Eric Yahnker
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Eric Yahnker is a contemporary artist born in 1976 in Torrance, California
. His humorous, meticulously rendered graphite and colored pencil drawings and elaborate process pieces examine pop culture and politics. His work is represented by Ambach & Rice in Seattle, where he was included in an exhibition with Erwin Wurm
and Raymond Pettibon
in 2010. Since then Ambach & Rice has moved to Los Angeles
, where he continues to exhibit.
He studied journalism at the University of Southern California
before earning his BFA
at the California Institute of the Arts
in 2000. During his second year at CalArts he worked on the storyboard for South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
. After he graduated he drew and directed Seinimation, a series of short animated bonus features on DVDs of Seinfeld
’s last four seasons.
2010
2009
2008
Torrance, California
Torrance is a city incorporated in 1921 and located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has of shore-front beaches on the Pacific Ocean, quieter and less well-known by tourists than others on the Santa Monica Bay, such as those of neighboring...
. His humorous, meticulously rendered graphite and colored pencil drawings and elaborate process pieces examine pop culture and politics. His work is represented by Ambach & Rice in Seattle, where he was included in an exhibition with Erwin Wurm
Erwin Wurm
Erwin Wurm is an Austrian artist born in Bruck an der Mur / Styria. He currently lives and works in Vienna and Limburg, Austria.Since the late 1980s he has developed an ongoing series of "One Minute Sculptures", in which he poses himself or his models in unexpected relationships with everyday...
and Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon
Raymond Pettibon is an American artist who currently lives and works in Venice Beach, California.-Early life:...
in 2010. Since then Ambach & Rice has moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, where he continues to exhibit.
He studied journalism at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
before earning his BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
at the California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
in 2000. During his second year at CalArts he worked on the storyboard for South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut is a 1999 animated musical comedy film based on the animated television series South Park, created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The film was directed by Parker, who also stars along with the rest of the regular voice cast from the series, including Stone, Mary...
. After he graduated he drew and directed Seinimation, a series of short animated bonus features on DVDs of Seinfeld
Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...
’s last four seasons.
Solo
- 2011 Cracks of Dawn, AMBACH & RICE at Kunsthalle L.A., 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, Los Angeles, CA
Group
2011- B-B-B-BAD, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Doug McClemont and Billy Miller)
- 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 and Killjoys, AMBACH & RICE, Seattle, WA
- Veel/Plenty, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
- 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
- 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 Exhibitions, 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)
- HangART-7, Salzburg, Austria (curated by Hubert Schmalix, Roger Herman)
- Found/Gevonden/TrouveVoorkamer, Lier, Belgium
- Women's Building, Los Angeles, CA