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John C. Bybee

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Education

2021-present

MFA (1st year candidate), Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, Ongoing

2021

BFA , Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, May 2021

Exhibitions
2021

Group exhibition: November 2021; Close Proximity, Neri Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho (Curated: Brie Schettle)

Group exhibition : September 2021; Introductions, Blue Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho (Curated: Kirsten Furlong)

Group exhibition: March 2021; 2021 Undergraduate Exhibition. John B. Davis Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho (Juror: Andrew Nordin)
Two person exhibition: January 2021; BFA Thesis Exhibition: The Sacred and the Profane. John B. Davis Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
2020
Group Exhibition: November 2020; Visibility compARTment Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho (Curated: John Bybee)
Group Exhibition: September 2020; Unbound. prideART Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany (Curated: Lars Deike [catalogue])
Group Exhibition: September 2020; Abstract My World. Tall Sequoia Gallery, Toronto, Canada (Juror: Robert MacNeil)
Group Exhibition: April 2020; 2020 Undergraduate Exhibition. John B. Davis Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho (Juror: Shawn Edrington)
2019
Group Exhibition: October 2019; Visibility. John B. Davis Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho (Curated: John Bybee)
Group Exhibition: Oct 2019; Swinging Hammers and Gleaming Metal. Eli M. Oboler Library, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho (Curated: Victoria Fischer)
2018
Group Exhibition: April 2018; 2018 Undergraduate Exhibition. John B. Davis Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho (Juror: Anne Voilleque)
Group Exhibition: October 2018; Visibility. compARTment Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho (Curated: John Bybee)
2017
Group Exhibition: January 2017; 2017 Fine Arts Club Exhibition. John B. Davis Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Group Exhibition: April 2017; 2017 Undergraduate Exhibition. John B. Davis Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho (Juror: Tara Wilson)
Group Exhibition: November 2017; Fine Arts Club Exhibition and Sale. compARTment Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Group Exhibition: October 2017; Works in Metal. Eli M. Oboler Library, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho (Curated: Ali Boriboun)

Publications

2021

Black Rock and Sage, issue 20, 2021

Queer Quarterly, Body Issue (1), spring 2021

2020

Black Rock and Sage, issue 19, 2020

Awards and Scholarships
2020
Marsh Valley High School Scholarship
Idaho State University Art Patron Award
2019
Pride Foundation Scholarship
2018
John B. Davis Art Scholarship for Visual Arts
Idaho State University Gala College of Arts and Letters Scholarship

Exhibitions Curated
2020
Group Exhibition: November 2020; Visibility Show. compARTment Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
2019
Group Exhibition: October 2019; Visibility Show. John B. Davis Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
2018
Group Exhibition: October 2018; Visibility Show. compARTment Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho

Related Experience

2021 to present

T.A. Foundations. Student teaching assistant in art foundations class. Helping students work through their projects. giving feedback and grading assignments.

Gallery Assistant, Blue Gallery. Assisting Gallery Director in setting up and taking down exhibitions. opening and closing of gallery. monitoring visitors to the gallery.

2016 to 2021
CPI (career path intern). Working as studio assistant in the Art Department. I have worked in the Fibers Studio, the Metals Studio, and the Papermaking Studio. Prepped project materials, assisted with demos, supervised out of class time studio hours, set displays of student work, maintained studio equipment, and assisted professors as needed.

Volunteer Work
2017 to 2021
Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA): Minister of Arts and Sciences (MoAS)
The SCA is an international non-profit research and education-based organization focused on life in the sixth through sixteenth centuries. The SCA holds public educational events demonstrating life during the Middle Ages, including fighting tournaments as well as cooking, music, and art competitions.
As the MoAS of the Shire of Stonegate, in the Kingdom of Artemisia, I oversee and assist with my local chapter’s art-related research, documentation, demonstrations, and competitions.