EVA FUNDERBURGH

EDUCATION

2015    Public Art Boot Camp, City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Seattle, WA
2005  Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Science and Art Concentrations
in Fine Art and Chemistry


RESIDENCIES

2022   Visiting Artist Residency, Manchester Craftsman Guild Youth
            Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2019    Artist in Residence, Guldagergaard Center for International Ceramic Research
            Skaeskor, Denmark
2010    Artist in Residence, Guldagergaard Center for International Ceramic Research
            Skaeskor, Denmark

SELECTED INSTALLATIONS


2022 – 2023 Murmuration, Temporary installation as part of “Mythical Worlds” solo show Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

2020 – 2021  Arboreal, Temporary Installation in Northeast Seattle, WA. Funded by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.

2016    Looking Forward, Looking back, Temporary installation in a Tacoma, WA
Presented by Spaceworks, Tacoma.

2016    Viral, Temporary installation in the South Lake Union, Seattle, WA Presented by Shunpike’s Storefronts

2015    Mental Habitat: Gruzzlies and Memebles, Temporary Installation at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA. Funded by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.

2014    Beasts of Love, Permanent Installation at the University Child Development School Seattle, WA
Dirona, Temporary installation at Whatcom Museum as part of “Reaching Beyond: NWDC at 60” Bellingham, WA

2011     Ghostdogs, Temporary installation at a vacant storefront in the Ballard Neighborhood, Seattle, WA

2010 Swarm, Temporary Installation at Skaelskor Elementary School, Skaelskor, Denmark.

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022   Mythical Worlds, (Solo show), Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA

2021 – 2022  Celestial Beasts, (solo show) Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Youth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2021 Free Range, (solo show), Saltstone Ceramics, Seattle, WA

2016    Beneath Still Waters, (solo show), The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Myths and Warnings, (Group Show), Archimedes Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR

2018    Tides and Currents, (GROUP SHOW), Archimedes Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR

2017 – 2018   Making Our Mark, (GROUPSHOW) Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

2016    Overgrown, Archimedes Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Awarded best “And more” artist of the “Plein Air & More” art festival.

2015    Stormy Weather, November 2015, Archimedes Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR

2014 Reaching Beyond: NWDC at 60, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA

2012    We <3 Monsters, Andromeda Gallery, Boston, MA

2012 Washington Clay Artist Annual Juried Show, Art Stop Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2010    Denizens of the Forest Kings, Twilight Art Collective, Seattle, WA

2010    CVG 2010, Collective Vision Gallery, Bremerton, WA

2009  Beauty and the Beasts, The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA

2009  Funderburgh & Tiller, Northwinds Art Collective, Port Townsend, WA

2009  10th Annual Clay Invitational, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

2009  Design Festa vol.29, (Art Fair) Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan

2009  The Day After Tomorrow, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, Pennsylvania

2009  Endangered, Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2008   Washington Clay Artists Annual Juried Show, Awarded people’s choice, The Art Stop, Tacoma, WA

2008   Beasts of the Kiln, The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA

2005  Synthetic Aesthetics, The Frame, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2003   Junior Sculpture Class Show, D Gallery, Nagoya Zokei University, Kasugai city, Japan


COLLECTIONS

Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
University Child Development School, Seattle, Washington
Numerous private collections in at least fifteen countries

 


WORK EXPERIENCE

2014 – Present          Bronze Casting and Patina Instructor, Pratt Fine Art Center,
                                  Seattle, WA

2006 – Present         Wood firing Crew, Shift Leader, Kiln Manager, Santatsugama kilns,
                                   Seabeck, WA

2009 – 2014              Managing Member, Florentia Clayworks LLC
2006                          Founding Member, Florentia Clayworks, Seattle, WA


SELECTED LECTURES

2022   Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Visiting Artist Lecture, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2018    Seattle Metals Guild Panel Discussion, Tacoma, Washington

2018    Making our Mark Artist Discussion Series: Emerging Artists, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington.

2016    Visiting Artist’s Artist Talk, Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington

SELECTED PRESS

2022   Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Mini Documentary, “Eva Funderburgh : Mythical Worlds”

2015    Stackedd Magazine, “Firewoman - Eva Funderburgh Goes for the Bronze” ,Online Magazine, Seattle, Washington,

2014    “Weave - Seattle urban & contemporary art”, Cover/Feature, Print Magazine, Seattle, Washington

2012    Eloquence, Print Magazine, South Korea