Cody Norton is an Elgin, Texas-born artist and Assistant Professor of Art at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas. He earned his BFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of North Texas and his MFA in Sculpture and Post-Studio Practice from the University of Colorado Boulder. Norton's work explores rural queer experience, environmental concerns, and the intersections of field-based research and contemporary art practice. He has exhibited nationally and internationally in cities including London, New York, Toronto, Glasgow, São Paulo, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Denver, and Boulder. Notable exhibitions include RUINS: Performing Queer History (Union Hall, Denver - forthcoming East Window Gallery, Boulder), Solo Show at 21 C Museum Bentonville (Forthcoming), and Reel Queer Film Festival (Little Rock – selected Best Arkansas Short Film). His work has been published in Art X Climate, the U.S. Global Change Research Program (Fifth National Climate Assessment), with the Smithsonian American Art Museum.