Valley Community College District, Marshalltown, IA
First Bank and Trust Dakota State Art Gallery* forthcoming, Dakota State University, Madison, SD          

2020   
De Natura* forthcoming Lauritzen Garden Botanical Center, Omaha, NE
De Terra* forthcoming Waukee Public Library Art Gallery, Waukee, IA
New Work: Jody Boyer* Bing-Davis Memorial Gallery, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
Octagonal, Juried Exhibition, Octagon Arts Center, Ames, IA

2019
Mechanical and Botanical* Cottey Art GalleryCottey College, Nevada, MO
Mechanical and Botanical* Oskaloosa Art Center, Oskaloosa, IA
Mechanical and Botanical* Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
Mechanical and Botanical* Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO
Micro, AIR Gallery, Altrincham England
Norfolk Art Center National Juried Exhibition, Norfolk, NE
UNO Faculty Exhibition, UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE

2018   
Fragmented Vistas / Mechanical Topographies* Design on Main, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
NATA Artist Educator Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, University of Nebraska Kearney, Kearney, NE
Reality Exhibition, Museum of Alternative History, Kaneko, Omaha, NE
Into the Blue Adam Peck Gallery, Provincetown, MA
42nd National Juried Exhibition, Durango Art Center, Durango, CO
Alternative to What? Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
Artist to Teacher to Artist, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE

2017   
Iowa Women’s Art Exhibition, Office of the Lt. Governor, Des Moines, IA
Orange City Arts Regional Exhibition, Orange City, IA
Midwest Artist Studios Group Exhibition, Walker’s Point Art Center, Milkwaukee, WI
49th National Juried Exhibition, Octagon Art Center, Ames, IA

2016  
Recent Work by Russ Nordman and Jody Boyer* Northern University, Aberdeen, SD
Brambles, Branches and Roots, National Juried Exhibition, View Arts Center, La Forge, NY
5x5x5, National Juried Exhibition, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, AL
CSArts, Omaha Creative Institute, Selected Artist, Omaha, NE
Midwest Artist Studios, Selected Artist for Nebraska, Sheboyn, WI
Artist to Teacher to Artist 2016, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE

2015   
Recent Work by Russ Nordman and Jody Boyer* Norfolk Art Center, Norfolk, NE
Recent Work by Russ Nordman and Jody Boyer* Peru State College, Peru, NE
Reflection / Refraction* with Josephine Langbehn, Star Deli, Omaha, NE
Earth Exhibit, Dubuque Area Arts Collective, Dubuque, IA
A Sense of Place, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, IL
NATA Artist Educator Exhibition, UNO Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
UNO Faculty Exhibition, UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Artist to Teacher to Artist 2015, Omaha Public Schools Faculty Exhibition, Omaha, NE

Artist Lectures / Panels / Peer Reviewed Presentations

2020       
Leading a Double Life: Secrets and Strategies for a Successful Art Career while being an Art Teacher, Business of Being an Artist Conference, Octagon Arts Center, Ames, Iowa

What Do Crop Circle, Irrigation Pivots and Color Changing Lemonade have to do with Art?
Co-Presenter, NAEA Conference, Minneapolis, MN

2018       
Leading a Double Life: Secrets and Strategies for a Successful Art Career while being an Art Teacher, NATA Conference, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE 

2017       
How Teaching Middle School Made Me a Better College Art Professor, FATE 2018, Kansas City, MO
Artists Lecture @ Women’s Caucus: The Challenge of Change, NAEA National Conference, NYC
Beyond Post It Notes and Gallery Walks, Co-Presenter, NAEA National Conference, NYC
Middle Level Medley, Co-Presenter NAEA Conference, NYC

2016
CSTAE Panel for Instructional Resources, NAEA Conference, Chicago, IL

Conference Presentations

2015
Craft, Craftivism and Service Learning (Accepted) 
Presentation, 2015 National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, LA

Sustainable School Landscapes as Public Art (Accepted) 
Presentation, 2015 National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, LA

2014
Nebraska Sustainability: Its for the Birds!
Poster Presentation, 2014 Nebraska Art Teachers Association State Conference, Aurora, NE 
Craft in the Classroom
Presentation, 2014 National Art Education Association Conference, San Diego, CA
QR Codes in the Classroom, Presentation with Carrie Pope
Presentation, 2014 National Art Education Association Conference, San Diego, CA

2013
QR Codes in the Classroom
Teaching and Learning Institute, OPS and The University of Nebraska at Omaha

2011
Individual Artist Lecture, Farnham Galleries, Simpson College, Indianola, IA

2010
Artist Panel, Hopey Changey Things, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE