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Jodi Carlson has spent the last two decades creating sculpture, photography, and collage that explore repurposing metal, organic forms, energy and nature. Her large-scale outdoor sculptures are installed permanently in public spaces across the Hudson Valley and New Jersey, including Yonkers City Hall and the Clifton Municipal Campus. She trained in welding at Silvermine Art Center and the Sculpture Barn, and holds degrees from Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & CREDENTIALS
Public Art & Semi-Permanent Installations
“The Spirit of a Lily” Series, Hudson Valley InterArts, Paterson, NY (2025–2026)
“Radiant Energy,” Highland Falls, NY (2024–2025)
“Gate,” private property, Mahopac, NY (2019–present)
Clifton, NJ Municipal Campus — Sigmund, Under the Sea, Big Bug (2013–present); Under the Sea acquired by Clifton Arts Center (2014)
Yonkers City Hall, Yonkers, NY — Facets (2011–present)
Leonia Sculpture Park, Leonia, NJ — Can’t Keep Me Down (2010–present)
Selected Solo & Invitational Exhibitions
Putnam Valley Library, Putnam Valley, NY — Spirit of a Lily Series (solo, 2026)
Katonah Village Library — three-month solo indoor/outdoor sculpture exhibition (2025–2026)
Tilly Foster Farm, Brewster, NY — invitational exhibitions (2021, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Collaborative Concepts, Saunders Farm, Garrison, NY — invitational exhibitions (recurring, 2007–2019)
North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show, North Bennington, VT (2015, 2016)
Flying Horse Sculpture Exhibit, Pingree School, South Hamilton, MA (2016, 2017)
The Blaze, Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, NY — juried exhibition (2013)
Honors
MARK Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY (2009)
Education & Training
MS, Occupational Therapy, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1993)
BA, Sarah Lawrence College (1988); Sarah Lawrence College at Oxford, Oxford University (1986–1987)
Welding and sculpture training, Silvermine Art Center and Sculpture Barn (2006–2010)