Laura Blair Bodden
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Laura Blair Bodden
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Education
2015          Master of Fine Arts                      Maine College of Art, Portland, ME  Studio Art
2012          Bachelor of Fine Arts                   University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Studio Art, Photography Emphasis
2012          Teachers Certification                  University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX EC-12 Art
                                             
Exhibitions
2019          XIX Biennial UTSA Art Faculty Exhibition, Group Exhibition, UTSA Main Gallery, 
                        San Antonio, Tx September 4 - October 4
                  Altered Realities, Photo Place Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Photo Place Online Gallery, 
                         April 11-May11
                  Vignette 2019, Texas Vignette Art Fair, Juried Exhibition Texas Vignette, Dallas, TX 
                         April 6-14                  
2018          New Thresholds, Collaborative Exhibition with Cole Hastings Goldstein, AFA Gallery,                                 
                        Scranton, PA, March 1-March 30
2017          XVIII Biennial UTSA Art Faculty Exhibition, Group Exhibition, UTSA Main Gallery, 
                        San Antonio, Tx October 18-November 17
                   The Visual Armistice, Plates to Pixels, Juried Exhibition, Plates to Pixels Online Gallery,     March
2016          Thresholds, Solo Exhibition, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX, September 2-September 30
                   New Art/Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2016, Juried Group Exhibition, UTSA Main Gallery,
                        San Antonio, TX June 8- July 28
2015          XVII Biennial UTSA Art Faculty Exhibition, Group Exhibition, UTSA Main Gallery, 
                        San Antonio, Tx October 14-November 13  
                  MECA Thesis Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME   May-June        
2013          Making Herstory, Curators Libby Rowe with UTSA Graduate students: Jamie Garrison, Beth Devillier, Calen Barnum, Natalie Steele, Ashley        
                        Nepote, and Adrienne Cullens, San Antonio Libraries, San Antonio, TX
                  Enchantment, Plates to Pixels, Curator Blue Mitchell, Plates to Pixels Online Gallery, January
2012          Spaces:  Real and Imagined, Art in the Chamber, Curator Cornelia White Swann, Chamber of Commerce, San Antonio, TX, September-
                        December
                  Into the Lens, Photographic Arts Society at UTSA, Austin School of Photography, Austin, T, March 
2011          Student Members Exhibition, SPE South Central Conference San Antonio, Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, Southwest School of Art,
                        San Antonio, TX September 27 –October 1
                  From There to Here, From Here to There, Photographic Arts Society at UTSA, Studio 106b Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX
​                       September 29-October1
                 Aperture, Photographic Arts Society at UTSA, Studio 106b Blue Star Arts Complex, 
                        San Antonio, TX, September
                 11 x 14, Photographic Arts Society at UTSA, Studio 106b Blue Star Arts Complex, 
                        San Antonio, TX June
                Annual University and College Student Art Show, San Antonio Art League, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, TX March-April 
 
Curatorial
2011          Photographic Arts Society at UTSA, 11 x 14, Studio 106b Blue Star Arts Complex, 
                      San Antonio, TX June
 
Artist Lectures
2017        Artist Panel, Presentation, SPE South Central Regional Conference, Waco, TX     
2015        Artist Lecture, Presentation, Nichols State University, Thibodaux, LA
 
Published Works
2019       Altered Realities, Photo Place Gallery, Catalog, April 
2018       Best of Photography 2018 Photographers Forum, pg 45
2017       Best of Photography 2017, Photographers Forum, pg 45
2013       Enchantment, Plates to Pixels, Curator Blue Mitchell, Plates to Pixels Catalog, January
 
Awards, Contests
2018       Best of Photography 2018, Photographers Forum, International Competition, Finalist
2017       Best of Photography 2017, Photographers Forum, International Competition, Finalist
2012       Recipient of SPESC Travel Award to National SPE Conference San Francisco
 
Scholarships, Grants
2013-15  Maine College of Art MFA Dean Scholarship
2013-15  MFA Hildreth Family Endowed Scholarship
 
Teaching/Work Experience
2015          Adjunct Faculty, Lecturer II, University of Texas at San Antonio Art and Art History Department, Photography, 2015-present     
2011-12    Work Study, University of Texas at San Antonio Art and Art History Department, Darkroom
2008-10    Teaching Assistant, Jourdanton ISD, Atascosa County Juvenile Detention Center, Jourdanton, TX
2007-08    Teaching Assistant, Charlotte ISD, Special Education, Charlotte, TX
 
Affiliations/Memberships
2012          Photographic Arts Society (PAS) at University of Texas at San Antonio, member, January-May
2011          Photographic Arts Society (PAS) at University of Texas at San Antonio, President, January-December
2011          Fine Arts Association (FAA) at University of Texas at San Antonio, Historian, August-December
2011-18    Society for Photographic Education (SPE), Student Member, May 2011-May 2013; September 2014-2015; September 2017-present
 
Volunteer
2012          SPE National Conference San Francisco, CA, March 21-25
2011          SPE South Central Conference at San Antonio, University of Texas at San Antonio, September 27-October1

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