EVA FUNDERBURGH
GIFTS OF THE FOREST
JANUARY 2 - 29, 2025
PUBLIC OPENING - FIRST THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2025 FROM 5-8PM
ARTIST TALK - SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2025, at 1:00PM
J. Rinehart Gallery is thrilled to debut our first exhibition from sculptor, Eva Funderburgh. Funderburgh’s exhibition, Gifts of the Forest, examines the shaded world protected by trees, far from humanity. Enter the dark woods if you dare. It is up to you to accept these proffered gifts of the forest.
Gifts of the Forest will be on view online and in the gallery January 2 - 29, 2025. The Opening Reception will be held First Thursday, January 2, 2025, from 5-8pm. The artist will join us for a discussion about her work on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 1:00pm
Myths and moss grow in Eva Funderburgh’s clay sculpted forest. In this land, legends are born and treasures molder; forgotten, while great power can be found in the smooth curve of an egg or the hollow eyes of a skull.
Of her work Funderburgh states: “My work deals with the overlap of humanity and the natural world. I use my simple, emotive animal forms to interrogate human motives and emotions. My work echoes the animal folk tales that can be found in cultures around the world.
Eva Funderburgh is a Seattle-based sculptor working in ceramic, bronze, and installation. She received a Bachelor of Science and Art from Carnegie Mellon University and has focused on creating and exhibiting her work in ceramic ever since.
In 2010, and again in 2019 she was awarded a prestigious artist residency in Denmark at the Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, where she expanded the scope of her art, working in installation and bronze casting, in addition to continuing her work in ceramics. During her second residency she started a guerrilla art project, where she recruited her online followers to hide small sculptures worldwide. Her work has been part of exhibitions at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA, and at the Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA, and is held in the permanent collections of the Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA, the Kohila International Ceramics Symposium, Kohila, Estonia,
She now has artwork hidden (and in private collections) in at least twenty countries worldwide. Eva Funderburgh now teaches bronze casting part time at Pratt Fine Art Center and is a full-time sculptor working in public art, installation, ceramics, and cast bronze.
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Gifts of the Forest
My work deals with the overlap of humanity and the natural world. I use my simple, emotive animal forms to interrogate human motives and emotions. My work echos the animal folk tales that can be found in cultures around the world.
In Gifts of the Forest, I examine the shaded world protected by trees, far from humanity. Myths and moss grow there, in this land where legends are born. Treasures molder, forgotten, while great power can be found in the smooth curve of an egg or the hollow eyes of a skull.
Enter the dark woods if you dare. It is up to you to accept these proffered gifts of the forest.
AVAILABLE ARTWORK TO GO LIVE DECEMBER 23, 2024 at 2:00pm
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