b. 1976 Torrance, CA
Chartreuse Green Dream, 2022, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in., 91 x 122 cm.
Balloon Ride, 2023, pastel on sandpaper, 54.5 x 46 in., 138 x 116 cm.
Factory Reset, 2018, The Hole, New York, NY
Factory Reset, 2018, The Hole, New York, NY
Toast, 2022, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in., 91 x 122 cm.
Rubik's Cubism, 2022, colored pencil on paper, 62 x 62 in., 158 x 158 cm.
Heavy Lemons, 2021, The Hole, New York, NY
Heavy Lemons, 2021, The Hole, New York, NY
American Collectors (After Hockney), 2024, pastel on Stonehenge paper, 50 x 69 in., 127 x 175 cm.
Hollywood Ending #2, 2023, pastel on sandpaper, 34 x 79 in., 86 x 201 cm.
Lost Angeles, 2023, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
Lost Angeles, 2023, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
Pool With Two Figures, 2023, colored pencil on paper, 65 x 92 in., 165 x 234 cm.
Simone, 2021, oil on linen, 28 x 24 in., 71 x 61 cm.
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After studying journalism at USC, Eric Yahnker went on to the CalArts where he received his BFA in animation. He then worked on animation for TV, including Seinfeld, South Park, and MADtv, before switching to a career in the contemporary art world. Since 2008, Yahnker has had solo exhibitions at The Hole in New York, Ambach & Rice and Zevitas Marcus in Los Angeles, Paradise Row in London, and Jeanroch Dard in Paris. Recent group exhibitions include Into the Vortex by The Hole x The Pit, Eyes, Nose, Lips, Etc…2 at Ramp Gallery in London, and Wide World of Sports at Eric Firestone Gallery in East Hampton, NY. His first museum solo exhibition The Long Goodbye took place at CAM Raleigh in North Carolina in 2017.
See more of Yahnker’s work on his website here
eric yahnker
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
education
BFA Animation, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1996
select solo exhibitions
Lost Angeles, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Heavy Lemons, The Hole, New York, NY
2021
New Works, ALAC, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Factory Reset, The Hole, New York, NY
2018
White (G)loves: The Hole at UNTITLED, Miami Beach, FL
2017
The Long Goodbye…, CAMRaleigh, Raleigh, NC
2017
Alternative Fiction, The Hole, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2017
Steve Jobs’ Day Off, The Hole, New York, NY
2016
Noah’s Yacht, Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Sticks & Drones, Paradise Row, London, UK
2014
Ebony & Benghazi, Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Virgin Birth n’Turf, The Hole, New York, NY
2012
Party Sub/Sub Party, The Armory Show, New York, NY, Ambach & Rice
2012
Cracks of Dawn, Ambach &Rice @ Kunsthalle L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2011
Nervous Surf, Galerie Jeanroch Dard, Paris, France
2010
Naughty Teens/Garbanzo Beans, Ambach & Rice, Seattle, WA
2009
Piano Man (For Guitar), Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Dolly Parton Behind A Tree, Kim Light Gallery (project room), Los Angeles, CA
2008
select group exhibitions
Into the Vortex, The Hole X The Pit, Palm Springs, CA
2023
Title IX, The Hole, NYC
2023
Storage Wars, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2023
New Construction, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Manscaping, The Hole X Superzoom, Paris, France
2022
Manscaping, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Nature Morte, The Hole, New York, NY
2021
Eyes, Nose, Lips, Etc…2, Ramp Gallery, London, UK
2020
Second Smile, The Hole, NYC
2020
Paper View, The Hole, NYC
2019
Wide World of Sports, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2019
EXTRA, The Hole, NYC
2018
Art & Power—Reading the Collection Through Civic Engagement, Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal, QC
2018
Above the Rim, CAMRaleigh, Raleigh, NC
2018
What's Up - The Americas, Whiteley's, London, UK
2017
Mementos, Art Brussels, Belgium
2017
Figure/Landscape, Zevitas Marcus, Los Angeles, CA
2017