Erin Bodfish
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EDUCATION
MFA
MFA Visual Studies, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Merit Scholar, Summa Cum Laude
MA
MA Critical Studies, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Merit Scholar, Summa Cum Laude
BA
BA Art History, Oregon State University, Cum Laude, Minor, Applied Visual Arts
CERTIFICATIONS
Disability Access Services Teacher Training Certificate, Oregon State University
OTC-Online Teaching Certification, Central Oregon Community College
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024-Current Contributing Member, After Time Collective Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2024-Current Gallery Coordinator, Pickney Gallery, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon
2023-Current Instructor of Art, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon
2023-Current Stylist, Dutch and Bow Boutique, Bend, Oregon
2022-Current Instructor of Art History, Oregon State-Cascades, Bend, Oregon
2021-23 Percent for Art Program, Oregon State Reser Stadium and Student Health Center project committee, Corvallis, Oregon
2022 Student Life Assistant, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
2022 Stylist, Free People, Portland, Oregon
2019-22 Keyholding Manager, Sloan Boutique, Portland, Oregon
2019-22 BFA Thesis Panelist, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
2020 Seasonal Florist, Old Towne Florist, Portland, Oregon
2020 MFA Visual Studies Social Media Coordinator, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
2020 Teaching Assistant, Sculpture Carving, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
2019 Teaching Assistant, Art History Survey of Modern and Contemporary Art, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
2019 Stylist and Florist, Restyle Renew, Corvallis, Oregon
2019 Social Media Manager Chair, Order of Omega, Corvallis, Oregon
2019 Intern, Percent for Art Program, Documentation and archiving of the Oregon State University, Percent for Art Program campus collection, Corvallis, Oregon
2018 Florist, Stargazer Premiere Florist, Corvallis, Oregon
2018 Independent Study in archival practices, Oregon State University Historical Clothing Collection 1890-present, Corvallis, Oregon
2018 Community Outreach Art Educator Volunteer, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon
2018 Watercolor Workshop Coordinator and Educator, Girl Scouts of America, Corvallis, Oregon
2017 Panhellenic Delegate, Oregon State Panhellenic Council, Corvallis, Oregon
2011-2017 Seasonal Florist, Fitzgerald Flowers, La Grande, Oregon
SELECTIVE LECTURES/STUDIOS
ART 101: Introduction to Visual Studies (lecture)
ART 117: Introduction to 3-D Design (studio)
ART 131: Drawing Core (studio)
ART 181: Beginners Painting (studio)
Art 204: Prehistory to 11th Century Art (lecture)
Art 205: Western Art History, Gothic to Baroque (lecture)
ART 222: Time based Art (studio)
ARH 269: Design and Illustration History (lecture)
ART 281: Intermediate Painting (studio)
ART 299: Belluno/Bend Fresco Painting Exchange, Summer (studio)
ART 299: Belluno/Bend Fresco Painting Exchange, Fall (studio)
Art 339: Professional Practices for Artists (lecture)
ART 366: Art Since 1945 (lecture)
ART 367: History of Design (lecture)
ART 386-388: A Cultural History of American Art and Literature, Parts 1-3 (co-taught lecture)
SOLO EXHIBITION
2025 At the Altar of My Own Love, After/time Collective, May 1-30, Portland, Oregon
2023 Recent Situation, Scalehouse Gallery, March 21-May 20, Bend, Oregon
2023 Faculty Spotlight Show, Mailbox Gallery, January-March, Bend, Oregon
2020 Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk, Banshee Shop Boutique, Portland, Oregon
2019 Up In Smoke, West Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
GROUP EXHIBITION
2025, Subject: Body Language, MFA NW, Astoria, Pendleton, Roseburg, and Portland, Oregon
2025, Voir/Ver, Grizzly Grizzly, May 2-30, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2025, Voices, University Club of Portland, February 5-29, Portland, Oregon
2024, Faculty Show, Pinckney Gallery, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon
2024 Abstraction, Oregon Society of Artist, Portland, Oregon
2023 Faculty Show, Pinckney Gallery, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon
2023 Alumni Show, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
2022 Flora and Fauna, Oregon State University MFA Creative Writing, Online Exhibition
2022 Land Art Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2022 Home, Playground Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Maddox Building, Portland, Oregon
2021 Along These Lines, Alberta Abbey, Portland, Oregon
2020 I’m going to need some time, Alberta Abbey, Portland, Oregon​
RESIDENCIES
2024 Fresco Painting Exchange, Belluno, Italy
2024 Watershed Studios Artist in Residence, Bushy end, Galway, Ireland
2023 Scalehouse Gallery Artist in Residence, Bend, Oregon
2021 MFA Thesis Retreat, Sou’wester, Seaview, WA (Collaborative Residency)
2020 Caldera Artist Residency, Sisters, OR (Collaborative Residency)
WRITING
2022 Ephemeral Body Art as a Form of Mourning: A Conversation with Janine Antoni
2022 Love Letter to Julie Green, Variable West, https://variablewest.com/2022/04/19/love-letter-julie-green/
PRESS
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https://www.scuolainternazionaleaffresco.eu/feltre-belluno.html
https://pnca.willamette.edu/gallery/erin-bodfish
https://www.orartswatch.org/vizarts-monthly-forward-motion/
https://www.bendbulletin.com/osart/image_8e8e48cc-b3da-11ed-b478-435a326f48c6.html
https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/wicnews/2022/12/09/2022-wic-fall-seminar-faculty-recognized/