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Eric Yahnker
b. 1976, Torrance, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
1997-2000 California Institute of the Arts, BFA Animation
1994-1996 University of Southern California, Journalism
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Lost Angeles, The Hole, L.A.
2021 Heavy Lemons, The Hole, NYC
2020 New Works, Art Los Angeles Contemporary, The Hole, NYC
2018 Factory Reset, The Hole, NYC
2017 The Long Goodbye…, CAMRaleigh, Raleigh, NC
White G(love)s, The Hole, UNTITLED, Miami Beach
Alternative Fiction, The Hole, Art Brussels, Belgium
2016 Steve Jobs’ Day Off, The Hole, NYC
Noah’s Yacht, Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Sticks & Drones, Paradise Row, London, UK
2013 Ebony & Benghazi, Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles
2012 Virgin Birth n' Turf, The Hole, NYC
Party Sub/Sub Party, The Armory Show, NYC, Ambach & Rice
2011 Cracks of Dawn, Ambach &Rice @ Kunsthalle L.A., Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Nervous Surf, Galerie Jeanroch Dard, Paris France
2009 Naughty Teens/Garbanzo Beans, Ambach & Rice, Seattle WA
2008 Piano Man (For Guitar), Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn NY
Dolly Parton Behind A Tree, Kim Light Gallery (project room), Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2023 Into the Vortex, The Hole X The Pit, Palm Springs, CA
Title IX, The Hole, NYC
Storage Wars, The Hole, LA
2022 New Construction, The Hole, LA
Manscaping, The Hole X Superzoom, Paris, France
Manscaping, The Hole, LA
2021 Nature Morte, The Hole, NYC
2020 Eyes, Nose, Lips, Etc…2, Ramp Gallery, London (curated by Ryan Travis Christian)
Second Smile, The Hole, NYC
2019 PAPER VIEW, The Hole, NYC
Wide World of Sports, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2018 EXTRA, The Hole, NYC
Art & Power—Reading the Collection Through Civic Engagement, Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal, QC
Above the Rim, CAMRaleigh, Raleigh, NC
2017 What's Up - The Americas, Whiteley's, London, UK (curated by Lawrence van Hagen)
Mementos, Art Brussels, Belgium
Figure/Landscape, Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Imagine, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Please Have Enough Acid in the Dish, M+B, Los Angeles, CA (organized by Vinny Dotolo)
Olimpia's Eyes, Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA
Anxiety, HVW8, Los Angeles, CA
Doppelganger, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Why I Want to Fuck Donald Trump, Joshua Liner Gallery, NY
Hydroponic Forms, Galerie Ampersand, Cologne, Germany
2015 Not a Photo, The Hole, NYC
Works of Paper II, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
She Sells Seashells By the Seashore, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Drawings | Fridges, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Power Objects, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
6H to 8B, FOCA, Los Angeles, CA
You Won't Believe..., Galerie Division, Montreal, QC
21st Century lol's, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
DUCKS, Minotaur Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Major Work, Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Walk-ins Welcome, Marlborough, Broome St, NYC
Early Man, The Hole, NYC
OK Great THANKS this is SO RIDICULOUS, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Veils, The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Sincerely…, Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles, CA
The Remarkable Lightness of Being, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium
Collection Laurent Fiévet, BBB centre d'art, Toulouse, France
DUCKS, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Your Favorite Artist's Favorite Artist, Joshua Liner Gallery, Chelsea, NY
When It Is Dark Enough, CES Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Stripped, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA
2013 Pet Shapes, China Art Objects, Culver City, CA
True Believers, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Rogue Wave, 15 Artists from Los Angeles, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
The Archaic Revival, Zic Zerp, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Good Intentions, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Report on An Unidentified Space Station, Paradise Row @ Armory Show, NYC
2012 Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, NYC
Art of the Joke, V1 Gallery, Copenhage, Denmark
Breadbox, ZieherSmith@Icon Building, Nashville, TN
Body Snatchers, White Box, NYC
Visible, Harris Art Gallery, University of La Verne
The Right Wrong, Greene Exhibitions, Culver City, CA
Facial Expressionism, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
That Object is a Work of Art, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY
Celebrity Skin, White Box Contemporary, San Diego, CA
Wild Thing, See Line Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Where My Cones At?, Double Break Gallery, San Diego, CA
2011 will be home..., Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles, CA
B-B-B-Bad, Anna Kustera, Chelsea, NY
Telephone, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
FACEMAKER, Royal-T, Los Angeles, CA
Nothing To Say, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Gray Day, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
Suspension of Disbelief, Other Gallery, Shanghai, China
Playboys & Killjoys, Ambach & Rice, Seattle, WA
Meer/More, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
The Power of Selection, Pt.3, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Session_12_Words + Untitled, Four Boxes Gallery, Skive, Denmark
The Weight of the Words, Stuffinablank.com, online exhibition
Instant L.A. Summer, Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
UNCOVER, DISCOVER, DISCARD, Golden Age, Chicago, IL
Sonny Smith: 100 Records, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Bushwick Schlacht!, Fortress to Solitude, Bushwick, NY
Inaugural Exhibition, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fuckheads, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Paper! Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Riders, Galerie Polad-Hardouin, Paris, France
The Power of Selection, Pt.1, Western Exhibitons, Chicago, IL
2009 Baker's Dozen, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Session_7_Words, Am Nuden Da, London, England
Lustige Gruppenausstellung Mit Party, 533 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Interrobang, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Beautiful/Decay: A to Z, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
control c, control v, eberb9, Chicago, IL
The Haunted House Show, Colin Roberts' Studio, Los Angeles, CA
No Right Beast, Women's Building, Los Angeles, CA
2008 L.A. Potential, HangART-7, Salzburg, Austria
Found/Gevonden/Trouve, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Group Show Without Andre Butzer, Women's Building, Los Angeles, CA