Cody A. Bustamante Works primarily in drawing painting and sculpture, with some collaborations in animation and digital media. His work often explores cultural, individual, and environmental dislocation. He includes visual quotes from science, literature, and cultural iconography in spare, abstract spaces to generate logical and perceptual dissonances and the resulting ambiguous, elusive and playful narratives.
He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and Mexico. His work is in numerous collections including the Portland Art Museum, University of Texas, Microsoft, Bank of America, Oregon Health Sciences University, Oregon State University, Southern Oregon State University, and the University of Oregon. He is a recent recipient of The Ford Family Foundation Fellowship/Djerassi Foundation Fellowship/residency (Woodside CA). He has had prior artist residencies at the Centrum Foundation (Seattle WA), Majestic Art Foundation (San Antonio TX), University of Texas, San Antonio (S.A. TX), Artist on Location (Kathmandu, Nepal), University of Houston (Houston TX), University of Guanajuato (Guanajuato MX), National Park Service, Crater Lake (OR).
He lives and works in Jacksonville Oregon and is an Emeritus Professor of Art at the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University.
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The A Space, Ashland OR 2024
Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding 2016
Drawings, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland OR 2011
Armory Art Center, Pasadena CA 2008
REM Gallery, Blue Star Art Center, San Antonio, Texas 2008
New Work Cody Bustamante, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR 2006 & 2003
Cody Bustamante New Work, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 2004
Cody Bustamante, Work on Paper, University of Houston, Clear Lake, Houston TX 2002
Artist On Location, Cody Bustamante, Kathmandu, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR 2001
Cody Bustamante, Artists who Mentor and Teach VI, Rogue Gallery, Medford, OR 1998
New Work, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1993 & 1990
Paintings and Drawings, Art Department Gallery, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR 1990
Paintings and Drawings, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1989
Cody Bustamante, Giustina Gallery, Lasells Steward Center, OSU, Corvallis, OR 1988
Recent Paintings, Campbell Hall Gallery, Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR 1988
Cody Bustamante, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR 1988
New Paintings, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1987
New Work, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1987
Cody Bustamante, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1986
Cody Bustamante, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 1986
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANC/E COLLABORATION
Ashland Beckett Shorts Festival, animations for digital program, Ashland OR. 2024
Timber-Michael Gordon, with Left Edge Collective, David Bithell and Left Edge Percussion
Timber Ten Year Anniversary, Bang on a Can Online Festival 2024
Oregon Center for the Arts Music Recital Hall, Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR 2018
Northwest Percussion Festival, Willamette University, Salem OR 2018
Fringe Festival, Oregon Center for the Arts, Ashland OR 2018
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Shapes of Curiosity, Curated by Kelly Worman, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon 2017
Portland Biennial Salon, Disjecta, Portland OR 2016
Baker’s Dozen, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, Oregon 2015
25 Veinticinco, University of Texas Art Collection, University of Texas, San Antonio 2015
Southern Oregon Contemporary Artists, Liberty arts Gallery, Yreka, Ca. 2011
Red Dot, Blue Star Art Center, San Antonio, TX 2008
Imagenes del Arte, Contemporary Hispanic Artists, Allied Arts, Richland WA 2006
Light, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR 2005
Shakespeare as Muse, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR 2004
Mark Making, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR 2004
Crater Lake Centennial Exhibition, Schneider Museum of Art, SOU, 2002
Regional Perspectives, Curator: Josine Ianco-Starrels, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR
2001 Oregon Biennial, Curator: Bruce Guenther, Portland Art Museum, Oregon Art
Institute, Portland, OR 2001
Elizabeth Leach Gallery Artists, Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR 2000
Millennium Exhibition, Capital Gallery, State Capital Building, Salem, OR 2000
Exposicion Grafica Entre Dos Paises, 30 Anniversario Programa Amistad, Sala Polivalente, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 1999
Works on Paper, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1998
Prints, Brand Gallery Santora Art Complex, Santa Ana, CA 1996
15th Anniversary Exhibit, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1996
Artist Suites, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1994
Angels and Saints, SunBird Gallery, Bend, OR 1994
Calendar Suite 1994, Pinkham Press, Graven Images Gallery, Ashland, OR 1994
Gallery Artists, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR 1993
Gallery Artists, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1993
Art Expo, Seattle, WA 1992
Works on Paper, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1992
Artists and their Words, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR 1992
Art Quake, Curator: Henry Hopkins, Visual Arts Gallery, Portland, OR 1991
John Paul Jones, Rick Bartow, Cody Bustamante, Hudson Northcross Gallery, Ashland, Medford, OR 1991
Small Works and Miniatures, Articulate Texture and Volume, Elizabeth Leach Gallery,
Portland, OR 1990
Bumbershoot, Seattle Arts Commission and Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle Center,
Seattle, WA 1990
Art and the Written Word, Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR 1990
The Oregon Biennial, 1989, Curator: Mary Jane Jacobs, Portland Art Museum, Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR 1989
Miniatures, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1989
Gallery Artists, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1987
UCI Circa 1980, The Art Store, Irvine, CA 1987.
Northwest Expressionism, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR 1987
Gallery Artists, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1886
Oregon 2-D, Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR 1986
Perspectives '86, Lawrence Gallery at Salishan, Gleneden, OR 1986
New Views, Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR 1985
Benton Center Faculty, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR 1985
Works on Paper, Juror: Melinda Wortz. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA 1983
Landscaped, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Jose, CA 1982
First Juried Show, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Costa Mesa, CA 1981
First California Watercolor and Drawing Survey, Humboldt County Cultural Center,
Eureka, CA 1978
First Exhibit of 1978, Humboldt County Cultural Center, Eureka, CA 1978
Six Arcata Printmakers, Ameka Gallery, Arcata, CA 1977
Humboldt County Artists, Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA 1977
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Armand Art Collection, San Antonio TX
University of Texas, Print Collection, San Antonio, TX
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Oregon State University Library, Corvallis OR
Bank of America Collection, San Francisco, CA
Microsoft Corporation Collection of Art, Redmond, WA
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
State of Oregon, General Services, Salem, OR
University of Oregon Sciences Complex, Eugene, OR
Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR
AWARDS HONORS RESIDENCIES (selected)
Ford Family Foundation/Djerassi Foundation Artist Residency, 2016
Connective Conversations | The Curator and Critic Tour, The Ford Family Foundation and The University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts, 2012
Visiting Artist, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 2009
US AIDE/TIES Grant, 2004
Artist Residency, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX2008
Artist Residency, Majestic Art Foundation, Artist Residency, Boerne, TX 2008
Visiting Artist, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 2004
Visiting Artist, University of Houston, Clear Lake, Houston, TX 2002
Artists at Crater Lake, National Parks Service, Crater Lake & Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 2001
Artist On Location, Kathmandu, Nepal, Residency Artists On Location Project, Ashland, OR 2001
