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 ✖ click to view ✖
2012  Virgin Birth n' Turf, The Hole, NYC (September)
          Party Sub/Sub Party, The Armory Show, NYC, Ambach & Rice (March 8-11)
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
2012 Facial Expressionism: Immanence Envisaged, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA (curated by James MacDevitt)
2011 will be home..., Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles, CA
         B-B-B-Bad, Anna Kustera, Chelsea, NY (feat. Paul McCarthy, John Waters, John Wayne Gacy & more)
         Telephone, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
         FACEMAKER, Royal-T, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Kathy Grayson) 
         Nothing To Say, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Gray Day, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA (curated by Noah Davis)
         Suspension of Disbelief, Other Gallery, Shanghai, China (curated by Raul Zamudio)
         Playboys & Killjoys, Ambach & Rice, Seattle, WA (feat. Erwin Wurm, Raymond Pettibon)
         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 (curated by Pedro Torres)
         Instant L.A. Summer, Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         UNCOVER, DISCOVER, DISCARD, Golden Age, Chicago, IL (curated by Jessica Minckley)
         Sonny Smith: 100 Records, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA (traveled to: Okay Mtn. Gallery, Austin, TX/
         Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY/ False Front Gallery, Portland, OR)
         Bushwick Schlacht!, Fortress to Solitude, Bushwick, NY
         Inaugural Exhibition, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
         Fuckheads, Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Angela Dufresne)
         Paper! Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA (curated by Brion Nuda Rosch)
         Riders, Galerie Polad-Hardouin, Paris, France
         The Power of Selection, Pt.1, Western Exhibitons, Chicago, IL (curated by Ryan Travis Christian)
2009 Baker's Dozen, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
         Session_7_Words, Am Nuden Da, London, England
         Ulli and Lucrecia's 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 (curated by Hubert Schmalix, Roger Herman)
         Found/Gevonden/Trouve, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
         Group Show Without Andre Butzer, Women's Building, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Press + Publications ✖ click to view ✖ or << Google Me>>
2012  The Wild Magazine, "5 Young Minds" (Kathy Grayson)
2011 ARTFORUM Critic's Pick (Trinie Dalton)
         Beautiful/Decay Video Interview/Studio Visit
         Men's Journal Profile (Howie Kahn)
         Los Angeles Times Magazine (Mayer Rus)
         Artnet.com Review (Pedro Velez)
         Juxtapoz Magazine Feature <<cover>> 
         Oakazine Interview (Stefanie Weber)   
         It's Nice That Interview (Alex Moshakis)
         Bullett Magazine (The Secret Issue)
         itdrewitself Profile/Studio Visit (Matthew Giraudeau Der Kersaint)
         Cool Hunting Review (Tim Yu)
         Kinki Magazine (Switzerland)
         Sneeze Magazine No.11
         Jettison Quarterly Interview (Ryan Travis Christian)
         Sick of the Radio (Marion Piper)
         Fecalface Exhibition Coverage
         Prism Index #2
         L.A. Times Review
         The Citrus Report Review
         Curated Magazine Review
         Taxi Art Magazine (Barcelona)
         Bolten, Inc. Interview (Mexico)
         Daily Breeze Review 
         LA Weekly Review
         A Gathering of the Tribes
2010 FILE Magazine (UK) <<cover>>
         L.A. Times Magazine Profile (Mayer Rus)
         NYLON Guys Magazine Interview (Samantha Gilewicz)   
         CLARK Magazine (France)   
         Lifelounge Magazine (Australia)         
         NY Arts Magazine     
         It's Nice That Issue #4 (UK)
         Naughty Teens/Garbanzo Beans (exhibition catalog w/essay by Mayer Rus)
         ArtistForArtist.org Interview (Ryan T. Christian)
         New American Paintings #85
         New American Paintings Interview (Evan J. Garza) 
         Another Bouncing Ball Review (Regina Hackett)
         The Stranger Review (Jen Graves)
         We Love You So (Spike Jonze blog)
         Suspensions of Disbelief (catalog w/essay by Raul Zamudio)
2009 TOKION Magazine
         Daily Serving Interview (Sasha M. Lee)
         Fecalface Interview
         Another Bouncing Ball Review (Regina Hackett)
         Peripheral Vision Review
         Cool Hunting Review
         Heeb Magazine Interview
         Beautiful/Decay Magazine: Issue Z
         TRIP Magazine (Brazil)
         Fette's Flog
         BOOOOOOOOM!
         Faesthetic
         The Stranger Slog
         Chicago Reader Review
         ArtSlant Review
         Chicago Art Review
2008 Beautiful/Decay Anthology Interview
         Fecalface Review
         The Red Bulletin Interview (Austria)
         L.A. Potential Catalog
         Glitterati Magazine Profile
         Los Angeles Times Review
2007 New American Paintings #73