born : : 1976 Dubuque, Iowa
resides : : Dallas, TX
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Coincident Distruption, Dallas, TX
2011 Suyama Space, In theater, Seattle, WA (catalogue)
2010 Platform Gallery, Look out, Seattle, WA
2008 Platform Gallery, prospect fields, Seattle, WA
2007 Art Agents, hover, Hamburg, Germany
gallery4culture, landing, Seattle, WA
2006 Hedreen Gallery, Seattle University, intricate matter, Seattle, WA
Kolva/Sullivan Gallery, small expanse, Spokane, WA
2001 Archie Bray Foundation, taunt fellowship exhibition, Helena, MT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Southwestern College Gallery, Big & Bright, Cula Vista, CA
2011 Ro2 Gallery, Import, Dallas, TX
Eastfield College, Temporary Occupants, Mesquite, TX
2010 Brazos Gallery, Modular, Richland College, Dallas, TX
2009 Art Cologne, Open Space, Cologne, Germany
2008 Archer Gallery, flat/form, Vancouver, WA
2007 Kunsthaus Hamburg, Fish and Ships, Hamburg, Germany
VOLTAshow03, outdoor|sculpture projects, Basel, Switzerland
SAM Gallery, Here and Now, Seattle, WA
2006 Platform Gallery, Unnatural Presence, Seattle, WA
Ash Street Project Space, Sensibility, Portland, OR
2005 SOIL, Abstraction Obstruction, Seattle, WA
2004 Kolva/Sullivan Gallery, Past Residents, Spokane, WA
2001 SOFA exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Myrna Loy Center for the Performing Arts, Basement, Helena, MT
Trish Higgins Fine Art, Six Degrees, Wichita, KS
2000 Baltimore Clayworks, Clay on the Cusp, Baltimore, MD
Whitefish Gallery, Bray Show, Whitefish, MT
Arapahoe Community College, Archie Bray and the Colorado Connection, Denver, CO
Chester Springs Studio, Conestoga Ceramics: A Continuing Tradition, Chester Springs, PA
1999 Wayne Art Center, Craft Forms 99, Wayne, PA
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, USA Craft Today, New Canaan, CT
Hill Country Arts Foundation, Origins in Clay, Ingram, TX
Vermont Clay Studio, Emerging Artists of the U.S., Waterbury Center, VT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 Block, Jenny. “Tiny Houses and Big Twisters at import.” Dallas Observer, 16 August 2011. Web.
Grant, Adriana. “Recommendations: Eric Eley at Suyama Space.” Visual Art Source, 31 Mh 2011. Web.
Miller, Brian. “The Fussy Eye: Gimme Shelter.” Seattle Weekly, March 2, 2011
Worssam, Nancy. “Suyama Space installation shows the handmade doing battle with the high-tech.” The Seattle
Times, February 25, 2011
Watters, Nate. “Eric Eley Takes Over Suyama Space.” CityArts, 19 January 2011. Web.
Graves, Jen. "Currently Hanging: Eric Eley." SLOG. The Stranger, 24 Jan 2011. Web. 25 Jan 2011
2009 Beal, Suzanne. “A Society of Artists, The Federal Government, and a Top Secret Studio.” City Arts Magazine, August
2008 Beal, Suzanne. “Eric Eley at Platform Gallery.” Sculpture, vol. 27, no. 10, December
Pence, Elizabeth. “Eric Eley at Platform Gallery.” Artweek, vol. 39, issue 3 (April 2008)
Graves, Jen. “In/Visible: What you see is what you see?” Audio Interview. thestranger.com, February 6
Grant, Adriana. “Walk-through Drawing: ‘prospect fields’ at Platform Gallery.” Seattle Weekly, January 23
2007 May, Whitney. “Art Floats.” NY Arts, July/August
Danek, Sabine. “Rumpfbeugen.” Szene, March
Schiff, Hajo. “Eleys Wacherungen.” O.T., no. 10, February
Brennecke, Ernst. “Kunst Wachst aus der Wand.” Harburger Nachrichten, February 16
2006 Hackett, Regina. “Eley’s Expansive ‘intricate matter’ Freezes Motion in the Moment.” Seattle Post
Intelligencer, October 6
Staff Writer. “Best Bet.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 22
Staff Writer. “Hot Ticket.” Seattle Times, September 22
Graves, Jen. “profanity, testing, explosion.” The Stranger, September 14
Graves, Jen. “First Day of School.” The Stranger, September 7
Hackett, Regina. “Contributions by Pokorny and Eley Stand Out in ‘Unnatural Presence’ at Platform Gallery.”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 30
2001 Shull, Chris. “Go See It!” The Wichita Eagle, March 25
Lapoint, Nancy. “A Visit to the Bray.” Ceramics Monthly, vol. 49, no.1
2000 Donohoe, Victoria. “Conestoga’s Crafters of Clay Featured in Ceramics Display.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 16
Quillman, Catherine. “Heritage of Hands-on Craft Unites Artists.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Suburban Edition, Jan. 16
Donohoe, Victoria. “Wayne Art Center.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 26
1999 Staff Writer. “Emerging Artists Show.” Ceramics Monthly, vol. 47, no. 5 (May 1999), p. 20
PUBLICATIONS
2008 Mammal 002: Machismo, Mammal Magazine, Issue 2
2007 One Shot 2006, Visual Codec
COMMISSIONS
2011 Vulcan Real Estate, Seattle, WA
2009 King County Medical Examiner’s Office, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
COLLECTIONS
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
King County Art Collection, King County, WA
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
Vulcan Real Estate, Seattle, WA
AWARDS
2008 Individual Projects Grant, 4culture, King County, WA
CityArtist Project Grant, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Grant for Artist Projects (GAP), Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2004 Kottler/Noritake Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2001 Taunt Fellowship, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
1999 Regina Brown Fellowship, National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts
BIOGRAPHY
Now based in Dallas, Eric Eley was born in 1976. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, and
his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Washington in Seattle. Between degrees, Eric spent two years as an artist-in-residence
at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT, sponsored by the Taunt Fellowship.
Eric’s work is represented by Platform Gallery, Seattle. His most recent solo installation, In theater, was shown at Suyama Space in
Seattle. He has mounted solo exhibitions at Art Agents Gallery in Hamburg, Germany, Gallery4Culture, and the Hedreen
Gallery at the Lee Center for the Arts, both in Seattle. Eric’s work has been included in group shows in the Kunsthaus Hamburg,
Germany, Outdoor Sculpture Projects at Volta03 in Basel, Switzerland, and Open Space at Art Cologne in Cologne, Germany.
He recently completed his first permanent outdoor sculpture.