JO LOBDELL

EDUCATION 

MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

AAS, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

BFA, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

Instituto Lorenzo de’ Medici,  Florence, Italy


SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025 The Quiet Work of Holding On, The Tender, Concord, MA 

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


RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 

Ravel, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA

2024 

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

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

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

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

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

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

2023

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

Spring Exhibition, BasBlue, Detroit, MI

2022

Fall 2022 Collection, Wasserman Works, Detroit, MI

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

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

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

2021 

Speculative Histories, Smith House, Bloomfield Hills, MI

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


RESIDENCIES

Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland 

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT


AWARDS 

Cranbrook Academy of Art Robert C. Larson Venture Fund Award

Cranbrook Educational Community President’s Award for Sustainability

Lesley University Kim Palmer 3D Fine Arts Award

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