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 ✖
2013 TBA, Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles (September)
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
2013 Rogue Wave, LA Louver, Venice, CA (July)
         The Archaic Revival, Zic Zerp, Rotterdam, Netherlands (curated by Dani Tull & Ewoud Van Rijn) (June)
         Good Intentions: Re-Imagining Rockwell's Boy Scouts, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA (June)
         Report on An Unidentified Space Station, Paradise Row @ The 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 (curated by Raul Zamudio)
         Visible, Harris Art Gallery, University of La Verne (curated by Dion Johnson)
         The Right Wrong, Greene Exhibitions, Culver City, CA
         Facial Expressionism: Immanence Envisaged, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA (curated by James MacDevitt)
         In the Future the Artist Will Say: 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 (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>>
2013  Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing, by Marc Valli and Ana Ibarra (forthcoming September)
          Monster Children Magazine Profile(Australia)
          Fabrik Magazine (8 LA Artist's You Should Know)
          Modern Painters (Hit List/Things We Like)
2012  The New York Times Review (Ken Johnson)
          Daily Serving Review (Elspeth Walker)
          i-D Magazine Interview (Kathy Grayson)
          Whitehot Magazine Review (Megan M. Garwood)
          Libertin/Dune Magazine, No.4 (Japan)
          The Huffington Post Review
          The New York Times - Armory Show Review (Ken Johnson)
          The Conversation: An Artist Podcast (Michael Shaw)
          The Wild Magazine, "5 Young Minds" (Kathy Grayson)
          Complex Magazine "The 25 Most Important Artists of 2012 (So Far)"
          ArtVoices Magazine Review (Chris Bors)
          Los Angeles Times Magazine (50 Johnny's)
          Ladies & Gents Interview (Pantelis Vitaliotis)
          Hunted Projects Interview, UK (Steven Cox)
          Crushfanzine Interview (Frank J. Miles)
          Not So Popular Interview (Jade French)
          W Magazine Review
          Public Fiction Quarterly: The Gold Rush/Manifest Destiny Issue
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)
         Daily Breeze Review 
         LA Weekly Review
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 Studio Visit
         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