Jim Boden
Professor Emeritus
Art Department
Coker College, Hartsville, SC 29550
www.jimboden.net Email:bodenjim7@gmail.com
Instagram: bodenjim7 Twitter: @JimBoden5
Education
1996 M.F.A., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1974 B.S. Art Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Teaching Experience
1999 – 2016 Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
Solo Exhibitions
2021
“Conflict,” Coker University, Hartsville, South Carolina
2019
“Out of Paradise,” Coker University, Hartsville, South Carolina
“Out of Paradise: 10 Year Journey,” Waters Gallery, Florence County Museum, Florence, South Carolina
2017
“Out of Paradise,” Crema, Hartsville, South Carolina
2015
“Recent Work,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2011
“Interrogate,” Art Mission and Theater, Binghamton, New York
“Interrogate,” Lake George Art Center, Lake George, New York
2008
“Spectators,” Hyman Fine Arts Center Gallery, Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina
2003
“One Provocative and One Evocative Series,” Rabold Gallery, Aiken, South Carolina
“Passage Fragments,” Black Creek Arts Council Gallery, Hartsville, South Carolina
2002
“Clips, Shards, and Leaping Descents,” Allerkleinste Kunstgallerie, Hartsville, South Carolina
2001
“1 + 1 < > 2,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2000
“Ocho Semanas,” Xavier de Salas Fundacion, Trujillo, Spain
“Passages to Flesh Fields,” Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina
1999
“Mentor/Protégé,” General Mills Corporate Headquarters, Bloomington, Minnesota
1998
“Expeditions,” Normandale Community College, Edina, Minnesota
1997
“Passage Fragments,” Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, Oregon
“Fragments-Passages-Fusions,” Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, Minnesota
“Fragments,” Music and Drama Center, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
1996
“Body Fragments-Fused Forms,” Tangeman Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1995
“Recent Work,” Brodie Art Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1993
“Lebensangst,” St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
1992
“Lebensangst,” Anderson and Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1985
“Recent Drawings,” Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
“Figure Gestation,” Austin Area Art Center, Austin, Minnesota
1984
“Figures,” Artworks Gallery, Rochester, Minnesota
1983
“Recent Figures,” Rochester Community College, Rochester, Minnesota
1979
“Recent Drawings,” Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Group Shows
2024
“Festival of Flowers,” Arts Center of Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina
2023
“12th International Drawing Biennale,” Polish Art Foundation, Melbourne, Australia
“Pee Dee Annual,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
2022
“Pee Dee Annual,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
2021
“Pee Dee Annual,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
2020
“Human Rights Art Exhibition,” College of the Sequoias, Visalia, California
“Pee Dee Annual,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
2019
“No Hate,” The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington DC
“10th International Drawing Biennale,” Polish Art Foundation, Melbourne, Australia
“The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Portraits of Our (Un-indicted) Leader,” The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington DC
“Pee Dee Annual,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
2018
“Art in the Age of Trump,” Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington D.C.
“Anonyme Zeichner 2018,” Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
“Human Rights, Social Justice, & Environment Art Exhibition,” Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
“Collage Garden,” Oxford College, Kathmandu, Nepal
“Pee Dee Annual,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
2017
“ArtFields,” Lake City, South Carolina
“Pee Dee Annual,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
“Carolinas X,” Black Creek Arts Council, Hartsville, South Carolina
2016
“National Small Oil Painting,” MarkArts, Wichita, Kansas
“ArtFields,” Lake City, South Carolina
“Pee Dee Annual,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2015
“Anonyme Zeichner 2015,” Kunstverein Tiergarten / Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany
“10th Annual Human Rights Exhibition,” South Texas College, McAllen, Texas
“ArtFields,” Lake City, South Carolina
“SmallWorks 11,” 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“Black Creek Annual,” Black Creek Arts Council, Hartsville, South Carolina
“Pee Dee Annual,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2014
“9th Annual Human Rights Exhibition,” South Texas College, McAllen, Texas
“ArtFields,” Lake City, South Carolina
“Carolinas VII,” Black Creek Arts Council, Hartsville, South Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2013
“10th Anniversary of Regis Center for the Arts,” Univeristy of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“701 CCA Biennial,” 701 Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina
“ArtFields,” Lake City, South Carolina
“Carolinas VI,” Black Creek Arts Council, Hartsville, South Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2012
“SmallWorks 8,” 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“Pee Dee Regional Art Exhibit,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
“Coker College Faculty & Students,” Black Creek Art Center, Hartsville, South Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2011
“9.11.2001: A Community Remembers,” Stein Gallery, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
“Pee Dee Regional Art Exhibit,” Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
“Arts Awards Exhibit, “ Black Creek Arts Council, Hartsville, South Carolina
2010
“Unwrap Your Mind,” That Gallery, Hong Kong, China
“Uncensored,” AndersonCreative, Canton, Ohio
“5th Annual Human Rights Exhibition,” South Texas College, McAllen, Texas
“44th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibit,” Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
“Art of Conflict,” Reconciliation Project, Tarnish and Gold Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2009
“MANU PROPRIA” International Drawing Triennial, Tallinn-Viinistu, Estonia
“ ‘8’ Miniature,” Fontbonne University, St. Louis, Missouri
“Carolina II,” Black Creek Arts Council, Hartsville, South Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2008
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2007
“Small Works,” 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“Pee Dee Regional,” Florence Art Museum, Florence, South Carolina
“StateWide,” Florence Art Museum, Florence, South Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2006
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2005
“Small Works,” 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2004
“National Small Painting Exhibition,” Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
“Next Wave 2004,” Sumter Arts Council, Sumter, South Carolina
“Color Movements,” Bishopville Arts Council, Bishopville, South Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2003
“Three,” Chesterfield Visual Arts Alliance, Chesterfield, South Carolina
“Body Language,” Arts for Davidson County, Lexington, North Carolina
“Body Language,” Moring Art Center, Asheboro, North Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
“Celebration,” Allerkleinste Kunstgallerie, Hartsville, South Carolina
2002
“Drawing From Perceptions IV – Biennial Drawing Exhibition,” Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2001
“International Drawing Biennale,” Polish Art Foundation, Melbourne, Australia
“Exits & Entries,” Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia
“Art for Artists,” Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2000
“A Moveable Feast,” Black Creek Arts Council, Hartsville, South Carolina
“Faculty Exhibition,” Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
1998
“Fused to the Physical,” Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota
“Mentor/Protégé,” Minnesota Center for Arts Education, Golden Valley, Minnesota
“AOSO,” Margaret Barry House, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Juror’s Award)
1997
“Border to Border 6: Larson National Biennial Drawing Exhibition,” Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee
“9th Annual National Art Exhibition,” Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri
“21st Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition,” Harper College, Palatine, Illinois
“262 Open,” 262 Studios, St. Paul, Minnesota
1996
“Drawing From Perceptions – National Drawing Exhibition,” Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio (Two Juror’s Awards)
“Left, Right, Center,” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California
“Aronoff Invitational,” Aronoff Center for Design and Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Juror’s Award)
1995
“Two and Two,” University of Miami, Oxford, Ohio
“Contract With Art,” Machine Shop Gallery, Cincinnati,Ohio
“The Innocent Eye Test II,” 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Figure Drawings,” 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Images From Europe,” 840 Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1994
“DAAP Group,” Machine Shop Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1993
“What’s New?” Anderson and Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1992
“Figure to the 4th Power,” Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota
“Art to Instruct,” Waseca Art Center, Waseca, Minnesota
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota
1991
“Inver Hills Invitational Exhibition,” Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
1989
“Works on Paper – Works in Clay,” Anderson and Anderson Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1988
“The Figure,” NAGallery, Northfield, Minnesota
1986
“Minnesota Education Association Fine Arts Exhibit,” St. Paul, Minnesota
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota
1985
“Northern Lights,” Lakewood Community College, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
“Minnesota Education Association Fine Arts Exhibit,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Two Juror’s Awards)
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Two Juror’s Awards)
“Tenth Anniversary Invitational Exhibit,” Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota
1984
“Objects in Transition: Contemporary Book Art,” Temari Center for Asian and Pacific Fibers, Honolulu, Hawaii (Juror’s Award)
“Gallery Artists,” ArtWorks Gallery, Rochester, Minnesota
“Drawings,” Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Minnesota Education Association Fine Arts Exhibit,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Two Juror’s Awards)
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Two Juror’s Awards)
1983
“The Human Condition,” Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota
“Breaking the Bindings: American Book Art Now,” Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Juror’s Award)
1981
“XVI Biennale De Sao Paulo: Arte Postal,” Sao Paulo, Brazil
1980
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota
1979
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Juror’s Award)
1978
“Minnesota Education Association Fine Arts Exhibit,” St. Paul, Minnesota
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Juror’s Award)
“Area Exhibit,” Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota
1977
“Northern Lights,” Lakewood Community College, White Bear Lake, Minnesota (Juror’s Award)
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Juror’s Award)
1976
“American Painters in Paris,” Palais des Congres, Paris, France
1975
“Sky ’75,” Sky Gallery, Hastings, Minnesota
“Group Show,” West Bank Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Friend’s Gallery,” Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Two Figuratively,” James Gallery, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
1974
“Northern Lights,” Lakewood Community College, White Bear Lake, Minnesota (Juror’s Award)
“Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition,” St. Paul, Minnesota (Juror’s Award)
“Minnesota College Art Student Exhibition,” Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota
Honors and Awards
2023
Honorable Mention, “12th International Drawing Biennale,” Polish Art Foundation, Melbourne, Australia
2019
Grande Prix, 10th International Drawing Biennale, Polish Art Foundation, Melbourne, Australia
2016
Third Award, National Small Oil Painting, MarkArts, Wichita, Kansas
Second Award, Pee Dee Annual, Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
Emeritus, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2015
Merit Award, 10th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, McAllen, Texas
Second Award, Pee Dee Annual, Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
2014
Best in Show Award, Carolina’s, Black Creek Arts Council, Hartsville, South Carolina
2013
Sabbatical Leave, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
Second Award, Carolina’s, Black Creek Arts Council, Hartsville, South Carolina
2011
First Award, Pee Dee Regional Art Exhibit, Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina
Professor, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2010
Best in Show Award, 5th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, McAllen, Texas
2007
First Award, StateWide, Florence Art Museum, Florence, South Carolina
2006
Sabbatical Leave, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
Sabbatical Research Grant, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2005
Associate Professor, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2004
Tenure, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
2002
Award of Merit, Drawing From Perceptions – Biennial Drawing Exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Purchase Award, Drawing From Perceptions – Biennial Drawing Exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
2001
Grand Prix, International Drawing Biennale, Melbourne, Australia
Professional Development Travel Grant, Coker College, South Carolina
2000
Trujillo Travel Grant, Coker College, Hartsville, SC
1998
Juror’s Award, Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota
1996
Finalist, Graduate Assistant Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1996
First Award, Drawing From Perceptions – National Drawing Exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Purchase Award, Drawing From Perceptions – National Drawing Exhibition, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
Juror’s Award, Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota
1996
Finalist, Outstanding Graduate Artist Award, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1995
Graduate Assistantship, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Isabel Meta Wolfstein Travel Grant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1994
University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1986
National Endowment for the Arts Grant (Video production)
1985
First Award, Minnesota Education Association Fine Arts Exhibit, St. Paul, Minnesota
Purchase Award, Minnesota Education Association Fine Arts Exhibit, St. Paul, Minnesota
Juror’s Award, Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota
1984
Juror’s Award, Objects in Transition: Contemporary Book Art, Temari Center for Asian and Pacific Fibers, Honolulu, Hawaii
Two Juror’s Awards, Minnesota Education Association Fine Arts Exhibit, St. Paul, Minnesota
First Drawing Award, Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota
Second Drawing Award, Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota
1983
Juror’s Award, Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota
1979
Juror’s Award, Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota
1978
Juror’s Award, Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota
1977
Juror’s Award, Northern Lights, Lakewood Community College, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Juror’s Award, Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota
1974
Juror’s Award, Northern Lights, Lakewood Community College, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Juror’s Award, Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, Minnesota
Public Collections
Human Rights Collection, South Texas College, McAllen, Texas
Polish Art Foundation, Melbourne, Australia
Anonyme Zeichner Archivs, Berlin, Germany
Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
White Bear Lake Public Library, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Minnesota Education Association, St. Paul, Minnesota
Catalogues
10th International Drawing Biennale, Polish Art Foundation, Melbourne, Australia, 2021
Studio Visit vol 45, The Open Studios Press, 2019
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Portraits of Our (Unindicted) Leader, The Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington DC, 2019
Art in the Age of Trump, Center for Contemporary Political Art, Washington D.C., 2018
National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, MarkArts, Wichita, Kansas, 2016
ArtFields 2016, Lake City, South Carolina, 2016
Anonyme Zeichner, Berlin, Germany, 2015
ArtFields 2015, Lake City, South Carolina, 2015
9th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, McAllen, Texas, 2014
5th Annual Human Rights Exhibition, South Texas College, McAllen, Texas, 2010
Interrogate, self-published, Hartsville, South Carolina, 2009
StateWide, Florence Art Museum, Florence, South Carolina, 2007
1st International Drawing Biennale, Polish Art Foundation, Melbourne, Australia, 2001
Border to Border 6: Larson National Biennial Drawing Exhibition, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1997
21st Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Harper College, Palatine, IL 1997
20 jaar, Stedelijk Joger Institute, Genk, Belgium, 1989
Minnesota Fantasy Review, Avon, Minnesota, 1987
Objects in Transition: Contemporary Book Art, TEMARI, Center for Asian and Pacific Fibers, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1984
Commonpress 56: Aerogramme, Museum Het Toreke, Wellen, Belgium, 1984
Programcao /84, Museu De Arte E Cultura Popular, Universidade Federal De Mato Grosso, Brazil, 1984
Breaking the Bindings: American Book Art Now, Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, 1983
World Art Atlas, Cultural Centre De Warande, Turnout, Belgium, 1982
XVI Bienal De Sao Paulo: Arte Postal cat.2, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1981
Dr. Zwiebel’s Tele-Praxis, Kunstlerhaus, Stuttgart, Germany, 1981
Material Metamorphosis, Omaha, Nebraska, 1981
Reviews
“Seeking Reconciliation through Art,” MN artists.org, Aug 17, 2010
“Exhibit features interpretive works,” Carolina Chronicle, Sept 28, 2003
“Coker professor’s work at Black Creek Arts Center,” Hartsville Messenger, Oct. 8, 2003
“Three visions of earthly delight,” Grants Pass Daily Courier, Aug 16, 1997
“MEA Art Show: The very best by Minnesota teachers,” MEA Advocate, May 24, 1985
“Art Center mounts impressive exhibit,” Bloomington Sun, Dec. 7, 1983
“Arts Center exhibit provides oasis of calm at State Fair,” Minneapolis Tribune, Aug. 28, 1983