Born in Kiruna, Sweden

Lives and works in Hudson Valley, NY

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 Irja Bodén: Constellations, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

2022 Irja Bodén: To Dress a Ptarmigan, Al Held Foundation, Boiceville, NY 

2021 Irja Bodén: Fractured Light, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 Artist's Choice, Woodstock Artist Assoc. & Museum, Woodstock, NY 

2026 ENOUGH, Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden, North Salem, NY

2026 A Nation of Vision 250, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

2026 Salt, Sulfur, Mercury, National Members Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2026 The Color of Growth, Millbrook Arts Group, Millbrook Library, NY

2025 phantom charges, National Members Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2025 Elemental Terrain, two-person exhibit, BAU gallery, Beacon, NY

2025 Return - Birds, Beasts and Other Beings, two-person exhibit, Walter Meade

Gallery, Roxbury, NY

2024 A ONE (Art Of the NorthEast), Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

2024 Curious Arias, two-person exhibit, Art Bites Gallery, High Falls, NY

2023 North American Aurora, Skagaströnd, Iceland

2022 Split and Becloud, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY

2022 On the Grounds, Al Held Foundation, Boiceville, NY

2022 Ceramics and Collage, duo exhibit, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY

2021 Radius 50, Woodstock Artist Assoc. & Museum, Woodstock, NY

2021 Embody, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, Connecticut

2020 The Immigrant Artist Biennial /The Imminent Arrival, NY (virtual)

2020 New Folk: Hudson Valley Artists, Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY

2020 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2019 En Vacker Utställning, Kin, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiruna, Sweden

2018 Land and Sea, Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY

2017 Northeast Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition, Art Centro, Poughkeepsie, NY

2014 Invitational Exhibit, Pleiades Gallery, New York City, NY

Residencies & Awards

2025 The Pollinator Program, a virtual residency of mutual support

2024 Sculpture Award, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT

2024 The Puffin Foundation Ltd., Recipient of the Visual Art Grant

2023 NES Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland

2022 Portfolio Photography Award, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY

2022 Byrdcliffe Residency, Woodstock, NY

2021 Studios at MASS MoCA, AiR, North Adams, MA

2021 Artist Resource Trust Fund, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, MA

2017 -18 Vermont Studio Center, Residency and Grant, Johnson, VT
2017 Public Art Fellowship, New York State Council of the Arts, NY

2000, 2003, 2007 Special Opportunity Stipend (SOS), NYS Foundation for the Arts, NY

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, visual arts, SUNY Potsdam, New York

Bachelor of Arts, social science, Lund University, Sweden