Selected Solo

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  The Color of Growth, Millbrook Artsgroup, Millbrook Library, NY

2025  phantom charges, National Artist Exhibit, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

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

2018, 2017  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