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