JO LOBDELL

Education

MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2022

AAS, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, 2010

BFA, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, 2008

Instituto Lorenzo de’ Medici,  Florence, Italy, 2007


Awards / Grants / Residencies

2024 Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland 

2023 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2021 Cranbrook Academy of Art Robert C. Larson Venture Fund Award

2021 Cranbrook Educational Community President’s Award for Sustainability

2019 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program Finalist (Matter Design)

2019 PRINT Regional Design Award Winner

2008 Lesley University Kim Palmer 3D Fine Arts Award


Solo & Two Person Exhibitions

2022 Ancient Entanglements, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI (Matter Design)


Recent Group Exhibitions

2024 Forest Bathing, curated by Alex Santana, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT 

2024 Painting at Night, presented by Artist/Mother Podcast and Collar Works at Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY 

2024 Untangled, ArtSpace Maynard and 6 Bridges Gallery, Maynard, MA 

2024 The American Woman; Feminist Futures, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI 

2024 Art Wellesley Spring Exhibition, Tolles Parsons Center, Wellesley, MA 

2024 The Alchemy of Play, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA

2023 TMCA Resident Artist Group Show, Project B Gallery, Framingham, MA

2023 Spring Exhibition, BasBlue, Detroit, MI

2022 Fall 2022 Collection, Wasserman Works, Detroit, MI

2022 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2022 CPU Result, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2022 Brought to the Table, Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2021 Speculative Histories, Smith House, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2021 Undecided, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2019Young Architects Program Exhibition, MoMA PS1, New York, N (Matter Design)

2018 Cinque Mostre: The Tesseract, American Academy in Rome, Italy (Matter Design)


Experience 

Matter Design, Creative Partner, 2017 - present

New Balance , Graphic Designer, 2012 - 2016

Freelance Graphic Designer, 2010 - 2012

Stephen Haller Gallery, Digital Assistant, 2009

Joseph Wheelwright Studio, Artist Assistant, 2008 


Continued Education

'TC2 Digital Weaving' Course, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland, 2024

‘Textile Topics: Color’ Lecture Series, Catskill Weaving School (online), 2023

‘Natural Dye, Ink, and Pigment Intensive’ Workshop, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ, 2022

Using Format