Jodi Hays studied Foundations at School of Visual Arts and finished her undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee, receiving a Bachelors of Fine Art in Drawing. Before graduate studies she worked in arts administration for six years in Boston.  She received a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art in 2006 at Vermont College of Fine Art. Her work has been shown nationwide including at Barbara Krakow Gallery, Bernard Toale Gallery (Boston Drawing Project), TAG Art Gallery, Jackson State University (MS), Whistler House Museum of Art and Gordon College.

She has been at artist-in-residence at Vermont Studio Center and the Cooper Union School of Art.  Her work is included in collections nationwide, including Gordon College and Avenue Bank.  She gives talks and lectures on her work nationwide, and currently curates at Tennessee State University.  You can view her work at the Drawing Center, New York. 

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts-Visual Art, Vermont College of Fine Art, Montpelier, VT

emphasis on, painting, critical theory, gift economy, and the photographic image

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing, Magna Cum Laude, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Foundations, School of Visual Arts

ARTIST RESIDENCIES and FAIRS

2008   Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY

2007Cooper Union, New York, NY

2006Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION RECORD

2008 Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

2008    Self Portraits, Drawing Room, Portland, ME

2006MFA Thesis Exhibition, TW Wood Gallery, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT

2005New Work, Cultural Organization of Lowell, COOL Gallery, Lowell, MA

2000Canonical Hours, Sacramento Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA

1998Senior Exhibition, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN

1997    Strangely Familiar, Junior Exhibition, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION RECORD

2009Ladies First, Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX

2008Red Door Gallery, Richmond, VA

           Line:  Drawing Show, Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN

           Seven Bee, San Diego, CA

           Unusual Animals, The 930 Art Center, Louisville, KY

Self Evident: Contemporary American Self-Portraiture, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY

2007 Perspectives, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN

Lucky 7, TAG Art Gallery, Nashville, TN

Cooper Union Resident Exhibition, New York, NY

Detritus, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

2005 Massachusetts Artists 2005, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA, juror: Paul Master-Karnick

The Air Show, Alternate Currents Gallery, Boston, MA

New Art 2005, Michael Price Contemporary, Boston, MA, juror; Linda Norden

2004 New Directions ‘04, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, juror: Tina Kukielski –catalog

Making Connections, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS

Emerging Artists, Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA -catalog

2003 Local Motives, Revolving Museum, Lowell, MA, Curated by Jerry Beck

Fresh Faces/New Perspectives, Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA

2001 Light, Cambridge Art Association, MA, juror: Adam Weinberg

ARTIST REGISTRIES

The Drawing Center, New York, NY

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Arkansas Arts Center

Avenue Bank

Western Michigan University

Gordon College

Mayor Michael A Sullivan, Cambridge, MA

Allen and Kathryn Schultz, Boston, MA and Palm Beach, FL

Max Bardeau, Boston, MA

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

2006-presentThe Drawing Center, Viewing Program, New York, NY

2007TAG Art Gallery, Nashville, TN

2005-2007Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

2003-2006 Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS

2008Center for Service Learning Faculty Project Grant

2007 Tennessee Arts Commission Professional Development Grant

2006Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant, Johnson, VT

Tennessee Arts Commission Professional Development Grant

2005 Gallery Award, Michael Price Gallery, Juror-Linda Nordon

1998 Great Expectations Award, Ewing Student Competition

1997 Purchase Award, Ten Years of Small Works on Paper, Arkansas Arts Council

The University of Tennessee Book Store Scholarship, Department of Art

1995 Inaugural Class Valedictorian and Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship, School of Visual Arts