EVA LAKE

BORN Los Angeles, CA

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013    VOLTA Art Fair, Frosch and Portmann, New York, NY

2012    Anonymous Women, Some Walls, Oakland, CA

2012    Paintings, Schneider Art Museum, Ashland, OR

2012    Judd Women Targets, Frosch and Portmann, New York, NY

2011    Drape, Augen Desoto

2010    Targets, Augen Gallery Desoto

2009    Targets, Helzer Art Gallery, PCC Rock Creek, OR

2007    The Richter Scale, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

2007    Earth Quake, Pendleton Center for the Art, Pendleton, OR

2006    Take Off, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

2005    Vive Chrome, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR

2003    OPEN Studio, Lovelake, Portland, OR

2002    Axis, Ogle, Portland, OR

2002    Collage Show, White Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR

1999    Chairs, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR

1998    Bridges, AIA Gallery, Portland, OR

1998    Night Paintings, 333 Studios, Portland, OR

1986    On the Theme of Architecture, Café American, San Francisco, CA

1985    Shrine, Martin-Weber Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1984    Night Gallery, Bannam Place, San Francisco, CA

1983    Aware Recollections of an Ancient Age Japan Fan, Storefront, San Francisco, CA

1983    Russian-American Friendship, Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1980    Photomontage, etc., Goodman Building, San Francisco, CA

 

GROUP SHOWS

2013     Golden Spot Award Prints, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2012     A Binder Full of Collages, Frosch and Portmann, New York, New York
2011     reCovered, Frosch and Portmann, New York, NY

2011     Cutters Edges, Gestalten Space, Berlin, Germany

2011     Twist and Crawl, National Institute for Art and Disability, Richmond, CA.

2011     Cutters, West Cork Art Center, Cork, Ireland

2010     Thunderbitch, Tether Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2010     Best, Crussell Fine Art, Orange, CA.

2009     Portland Photography, Jupiter Art Center, Centralia, WA

2009     Cutters, an International Collage show, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2009     Eclat, Crussell Fine Art, Orange, CA

2008     Cusp, Crussell Fine Art

2008     War, curated by Jim Riswold, Guestroom Gallery, Portland, OR

2007     SUBset, Crussell Fine Art,  Orange, CA

            The Blogger Show, Digging Pitt, Pittsburgh, PA and Agni Gallery, NYC

            Paper Chase, Guestroom, Portland, OR

2006     Saturation, Portland Modern, Portland, OR

2004     International Mail Art Show, Zeitgeist, Portland, OR

            Saturated, Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, OR

2003     10-Year Anniversary Show, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR

            Sitka Invitational, Portland, OR

            Battle of the Artist Curators, Haze Gallery, Portland, OR

            International Assemblage Art Exhibition, Gallery Oder 24, Berlin, Germany

            Propaganda, Start-Soma, San Francisco, CA

2002     Reactions, Exit Art, New York and the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

2001     WTC group show, AVA Gallery, Astoria, OR

1999     Master Mugs, PICA project, Portland, OR

            Bay Area Dada: Before Punk and Zines, Printed Matter, New York City

1997     INI Show, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR

1996     Columbus Day Show, Square Peg, Portland, OR

1991     Ward Nasse Group Show, New York

1990     Christmas Show, John Gerstadt Gallery, New York City

1989     Legends Now, Colab, Fashion Moda, The Bronx, NY

1988     Extinction Now, Colab, Fashion Moda, The Bronx

            The Heroes of Eros, ABC NO RIO, New York City, NY

1981     ANTI-WW3, traveling exhibition, San Francisco and Parsons School of Design,

            New York City, NY

1980     The Secret Side, Northwest Artist’s Workshop, Portland, OR

 
 

COLLECTIONS

Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portable Works Collection, Portland, OR

OHSU Center for Women's Health, Portland, OR

Artists Books, MOMA, NYC

 

AWARDS

2012      Oregon Arts Commission

2012   Ford Family Foundation Career Opportunity Grant

2011   Printmaking Residency at Crow’s Shadow, Pendleton, OR

 

EDUCATION

Art History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 1974-1977

Painting, Art Students League, New York City 1986-1988

 

 

REVIEWS/ARTICLES

2012  "Bulls Eye on the Feminine Mystique," Arte Fuse, Oscar Laluyan, 4/21

2011  "Eva Lake's Drape at Augen," Oregon ArtsWatch, Lisa Radon, 8/27

2011  "Double Feature: Existential Questions," Two Coats of Paint, Sharon Butler, 8/5

2011 “The Art of Collage,” Elephant Magazine, London

2010 “Eva Lake: Targets at Augen Gallery,” Art Ltd., Richard Speer, 09

2010 “Bullseye: Eva Lake’s Targets at Augen Gallery,” Ultrapdx, Lisa Radon, 6/22

2010 “Eva Lake’s Targets,” PORT, Jeff Jahn, 6/15

2010 “A Circle of Women,” Art Scatter, Bob Hicks, 6/6

2010 “Femininity Through a Crosshair,” Redefine Magazine, 05/25

2009 “The ArtFul Dimaggio,” Artnet, Charlie Finch, 09/11

2008 “‘War’ at the Guestroom Gallery, Artweek, Prudence Roberts, 3/08, p. 23

2007 “Punk Talk Girl,” Portland Monthly, Heather Larimer, 8   

2007, 2006, 2005, 2003  Interview with Julie Bernard on Art Focus at KBOO

2006 “Saturation,” Portland Modern, 

2006 “Oh Eva! Ultrapdx, Lisa Radon, 3/8

2006 “The Ghost of Warhol: Smith and Lake Channel the Wigged One at Augen,” Willamette Week, Richard Speer, 9/8

2006 “Hits of 2006,” Willamette Week, Richard Speer, 27/12 

2005 “Critics Picks,” The Oregonian, D.K. Row, 4/7

2005 “Dreaming in Grids: Eva Lake at Augen,” the Vanguard, Dylan Tanner, 4/13

2005 “Artist Sets off Critical Buzz,” Portland Tribune, Joseph Gallivan, 4/15

2005 “One Review: April Showers,” Willamette Week, Richard Speer, 4/20

2005 “Shows of note,” The Oregonian, D.K. Row, 4/22

2005 “Anticipate More,” NW Drizzle, Jeff Jahn, 5/1

2004 “Bohemia’s Last Stand,” Portland Tribune, Michaela Bancud, 2/20, p. C3

2004 “Eva Lake Takes a Room of Her Own,” Willamette Week, Richard Speer, 3/3, p. 48

2004 “Eva Lake: Woman in Motion,” The Oregonian, D.K. Row, 10/7

2004 “One Review,” Willamette Week, Richard Speer, 11/24  

2003 “Critic’s picks,” The Oregonian, D.K. Row, 4/25

2003 “Tabla Rasa Art,” The Oregonian, D.K. Row, 5/2

2003 “Art for Life,” CAP Auction Catalogue

2002 “Millions and Millions of Images,” Daily Vanguard, Aaron Miles, 5/2

2002 “On the Town,” Portland Tribune, Phil Stanford, 5/3

2002 “Art walk Steps off A Day Early,” The Oregonian, D.K. Row, 7/2

2002 “Gallery Exhibits Three Artists, Three Mediums,” Daily Astorian, 9/12

1999 “Local Artists Mug PICA,” OurTown, L.S. Loving, 10/18

1986 “No Vacancy, New Look,” Gary Hanauer, 4/1

1985 “Checking Into the Art Motel,” San Francisco Examiner Image Magazine, 10/20

1985 “North Beach Alive,” North Beach Magazine, Howard Munson, 9/1

1984 “Painting the Body Eclectic,” California Living Magazine, Veronique Vienne, 6/2 

1980 “Portland Subculture: Interview with Eva Lake,” Total Abandon, Rick Staneck, 6/11

1980 “Urban Noize,” Willamette Week, Barry Johnson, 7/22

1979 “Dressing in Public,” Willamette Week, Stephanie Oliver, 9/10

 

 

BOOKS

1999     Fucked Up and Photocopied: The Instant Art of the Punk rock Movement,

            Bryan Ray Turoffe and Chiristoper Miller, Ginko Press

1984     Correspondence Art: Source Book for the Network of International Postal Art

            Activity, Michael Crane and Mary Stofflet, editors, Contemporary Art Press,

            San Francisco, “Women in Mail Art,” Anna Banana, p. 296

1983     Blitzkunst: Have You Ever Done Anything in Order to Survive as an Artist?,

            Ginny Lloyd, Verlag, Kuetschmer and Grossman, Frankfurt

 

RELATED ACTIVITIES

2012 - 2009       Host and Producer, Art Focus, KBOO

2011                 Director, the Independent, art project space

2012,2011         Art Narrator, CAP Auction

2009                 Associate Producer, Mental Health Association, Alien Boy

2008                 Transcriber, Oral History Project, Oregon Historical Society

2007                 Co-curator, One Shot, book produced by Visual Codec

2007                 Host of the Art World, a podcast produced by on Voice America

2002-2007         Host and Producer, ARTSTAR on KPSU

2005-2007         Co-founder and Director, Chambers Fine Art, Portland, Oregon

2003                 Curator for the Curated Collection of Trimet’s Interstate Max Line

2002-2004         Founder and Director, Lovelake, alternative art space

 

 

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