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B R U C E C O D Y
EDUCATION
B.A. Fine Arts
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 1960-1964
M.F.A. Painting and Printmaking
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 1964-1966
Postgraduate Studies, Painting
St. Martin's School of Art, London England 1976-1977
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professional Artist
Faculty Member, Art Students League of Denver
Court Room Artist, NBC Evening News, Chicago, Los Angeles, KCNC-TV, Denver
University Art Faculty member 1966-1983
Associate Professor, Colorado State University 1970-1983
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin 1967-1970
Instructor, Mesa College 1966-1967
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Washington State University 1964-1966
Director, Vienna Summer Art History Program,
Institute of European Studies, Vienna Austria 1980-1981
American Art History Lecturer, U.S. Embassy, London
Sabbatical Leave, London, England 1976-1977
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
AIRCOA, Denver Great West Life Assurance
American Express, Denver Holland & Hart, Denver
American Television Corp., Denver Kaiser-Permanente, Denver
A.P. Keller, Houston Mobil Oil, Dallas
Blue Cross of Colorado, Denver Montgomery, Little, Young,
Burlington Northern Railroad, Denver Campbell and McGrew; Denver
Central Bank, Denver Mountain Bell, Denver
Citicorp, New York City National Demographics, Denver
Clarion Hotel, Boulder Red Lion Inn, Salt Lake City
Colorado Bankshares, Inc., Denver Samsonite Corp., Denver
Dean Witter Reynolds, San Francisco, Denver Security Pacific, Denver
Denver Technological Center Sherman & Howard, Denver
Exeter Drilling, Denver Simmons Oil Corp., Denver
First Colorado Bank & Trust, Denver Turnmar Construction, Denver
First Interstate Bank, Denver United Bank, Denver
Garland Bank, Garland, Texas
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin
Colorado State House of Representatives, State Capitol Building, Denver
City of Westminster, Colorado
Colorado Historical Society, Denver
Littleton Fine Arts Center, Littleton, CO
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Wooster College, Wooster, MA
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Olivet College, Dubuque, IA
Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, TX
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Represented in over 400 private collections throughout the U.S. and in numerous private collections in Austria, England, Germany and Italy.
SELECTED EXHIBITION LIST
One Artist Exhibitions 1970-1990
Gallery at 1000 Virginia, Berkeley, CA 1990
Carol Siple Gallery, Denver, CO 1988
Art Students League of Denver, Annual Exhibit, Denver, CO
Wilhelm Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 25 paintings, 1987
Colorado National Bank, Denver, CO 1987
Jewish Community Center, Denver, CO 1987
Realist Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1987
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Exhibition and Guest Artist, April, 1986
Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO, 15 paintings, 1986
The Gallery at Hudson's Bay, Denver, CO, 25 paintings, "Denver and Beyond"
The Studio Gallery, Denver, CO, 50 paintings, "On Location in Denver"
Denver Art Museum, Show of 20 screen prints in conjunction with lecture-
demonstration as part of Gemini-G.E.L. Exhibition
Pius XII Institute of Graduate Studies, Florence Italy
University of San Francisco
Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
Clark College, Dubuque, IA
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
Winona State College, Winona, MN
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 1978, 1980, 1982
AWARDS--NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS
American Artist National Competition, Grand Central Gallery, New York, NY
Benedictine Art Awards, New York, NY
Oklahoma Printmakers, Oklahoma City, OK
Nineteen at Dallas, University of Dallas, TX
5th Annual Colorprint USA Exhibit, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, TX
34th Wisconsin Salon of Art, Madison, WI
Graphics National (Invitational Print Show), Oshkosh, WI
Young Painters in the Midwest, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
American Printmakers, Carleton, MN
13th Annual Beloit Exhibition (Best of Show), Beloit, WI
9th Annual Olivet Print Exhibit, Olivet, MI
5th Annual Springfield, College Print Exhibit, Springfield, MA
Northwest Printmakers, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Boston Printmakers, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Krakow Biennale of Graphics, National Museum, Krakow, Poland
Ljublijana Biennale of Prints, Modern Art Museum Ljublijana, Yugoslavia
2nd British Biennale International Print Exhibit, Bradford, England
REGIONAL GROUP SHOWS BY JURY OR INVITATION
Mid-year Annual, Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH
Art U.S.A., Western Colorado Art Museum, Grand Junction, CO
Urban Images-Urban Artists, Arvada Art Center, Arvada, CO
Western States Landscape Invitational, Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Art Students League Faculty Show, Saks Gallery, Denver, CO
Colorado Landscape Painters, Arvada Art Center, Arvada, CO
Boulder County Images, Boulder Center for Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
Colorado Drawings '86, traveling exhibit, University of Southern Colo.
Colorado 100, Swayder Art Museum, University of Denver
Fresh Paint; Four Artists Interpret the West, Austin Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Colorado Visions Landscape Invitational, Boulder Art Center, Boulder, CO
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Colorado Landscape Artists,
Denver Art Museum Colorado Annual, Denver, CO
Alliance for Contemporary Art Auction, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Colorado '83, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
New Realism Show, Sebastian-Moore Gallery, Denver, CO
Changing Landscape, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Self-Portraits, Arvada Art Center, Arvada, CO
PUBLICATIONS
American Artist, Urban Landscapes by Bruce Cody, Dec. 1984,
Billboard Publishing, New York, NY
Physician & Patient, Painting reproduced on cover and for story, Oct. 1985
D & G Publishing Corp., Irvington-on-Hudson, NY
The Artist and the Photograph, Etching reproduced and discussed by
Van Deren Coke, University of New Mexico, 1972, Rochester, NY
Prize-Winning Graphics, Vol. 5 Harold Publishing, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1967
California Arts Review, American References, Chicago, IL, 1988
Who's Who in Colorado, 1985
Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, Nov. 1987, Feb. 1990
REGIONAL NEWSPAPER, TELEVISION, AND RADIO REVIEWS
The Denver Post, Oct. 16, 1983, Feb. 18, 1984, Sept. 13, 1985, Oct. 4, 1985,
Oct. 21, 1988
The Rocky Mountain News, Jan. 1978, Sept. 1982, Oct. 1982, Feb. 29, 1984,
Jan. 19, 1986
Boulder Daily Camera, Feb. 22, 1984
Westword, Feb. 22, 1984
Pueblo Chieftain, Dec. 22, 1985
Scottsdale Progress, "Weekend", Nov. 21, 1986
Art Talk, April/May, 1987; Jan., 1988; Phoenix, AZ
Colorado Monthly Magazine, March, 1984
Feature Story: KUSA-TV News, "Bruce Cody, Artist of the Urban Scene",
Oct. 19, 1988
Feature Story: KCNC-TV News, "Bruce Cody Paints Denver", Feb. 23, 1984
Arts Review: KCFR Public Radio (NPR), Feb. 22, 1984
The Peter Boyles Show, KNUS Radio, Oct. 6, 1987
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Known for icons of American nostalgia, Bruce Cody has done a series called "Gas, Food and Lodging." He grew up around a sign shop in Casper, Wyoming, where he painted signs and logos such as Coca Cola, Texaco, etc. Studying art, his styles have ranged from abstract back to realism. |
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