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Ethan Caflisch
Paintings & Textiles
b. 1993, Oshkosh, WI
Lives and works in London, UK
Ethan’s exhibition venues and publications include the Institute of Contemporary Art (San Jose), Cheryl Hazan Gallery (New York), A.M. Gallery (Antwerp), Art Maze Magazine, and AnOther Magazine. Explore his large, geometric and minimalist paintings, figurative paintings and hand made textile works.
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STATEMENT
“my practice is a constant forward motion. i am solving the equation a(b) + b(a) = ab. the variables are time-based relations to material, process, and form.” - ethan caflisch
EDUCATION
2020-2021
Painting Programme
Turps Banana
London, England
2011-2015
Individualized BFA, Visual Studies Minor
California College of the Arts
Oakland and San Francisco, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023, Offline, Tappan, Los Angeles, CA
2020, Beep Painting Biennial, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales
2020, Annual Survey, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2020, you shouldn’t have been, but now you should be., Hospital Club, London, England
2020, open, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, England
2020, William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, Ohio
2019, perhaps we should have stayed, Warbling at Hoxton 253, London, England
2019, a high hang, Eccleston Project Space, London, England
2019, tele-tales, Cookhouse Gallery, London, England
Robert Kananaj Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2019, the color of balance, Glass Rice, San Francisco, CA
2019, where we once were someone, Young Space, International
2018, connect & collect, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2018, gifc, pt. 2 gallery, Oakland, CA
2018, summer survey, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
2018, blue-42, xxxi, New York, NY
2018, insitu is002, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
2017, sculp, Needles and Pens Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017, indi-visible lines, college avenue gallery, oakland, CA
2017, Summer Show, Cheryl Hazan Gallery, New York, NY
2017, Mind Control (with Nook Gallery), Alter Space, San Francisco, CA
2017, we need to talk, Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
2016, Alma Mater, Hubbell Street Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2016, Día De Los Muertes, Esqueleto, Los Angeles, CA
2016, Making Our Mark (80th Anniversary Show), Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2016, 23 | 85 (with Jim Melchert), a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016, Show #1, Nook Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015, succinct., Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015, plumb., Post Office Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015, crank, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2015, Locality and Global Discourses, Cumhuriyet Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015, Hours and Minutes: 4 x 40, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2014, Transfers, Louie Meager Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
2014, A Show, Nahl Hall, Oakland, CA
2014, Water Works, Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014, CCACA 26, Davis, CA
2014, Blue, Oliver Arts Center, Oakland, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2020, central/nowhere : ethan caflisch in conversation with isaac nugent, Dovetail Magazine
2020, interview, Floor Magazine
2020, interview, Archive 00 Magazine by Saint Maison
2020, cover interview, H. Club Magazine
2020, volume 3, Bluebee Magazine
2019, touch wood, Counter Print
2019, rules of attraction, Badlands Journal
2018, issue 10, Artmaze Magazine
2018, interview, citylikeyou
2018, is029, in situ
2018, Eight Emerging Artists to Buy Work From Now, AnOther Magazine
2016, Making Our Mark, Richmond Art Center
2016, Palpable Space, SFAQ
2016, Under the Radar, ArtSlant International
2015, Locality and Global Discourse, Cumhuriyet Museum, Istanbul, Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014, volume 3, Material Mgazine
RESIDENCIES
2022, Leveld Kunstnartun, Leveld, Norway
2020, Pada, Barreiro, Portugal
2019, Independent Residency, Dunbar, Scotland
2019, Tappan Atelier, Los Angeles, CA
2017, Independent Residency, Los Altos Hills, CA
2014, One Day Residency, Guitar Shop Gallery, Oakland, CA
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2020, The Good Time Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
2020, Union Market District, Washington DC
2020, The Shard, London, England
2018, Henry’s, Berkeley, CA
2018, Parachute, Venice and San Francisco, CA
2012-2014, James Rowland Shop, Berkeley, CA
AWARDS
2020, William and Dorothy Yeck Young Painters Award - Finalist, Miami University
2018, Gallery Circle Winner - Mixed Media, ArtSlant Worldwide
2015, The Third 2015 Showcase Juried Winner - Sculpture ArtSlant Worldwide
2015, Clyde and Co. Art Award. Clyde and Co. San Francisco and Hang Art
2014, All College Honors, Ralls Painting Scholarship California College of the Arts
2012, Excellence in Student Leadership California College of the Arts
2011, Full-Merit, Fine Art Scholarship California College of the Arts
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