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