eliza fernand
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  • planetarium
  • Watery Ghosts
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  • 1-833-NATR-XXX
  • The Skeleton Who Spits Blood
  • CV
  • NEWS
  • Archive
Eliza Fernand                    
b.1983                                

Education
2021    MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Sierra Nevada University, Incline Village NV
2006    BFA in Sculpture, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR 

 
Residencies & Grants
2021    Earthwork Farm Artist in Residence, Lake City MI
​2018    A.I.R. at Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY

2017    Seed Grant Recipient of ArtPrize & the Frey Foundation
                Resident Artist at The Sanctuary Arcata, Arcata CA
2016    Experimental Art Residency at Now Space LA, Los Angeles CA
2015    A.I.R. at Micro Art Space, Cleveland OH
                A.I.R. with Violette Alby at Real Time & Space A.I.R., Oakland CA
2014    Frontier Fellowship at The Epicenter, Green River UT
2013    Artist-in-Residence at Have Company, Grand Rapids MI
                Visiting Artist at College of Western Idaho, Nampa ID
2012    Real Time & Space A.I.R., Oakland CA
                QuickFunds Grant for Individuals, Idaho Commission on the Arts & NEA
2011    Attic 19 Residency with The Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis MN
                Top Bunk Domestic Residency, Palouse WA
                QuickFunds Grant for Individuals, Idaho Commission on the Arts & NEA
2010    Sous-Lit Residency, Montreal, Quebec Canada
                The Quilt Studio of Violette Alby, Ojo Sarco NM 
                QuickFunds Grant for Individuals, Idaho Commission on the Arts & NEA
                Alaska Building AIR Space granted by the Boise City Department of Arts & History , Boise ID
2009    Elsewhere Artists Collaborative, Greensboro NC
2008    A.I.R. at Lobot Gallery, Oakland CA
2007    A.I.R. at 2Angles, FLERS de L'Orne, France
2006    A.I.R. at Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton NJ

Solo Exhibitions / Performances / Screenings
2023    NATR-XXX, Roman Susan Art Foundation, Chicago IL
2022    Concerts Under the Stars with Lazy Genius, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids MI
2021    Eating Sharp Fruit (a variety show in 6 episodes), GRTV, Grand Rapids MI
2019    Flexible Fence, (GRPS Student Collaboration) Project 1, Grand Rapids MI
2018    CONFRONT, Taber Art Gallery, Holyoke MA
2017    EQUITY NOT EQUALITY, The Ladies Literary Club for ArtPrize 9, Grand Rapids MI
2015    Collecting Scraps, The Art League Gallery at South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend IN
                A Rainbow in the Desert: Experiments in Patchwork, Micro Art Space, Cleveland OH
                DOCUMENT, Calvin College (106) Gallery, Grand Rapids MI
2014    Bright Shroud, Stumptown Downtown, Portland OR
2013    DRAPE + PATCH, Arbor, Oakland CA
                Exchanges, Boise Co-op Gallery, Boise ID
               Gift Pyramid, College of Western Idaho, Nampa ID
2012    LISTENING, The Art Space at Eagle Performing Arts Center, Eagle ID
                Flying Geese Pyramid, HATCH Gallery, Oakland CA
                New Works by Eliza Fernand, S.H.E.D. Projects, Oakland CA
               Quilt Stories Songs, (installation/performance) Black Hunger, Boise ID
2011    PATCHWORKS, Visual Arts Collective, Boise ID
2010    Piece Pile, Forthrite Printing, Oakland CA
                Clad, NATIONALE, Portland OR
2009    billow / ripple, Fort Gallery, Oakland CA
2008    Voluptuary Pair, Gallery Homeland, Portland OR
                Substantial Dealings, 21Grand Gallery, Oakland CA
2007   GUSH, (performance) Roulette Intermedium, New York NY
2006   Abstracted Protrusions, Rake Art Gallery, Portland OR

​Selected Group  Exhibitions
 / Performances / Screenings
2021   Watery Ghosts, Neutral Ground Artist Run Centre, Regina SK               
               Corts D’un Soir Film Festival
, Short Film Competition, Montreal QC 
               
(w)here, Holman Art Center at Sierra Nevada University, Incline Village NV 
               
beyONd GREEN/$, Hot Wheelz Festival, Chicago IL
               The Way Forward, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids MI 
               
The Hibernation Station 2, Hibernation Project, Calgary AB
2019   
91st Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI
               Ad Astra Per Aspera: 2019 Summer Exhibition, Maxon Mills Gallery at Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY
               Outdoor Cat, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas TX  
2017   Fair Play, Brickell City Centre, Miami FL                
               
Resilience in Flux, PAGE Space, Portland OR
               Intermural, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor MI
               The Jump Off, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids MI
               Cryin’ Out Loud, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM
               Process: Fiber, Light Gallery, Grand Rapids MI
               Centrifugal, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland OH
               This Place: Selections from the Frontier, Tahoe Gallery at Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
2016   The Land of Here and Now: Five Years of Artists at Shared Space Studio, The Fed Galleries of KCAD, Grand Rapids MI
               A Call to Place: The first five years of the Frontier Fellowship, Salt Lake City UT
2015   Harmony Murphy Gallery Mural Commission, Los Angeles CA
               Urban Institute of Contemporary Art Mural Commission, Grand Rapids MI
2014    Quilt Mountain, Have Company, Grand Rapids MI
2013    EAST,  Tillery Park, Austin TX
2012    PNCA Juried Alumni Exhibition, PNCA Swigert Commons, Portland OR
                YOUTOPIA, Famous Four Colors, Oakland CA
2011    Uncommon Threads: A Survey of Contemporary Quilts, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY NY
                Press Plush, Garfo Art Center, Salt Lake City UT
2010    More Than Plush, Gallery Homeland, Portland OR
                Arte de Descartes X, Stables Gallery Taos Center for the Arts, Taos NM 
                Let’s Be Matching SITE Fest 2010 Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn NY
2009    Swell-Sway, Movement Research at Judson Church, New York, NY 
               ( s k i  n o f a w a v e ), Public Space ONE, Iowa City IA 
               Post-Scarcity, 65 GRAND, Chicago IL
               Unruffled Bloom,  Abco Artspace, Oakland CA
2008   Performance Night at A.I.R., A.I.R. Gallery, New York NY
               Flight of the Mechanical Bumble Bee, WCO Center Gallery, New York NY
               Guest Artist Residency Exhibition, Peter’s Valley Gallery, Layton NJ
               SelfProjections, Milepost 5, Portland OR
               The Shape Show, Lobot Gallery, Oakland CA
2007   Skeletal,  The Bowery Poetry Club, New York NY
               Step into My Office, Kitchen Sink, Portland OR
2006   Vicarious Consumption, The Stone, New York NY
               Eliza Fernand & Elodie Goupil, Feldman Gallery, Portland OR
               Recent Grads Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR

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