bio
Eve Bailey’s strong backgrounds in dance and martial arts combined with her knowledge in draftsmanship and construction have forged her approach to sculpting. The body interests her as a perceiving mechanical structure. She uses her own body’s imprint to design ergonomic sculptures that she and professional dancers occasionally perform on.
Bailey has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, in France, Germany, The Netherlands, Cuba, and across the US. She was awarded residencies from the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Triangle Arts, I-Park and Sculpture Space. She holds an MFA in Sculpture from the Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris) and a BFA in Architectural metal work from Olivier de Serres School of Design (Paris). Bailey received fellowships from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and the San Francisco Art Institute to study abroad. It’s at the San Francisco Art Institute that Bailey started incorporating performance in her work.
In addition, Bailey taught perspective techniques in Paris with a specialty in anamorphosis. She recently wrote an essay for The Funambulist about a groundbreaking representational technique developed by Ryan and Trevor Oakes (read here).
Eve shares a studio with her husband , special make-up effect artist, Adam Bailey (abfxstudio).
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EVE BAILEY
Born 1975, France
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012
“Common Frequency”, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, Queens, NY
“Entasis Dance”, Dumbo Arts Festival, outdoor installation and live performances, Brooklyn, NY (solo show – forthcoming catalogue)
“Double Reverse”, Theater for the New City Gallery, New York, NY
“The Pencil Show”, The Art Directors Club, New York, NY
2011
“Intuit”, outdoor installation and live performances, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY (solo show)
“Between the Tongue and the Taste”, Triangle Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (two-person show, with Albert Pedulla)
“Blur: Cross Disciplinary Practice in Art and Design”, Hamilton and Aronson Galleries, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
“Dallas Art Fair” with Cueto Project, Dallas, TX
“Now Wow”, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2010
“Special Features”, Kumukumu Gallery, New York, NY (with Adam)
2009
“140 Characters or Less”, Jason Rulnick Gallery, New York, NY
“The Common Mind”, Cueto Project, New York, NY
“Finger in my Brain”, La Fog Galerie, Paris, France (two-person show, with Loïc Connaski)
2008
“Kindergarten”, World Culture Open Center, New York, NY
2007
“25th Anniversary Exhibition”, Triangle Arts, Brooklyn, NY
“On the Edge”, A1LabArts Gallery, Knoxville, TN
“30 Second Spot”, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, NY
2004
“Open Studios”, Triangle Arts Workshop, Brooklyn, NY (catalogue)
2003
“Triangle Arts Residency Exhibition”, Brooklyn, NY (two person show, with Craig Drennen)
2002
“Razzia: Tactic for a Wild Quest”, Artis, Den Bosh, Netherlands
2001
“Golden Gate”, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
“To be announced”, curated by Rita McBride, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Wallflower Gallery, Miami, FL
2000
“Werkshow”, curated by Rita McBride, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
PERFORMANCES / SCREENINGS
2012
“Entasis Dance”, 17 outdoor live-performances, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2011
“Intuit”, 12 outdoor live-performances, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
“The Way Things Go 2”, screening of “Workforce”, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (ATHICA), GA
“The Way Things Go”, screening of “Workforce”, Cine Lab, Athens, GA
2010
“Spring 2010 Personal Cinema Series”, screening of “Fair Chance”, Millennium Film Workshop, New York, NY (with Adam)
2009
“The Myriad Things Assume Their Changing Forms”, screening of “Such a Pretty Girl… Behave Yourself!” and “Drunken Body”, Junto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Drunken Body”, two live-performances at opening and closing of “The Common Mind”, Cueto Projects, New York, NY
2008
“Metaphoric Gestures”, screening, Chelsea Art Museum, curated by Artlog, New York, NY
2007
“Drunken Body”, 12 live-performances, Triangle Arts 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2006
“Such a Pretty Girl, Behave Yourself!”, live-performance on a rooftop, Brooklyn, NY
“Such a Pretty Girl, Behave Yourself!”, live-performance in the street, Brooklyn, NY
2004
“Such a Pretty Girl, Behave Yourself!”, 18 live-performances, Triangle Arts International Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2001
“Hanging”, live-performance, 2C Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“A Ride”, screening, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2000
“A Ride”, screening, Underground Film Festival, Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2013
I-Park Residency, under the Invitation Program, East haddam, CT
Bemis Center Funded Residency, Omaha, NE
2011
I-Park Residency, under the Invitation Program, East Haddam, CT
2008
Sculpture Space Funded Residency, Utica, NY
2004
Triangle Arts Workshop, 45 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Triangle Arts Funded Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Best Video (“A Ride”), San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1999
Maurice Colin-Lefrancq Scholarship recipient, Paris, France
San Francisco Art Institute Scholarship recipient, San Francisco, CA
1996
First Prize, Museum Expression (Art & Design Fair), Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Joann Kim Núnez, ”Dumbo Arts Festival: a recap”, Hyperallergic.com, October 2, 2012
AndrewAndrew, Dumbo Arts Festival 2012, live streamed interview, September 30, 2012
Kelsey Piva, “Dumbo Arts Festival”, Columbia Daily Spectator, September 28, 2012
Lauren Glassberg, “Artwork taken to new level in Dumbo”, interview on abc 7 news, September 27, 2012
Dumbo Arts Festival, Time Out New York, September 2012
Tema Stauffer, “Double reverse”, Art Watch Weekly, January 11 2012
“Double Reverse”, ARTslant, January 2012
2011
Henri Julien Sandront, “Eve Bailey”, Blend, December 2011
Lars Laemmerzahl, “Intuit by Eve Bailey”, Experientell, December 2011
“Eve Bailey-Intuit”, Designboom, December 2011
“Intuit: Eve Bailey”, Urukia, December 2011
“I love My Home”, Southern Metropolis Weekly, Issue 40, October 17 2011
Jeffrey Bussmann, “Blur: Six Artists/ Six Designers in Contemporary Practice”, Title Magazine, Issue2, September 2011
“As Seen at The Dumbo Arts Festival”, Wet Paint, September 2011
Nadia Sheikina, “Transformations”, Salon Magazine, September 2011
“Eve Bailey-Shoulder Path”, Designboom, August 2011
“Shoulder Path: Eve Bailey”, Urukia, August 2011
Noëlle Bittner, “Le Bonheur Comme Art de Vivre”, Editions Chêne, June 2011
Jason Parker, “The Way Things Work”, Art Relish, March 2011
2009
“The Common Mind”, Art Hag, September 2009
JD Nalley, “How Common!”, Leaves of Glass, August 2009
“The Common Mind”, The L Magazine, June 14-21
“The Common Mind”, The Imagist, June 2009
“The Common Mind”, Artis, June 2009
“Finger in my… Eve Bailey, Loic Connanski”, ParisArt, March 2009
EDUCATION
1997-2001 Graduate degree at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1999-2000 International Exchange Program, New Genres and Sculpture Departments, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1995-96 Degree in Architectural Metal Work with Honors, Olivier De Serres School of Art and Design, Paris, France
RELATED INSTRUCTION
1995-2005 Capoeira practice in France and the US, as well as Capoeira and Acrobatie workshops in the Netherlands, Germany and Hungary
1983-90 Formal training in Classical Ballet and Music Theory at the Conservatory of Lorraine in Nancy, France
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Creative Committee, I-Park Foundation, East haddam, CT – present
Juror, Triangle Arts Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY – 2012
Writer, “The Groundbreaking Clarity of Ryan and Trevor Oakes”, The Funambulist, NY – 2012
Performer, “The Shape of Our Best Intentions” by Megan & Murray McMillan – 2011
Visiting Artist, Triangle International Workshop, Brooklyn, NY – 2010-11
Choreographer, “Slap the Gondola”, short film by Marie Losier, Brooklyn, NY – 2010
Project Manager, “Footnote to You” by Urs Fischer at the Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, CT – 2010
Lecture, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY – 2008
Lecture, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY – 2008
Builder, “You” by Urs Fischer at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY – 2007
Builder, “Your Negociable Panorama” by Olafur Eliasson at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY – 2006
Visiting teacher, workshop on anamorphosis, AFEDAP, Paris, France – 2002
Visiting teacher, workshop on freehand sketching, AFEDAP, Paris, France – 2001
Visiting teacher, workshop on atmospheric perspective, AFEDAP, Paris, France – 2000
Commission, designer and builder, custom wrought iron gate for French journalist Noëlle Bittner, Provence, France – 2000
Visiting teacher, workshop on geometry, AFEDAP, Paris, France – 1999
Commission, designer and builder, custom steel and copper lamp for French writer Marie-Ange Dadler, Paris, France – 1998
Full-time Teacher, linear perspective – 1998-99
Commission, designer and builder, custom wrought iron gate for French journalist Marie-José Lepicard, Brittany, France – 1997