Exhibitions (*solo or two person)
2023 and beyond
De Terra* Waukee Public Library Art Gallery, Waukee, IA.
2022
Ice Works* Ray Frederick Gallery, Iowa Valley Community College District, Marshalltown, IA.
Ice Works* Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella, IA
Ice Works*, Dakota State University, Madison, SD.
Ice Works*, Kimmel Harding Harding Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE.
UNO School of the Arts Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE.
NATA Artist Educator Exhibition, Norfolk Arts Center, Norfolk, NE.
2021
Roots* Clear Lake Art Center, Clear Lake Iowa
Sioux City Selects, Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IA.
Octagonal, National Juried Exhibition, Awarded Best in Photography, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA.
2020
Jody Boyer* Bing-Davis Memorial Gallery, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA.
F/Stop 2020, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Best in Show, Des Moines, IA.
Octagonal, National Juried Exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA.
Midwest Review 8, Midwest Review, UW Madison Continuing Studies, Madison, WI.
Colors of Quarantine, ColorTag Magazine, Edition 1, Part 3
Art in Isolation, St. Louis Art Guild, St. Louis, MO.
Shown from Afar: Art During the Pandemic, Womenwork.Art, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Art as Medicine: Artists React to the Present State, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA.
Photograms, Don’t Take Pictures, Magazine and Online Gallery
Photograms, The Baldwin Photography Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.
Among the Chaos, Not Exactly Magazine
2020 NATA Artist Educator Exhibition, Virtual, 2nd Place Juror’s Prize
2019
Mechanical & Botanical, Cottey Art Gallery*, Cottey College, Nevada, MO.
Mechanical & Botanical, Oskaloosa Art Center*, Oskaloosa, IA.
Mechanical & Botanical, Lawrence Art Center*, Lawrence, KS.
Mechanical & Botanical, Durango Arts Center*, Durango, CO.
The Shape of Things, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis MN.
NATA Artist Educator Exhibition, KHN Gallery, Nebraska City, NE.
Climate, Scene (Metrospace) Gallery, Michigan State University, Lansing MI.
On Paper, Webster Art Center, Webster Grove MO.
Into the Blue, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA.
Nebraska Biennial, Gallery 1516, Omaha NE.
Norfolk Art Center National Juried Exhibition, Norfolk NE.
Micro, International Juried Exhibition, AIR Gallery, Altrincham England
UNO Faculty Exhibition, UNO Art Gallery, Omaha NE.
2018
Fragmented Vistas and Mechanical Topographies: Jody Boyer and Russ Nordman*
ISU Design on Main Gallery, Ames Iowa
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 Massachusetts
42nd National Juried Exhibition, Durango Art Center, Durango Colorado
Alternative to What?, Sulfur Studios, Savannah Georgia
Artist to Teacher to Artist, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha Nebraska
2017
Iowa Women’s Exhibition Office of the Lt. Governor of Iowa, Des Moines Iowa
The Challenge of Change International Juried Exhibition, NAEA Women’s Caucus
NATA Artist Educator Exhibition (Awarded 2nd Place in Exhibition)
Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln Nebraska
49th Clay, Fiber,Paper,Glass, Metal,Metal National Juried Exhibition
Octagon Art Center, Ames Iowa
2016
Imaginative Topographies (Two Person Exhibition with Russ Nordman)*
Jewish Community Center Art Gallery, Omaha Nebraska
NATA Artist Educator Exhibition
McCook Nebraska
UNO Faculty Exhibition
UNO Art Gallery, Omaha Nebraska
Branches, Brambles and Roots, View Arts Center, La Forge New York
National Juried Exhibition
5x5x5, Hammond Gallery, Jacksonville Alabama
National Juried Exhibition
Midwest Artist Studios, Selected Artist for Nebraska
Regionally curated art education initiative connecting contemporary art to classrooms
CSArt, Selected Artist, Omaha Creative Institute
Recent work by Jody Boyer and Russ Nordman*
Lincoln Gallery, Northern State University, Aberdeen South Dakota
2015
Recent work by Russ Nordman and Jody Boyer*
Norfolk Art Center, Norfolk Nebraska
Recent Work by Russ Nordman and Jody Boyer*
Peru State College, Peru Nebraska
Reflection & Refraction (two person exhibition with Josephine Langbehn)*
Star Deli, Omaha Nebraska
NATA Artist Educator Exhibition
UNO Art Gallery, Omaha Nebraska
Earth Exhibit
National Juried Exhibition Dubuque Area Arts Collective,
Dubuque Iowa
A Sense of Place
National Juried Exhibition, Jan Brandt Gallery
Bloomington Illinois
Artist to Teacher to Artist 2015
Omaha Public Schools Faculty Exhibition, Omaha Nebraska
Monumental Ideas / Intimate Scale
National Juried Exhibition, River Campus Gallery, South Missouri State University,
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
UNO Faculty Exhibition
UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Omaha
2014
NATA Artist Educator Exhibition
NATA State Conference, Plainsmen Museum, Aurora Nebraska
New Work by Russ Nordman and Jody Boyer*
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska
NAC 2014 National Juried Exhibition
Norfolk Art Center, Norfolk Nebraska
Artist to Teacher to Artist 2014
Omaha Public Schools Faculty Exhibition, Omaha Nebraska
2013
Machine/Man/Air/Land*
RNG Gallery, Council Bluffs Iowa
Nominated Best Two Person Exhibition, 2013 Omaha Entertainment Awards
NATA Artist Educator Exhibition
Wayne State Gallery
2012
UNO Faculty Exhibition
UNO Art Gallery, Omaha Nebraska
The Power of Nine
Bancroft Street Market, Omaha Nebraska
2011
Municipal Experiments*
Farnham Galleries, Simpson Collage, Indianola Iowa
2010
Hopey Changey Things
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha Nebraska
2009
Studio Art Faculty Exhibition 2009
UNO Art Gallery, University Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha Nebraska
2008
Cinema City*
Urban Culture Project, Kansas City Missouri
2007
Paramnesia*
LivingArts, Tulsa Oklahoma
Studio Art Faculty Exhibition 2007
UNO Art Gallery, University Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha Nebraska
2006
Paramnesia*
Olive Deluce Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville Missouri
Perform/Install: Invitational Exhibition of Installation Art
South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend Indiana
Illumine: New work by Jody Boyer*
Farnham Galleries, Simpson College, Indianola Iowa
Illumine: New work by Jody Boyer*
The Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery, Wartburg College, Waverly Iowa
2005
Memoria: Jody Boyer and Russ Nordman
Lang Gallery, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake Illinois
In Focus: Photography Techniques and Trends
Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria Virginia
Paramnesia: An Installation by Jody Boyer and Russ Nordman
bemisUNDERGROUND at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha Nebraska
2004
Mobile Book Arts Exhibition
Mobilivre/BookMobile Project
Studio Art Faculty Exhibition 2004
UNO Art Gallery, University Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha Nebraska
2003
Descent: An Installation by Jody Boyer and Russ Nordman*
UNO Art Gallery, University Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha Nebraska
Letterform Text and Image
Edith Feldenheimer Gallery, Reed College, Portland Oregon
2002
Photo Based
Womanmade Gallery, Chicago Illinois
Iowa Artists 2002
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines Iowa
Memoria*
Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa
7 & Seven
UNO Art Gallery, University Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha Nebraska
All Small
EyeDrum Gallery, Atlanta Georgia
*denotes solo or two person exhibition
Artist Residencies, Lectures, Presentations, Panels
2015
Craftivism, Community and Service Learning with Rebecca Turk
Presentation, National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans
Sustainable Landscapes as School Based Public Art
Presentation, National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans
2014
Sustainability: Its for the Birds!
Poster Session, Nebraska Art Teachers Association State Conference
Craft in the Classroom
Presentation, National Art Education Association Conference
QR Codes in the Classroom
Presentation, National Art Education Association National Conference
2013
QR Codes in the Classroom
Teaching and Learning Institute, OPS and The University of Nebraska at Omaha
2010
Artist Panel – Hopey Changey Things
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha Nebraska
2009
Panelist, Professional Practices
Barbara Willson Memorial Art Lecture Series
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Juror, Nebraska State Visual Arts K-12 Student Exhibition
Omaha Public Schools
2008-2006
Panelist, Nebraska Arts Council Collaborative Grants
http://www.arts.nebraska.gov
2007
Artist Lecture
Living Arts, Tulsa Oklahoma
Panelist, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs ICCG Grants
2006
Artist Lecture
Olive Deluce Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville Missouri
Iowa Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, FY06
2005
Artist Lecture
Bemis Underground at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Juror, bemisUNDERGROUND 2006 Exhibition committee
bemisUNDERGROUND, Omaha Nebraska
http://www.bemisunderground.org
2003
Juror, Metropolitan Community College 4th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha Nebraska
Education
2021
M.S. Secondary Education, Emphasis in Teaching and Learning
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, University of Nebraska Omaha
2010
K-12 Certification, Art
TAP – Teacher Academy Project, University of Nebraska Omaha
2003
M.A. Intermedia and Video Art
School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa
2000
B.A. Studio Arts
Reed College, Portland Oregon
Current Professional Experience
2004 – Current
Adjunct Faculty (Instructor of Record)
UNO School of the Arts, University of Nebraska Omaha
2010 – Current
Art Educator
Omaha Public Schools
Service Positions
K-12 Liaison, 2020-2022, NAEA Women’s Caucus
Volunteer Service Position
Past-President, 2020-2022, Nebraska Art Teachers Association
Volunteer Service Position
Co-President
2018-2020 Nebraska Art Teachers Association
Volunteer Service Position
Co-President Elect, 2016-2018 Nebraska Art Teachers Association
Volunteer Service Position
Co-Chair Exhibitions 2014-2015, Nebraska Art Teachers Association
Volunteer Service Position
Vice President, 2016-2017 Community Arts Caucus
National Art Education Association, appointed March 2016
One Year Volunteer Service Position
Communications Liaison, 2015-2016 Community Arts Caucus, appointed March 2015
One Year Volunteer Service Position
Select Past Experience
2006-2009
Fellow
Iowa West Foundation, Council Bluffs Iowa
2004-2005
Adjunct Faculty (Instructor of Record)
Metropolitan Community College, Omaha Nebraska
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