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

2023 XXIV Kohila Symposium, Kohila Estonia
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

2025   Gifts of the Forest, J. Rinehart Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022   Mythical Worlds, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
2021    Celestial Beasts, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild Youth, Pittsburgh, PA
Free Range, Saltstone Ceramics, Seattle, WA
2016    Beneath Still Waters, The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024   The Places We Hide, Archimedes Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
2021    Myths and Warnings, Archimedes Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
2018    Tides and Currents, Archimedes Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
2017    Making Our Mark, 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
            Washington Clay Artist Annual Juried Show, Art Stop Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2010    Denizens of the Forest Kings, Twilight Art Collective, Seattle, WA
            CVG 2010, Collective Vision Gallery, Bremerton, WA
2009  Beauty and the Beasts, The Island Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
            Funderburgh & Tiller, Northwinds Art Collective, Port Townsend, WA
            10th Annual Clay Invitational, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
            Design Festa vol.29, (Art Fair) Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
            The Day After Tomorrow, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
            Endangered, Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2008   Washington Clay Artists Annual Juried Show, Awarded people’s choice, The
Art Stop, Tacoma, WA
            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

Kohila International Ceramics Symposium, Kohila, Estonia
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark
Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
University Child Development School, Seattle, Washington
Numerous private collections in at least twenty-two countries


WOOD FIRING

Cloud Kiln, built Spring 2023
Train kiln style wood fired kiln
Fundraised, designed, and built

Kiln Manager 2021- 2023
Santatsugama wood kiln,
Seabeck, Washington
Organized and lead firings                                             

Shift Leader, 2014- present
Wood firing Crew, September 2006- present
Santatsugama wood kiln
 
SELECTED LECTURES

2024   Pottery Northwest, Visiting Artist Lecture, Seattle, WA
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