Born in 1967
Lives and works in New York, NY

EDUCATION
1995 MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1991 BA, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

SOLO EXHBITIONS
2010

• Deitch Projects, New York, NY
• “Bride Fight”, Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
• Installation at New York City Opera: March 18-April 18

2009

• Installation at New York CIty Opera, November 5 -22
• Otero/Plassart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Dieu Donne Paper Mill, New York, NY

2008

• “New Work Under Tension”, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2006

• “Intergalactic Installations”, Deitch Projects, Design District—Buena Vista Building, Art Basel/Miami, Miami, FL
• “Sweet Heat”, sound installation in the PS1 Boiler Room, PS1-MOMA, Long Island City, NY
• “Bride Fight”, Lever House, Lever House Art Collection in conjunction with Deitch Projects, New York, NY
• “E.V. Day: Intergalactic Installations”, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

2005

• “E.V. Day”, G Fine Art Gallery, Washington, DC

2004

• “E.V. Day: Survey Exhibition of 10 Years of Work”, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (catalogue)

2003

• “Galaxy”, Henry Urbach Architecture, New York, NY
• “G-Force Forum”, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

2001

• “G-Force”, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris/Altria, New York, NY

2000

• “Transporter”, Henry Urbach Architecture, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010

• “Pictures & Statues”, Country Club, Cincinnati, OH

2009

• “Sensate: Bodies and Design”, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
• “Collections Exhibition”, Henry Gallery of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• “Dress Codes”, Katonah Museum, Katonah, NY (catalogue)
• “Evading Customs”, Brown Gallery, London, England

2008

• “I Won’t Grow Up”, Cheim and Read Gallery, New York, NY
• “Good Doll Bad Doll”, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA (catalogue)
• “Wedded Bliss”, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony, Peabody Essex Museum, Essex, MA (catalogue)
• “Blown Away”, Krannert Art Museum; Champaign, IL (catalogue)
• “Belle du Jour”, Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York, NY

2007

• “Multiple Interpretations”, The New York Public Library, New York, NY
• “Contemporary and Cutting Edge: Pleasures of Collecting”, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT (catalogue)
• “What’s Your Hobby”, The Fire Place Project, East Hampton, NY
• “Crash, Pause, Rewind”, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
• “Fashion, Accidentally”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan (catalogue)
• “Dangerous Beauty”, Palazzo delle Arte Napoli (PAN), Naples, Italy; Chelsea Art Museum—Home of the Miotte Foundation, New York, NY
• “Womanizer”, Deitch Projects, New York, NY (catalogue)

2006

• “The Female Machine”, Sister Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005

• “Crash, Pause, Rewind”, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
• “Marilyn”, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY

2004

• “Open House: Working in Brooklyn”, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
• “Needful Things, Recent Multiples”, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
• “Airborn”, Henry Urbach Architecture Gallery, New York, NY

2003

• “Paper Sculpture Show”, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY (catalogue)
• “Doublures,” Musée Nationale des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Québec, Canada (catalogue)

2002

• “Rapture: Art’s Seduction by Fashion”, Barbican Centre, London, England (catalogue)
• “Dangerous Beauty”, Laurie Tisch Sussman Gallery, New York, NY
• “Resisting Categories: Prints”, Gallery of South Orange, NJ
• “Mood River”, Wexner Center for the Arts; Columbus, OH (catalogue)

2001

• “Open Ends”, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (catalogue)
• “Ghost”, Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
• “The Axiomatic Arcade”, Track 16 Gallery; Santa Monica, CA
• “Curiously Strong Collection”, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

2000

• “Whitney Biennial”, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (catalogue)
• “Artforum Berlin”, Hans Meyer, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
• “Greater New York”, PS1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City, NY (catalogue)
• “Anywhere But Here”, Artists’ Space, New York, NY
• “Two Friends and So On”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

1999

• “At the Curve of the World”, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (catalogue)
• “Luster”, Henry Urbach Architecture, New York, NY

1997

• “Twister”, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
• “Endorphin Ladies”, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
• “Perfect Day”, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
• “Group Drawing Show”, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, NY

1996

• “25th Anniversary Exhibition”, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
• “Material Matters”, A.O.I. Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
• “Weather Channels”, Art Initiatives Gallery, New York, NY
• “Instant Visions”, New York Women’s Foundation, New York, NY
• “A Few Bright Moments”, Void, New York, NY

1995

• M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
• “Raw Space”, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT.

2009

• Kennedy, Randy.”For City Opera Costumes, Lofty New Roles.” The New York Times, October 20.

2008

• Momim, Shamim M., and Weinberg, Adam, Eds. “Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria.” New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008 (essay on page 111).
• Kahn, Eve. “Extreme Art.” Art And Auction Magazine, September 1.
• Pearse, Emma. “Artist E.V. Day Unveils BDSM Barbie.” New York Magazine, August 14.
• Wilson, Eric. “A Wrap Dress Unwinds.” The New York Times, May 29. Page E4
• Richter, Paula Bradstreet, Ed., “Wedded Bliss: The Marriage of Art and Ceremony” (Exhibition Catalog), Peabody Essex Museum, Salem.

2007

• Johnson, Ken. “Politically Charged Prints Cause Talking in the Library.” The New York Times, December 4.
• Collins, Judith. “Sculpture Today.” London: Phaidon. p 311
• Ballentine, Sandra. “The New Collectibles.” The New York Times Magazine, December. p 102
• “Til Death Do Us Part”, Ellen Rutten, Frame Magazine, November.
• ‘Velocity Girl’, Bust Magazine, October. p 70-75
• Contemporary + Cutting Edge, catalog, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
• ‘Art Attack’, Avenue Magazine, June. p 80-81
• Dangerous Beauty, The Chelsea Art Museum, July. p 30-31
• Fashion Accidentally, Contemporary Art Foundation, MOCA, Taipei, May. p 32-35
• Womanizer, Deitch Projects, January.

2006

• ‘Bride Flight’ Press Release
• “E.V. Day: Intergalactic Installations”; essay by Eric Fredrickson for Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum.

2005

• E.V. Day interviewed by curator Andrea Inselman, from exhibition catalogue, published by Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University.
• “G-Force, Speaking in Thongs”; essay by curator Shamim Momin, for Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris.

2003

• ‘Three Variations on Sculpture’, Flash Art, May/June. Shamim M. Momin
• ‘With a thong in my art’, “Northwest Voices”, The Seattle Times, April 26.
• ‘G-Force in Flight’, The Seattle Times, March 22.
• ‘Bellevue Art Museum reveals new layers’, The Baroque, Bellevue High School, March 7.
• ‘Sex is in the air—as well as in the art’, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Febuary 19.
• ‘Coming Apart at the Seams’, V Magazine, January/February.
• ‘Artsy Underwear’, The Columbian, January 27.

2002

• ‘Dangerous Beauty’, Essay by Manon Slome (Exhibition Catalogue)
• Tema Celeste (‘G-Force’), Issue 90 March/April, David Hunt
• ‘A Brief History’ (‘G-Force’), Frieze, January/February, CHARLES Beyer
• Flash Art (‘G-Force’), January/February, Charles Beyer
• ‘Mood River’, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (Exhibition Catalogue)

2001

• ‘Undergarment District’ (‘G-Force’), New Yorker, November 26 (Portrait by Katherina Bosse)
• Zoo 08 (Transporter, Celestial Pelvis), Purple House Ltd; Great Britain p.86-7
• Time Out New York (‘G-Force’), November 1, Sarah Valdez
• ‘Intimate Notes’ (‘G-Force’), Women’s Wear Daily, October 29
• Art on Paper (Cellular Communion), September/October, Faye Hirsch
• ‘Art in Review’ (‘G-Force’), New York Times, Grace Glueck
• Artnet.com, Walter Robinson
• ‘The Mod Bod’, Art News (Cover), June, Hilarie M. Sheets
• ‘Backwash’, SOMA, May/June, Back Page
• ‘Fragments: Cornelia Parker, E.V. Day, Tom Friedman’, Italian Vogue, April, Roberto Franceschetti
• ‘E.V. Blows up’, ID Magazine, February, Photos by Stephen Sprouse

2000

• Intervista (Black Bombshell), Fall/Winter, Craig Garrett
• Art in America (Transporter), October, Stephanie Cash
• ‘Interview with E.V. Day’ Connaissance des Artes Fall ALLANA Heiss
• ‘Beam her Up’ (Transporter), Flash Art, October, Melissa Dunn
• ‘E.V. Day: Telling Objects’, Sculpture, June, Charlene Roth
• Art on Paper (Anatomy of Hugh Hefner’s Private Jet), June
• New York Times (Transporter), May, Roberta Smith
• Time Out New York (Transporter), May 18, Robert Mahoney
• Village Voice (Transporter), May 10-16, Levin
• ‘Day Blow’, Surface, Spring/Summer, Interview with Stephen Sprouse
• ‘A Role Call of Fresh Names and Faces’, New York Times, April 16, Deborah Soloman
• ‘Modern Contemporary Art at MoMA Since 1980’, Open Ends (Exhibition Catalogue), Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
• ‘Faces of Art 2000, Taking Pictures’, Talk Magazine, March, Photo Essay by Michael Birt
• ‘Close Up: E.V. Day’ Elle Magazine, March, ALANNA FINCKE

1999

• Poliester (Anatomy of Hugh Hefner’s Private Jet), Fall, Rita Gonzalez
• ‘She Blows up Fashion: Richard Pandiscio’s Ones to Watch’, Interview, October
• ‘Suck on This’, Coagula, November, Erika Icon
• ‘A Delightful Horror, A Terrible Joy: An Essay Mainly About E.V. Day’s Exploded Dresses and Dissected Wetsuits’, Jan Avgikos, ‘At the Curve of the World’ (Exhibition Catalogue), Track 16 Gallery,Smart Art Press, Santa Monica, CA

1994

• Art of Barbie (Mummified Barbies), Edited by Craig Yoe, p110. Workman Publishing, NY

1992

• ‘Double D-Disaster’, Nose, volume 14, Laura Vogel, San Francisco, CA

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS & COMMISSIONS
2009

• Atlantic Center for the Arts, Fellowship and Grant; New Smyrna, FL
• Lovenet, Tee-Shirt, The GAP/Art Production Fund for (RED).

2008

• Dieu Donné, Lab Grant Residency, Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc.; New York, NY
• Bandage/Bondage, Whitney Museum commission funded by BCBG/Max Azria, for Whitney Art Party 2008; New York, NY

2007

• NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts), Sculpture Fellow; New York, NY

2005

• Wheel of Optimism, NASA Commission, Mars Exploration Program, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena, CA

2004

• Stealth, Whitney Museum of American Art, commissioned installation for The Whitney Museum of Art Gala; New York, NY

1995

• Susan H. Whedon Award for Outstanding Student in Sculpture, Yale University School of Art; New Haven, CT

ARTIST VISITS, LECTURES & PANEL DISCUSSIONS

• Art Institute of Chicago
• Bard Graduate Program
• Brandeis University
• The Bruce Museum
• Columbus College of the Arts
• Corcoran College of Art and Design
• Cornell University
• Deitch Projects
• Exit Art
• Hampshire College
• Independent Curators International
• Massachusetts College of Art
• Museum of Modern Art
• New York University
• Ohio State University
• P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
• Parsons School of Design
• Pratt Institute
• Queens College
• School of Visual Arts
• Southern Methodist University
• SUNY Albany
• Temple University
• University of Cincinnati
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Wexner Center for the Arts
• Whitney Altria
• Whitney Museum of American Art