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Ethan Caflisch
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My works are consequently rooted in material, process and form; it started in ceramics and has since evolved to sculpture, quilted textile paintings, and progressively acrylic and oil painting. my practice has been a constant movement forward, introducing new materials to make pieces that still find their foundation in sculpture but equally exist as painting.
My work exists in a variety of bodies, but the through-line is boiled down to a handful of mobile concepts: material as material, architectural thresholds, interior/exterior relationships, and most recently the figure. each new piece is referential of recently finished work, exploring the possible bounds translation through medium.
New bodies of work start with a curiosity of material. they will be mathematically refined to a hundredth of a decimal before they are cut out or painted by hand; the imperfect line that naturally forms from my heart beating, taking a breath, just working by hand: the process makes the work larger than the piece i set out to make – perfection is only achieved when i move away from the conscious pursuit of perfection.
EDUCATION
2020 - 2022
painting programme
turps banana, london, england
2011 - 2015
individualized bfa with visual studies minor
california college of the arts, oakland and san francisco, california
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
exh 06
floorr, london, england
without borders
elysium gallery, swansea, wales (touring)
rising stars
royal society of british artists, london, england
royal over-seas league, london, england
2020
beep painting biennial
elysium gallery, swansea, wales
annual survey
royal scottish academy, edinburgh, scotland
you shouldn’t have been, but now you should be.
hospital club, london, england
ferens art gallery, hull, england
william and dorothy yeck award
hiestand galleries, oxford, ohio
2019
perhaps we should have stayed
warbling at hoxton 253, london, england
a high hang
eccleston project space, london, england
tele-tales
cookhouse gallery, london england
robert kananaj gallery, toronto, canada
the color of balance
glass rice, san francisco, california
where we once were someone
young space, international
2018
connect & collect
institute of contemporary art, san jose, california
gifc
pt. 2 gallery, oakland, california
summer survey
traywick contemporary, berkeley, california
blue-42
xxxi, new york, new york
insitu is002
university of western australia, perth, australia
2017
sculp
needles and pens gallery, san francisco, california
indi-visible lines
college avenue gallery, oakland, california
summer show
cheryl hazan gallery, new york, new york
mind control (with nook gallery)
alter space, san francisco, california
we need to talk
petzel gallery, new york, new york
2016
alma mater
hubbell street galleries, san francisco, california
día de los muertes
esqueleto, los angeles, california
making our mark (80th anniversary show)
richmond art center, richmond, california
23 | 85 (with jim melchert)
a.muse gallery, san francisco, california
show #1
nook gallery, oakland, california
2015
succinct.
compound gallery, oakland, california
plumb.
post office gallery, oakland, california
crank
southern exposure, san francisco, california
locality and global discourses
cumhuriyet museum, istanbul, turkey
center gallery, san francisco, california
hours and minutes: 4 x 40
southern exposure, san francisco, california
2014
transfers
louie meager art gallery, fremont, california
a show
nahl hall, oakland, california
water works
center gallery, san francisco, california
ccaca 26
davis, california
blue
oliver arts center, oakland, california
SELECTED PRESS
2020
issue 25
floorr magazine
central/nowhere (interview by isaac nugent)
dovetail magazine
archive 01
saint maison
january
h. club magazine
volume 3
bluebee magazine
2019
touch wood
counter print
rules of attraction (interview by katerina furrer)
badlands journal
2018
issue 10
artmaze magazine
interview
citylikeyou
is029
in situ
eight emerging artists to buy work from now
another magazine
2016
making our mark
richmond art center
palpable space
sfaq
under the radar
artslant international
2015
locality and global discourses
cumhuriyet museum, istanbul, turkey
center gallery, san francisco, california
material volume 3
oakland, california
2014
material volume 2
oakland, california
RESIDENCIES
2022
leveld kunstnartun
leveld, norway
2020
pada
barreiro, portugal
2019
tappan atelier
los angeles, california
2014
one day residency
guitar shop gallery, oakland, california
SELECTED AWARDS
2020
william and dorothy yeck young painters award - finalist
miami university
2018
gallery circle winner - mixed media
artslant worldwide
2015
gallery circle winner - sculpture
artslant worldwide
clyde and co. art award
clyde and co. san francisco and hang art
2014
ralls painting award
california college of the arts
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