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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Stalder Gallery, Falls City, Nebraska,
2011
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE, 2009
Haydon Galley, Lincoln, NE, 2001 Clarke College, Dubuque, IA, 1999, 1982,
1978, 1975, 1973 Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, IA, 1997 Artspace, Metro Arts Council, Omaha, NE, 1996, 1991 Iowa Western
Community College, Council Bluffs, IA, 1996, 1993, 1998 Arts for Living
Center Gallery, Burlington, IA, 1994 Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL, 1990 University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, 1989 Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL, 1988 Luther College,
Decorah, IA, 1988 Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Omaha, NE, 1983, 1979
SELECTED GROUP, INVITATIONAL AND JURIED SHOWS
"Play Me I'm Yours", piano sited in Bayliss Park, Council Bluffs, Ia 2013
45th Annual Juried
National All Media Exhibition, Octagon Art Ctr, Ames, IA 2013
Small Works Show, Chait Galleries Downtown, Iowa city,
IA 2012
Women in Disguise, Lit Undressed, House of Loom, 2012
La Femme Folles: Voice, The New BLK, Omaha, NE
2012
Hot Shapes, Cool Colors, Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Omaha, NE 2011
Reunion, Hot Shops Art Center,
Omaha, NE 2011
Dual Reflections, Gallery 92 West, Fremont, NE 2010
Artists Choosing Artists, The Burkholder Project,
Lincoln, NE 2010
Landfill Arts Project: Global Artist Reclamation Initiative, Wilkes Barre, PA, 2009-2012 Grounds
for Art-Street Level Sculpture, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2008-2009
Sophisticated Children, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE,
2008
Love, Loss, Life, Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Omaha, NE 2007
New Perspectives, Invitational, Great
Plains Art Museum, Lincoln NE 2006
Re-Visioning, Juried, Maitland Art Center, Maitland, Florida, 2005
Quantum Leap: Art & Science Connect", Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE 2005 A Celebration of Quotable
Women Artists, Juried, Museum of NE Art, Kearney, NE,
Dawson County Museum, Lexington, NE 2004, Jewish Community
Ctr., Omaha, 2005
Second Annual All Sculpture Show, Invitational, Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE, 2003
Elements:
Environmental Arts Exhibit, Juried, Fontenelle Forest Nature Center, Bellevue,
NE, 2003, 2002
Local
Perspectives 2003, Juried, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA 2003
Art in Bloom, Lauritzen Gardens, Invitational,
Omaha, Nebraska 2003
Earthpulse, Invitational, Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, NE, 2003
Erotic Art 2003, Invitational,
Antiquarium Gallery, Omaha, NE, 2003
Visual Prozac 4, Nicholas Street Gallery, Omaha, NE 2002
Daughters, Traveling
Exhibition, Iowa, St. Louis, Chicago, Indiana and Nebraska
Chapters of the Women's Caucus for Art,
2002
Red, Invitational Group Show, Thirteenth Street Gallery, Omaha, NE, 2002
A Piece of My Mind! Norfolk Arts
Center, Norfolk, NE 2002 In Memory of the Attack on America--An Exhibition and Installation of a New World Era,
Nicholas Street Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska 2001 7th Annual Juried Show, Arts/Living Ctr.,
Burlington, IA, 2001 Life Cycles, Lied Education Center for the Arts, Creighton University, Omaha, NE,
2001 Burkholder Project, Lincoln, NE 2001 J. Doe Project, Omaha Nebraska,
May through September 2001; "Emerging", placed at 1010 Howard Street in the Old Market and sponsored by the
Indian Oven Restaurant Heroines and Mentors: The Nature of Nurture, Dawson County Museum, Lexington, NE,
2001, Belleview University Art Gallery Bellevue, NE, 2000-2001 Deja Vu All Over Again-Contemporary
Artists Inspired by the Masters Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Omaha, NE, 2000-2001 Iowa Women
Artists Oral History Project, project creator/interviewer Jane Robinette, IowaWomenArts@lucidplanet.com, 1998 -present Working Against Time, Invitational, Hillmer Art Gallery, Omaha, NE, 1999 Revealed: The Figurative
Form, Invitational, Artists' Coop. Gallery, Omaha, NE, ‘99 Egypt Inspired Artists, Juried,13th St. Gallery,
Omaha, NE, 1999 Annual Juried Show, Arts/Living Ctr., Burlington, IA, 1999 Paper Dolls: Self Portrait Narratives,
Doane College, Crete, NE, 1999; Creighton Lied Art Gallery, Omaha, NE, 1998 Fred Wells 22, Juried,
NE Wesleyan , Lincoln, NE, 1998; 17/'93;16/'92;14/'90;13/'89;12/'88
Vast Things/small scale, Gallery 9-Lincoln/NE, Componere Gallery-St.Louis/MO1997 Personal Sightings II,
Juried Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, IA, 1997 Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, Group Exhibition, 2002,
annually: 1993-2001 Nat'l Juried Exhibition of Small Works, Montclair State
Univ., New Jersey, 1994 Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL, 1993 13
Years Harvest: Iowa Woman Cover Artists, Johnson Cnty. Art Ctr., IA City, IA, 1992
Missouri River Centennial Exhib., Dahl Fine Arts Ctr. Rapid City, ND, touring 1/89-11/90 "New Work One:
Birth", Invitational Exhibit, Cultural Arts Together/Bemis Foundation, 1988; Invitational Exhibit,
University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1988 Erector Square Gallery, Juried, New Haven, CT, "That's What It's
All About", 1988 Kaleidoscope Gallery, Barrington, IL, Invitational Exhibit, 1987
University of Kansas, Lawrence, "Our Lives: The Experience of Women, Juried, 1985
Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, IN, Invitational Exhibit, 1984 2nd SCAC Nat'l Small Print and Drawing Exhibition,
Juried, Cobleskill, NY, 1984
SELECTED AWARDS
Annual Juried Show, Arts/Living Ctr., Burlington/IA, 1997, Best of
Show Award
Iowa Arts Council Mini-Grant,
The Garden Series, 1995
Nebraska Holiday Greeting Card Competition, 1993, Drawing selection
and award
Iowa Woman Magazine, selected
featured artist & cover drawing
commission, Autumn 91
North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, Juried, University of North
Dakota, Grand Forks, ND,
1986, 1981, 1980, Purchase Award
(drawing) 1980
National On-Paper Show '82, Juried Terrance Gallery, Palenville,
NY,
(Purchase Award drawing)
Mid-Four Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Nelson
Gallery-Atkins Museum,
Kansas City, MO, 1981, Active Sponsor Award (painting)
Iowa Artists'
Postcards Competition, Juried, IA Arts Council/ IA Development
Commission, Traveling Exhibit,
1980-1981, Post card selection and
reproduction
Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce Mural Design Competition, Council
Bluffs, IA,
1978 Design Selection and Award
SELECTED
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS Department of Parks & Recreation,
City of Council Bluffs, IA (painting) Tara Heights Elementary School, Papillion, NE (mosaic)
EMC Insurance Companies, Des Moines, IA (relief sculpture)
Omaha Children's Museum, Omaha, NE (relief sculpture) Schiff, Hardin and Waite Law Firm, Chicago, IL (painting) United
Standard Industries, Glenview, IL (drawings) Inacom, Incorporated, Omaha, NE (paintings) Terrance Gallery, Palenville,
NY (drawing) University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (drawing) University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE (painting) Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs,
IA (sculpture) Clarke College, Dubuque, IA (painting, drawing) Clarinda Treatment Complex,
Clarinda, IA (painting) St. Albert Schools, Council Bluffs, IA (painting) Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs, IA (drawings) Univ. of NE Medical Center,
Omaha, NE, Maternity wing (window designs) Also represented in many private collections throughout the country
SELECTED
COMMISSIONS
Tara Heights Elementary School, Papillion,
NE (mosaic)
Missouri
River Transit, Lewis & Clark Icon Interpretive Sculpture
Project, glass mosaic on sculpture at Dodge Riverside Park,
Council Bluffs, IA Phoenix House (domestic violence shelter), Council Bluffs, IA (sculpture) Peed Corporation, Lincoln, NE (paintings) Glenwood State Hospital School, Glenwood, IA (painting) St. Francis Xavier Chapel, St. Albert Elementary School (window
designs) Queen of Apostles Church, Council Bluffs, IA (window designs) St. Marks United Methodist Church, Council Bluffs, IA (window designs) Alegent Health/Mercy
Hospital, Council Bluffs, IA (110th Anniversary of
the Sisters of Mercy commemorative
window design)
Abstract Guaranty Company, Council Bluffs, IA (window designs) St. Columbkille’s Church, Dubuque, IA (window designs)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Studio in home. Painting, drawing,
sculpture, design. Permanent Professional teaching certificate, State of Iowa, Art K-12 Iowa Arts Council, Artists in Schools/Communities,
1992-present Nebraska Arts Council, Artists in Schools/Communities, 2007-present Selected
residencies and teaching:
Ogallala Middle
School, Ogallala, NE, 2012 mosaic residency
WINGS Institute/Belin-Blank
Center, Council Bluffs, IA 2012 mosaic workshops
St. Bonaventure
Elementary School, Columbus, NE, 2012 sculpture residency Stowe Elementary
School, Des Moines, Iowa, 2012 mosaic residency
Wood
River Rural High School, Wood River NE, 2011 mosaic residency
Falls
City Library, Falls City, NE 2011, Adult Mosaic workshop
National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony--worked with Girls, Inc. to create
ornaments for the Nebraska state tree, 2010
Tara Heights
Elementary School, Papillion, NE, residency resulting in
cement and mosaic sculpture 2009-2010; residency resulting in
glass relief mosaic, 2008-2009
Statewide Art Connection "Particles to Planets", Sheldon Memorial Art
Museum, North Platte, Columbus, Nebraska
City, Grand Island,
2008-2009
ArtsLIVE Youth Festival, Spirit Lake, Iowa, July
2008 Mutual of Omaha's
"Reach for Your Dreams", worked with Girls, Inc. to
create artwork on display
at the Olympic Swim Trials, Quest Center,
Omaha, NE, 2008
Artist
in Residence, Omaha Children's Museum, July through December, 2007 Orange City Elementary, 2006,1996
TCA Artists in the Park, Harrison County, 2006, ‘05,’04, ’03,
’02, ’01, ’00, ’99, ‘98
Chanticleer Theater, at Abraham Lincoln High School, Lewis
Central High School, St. Albert High School, Council Bluffs,
IA, 2003
Postville, Iowa, 2002; Pottawattamie County
Crime Prevention Office, Council Bluffs, IA, 2001, 2000; Westridge Elementary, West Des
Moines, IA, 2000; Arts at
Large, Co.Bluffs, 2000 Longfellow
School, Co.Bluffs, 1999 MOC-FV High
School, Orange City, 1998 Edmunds
Academy, DesMoines, 1997 Irving Elementary,
Creston, 1996 Lewis Central
Comm.Schools, Council Bluffs Comm.
Schools, St. Albert Elementary, Co. Bluffs, 1994
Artist-in-Residence, St. Albert Elementary Schools, Co. Bluffs,
1994-1995 Instructor,
Black Squirrel Arts Festival/BAC, Co. Bluffs, IA,
1995, 1994, 1992, 1990 Instructor,
Art: 2-D and 3-D, Duchesne Academy, Omaha, NE,
1989-1992 Instructor,
Cultural Arts Together/Bemis Foundation, Omaha,
NE, 1987-1991 Studio & Vine Fall Art & Wine Tour of Southwest Iowa, co-organizer, 2008,
2007 Bluffs Arts Council, Board Member, 2006-2009 Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Omaha, NE, Co-Treasurer 2011-present
Exhibiting Member: 1999-present, 1989-1991, 1978-1985;
Board of Directors 1980-1985 Nebraska Women's Caucus for Art,
1996-present; Vice President 2001; Co-Secty. 1998-2001 Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA, 1996-2008 Haydon Gallery,
Lincoln, NE, 1991- 2004 Artspace, Metropolitan Arts Council, Omaha, NE, 1991-1996
Alter/Associates, Inc., Highland Park, IL, 1982-1995
SELECTED
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Artist-in-Residence
Shows Result of Creativity, Mark Coddington, Grand Island
Independent, 5/1/2009, Omaha World Herald,
5/9/2009
Bringing the Gallery Home, Micholyn Fajen, The Iowan Magazine, Nov/Dec
2007 Sculpting Sessions with Omaha Children's Museum's Artist-in-Residence,
Sarah Baker, Today's Omaha Woman, Fall 2007 Council
Bluffs Artisan in Transition, Sunshine Dalton, The Daily Nonpareil, 9/20/2007 Making Sense Out of Her Life, Laural Ronk, The Daily Nonpareil, 9/16/2007
Timely Trails, Corey Ross, One Magazine, August 2004 Navigating 18 Holes, Jason Keese, Art Scene, August, 2004 Inspired Artists, Jan Thompson, Kearney Hub,
August 12, 2004 New Interpretive Trail Combines History, Art, Kim Roberts-Gudeman, Omaha World-Herald,
7/20/2004 Tile Transformation, Greg Jerrett, The Daily Nonpareil, 7/3/2004 From Hot Shops to Riverfront, Laura Lager, The Encounter Magazine, May/June 2004 Icon Art Project, Newswatch 7, interview, 11:30 a.m. broadcast,
4/13/04 Icon Interpretive Sculpture Project, interview, KVNO radio, broadcast 4/8/2004 Taking Shape, Tim Johnson,
The Daily Nonpareil, 3/28, 2004 Uniting Art With Nature, Ashley Hassebroek, Omaha World-Herald, Sept,
25, 2003 Sunday in the Park, Greg Jerrett, interview, the Daily Nonpareil, 4/27/2003 Art, Life Intertwined for Bluffs Teacher, Greg Jerrett, The Daily Nonpareil, 2/24/2003 Gardening concept turned into pieces of art, Casey Johnson, Daily Nebraskan 3/2/2001 Heroines inspire BU art exhibit, Jason Keese,
Bellevue Leader, 12/20, 2000
Déjà vu, Jessica Hoffman, Review, Omaha Weekly, 12/14/2000 Iowa
Women Artists Oral History Project, interview, Jane
Robinette 1999 Joffe-Bouska
to be Featured at Town and Country Arts Festival, Tim Johnson, Nonpareil, 6/15/1999 These Books
Begin With Artful Covers, Janine Calsbeek, Sioux County Capitol Democrat 10/17/1996 Iowa Woman Magazine, Colleen Hildreth Myers, Autumn, 1991 Newswatch 7, noon broadcast, KETV,
interview, June 5, 1991 Joffe-Bouska’s artwork gains CBAA recognition, Maureen Bogues, Nonpareil,
8/7/1988 Joffe-Bouska committed to creating, teaching art, Winnie Wilmarth, Nonpareil, 4/24/1988 The Messier, the Better,
Keith Thorpe, The Daily Nonpareil, 12/7/1984 Artist Applies an Old Technique in Creating her Newest
Works, Roger
Catlin, Omaha World-Herald, 5/15/1983 Joffe-Bouska’s Works Still Evolving, Gary Rosenberg, the Nonpareil,
5/8/1983 Three Different Looks, Jim Williams, Nonpareil 11/1/1981 Art From a Tube, Jim Williams, Nonpareil, 10/19/1980 Clear Vision of Council Bluffs Artist Stand Out From Crowd, Roger Catlin, Omaha World-Herald, 10/28/79
EDUCATION
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 1977, Master of Arts Degree in Painting and Drawing Clarke University Dubuque, IA 52001 1973 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Studio Art and Art Education
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