Evan Whale
American, Australian
b.1987, Washington, DC
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2014 Yale University School of Art, MFA, New Haven, CT
2009 Bard College, BA, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Biography
Evan Whale is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work uses experimental photographic techniques to create an expanded biographical view of the Southern Californian landscape. Whale received his BFA in Photography from Bard College and his MFA in Photography at Yale University. Whale has exhibited internationally and throughout the United States, including at Regen Projects (LA), The Flag Arts Foundation (NY), and Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac (Paris). Whale is represented in Los Angeles by Tyler Park Presents, and will be featured in their upcoming booth at Felix Art Fair. Whale's next planned solo presentation is in November 2024.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 [November] The End of Sunset, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Soft Stories, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Future Fair, Tyler Park Presents, New York, NY
2020 In My Room, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Come and See, Actual Size LA, Los Angeles, CA
2016 I Heard, As It Were, The Noise of Thunder, 321 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Color Space, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
2009 Dye Transfers, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Group Exhibitions
2024 [April] Stop & Stare, UTA Artist Space, Atlanta, GA
2024 [February] Felix Art Fair, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Out Yonder, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Within a Realm, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Curious Visions: Toward Abstract Photography, Denver Art Museum
2021 NADA Miami, Tyler Park Presents, New York, NY
2021 Proximity, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 I AM NOT THIS BODY, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
2021 All That Spring Promises, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
2020 NADA FAIR, 321 Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Paris - Los Angeles, The Bridge House, Frieze Los Angeles
2019 Evan Whale & Daniel Terna, LY Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 The Desert And The Cactus, 321 Gallery, Swab Barcenlona Art Fair
2018 Transfigured, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Tomorrow’s Man 4, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Life’s Rich Pageant, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
2017 The Times, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
2017 Paul McMahon & Evan Whale, NADA, New York, NY
2015 Strike Up the Band, Waterfront at Art/Life Institute, Kingston, NY
2014 Tomorrow’s Man, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, Paris, France
2014 Tomorrow’s Man, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Villa Kast, Salzburg, Austria
2014 Deep End: Yale MFA Photography, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Deep End: Yale MFA Photography, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
2014 Deep End: Yale MFA Photography, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT
2014 Blog Re-Blog, Austin Center For Photography, Austin, TX
2014 Inaugural, 321 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Splendor in the Grass, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT
2013 Blog Re-Blog, Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY'
Curatorial Projects
2021 I AM NOT THIS BODY
Curated By Juliana Paciulli & Evan Whale, Tyler Park Presents, Los Angeles, CA
Guest Lectures and Visiting Artist Positions
2021 Anderman Photography Lecturer, Denver Art Museum
2015 Guest Lecturer and Critic, UCLA Department of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Guest Lecturer and Critic, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2013 Guest Lecturer and Critic, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2013 Panelist, New Media before New Media, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2012 Guest Lecturer and Critic, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Awards & Prizes
LIFTS Prize, West Collection, 2020
Emerging Artist Grant Nominee, Rema Hort Mann, 2019
Collections
The West Collection
Fidelity Investments Art Collection
Cleveland Clinic Art Collection
Publications
O’Leary, Erin F., July Editors Picks, Contemporary Art Review Los Angleles, July 23
Kristine Schomaker, Art and Cake, Proximity at Wilding Cran Gallery
Lindsay Preston Zappas, KCRW Events, Evan Whale At Tyler Park Pressents, 2020
BLOCK Magazine # 4, 2018
“Datebook: The Art of Transformation.” LA Times, Carolina A. Miranda, Jul. 26th, 2018
STILL Magazine, Issue 6, July 2018
“Best in Show: Brooklyn at NADA & Spring Break,” Rachel Miller, Brooklyn Magazine, Mar. 4th 2017
Tomorrow’s Man 4, Jack Pierson, Bywater Bros. Editions, 2017
“Goings On About Town: Evan Whale,” Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, Nov. 7th 2016
“Evan Whale: I Heard, As It Were, The Noise Of Thunder,” Aimee Lusty, SciArt Magazine, Oct. 26th 2016
“Ones to Watch: 13 Rising Art Stars,” Rebecca Wilson, Goop Mag 19, Summer 2014
Tomorrow’s Man 2, Jack Pierson, Bywater Bros. Editions, 2014
New American Paintings No. III, The Open Studios Press, 2014
Tomorrow’s Man, Lynn Valley 9, Jack Pierson, Bywater Bros. Editions, 2013