About
Jody Joldersma is a visual artist based in Seattle, Washington. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Communication Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Jody is a co-founder of Feminist Camp Seattle and a National Artist at A.I.R. Gallery.
The interplay of gender, nature, culture, and the boundaries we place on them, is the focus of Jody's work. She creates visual narratives inspired by the experience of growing up caught between a collapsing conservative steel town and the rural escapism of her grandparents’ farm in the coal mountains of central PA. By layering distressed drawings, paint, and original photography, the construction and handcrafted quality of her work is still visible in the final image.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Communications Design
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY
Solo Exhibitions
Amazons & Trolls!
Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA, 2014
Harvest Moon
CoCA Ballard, Seattle WA, 2012
Curi-Oddities
Tasty, Seattle WA, 2010
Hunting Season
Corridor Gallery, Seattle WA, 2008
The Breeders Brooding
Gallery OK, Seattle WA, 2007
Group Exhibitions
Animals
Juried, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, 2019. Juried by Alina Cohen
CoCA Marathon and Benefit Auction
Invitational, The Summit, Seattle WA, 2019
Active Directions of the Mind
Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn NY, 2019. Curator Alexis Wilkinson
Green River College Artist in Residency Program
Invitational, Green River College, Auburn WA, 2019
Artist Trust Benefit Art Auction
Invitational, Fisher Pavilion, Seattle WA, 2019
Motherland
Invitational, CoCA Gallery, Seattle WA, 2019. Curator Amanda Manitach
Artists // Animals
Invitational, Jefferson Museum, Port Townsend WA, 2018
Facing Disjunction
Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, New York NY, 2018. Curator Judith Tolnick Champa
Creativity Persists
Invitational, CoCA Gallery, Seattle WA, 2018
Our Daily Armor III
Invitational, Virago Gallery, Seattle WA, 2017
Gathering Differences
Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, New York NY, 2017
Make America Create Again
Invitational, CoCA Gallery, Seattle WA, 2017
Bell Jar III
Invitational, Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA, 2017
Nasty Women
Juried, ABD Gallery, Philadelphia PA, 2017
Cooperative Consciousness
Invitational, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi India, 2016-2017
Unicorn
Invitational, Gristle Gallery, New York NY, 2016
Our Daily Armor II
Invitational, Twilight Gallery, Seattle WA, 2016
New Art in an Old House
Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, Governor’s Island NY, 2016
19th International Open
Juried, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL, 2016
In the Secret Garden
Invitational, A.I.R. Gallery, New York NY, 2016
Science +/- Art
Curator/Artist, Twilight Gallery, Seattle WA, 2016
The Incredible Intensity of Just Being Human
Invitational, ArtEast/Swedish Medical, WA, 2016
35 Live: COCA Members Show
Invitational, CoCA Gallery, Seattle WA, 2016
Shadowbox: A Group Show
Invitational, Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA, 2015
Should Art Match The Furniture?
Invitational, Helen S. Smith Gallery, Auburn WA, 2015
The Bell Jar
Invitational, Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA, 2015
The F Word
Juried, Arc Gallery, Chicago IL, 2014
Who Are You?
Juried, CoCA Georgetown, Seattle WA, 2014
Seduction: Seattle Erotic Art Festival
Juried, Seattle Center, Seattle WA, 2014
Ex Libris: 100 Artists, 100 Books
Invitational, Axis Gallery, Seattle WA, 2014
Connected
Invitational, Cucihifritos Gallery, New York NY, 2013
Collision: Past, Present, & Future
Invitational, CoCA Georgetown, Seattle WA, 2013
Ladyparts
Invitational, True Love Art Gallery, Seattle WA, 2013
Edge, Gage & More
Invitational, Simon Mace Gallery, Port Townsend WA, 2013
Artist Trust Benefit Auction
Seattle Center, Seattle WA, 2013
Noise
The Black Lodge, Seattle WA, 2012
Mad Women
Tasty, Seattle WA, 2012
Ecotone
Invitational, Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA, 2011
Cryptomenagerie
Invitational, Vermillion, Seattle WA, 2010
Publications
The Survival Girls
Illustrator, 2013
The Better Bombshell
“Meeting the Survival Girls”, 2013
CALYX Journal (Cover)
Volume 27:2, 2012
Additional Experience
Co-Founder Feminist Camp Seattle
Soapbox Inc, New York NY - 2016
National Artist, August 2015 - Present
A.I.R Gallery, New York NY
Feminist Intensive Alumnus, June 2014
Soapbox Inc., New York NY
Artist Teacher, January 1999 - August 1999
Northwestern University Settlement House, Chicago IL
Art Dept. Intern, June 1996 - September 1998
New York Magazine, New York, NY
Scholastic Arts and Writing Award
2nd Place (National) Sculpture – 1994