EMILY COUNTS // CV
Born 1976 in Seattle, WA
Lives and works in Seattle, WA
EDUCATION
1999 BFA, painting, California College of Art and Crafts
1999 Spring semester, Universität der Künste, Berlin
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 It Means What You Feel, Das Schaufenster, Seattle, WA
2024 Sea of Vapors, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
2024 Sea of Nectars, Public Project at the Seattle Art Fair, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 So Familiar, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Sea of Vapors, The Museums of Museums, Seattle, WA
2022 Field Studies, Nationale, Portland, OR
2021 GHOST GARMENT GARDEN, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
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
2024 Please Touch: Together Breaking Barriers, Seattle, Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA
Beginner’s Mind, Friends Artspace, Arlington, VA
The End: Expanded Field Art, Culture Object, New York, NY
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, Domicile Gallery, Seattle, WA
A Brush of Ceramics, Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Tokico, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 Seattle Art Fair, with studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
Homemakers, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2022 Gray Magic, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
Mise En Place, Friends Artspace, Arlington, VA
Seattle Art Fair, with studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
XO Seattle, Forest For the Trees, RailSpur, Seattle
Adorned: Inspired by Fabric and Fashion, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, Solomon, MD
2021 Contemporary Art Market, The En Seattle, WA
Light and Graphite, studio e, Seattle, WA
Series 001 #2, Seattle, WA
Broom Show, Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Elements, Leicht, Seattle, WA
Viewing Room, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
Conscious Collaboration with Spirit, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Assembly, Nationale, Portland, OR
Light Ways, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
POT, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
By and By, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Durden and Ray Year Ten, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Escapism From LA, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
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
2024 6 Art Gallery and Museum Shows to See in Portland This Winter, Portland Monthly, Matthew Trueherz
2024 Seattle Art Fair 2024: Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Big Event, The Seattle Times, Gayle Clemans
2023 Emily Counts at studio e gallery: So Familiar, The Pacific Northwest Contemporary Art Center, Adelaide Blair
2023 Emily Counts: So Familiar, Everout, Lindsay Costello
2023 Beginnings and Endings: A Conversation with Emily Counts, Sculpture Magazine, Lauren Levato Coyne
2023 Art Zone: Installation at Museum of Museums, The Seattle Chanel, Vince Pierce
2023 Sea of Vapors, an Immersive Installation by Emily Counts, Everout, Lindsay Costello
2023 Floating on a Sea of Vapors, The Stranger, Jas Keimig
2023 ArtSea: AI experiments and ceramic sailors spell Seattle Summer, Crosscut, Brangien Davis
2023 7 art shows to see in Seattle in June 2023, Seattle, Times, Margo Vansyngel
2022 Emily Counts, feature, Public Display Art
2022 Emily Counts, feature, Artists Don’t School, Ashley Townsend
2022 October Highlights, Art & About, Ashley Gifford
2022 This Sculptor Creates Unique, Nature Informed, Exploratory Art That is Both Eerie and Beautiful, Meredith Schneider, GIMME
2022 Recommended Visual Art Pick, EverOut Portland, November
2022 On Sketchbooks / Creative Ideation, Drainboard Magazine, Squeak Meisel
2022 Interview, Fly on the Wall Podcast, Squeak Meisel
2022 A big indie alternative to Seattle Art Fair opens in Pioneer Square, Crosscut, Margo Vansynghel
2021 Review: Emily Counts, Ghost Garment Garden, EverOut Seattle
2021 Portland Must See, Art Forum
2021 Review: Emily Counts, Souvenir, Art & About, Lindsay Costello
2021 Ansel Adams, Johnnie Chatman, Emily Counts Headline Portland’s Spring Art Shows, Briana Miller, The Oregonian
2021 Featured Exhibition, VizArts Monthly, Lindsay Costello
2021 Featured Exhibition, Variable West
2021 Featured Exhibition, Art & About
2021 Emily Counts: Choose Your Own Adventure, Art For Your Ear: The Jealous Curator Podcast, Danielle Krysa
2021 Surface Tension, Christine DeOrio, Luxe Magazine
2020 Feature, Danielle Krysa, The Jealous Curator
2020 Currently Hanging: Emily Counts and Ko Kirk Yamahira at studio e gallery, Jasmyne Keimig, The Stranger
2019 A Sexy Big Light Show, Jasmyne Keimig, The Stranger
2018 Vala Rae, Tiffany Jow, Surface Magazine
2017 Review: The Association, Annabel Osberg, Artillery Magazine
2017 Review: The Association, Genie Davis, Visual Art Source
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
2019 GAP Award, Artist Trust, WA
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
Represented in Washington by studio e, Seattle, WA
Represented in Oregon by Nationale, Portland, OR
A past member of SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2017-2021
A past member of Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA, 2010-2015