EMILY COUNTS // CV
Born 1976 in Seattle, WA
Lives and works in Seattle, WA
EDUCATION
1999 BFA, painting, California College of Art and Crafts
Spring semester, Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 Souvenir, Nationale, Portland, OR
2020 Emily Counts and Ko Kirk Yamahira, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Summer Show 2019, Lula Cafe, Chicago, IL
2018 Solo Exhibition (forthcoming), Linfield Gallery, McMinnville, OR
Vala Rae, Dust to Dust Projects, Portland, OR
PARTY STORE/SUPER MODE, Nationale, Portland, OR
2017 The Association, Garboushian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Form Factor, Nationale, Portland, OR
2016 Emily Counts, Carl & Sloan, Portland, OR
2015 The Ins And Outs, Nationale, Portland, OR
2012 PAST PRESENT FUTURE: Connect, Garboushian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 The Other Room, The Vestibule, Portland, OR Collection, Together Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 Pyroclastic Devotion, Plane Space, New York, NY
2007 A Battle Lost: The Prophecy of Deadly Objects, Raid FC, Los Angeles, CA
The Cavernous Reflection, Motel, Portland, OR
2006 The Cavernous Danger, Enview Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2005 The Future Remains of Dreamville, Motel, Portland, OR
2004 Wishes and Dreams, Compound Gallery, Portland, OR
In the Beginning...(Crush), Raid projects, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Halfway Home, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 After the Thaw and Freeze, Open End, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 BAM Biennial: Glasstastic (forthcoming), Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Rorschach Test, Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR
Working Relationship, North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Urns, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Becoming American, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
Spring Break Art Fair with SOIL, New York, NY
You Slayer Me II, Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL
The Way of Flowers and Ice Cream Social, Dust to Dust, Portland, OR
2017 Symmetry Breaking, The Art Gym, Portland, OR
Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Busted, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Seven Bodies: New Members Exhibition, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
Transformations, Bullseye Projects, Portland, OR
Reinterpreting the Object, Strobel & Sands, Seattle, WA
Migratory Paths, curated by Julie Alexander, Tashiro Kaplan Lofts, Seattle, WA
2016 Slippery Stories Part 2, Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Slippery Stories Part 1, Strange Neighbour, Fitzroy, Australia
2015 Without Dialogue, Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Pots, Ed. Varie, New York, NY
Black, White & Wet Paint, Open Gallery, Portland, OR
Icon, Duplex Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
Mas Attack 6, The Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Mas Attack [Ltd Ed}> San Francisco, Studio 17, San Francisco, CA
Flatlands, Nisus Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 History Lessons, Disjecta, Portland, OR
Homing Pigeon: Edition 2, Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan
Overload, Garboushian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2012 CO/LAB II at Art Platform Art Fair, with Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA
80 Days: A Declaration of Customs, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Durden and Ray: Year Two, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA
2011 CO/LAB at Art Platform Art Fair, with Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Cut-Ups, Land, Portland, OR
Re:Present, LAMart, Los Angeles CA
IN(ter)DEPENDENCE, Place, Portland, OR
An Invitation to Sleep, Golden Rule, Portland, OR
Durden and Ray: Year One, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010 9 Songs, Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan
Love Always, Part 2, Eitoeiko Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Love Always, Part 1, Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan
Art San Diego, with Durden and Ray, San Diego, CA
The Reflected Gaze: Self Portraiture Today, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA 2009
Sesquatennial, Grass Hut, Portland, OR
2007 The Affair, with Motel, Portland, OR
Femme Forces, Ai Gallery, Chicago, IL
artLA, with Raid FC, Santa Monica, CA
2006 Aqua Art Miami, with Motel, Miami, FL
Reboot!, Raid FC at Red House Gallery, Venice CA
Ultrasonic International, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
artLA, with Motel, Santa Monica, CA
The Affair, with Motel, Portland, OR
2005 Nova Art Fair, Bucket Rider, Chicago, IL
Amorously, Motel, Portland, OR
artLA, with Raid Projects, Santa Monica, CA
Winter Group Show, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2020 Varda Artist Residency, Sausalito, CA
2008 June-September, Plane Space, New York, NY
2004 March-June, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED PRESS
2017 Lindsay Straube, interview for The Creative Chronicle
2017 Review of Form Factor, Willamette Week
2017 Best Bets, Form Factor, The Oregonian
2016 Taryn Wiens, Emily Counts at Carl & Sloan Contemporary, 60 Inch Center
2016 Patrick Collier, On a Scale of More, Emily Counts at Carl & Sloan Contemporary, Oregon Arts Watch
2015 Review of The Ins And Outs, Willamette Week online
2014 Richard Speer, review of Flatlands, Willamette Week
2012 Catherine Wagley, review of PAST PRESENT FUTURE: Connect, LA Weekly
Ali Moran, Sight Unseen, sightunseen.com
2011 Carlie Armstrong, Work Place, workplacepdx.com
2006 Resurrection No. 1, Common Space
2005 Fake Your Own Death, Issue 1
2003 Lumpen Magazine, Issue 90
Jason Lazarus, TENbyTEN Magazine
Fred Camper, Past Lives, Chicago Reader
Michael Workman, Us and Them, Chicago Newcity
GRANTS
2016 Project Grant, Regional Arts & Culture Council (Portland, OR)
2012 Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission (Portland, OR)
Career Opportunity Grant, The Ford Family Foundation (Portland, OR)
2005 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant (Chicago, IL)
REPRESENTATION & COLLECTIVES
Nationale (Portland, OR)
Current member of SOIL Gallery (Seattle, WA)
Past member (2010-2015) of Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA