Candy Store Wrist Implements Modern Acrylic Die Links Domino Theory Navigational Tool Capsular Orb Minos' Royal Lake
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Jody Sweitzer

1. Candy Store
2. Wrist Implements
3. Modern Acrylic
4. Die Links
5. Domino Theory
6. Navigational Tool
7. Capsular Orb
8. Minos' Royal Lake
Contact Information  
Nexus Foundation for Today's Art
137 N. 2nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
tel: 215-629-1103
e-mail:
jody1@nni.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.
See Jody's work in Film
 
Artist Statement

Body Adornment has existed for thousands of years and it will continue to be an intrinsic part of our lives in strange and new ways for thousands to come. With each body of work I produce I attempt to transform the body supreme into a walking billboard by utilizing found materials... varying from natures wonderment to mans industrial wasteland...these artifacts allow me to create ironically humorous commentary of our social cultural...this interaction between the wearer and the meaning behind the piece is what gives being a maker value...

 
Education

2003
Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., PA

1998
College of General Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Environmental Studies

1997
Haystack Mountain School, DeerIsle, ME
Metals Summer Session

1995
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
BFA

1987
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Assoc. Degree Arts & Sciences

1984
Academy of Arts, York, PA
Commercial Art

 
Awards

2001
Independence Foundation Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA

Leeway Window of Opportunity Award, Philadelphia, PA

1999
The Dali Critics Choice Award, International Surrealist Film Festival, NYC

SCAN Conference, Nov. Philadelphia, PA

1995
Wesley Emmons Award for outstanding work in metals, Philadelphia, PA

Bowling Memorial Award for Metalsmithing, Philadelphia, PA

Nominated for The Mary Loise Beitzel Award for student excellence

1993
Cantor Scholarship, Philadelphia, PA

 
Bibliography

2004
CityPaper.Net, First Friday Focus February 5-11,2004

2001
Avon Grove Sun, October 25, 2001, pg.16

Press/Review, September 19, 2001, pg.9

Style Magazine, Fall Issue, pg.44

Art News Magazine, May, "Touch Me" pg.183

2000
Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia, PA

San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, CA

Philadelphia Weekly, Art Issue, Philadelphia, PA

San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA

City Paper, Art issue, Philadelphia, PA

City Paper Pick 6, Philadelphia, PA

1999
City Paper Hot Picks, Philadelphia, PA

1998
Philadelphia Weekly, Art Issue Philadelphia, PA

1996
City Paper Media issue, Dec. Philadelphia, PA

City Paper style issue, May Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Magazine, June Philadelphia, PA

 
Professional Experiences

2004
Arts Editor for XConnect Publication, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Teacher Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Visual Arts Coordinator, "Under The Hat, (a Marianne Moore Retrospect)", Rosenbach Museum, Philadelphia, PA

1998-2001
Photo lab Technician, Tyler Art School, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

1992-2001
Designer & Manufacturer of Ironically Correct Metal Works,
Philadelphia, PA

Curator/Coordinator of the Traveling Wares, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Visual Arts Coordinator, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA

Videographer, "MURAL" for WHYY, Philadelphia, PA

1999-2000
Mixed Media Sculpture Professor, University of the Arts,
Pre-College, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Intern, The Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

Financial manager / Member, VoxPopuli Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1997
WebMistress, Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia, PA

1995-1997
Producer & Animator of "Romeo Cubed", Philadelphia, PA

1990-1991
Assistant of Hat Designer for the Paris Opera, Paris France

Exhibitions

Solo

2004
Ladies & Gentlemen, Window on Broad, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Jody Sweitzer
, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2000
Emotional Baggage weighs heavy over Technical Truths, Off The Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Glances, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

101 Seats, Visual Fringe Installation, Quarry Street Cafe, Philadelphia, PA

1998
Peep Show, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Atomic Pear, Visual Fringe Installation, Philadelphia, PA


Group

2004

Hit Me!, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1-800-Oh-MyGod, stills, 25 Years of Off the Wall, Philadelphia, PA

2003
16:02:30:27(2-line), CO/OP Vox Populi Turns 15, Philadelphia, PA

InFiltration, part of InLiquid's Unfiltered Fringe, 5-Spot, Philadelphia, PA

16:02:30:27(8-line), Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA

Private Conversations, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA

16:02:30:27(2-line), Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2002
TV Dinner, Bridge Street Theater, Philadelphia, PA

One Nation Under, Meyerson Gallery, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA

Lint, Graduate Student Center, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA

Conversations with Colored Paper, Charles Addams Foyer, Philadelphia, PA

Cantos, Fox Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

My Guardian Angel Wears Rubber Boots, Charles Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Sink or Swim, Treasure Hunt, Old City , Philadelphia, PA

Human Peeves, Not Yet Housebroken, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Searching for a Hero, Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago, IL

Clown #12, Snapshot Show, Beaver College, Glenside, PA

Thoreau's Fantasy, Off The Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Blushing Bride, Steal This Show, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Gallery of Jewels, San Francisco, CA

2000
Victory Garden 3031AD, Construction, InLiquid at the Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

Objectified Realities, Lemme Ax Yous, Ilk Gallery, Denver CO

Illumination of Plan B, Manna, A Show of Hands, Philadelphia, PA

Gallery of Jewels, San Francisco, CA

Traveling Wares Show, Philadelphia, PA

1999
He She It, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Ephemeral Desires, Lock Jaw Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Second Chance/ Plan B, Off The Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Waiting, Off The Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Traveling Wares Show, Philadelphia, PA

Gallery of Jewels, San Francisco, CA

1998
Romeo Cubed, Animation Festival, Fringe, Philadelphia, PA

Victory Garden 3031 AD, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

Romeo Cubed, DUT TV Cable 54, Philadelphia, PA

Traveling Wares Show, Philadelphia, PA

Gallery of Jewels, San Francisco, CA

1997
Romeo Cubed, International Surrealist Film Festival, NY

Traveling Wares Show, Philadelphia, PA

1996
TAB Megazine, SCAN Conference., Franklin Inst., Philadelphia, PA

Studio Days, Chester Springs PA,

Retroactive Boutique Show, NYC, Las Vegas, California.

1995
Time Survival Tools, CrossConnect Electronic Magazine, University of Pennsylvania, PA

Sam Shaw Gallery, North Harbor, ME

Black Parrot Gallery, Rockland, ME

Romeo Cubed & Time Survival Tools, Noeware Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Traveling Wares Show, Philadelphia, PA

1994
Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA

SNAG Conference, Portland, OR

Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Arronson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Traveling Wares Show, Philadelphia, PA

1993
Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Traveling Wares Show, Philadelphia, PA

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