• 2021-2024: University of Colorado Boulder, M.F.A Sculpture and Post Studio Practice

    2017-2020: University of North Texas, B.F.A Studio Art, Graduated - Minor: Art History

    • 2024-Present: Assistant Professor of Art at Lyon College, Batesville, AR

    • 2021-2024: Instructor on Record, Foundations, and Sculpture at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

    • 2022-2024: Artist Assistant, Anna Tsouhlarakis, Boulder, CO

    • 2021-2024: Woodshop Graduate Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

    • 2021: Artist Assistant, Alicia Eggert, Dallas - Fort Worth, TX

    • 2019- 2020: Lab Technician at Textiles Fabrication Lab, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

    • 2019- 2020: Lab Technician at Digital Fabrication Lab, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

    • 2019- 2020: Gallery Attendant & Exhibition Installation, UNT on the Square, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

    • 2017-2019: Gallery Attendant, Clever Tiger Studio, Elgin, TX

  • 2026  

    • Juror: Reel Queer Film Festival, Selecting 2026 Short Film Participants | Little Rock, Arkansas  

    2025

    • Board Member: Humane Society of Independence County, Thrift Store Liaison, 2025-Present | Batesville, Arkansas

    • Juror: Four States Regional Fall Art Show, Selecting 2025 Participants | Texarkana, Texas 

    2024  

  • 2026

    • (Forthcoming) HOT PINK, Second Street Gallery | Charlottesville, Virginia

    • (Forthcoming) Title TBD, Solo Installation, in conjunction with the Dallas Art Fair, Liliana Bloch Gallery | Dallas, Texas

    • (Forthcoming) Title TBD, Solo Show, Elevated Series, 21C Museum | Bentonville, Arkansas

    • (Forthcoming) Ruins: Performing Queer History (Traveling Exhibition), East Window Gallery | Boulder, Colorado

    • (Forthcoming) Contaminated, Solo Show, Batesville Area Arts Council | Batesville, Arkansas  

    2025

    • Reel Queer Film Festival, Ron Robinson Theater - Best Arkansas Short Film Jury Award | Little Rock, Arkansas

    • 37th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council - Best in Show - Juror: Vitus Shell | Texarkana, Texas

    • 13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Batesville Arts Council - 1st Place - Juror: Kat Wilson | Batesville, Arkansas

    • Marfa Invitational, Saint George Hall | Marfa, Texas

    • RUINS: PERFORMING QUEER HISTORY, Union Hall Denver | Denver, Colorado

    • Faculty Exhibition, Lyon College | Batesville, Arkansas

    2024

    • MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado

    • King Awards Exhibition, University of Colorado | Boulder, Colorado

    • Mountain Plains Biennial, Salina Arts Center | Salina, Kansas

    • Solo Show, Title: Birds of Prey, Brakhage Center for Media Arts | Boulder, Colorado

    • Decolonizing the Diorama: Contemporary Practices, in collaboration with Denver Nature and Science Museum and NEST | Denver, Colorado

    2023

    • Solo Show, Birds of Prey, Brakhage Center for Media Arts | Boulder, Colorado

    • Solo Show, Decolonizing the Diorama: Contemporary Practices, NEST | Boulder, Colorado

    • Of the Land, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance | Norman, Oklahoma

    • Tallgrass Exhibition - Fall Gathering | Matfield Green, Kansas

    • Duo Show with Chelsea Kaiah: Aberrant Behavior, Dairy Arts Center | Boulder, Colorado

    • Contributor with M12 - Going with the Flow: Art, Actions, and Western Waters- curated by Lucy Lippard, SITE Santa Fe | Santa Fe, New Mexico 

    • Solo Show, Colorful Realities, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art | Boulder Colorado

    • Marshall Renews Art Exhibition | Louisville, Colorado

    2022

    • Night Lights Denver, Screening | Denver, Colorado

    • Ephemera from the Field, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

    • ArtMix, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art | Boulder, Colorado

    • Solo Show / Permanente Installment, Title: Bucking Prairie Dog, 547 Arts Center, Greensburg, Kansas

    • Kansas Field Arts Forum Showcase, Vernon Filley | Pratt, Kansas

    • Baldwin National, Holt Russell Gallery, Baker University | Baldwin City, Kansas

    • Natural Habitats, Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College | Aptos, California

    • Against the Grain, Strata Gallery | Santa Fe, New Mexico

    • Political Statement, LoosenArt, Milliepiani Exhibition Space | Rome, Italy

    2021

    • Extinction: Save the Planet, Gallerium Gallery & Biafarin | Toronto, Canada

    • NYU Art Show, Art in the Wild | New York, New York

    • COP26: Together For Our Planet, Occhi Contemporary | London, United Kingdom & Glasgow, Scotland

      Now Available online, https://www.occhicontemporary.art/cop26artistcodynorton

    • Eco Echo, Online Exhibition | Ocala, Flordia

    • Vermelho, Online Exhibition | São Paulo, Brazil

    • The Forest | Boulder, Colorado

    2020

    • In The Throes | Denton, Texas

    • Turn off the Dark, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park | Dallas, Texas

    • 30 Under 30, Greater Denton Arts Council | Denton, Texas

    • BFA Senior Painting and Drawing Exhibition | Denton, Texas

    2019

    • XTCY Art Show | Dallas, Texas

    • Well Blended Art Exhibition | Denton, Texas

    • Full Circle Exhibition | Denton, Texas

    • Homecoming Museum Bash | Denton, Texas

    • Painting with Bubbles (UNT Sculpture Collective) | Denton, Texas

    2018

    • Clever Tiger Studio | Elgin, Texas

    2017

    • Elm Fork Exhibition | Denton, Texas

    • Lightwell Showcase | Denton, Texas

    • Sip Shop and Stroll | Elgin, Texas

    2016

    • Pearls Before Swing Art Show | Elgin, Texas

    • Austin Stock Show and Rodeo Youth Art Show | Austin, Texas

    2012-2016

    • VASE | Austin and San Antonio, Texas

  • 2026

    • (Forthcoming) Ozarks Research Association Conference - Paper as Author - In Care Of: Queer Visibility in the Arkansas Ozarks - Missouri State University | Springfield, Missouri

    2024

    2023

    • Art X Climate, US Global Change Research Program (Fifth National Climate Assessment) SmithsonianAmerican Art Museum | Washington D.C. 

    2022

    • Surviving through art: CU Boulder artists reflect on how the pandemic changed their artmaking practices forever - Work Included | University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, Colorado

    • The Museum of Americana: Literary Review, Issue 26 - Work Included | Washington D.C. United States

    2021

    • The Book of Arts, Extinction: Save the Planet, Gallerium Gallery & Biafarin - Work Included | Toronto, Canada

    • Art Hole 19, Art Hole Magazine - Work Included | London, United Kingdom

    • COP26: Together For Our Planet, Occhi Magazine - Work Included | London, United Kingdom

    • Voyage Magazine, Denver, CO

    http://voyagedenver.com/interview/check-out-cody-norton-s-story/

    • The Purposeful Mayonaise, Issue 3 - Work Included | London, Canada

    https://www.thepurposefulmayo.com/issue-3

    • SHOUTOUT DFW, Meet Cody Norton | Artist and Educator | Dallas, TX

      https://shoutoutdfw.com/meet-cody-norton-artist-educator/

    2020

    • Voyage Magazine, Most Inspiring Stories in Dallas | Dallas, TX Link:http://voyagedallas.com/interview/conversations-cody-norton/

  • 2026

    2025

    • RUINS: PERFORMING QUEER HISTORY, Union Hall Denver, Denver, Colorado

    2023

    • Tallgrass Artist Talk, Fire Side Conversation: Queerness in the Great Outdoors | Matfield Green, Kansas

    • Art +Environments Field School at the Mountain Research Station, Nederland, Colorado

    • What is Queer Hunting? | University of Colorado Boulder, Dr. Irvine Animals and Society Course, Boulder Colorado

    • Industry Talk: How to navigate the Institution in the time of Queer Attacks: Redline Contemporary Art Center | Denver, Colorado

    2022

    • Occhi Magazine, In Response to COP26, London, United Kingdom

      Link: https://soundcloud.com/occhiartsandentertainment/together-for-our-planet-exhibition-featured-artist-cody-norton?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

  • 2023

    2022

    2021

    • Franconia Sculpture Park, Canceled Due to COVID | Shafer, MN

  • 2025

    • Best Arkansas Short Film, Reel Queer Film Festival, 2025 | Little Rock, AR

    • Best of Show at the 37th Annual Juried Exhibition at the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council - Juror: Vitus Shell

    • Best of Show, 13th annual National Juried Exhibition, Batesville Area Arts Council, 2025 | Batesville, AR - Juror: Kat Wilson

    2023

    • Art and Art History Award, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder Colorado

    • Talent and Creativity Award, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder Colorado

    • Hazel Barnes Flat Scholarship / Residency, London, United Kingdom

    • Nature, Environment, Science, and Technology (NEST) Fellowship $10,000: Decolonizing the Diorama: Contemporary Practices, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado

    • 2022: M.T. Ligget Artist in Residence | Mullinville, KS

    • 2022: Kansas Fields Art Forum | Pratt, KS

    • 2022: Nature, Environment, Science, and Technology (NEST) Grant, Comfortable with Coyotes: An Exploration of How to Improve Treatment of a Commensal Carnivore University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado

    • 2022: Nancy Fedou Getzelman Fellowship, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder Colorado

    • 2021: MFA Excellence in Research Grant, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder Colorado

    • 2021: Franconia Sculpture Park | Shafer, MN (Cancelled)

    • 2020: Named Dallas-Fort Worth’s Top 30 Emerging Artist | Greater Denton Arts Council, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

    • 2016: Pearls Before Swine Scholarship | Elgin, Texas

  • 2025

    • Lyon College Professor Earns Recognition with Trio of Art Honors | Batesville, Arkansas

      • https://www.lyon.edu/news/posts/lyon-college-professor-earns-recognition-with-trio-of-art-honors

    • TRAHC’s annual Juried Exhibition opens with reception, awards presentation, work included | Texarkana, Texas

      • https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2025/jul/20/trahcs-annual-juried-exhibition-opens-with/

    • 2025 Lyon College Faculty Art Exhibition Showcases Creativity and Innovation, work included | Batesville, Arkansas

      • https://www.lyon.edu/news/posts/2025-lyon-college-faculty-art-exhibition-showcases-creativity-and-innovation

    2024

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