lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
2007
MFA, Painting and Drawing; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Recipient of Graduate Honors Fellowship; Chicago, IL
2002
BA; Fine Arts and Psychology; MS, Education; University of Pennsylvania; Graduated Cum Laude; Philadelphia, PA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery; New York, NY (upcoming)
One River Gallery; Englewood, NJ (upcoming)
2015
Of Things Soothsaid and Spoken: Yevgeniya Baras; Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects; New York, NY (Reviewed by Roberta Smith in the New York Times)
2010
Blue of Black; GrizzleGrizzly; Philadelphia,PA
2007
A Geometric Destiny; Contemporary Art Workshop; Chicago, IL
TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015
Yevgeniya Baras and Teresa Baker; The Alice; Seattle, WA
Yevgeniya Baras, Carolin Eidner and Adelhyd van Bender; Thomas Erben Gallery; New York, NY
2012
Materiality: Yevgeniya Baras, Thornton Dial and Joey Archuleta; Allegra LaViola Gallery; New York, NY
2011
Hide: Yevgeniya Baras and Leeza Meksin; Adds Donna; Chicago, IL
2007
Yevgeniya Baras and Dana DeGulio; Roots and Culture; Chicago, IL
Yevgeniya Baras and Harold Mendez; Western Exhibitions; Chicago, IL
2003
Over Time: Yevgeniya Baras and Aya Nakamura; Fox Gallery; Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Summerzcool, curated by Austin Eddy and Benjamin Edmiston; David Shelton Gallery; Houston, TX
Goulding the Lolly; Gavin Brown Enterprise; New York, NY
The Faraway Inside; Nicelle Beauchene Gallery; New York, NY
Lost For Words; Murray Guy; New York, NY
Looking Back, curated By Matthew Higgs; White Columns; New York, NY
Physical Painting; Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery; Purchase, NY
2015
Hot Slice; Zolla/Lieberman Gallery; Chicago, IL
Muscular; curated by John McAllister; Kansas Gallery; New York, NY
Cold Cups of Boiling Water; Ltd Los Angeles; Los Angeles, LA
Thinking &Touching Time, curated by Zahar Vaks; Ortega Y Gasset Projects; New York, NY
2014
Back to the Future; Life on Mars Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
Four Who Paint; Valentine Gallery; Ridgewood, NY
Portraits in Convex Mirrors, curated by Em Rooney, Bannerette; Brooklyn, NY
No Pilota; Show Room; Brooklyn, NY
Heart’s Gymnastics; Outpost Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
By Invitation Only 3, curated by Renee Riccardo, Kinz +Tillou Fine Art; Brooklyn, NY
The Last Brucennial; New York, NY
New Threads; Lamar Dodd Gallery; Athens, GA
2013
Caving; Honey Ramka; Brooklyn, NY
Lets Get Physical, curated by Rick Briggs; Ventana244; Brooklyn, NY
See with Fingers, curated by Laurel Sparxx; Sarah Lawrence College; Bronxville, NY
Building Materials, curated by Lucas Blalock and James Hyde; Real Art Ways; Hartford, CT
Split 7; curated by Matt Phillips; Folwer Arts; New York, NY
Encounter; Zurcher Gallery; New York, NY
2012
Stones Bones and Relics; curated by Anna Mikhailovskaia; Brooklyn Fireproof; Brooklyn, NY
Centaurs and Satyrs; Asya Geisberg Gallery; New York, NY
Foreign Bodies; Set Gallery; Brooklyn, NY; Barbur Gallery; Jerusalem, IL
2011
Rich-oo-uhl, Rich-oo-uhl; Jolie Laide; Philadephia, PA
New Year, New Work, New Face; Storefront; New York, NY
2010
Who Loves the Sun; Susanne Hilberry Gallery; Detroit, MI
2007
Targeting Johns; G2 Gallery; Chicago, IL
Half/Half, Centro Cultural De Nuevo Lared; Mexico and Sound Art Space; Laredo, TX
MFA Thesis Show; The School of The Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
2002
BA Thesis Exhibition; Charles Addams Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; Louis K. Meisel Gallery; New York, NY
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2015
Artadia; Award Recipient; New York, NY
Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program; New York, NY
MacDowell Colony Residency; Peterborough, NH
2014
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Recipient; New York, NY
ROI Community Travel Research Grant Recipient: Poland, India, Mexico, Sicily, Hungary
LECTURES
2016
Artist Talk; Davidson College; Davidson, NC
Artist Talk; Maharishi University of Management; Iowa
Artist Panel; Purchase University; Westchester, NY
Artist Talk; Alfred University; Alfred, NY
2015
Artist Talk; MICA; November
Artist Talk; School of Visual Arts; New York , NY
Visiting Critic; NARS Foundation; New York, NY
Visiting Critic; Chashama Residency; New York, NY
Visiting Critic; Residency Unlimited; New York, NY
2014
Studio Programs Educator; Jewish Museum; New York, NY
2013
Artist Talk; Sarah Lawrence College; December
Artist Panel; University of Pennsylvania; November
2011
Artist Talk; Tyler School of Art; November
2007
Artist Talk; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; May
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015
Elisabeth Kley, ArtNews, “Yevgeniya Baras, June
Smith, Roberta, New York Times Review, “Yevgeniya Baras: Of Things Soothsaid and Spoken”, March 26
William Eckhardt Kohler, Huffington Post, "Of Things Soothsaid and Spoken: Paintings by Yevgeniya Baras”, November 22
2013
Profile in Art in America: http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/profiles/yevgeniya-s-baras-/
2012
Stopa, Jason, NY Arts Magazine, ”Grid/Un-Grid”, April
2011
Rochester, Katherine, Philadelphia Weekly, “November First Friday Picks:
Rich-oo-uhl, Rich-oo-uhl”, November
Kuennen Joel, ArtSlant Chicago, Stretching Materiality, July
Truax, Stephen, BushwickBK, “At Regina Rex, Latin Roots Woven Together”, January
2010
Cahill Zackary, Artforum, “Critics Picks: Hands Tide”, September
Meksin Leeza, Culturehall,“Which Craft?” July 28
2007
Foumberg Jason, NewCity, “The Manifold World”, December 11
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2010-present
Regina Rex Gallery
Co-founder, curator at Regina Rex, which was established in Brooklyn, NY in
2010 and relocated to the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 2014.
2011-Present
Bull and Ram Migrating Curatorial Project
Co-founded Bull and Ram with artist/curator Eve Lateiner. Bull and Ram curated shows in Soho, NY and Bushwick, Brooklyn.