Irja Bodén’s ceramic sculptures are created by stacking wheel-thrown vessel forms that are cut and reassembled into new structures. She received an BFA in Visual Arts from the State University of New York at Potsdam. Her work has been exhibited at venues including the Al Held Foundation; Amos Eno Gallery; Silvermine Gallery; Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art; Woodstock Artists Association & Museum; Kin Museum of Contemporary Art; and the Immigrant Artist Biennial, among others.

Bodén is a 2024 Puffin Foundation grant recipient, a 2020 Artist Resource Trust Fund awardee through the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and a 2017 NYSCA Public Fellowship Awardee. She lives and works in Columbia County, New York.