Education

MUP 2016 Urban Planning University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MFA 2008 Studio Art University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BFA 2004 Inter-media Art / Sculpture cum laude University of Utah

Teaching / Professional Experience

2022 - 2025 Incoming Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA)
2022 - 2025 Incoming Teaching Assistant Professor, School of Art + Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2019 - 2022 Lecturer of Sustainable Design, Sustainable Design Program University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA)
2019 - 2022 Lecturer of New Media, Studio Program, School of Art + Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2018 - 2019 Research Fellowship, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Engineering Champaign, IL
2016 - 2019 Adjunct Lecturer, Foundations + Studio Art, School of Art + Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 - 2016 Intern, Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment Champaign, IL
2015 - 2016 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellow (FLAS) for study of Hindi University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015 - 2015 Intern, Social Media Consultant, Joutsenten Reitti RY Sastamala, Finland
2014 - 2015 Teaching Assistant, Urban and Regional Planning University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2013 - 2014 Assistant Registrar, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Amherst, MA
2013 - 2014 Adjunct Lecturer (online), Pulaski Technical College North Little Rock, AR
2012 - 2012 Co-director Year of Living Collaboratively Residency University Park, MD
2011 - 2011 Artist in Residence / Professional Research, Arteles Creative Center Haukijärvi, Finland
2011 - 2011 Social Media Consultant, Music Library of Finland Hämeenkyrö, Finland
2010 - 2010 Instructor, Corcoran Gallery and School of Art, ArtReach Program Washington, DC
2008 - 2010 Visiting Artist / Assistant Professor, Webster University St. Louis, MO

Exhibitions

2021 Host, FlashlightProject_Excerpt, by Liza Sylvestre and Christopher Robert Jones, for the Terrain Biennial 2021, Champaign, IL
2021 2021 School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
2019 Sewn in, Fenix Fayetteville Art, Fayetteville, AR
2019 You Are Magical at the Laman Library Gallery, Argenta Arts District, North Little Rock, AR
2017 2017 School of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL
2017 BEAR by Deke Weaver and Jennifer Allen, Winter Chapter, Urbana, IL
2016 BEAR by Deke Weaver and Jennifer Allen, Fall Chapter, Urbana, IL
2015 Adjunct, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2012 Failures, Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
2011 Bring to Light Festival, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Rounder / Kieritelija, Lautta Klatch, Lake Parila, Hämeenkyr ö, Finland
2011 Arteles Satellite Platform, We Love Institutions, Gallery Rajatila, Tampere, Finland
2010 Ease, Dirt a Night of Performance,q> Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2010 Cover Songs, Halfmoon Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Mimetic Labors, Good Citizen Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2010 Slinger, Boots Contemporary Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2009 City Wide Open Studio Preview, Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
2009 St. Louis Earthday Eco Arts, St. Louis Earthday Festival, St. Louis, MO
2009 Standing Reserve, Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2008 Day of the Locust, Metropolitan Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2008 Play performance, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO (invitational)
2008 From on High, Lightwell Gallery, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma City, OK
2008 Pulse of a Perfect Heart, I space Gallery, Chicago, IL (catalogue)
2008 Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL (catalogue)
2007 20 Feet 200 Fingers performance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2006 9 collections, Ninth Letter Art and Literary Journal online (invitational)
2006 Collecting the Common, Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL
2006 Two Decades of the Rolapp Award, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (Invitational)
2005 Improvisations, Department of Modern Dance, University of Utah (Invitational)
2004 Storefront Galleries Exhibition, Provo Art Center, Provo, UT
2004 Exit, New Visions Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2004 Student Exhibition, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2003 Integrated Arts and Technology Exhibit performance, New Media Wing, University of Utah
2002 Image Other Side, Works from Along the Wasatch Front, Utah Film and Video Center
2002 CMYKman, Works from Along the Wasatch Front, Utah Film and Video Center
2002 Resolution Revolution Mark II performance, First Night Celebration, Salt Lake City, UT

Awards / Fellowships

2022 Sustainable Life Cycle Design fund in the School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2022 School of Art and Design Award for Excellence by Specialized Faculty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2021 Specialized Faculty Research grant, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2020 Specialized Faculty Research grant, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2018 Research Fellowship, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Engineering, Champaign, IL
2015 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, Hindi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2008 School of Art + Design Teaching Excellence by Graduate Assistant Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2007 From on High Juror’s Award, Lightwell Gallery, Oklahoma University, Norman, OK
2007 Brodie Grant, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2007 Brodie Grant, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2007 New Media Workshop tuition Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2007 Brooks Fellowship, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
2007 Verdell Frazier Young Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2006 Brodie Grant, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2004 Ethel Armstrong Rolapp Award, University of Utah
2004 Merit Award, Gittins Gallery, University of Utah
2003 Second Prize Works from Along the Wasatch Front, Utah Film + Video Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2003 College of Fine Arts Faculty Advisory Board Scholarship, University of Utah
2003 Jack and Florence Sears Tuition Scholarship, University of Utah

Bibliography

Hodgin Jones, Karin. Hartman, Ellen. (April 2017). Engineering Site Identification for the Tactical Environment User Manual. Manuscript in preparation. Department of the Army Corps of Engineers.

Southwick-Hickey, Stephanie. (July 2015). Contemporary Reactions: Karen Hodgin-Jones "Tug (Float)." Retrieved from http://www.utahmoca.org/2015/07/contemporary-reactions-karen-hodgin-jones-tug-float/

Wichert, Geoff. (June 2015). Adjunct Four artists who teach what they’ve learned. 15 Bytes. Retrieved from http://artistsofutah.org/15bytes/15june/page6.html

Kwee, Kimberly. (October 2012). Unfinished Sewing Project in Failures. Retrieved from http://www.kimberlykwee.com/?p=439



Kline, Alison. (November 2011). Karin Hodgin Jones Tug. Retrieved from http://www.bringtolightnyc.org/2011/karin-hodgin-jones/



Ruuska, Pekka. (May 2011). "Arteles Network Interview." Retrieved from http://artelesnetwork.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/karin-hodgin-jones



Arteles Creative Center. (March 2011). How Do You Consider Your Client? Retrieved from http://www.arteles.org/satellite_platform.html



Cooper, Ivy. (June 2010). "Slinger 3" at Boots has a touch of Hoosier—licious. St. Louis Beacon. Retrieved from http://www.stlbeacon.org/content/view/102598/169



Moynihan, Miriam. (February 2010). Mimetic Labors. STLToday. Retrieved from http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/stories.nsf/story/5F1D6277A86C50A1862576BF00785885?OpenDocument



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Foumberg, Jason. (2008). Pulse of a Perfect Heart. Chicago: I-Space, 2008.



Huberman, Anthony. (2008) "Approximately," Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear.



Little, Cassie. (February, 2008). "Tug to Open Tonight in Lightwell Gallery." The Oklahoma Daily.



Hodgin Jones, Karin. (February 2008). Interview. Retrieved from www.oklatravelnet.com



Hodgin Jones, Karin. (2005). Interview. Ninthletter.com. Fall/Winter 2005. Retrieved from http://www.kaceymorrow.com/emptyset.swf



Geerlings, Stephanie. (April 2004). Culture in the Great Basin Positive Study of Negative Space. Red Magazine. R1-R2.

Residencies, Internships, and Workshops

2021 Creative Writing with Computation and Machine Learning, Workshop with Allison Parrish, Anderson Ranch Arts Center,
Snowmass Village, CO
2021 Coding for Artists with p5js, Workshop with Ari Melenciano, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2015 Internship Joutsenten Reitti, LEADER Local Action Group, Sastamala, Finland
2011 Residency Artêles Creative Center, Haukijärvi, Finland
2007 Workshop Organic Motion, Workshop with Anat Pollack and Mark Koven, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

Talks and Educational Workshops / Visiting Lectures

2021 Developing Institutional E-waste Policies in Museums, Libraries and Archives, Audio Visual Materials in Libraries and Archives
Course, IS593, School of Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2021 Integrating Multi-Media Course Tools to Support Studio and Design Learning, Art of Teaching Seminar Series, Center for
Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2021 Multi-Media, Multi-Week Group Projects using Learning Management Systems with Miro boards, Illinois Summer Teaching
Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2020 Life Cycle Analysis and E-waste Policy, Advanced Topics in Preservation and Technical Services Course IS593, School of
Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2019 Facilitator and Presenter,Critique and Collaboration of Art Online, Center for Innovation in Teaching and learning,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2019 Institutional E-waste Policy, Audio Visual Materials in Libraries and Archives Course, 590AV, School of Information Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2018 "Institutional E-waste Policy,"Audio Visual Materials in Libraries and Archives Course, 590AV, School of Information Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2017 "Institutional E-waste Policy,"Audio Visual Materials in Libraries and Archives Course, 590AV, School of Information Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2017 "Public Art & Gentrification," Theories of Social Practice and Public Pedagogy course, ARTE501, School of Art and Design,
Department of Art Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2016 "Estimating E-scrap in Illinois Counties for Improved Collection Strategies for the State," Illinois Counties Solid Waste
Management Association Conference, Ottawa, IL
2016 "Institutional E-waste Policy,"Audio Visual Materials in Libraries and Archives Course, 590AV, School of Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2015 "Waste Management in Mumbai," Amsterdam-Mumbai Symposium on Sustainable Urban Development, Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
2015 "E-waste Management for Libraries and Museums," 2015 LIS Education Symposium, Illinois Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2014 "Karin Hodgin Jones: Early Work in Film and Video," Pixel, Sample, Grain: History and Practice of A/V Preservation and
Archiving, HACU 262, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
2011 "Kinetic Sculpture and Social Practice," Jyväskylä Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä University of Applied Science,
Jyväskylä, Finland
2009 "Pay Attention to What Interests You," Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Department of Art, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2009 "Karin Hodgin Jones, Visiting Artist," Lecture and Visiting Critic, Herron School of Art, Indiana University and Purdue University
at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2009 "Social Practice Art," Visiting Artist Lecture and Visiting Critic, Collaborative Arts course, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
2008 "Alternative Video Strategies," Writing with Video course, ART250, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
2008 "Visiting Artist," Visiting Artist Lecture, Department of Art, Webster University, St. Louis, MO. (April 23

Professional Service

2022 - 2025 Chair, Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Design, Faculty Advisory Committee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Fine and Applied Arts
2022 Faculty Reviewer, Design for America at UIUC 2022, Project Reviews Champaign, IL
2021 - 2022 BFA Exhibition Committee, School of Art and Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2021 - 2022 Visiting Artist Committee, School of Art and Design University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
2020 - 2021 Steward, Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition, NTFC Local #6546, AFT/IFT/AAUP Champaign, IL
2020 - 2021 Studio Arts Program, Virtual Studio Tours, School of Art and Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2020 - 2021 BFA Exhibition Committee, School of Art and Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2020 Juror, Interdisciplinary/Computer-based Arts Fellowship, Chicago, IL
Illinois Arts Council Agency
2019 - 2020 BFA Exhibition Committee, School of Art and Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Admissions Committee, School of Art and Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2017 - 2018 Community Development Commission, City of Urbana Urbana, IL
2015 - 2016 Purchasing, Waste and Recycling SWATeam, ISEE Champaign, IL
2013 - 2014 Data Savvy Think Tank, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Amherst, MA
2011 Juror, Nakyma (Raw Art Exhibition) Akaa Finland
2008 - 2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts Committee, Department of Art, Webster University St Louis, MO
2008 - 2010 Major Acceptance Review Committee, Department of Art, Webster University St Louis, MO
2008 - 2010 EcoArts Committee, St. Louis Earthday St. Louis, MO
2006 - 2008 Facilities and Space Committee, (Graduate Student Liaison) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Public Collections

J. Willard Marriott Library, Rare Books Division, Salt Lake City, UT
J. Willard Marriott Library, Utah Independent Film Archive, Salt Lake City, UT

Professional Memberships

2019 - 2022 Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition, NTFC Local #6546
2019 - 2022 Illinois Federation of Teachers
2014 - 2022 American Planning Association
2014 - 2022 American Planning Association, Illinois Chapter
2008 - 2022 American Association of University Professors
2007 - 2022 College Art Association