EPIPHANY COUCH SELECTED CV
b. 1987, caləłali (Tacoma, Washington)
Lives and works in Portland, OR
EDUCATION
2010
BFA Sculpture, Asian Studies Designation, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2005
Photography Emphasis, Tacoma School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
In the Name of Progress, Souvenir, Portland, OR
pədhədəbil/pədhədəb: Spring and Summer Selections from Before the Fire Lit My Dreams, Solas Gallery, Seattle, WA
Strong Spirits Carry Us Forward, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
How to Hold Yourself in the High Country (pop-up exhibition supported by High Country News), Center for Native Arts + Cultures, Portland, OR
2024
Before the Fire Lit My Dreams, Paragon Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
Strong Spirits, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Carrying the Family House, HappenStance, Portland, OR
2023
The History of Forgetting, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2013
strange and beautiful things, Kenton Wellness Center, Portland, OR
strange and beautiful things, Tiny's Coffee, Portland, OR
2011
i want to tell you everything, The Arbor Lodge, Portland, OR
COLLECTIONS
City of Portland Parks, Portland, OR (Percent for Art in Public Places)
City of Portland Portable Works Collection, Portland, OR
East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, Portland, OR
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Percent for Art in Public Places/Oregon Arts Commission)
Portland State University, Portland, OR
Recology Collection, San Francisco, CA
Walden Building, Washougal, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR (Forthcoming)
2025
uncertainty surrounds the holding of things, after/time, Portland, OR
Indigenous Visions, The Anita Building, Astoria, OR
2025 Sitka Art Invitational, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
Woven In Kinship, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
An Invisible Current: Engaging with History, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
Coming Around Again, Lincoln City Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR
Art About Agriculture Touring Exhibition 2025, Oregon State University’s Giustina Gallery, Corvallis, OR; Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR; and Oregon State University’s Portland Center, Portland, OR
GLEAN’s 14th annual Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Portland, OR
2024
16th Annual Native Arts Exhibition, The Leonor R. Fuller Art Gallery at SPSCC, Olympia, WA
CSMoFA Future Generations, Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
Sitka Art Invitational, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
things we lost in the: The Legacy of St. Amelia’s College of Speculative Timbre, Sidle House, Freeport, ME
Bumbershoot Contemporary, Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
2024 Oregon Contemporary Artists’ Biennial, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
Composition / Decomposition, SOIL, Seattle, WA
Materiality Matters, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, OR
Made in the Shade, The Front Gallery at Omerta Arts, Helena, MT
Future Forward, Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA
Wonder, Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, CO), Virtual
midwest salon, Midwest Nice, Virtual
The Land Stories, Cloisters Gallery at Westminster, Portland, OR
2023
Home Lab, Bellevue Arts Museum Community Education Gallery, Bellevue, WA
Going Steady, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Still Here, Still Native, The Arts Center, Fayetteville, NC
CSMoFA Fall Arts Walk, Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
no place like home, Midwest Nice, Virtual
Passing by is no longer an option, Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue, WA
Around Oregon Biennial, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
Biomass, The Oyster at the Maddox Building, Portland, OR
My Private Property, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Claiming Space: Indigenous & Native Self Portraits, Collab Yakima, Yakima, WA
2022
A Call For Light, Past Lives Gallery, Portland, OR
Around Oregon Annual Exhibition, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
pəd(d)ukʷibəɫ Time of Transformer Art Showcase, Puyallup Tribe of Indians txʷəlšucid Language Program, Virtual Exhibition
The Extended Ear, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Here We Are, Laid Bare, The Alternative Art School, Virtual Exhibition
2018
Are You Book Enough Group Show, Studio Editions Gallery, Seattle, WA
RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2026
Ford Family Foundation Golden Spot Residency, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR (Forthcoming)
2025
Indigenous Visiting Artist Residency, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Forthcoming)
iolair artist residency, iolair, Eastsound Orcas Island, WA
Sou’wester Arts Week Artist Residency, Sou’wester, Seaview, WA
Glean Residency, Oregon Metro, Recology, and Reclaim It, Portland, OR
2024
Studios at MASS MoCA Artist Residency, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Oregon Visual Artist Fellowship (funded by The Ford Family Foundation), MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2024 Fields Artist Fellowship, semi-finalist
2023
TAAS Fellowship, The Alternative Art School
Centrum Artist Residency, Centrum, Port Townsend, WA
2022
Summit Prairie Residency, Tiller, OR
Mother Earth Fund Fellowship, The Alternative Art School
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2025
Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
2024
Precipice Fund Grant: Carnation Contemporary: Arzani, Smith-Claudel, Couch, Espinoza, and Hadley, PICA, Portland, OR
Photography Documentation Support Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation, Portland, OR
Director’s Honorable Mention Award, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2023
RACC Arts3C Grant Recipient
Around Oregon Biennial Jurors' Choice Award, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
2022
Around Oregon Annual Jurors' Choice Award, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
PUBLICATIONS
2025
High Country News: March Issue, High Country News, Paonia, CO
2024
Voices of the River Volume III, Confluence, Vancouver, WA
Monument Workbook, Portland, OR
2023
Projections Journal Issue 17: Planning Just Indigenous Futures, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
2020
Fire Season I, Fire Season, Vancouver, BC
ARTIST TALKS
2025
An Invisible Current Artist Panel: Engaging with History, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
GLEAN Artist's Panel Discussion, GLEAN Exhibition Space, Portland, OR
Listening to the Land: A Panel Conversation and Community Discussion on Art, Nature, and the Written Word, Paragon Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
2024
Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Strong Spirits: Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Burdened With More Beautiful Things: Artist Talk with Epiphany Couch and Cliff Taylor, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
Artist Talk, Archer Gallery at Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Artist Talk, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
2023
Biomass Artists: Epiphany Couch, Eva Lake & Kendra Larson, The Oyster, Portland, OR
2022
The Alternative Art School, Virtual
2018
Keeping it Real, Artist Panel Discussion, WOMXN House, Portland, OR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025
MFA Visual Studies Mentor, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Residency Application Reviewer, Studios at MASS MoCA Artist Residency, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Guest Curator, Future Forward, Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA
Member, yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Roster, Seattle, WA
Member, Cyme Collective, Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
2024
MFA Visual Studies Mentor, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Host, Community Regalia-Making nights, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Residency Application Reviewer, Studios at MASS MoCA Artist Residency, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Guest Curator, CSMoFA Future Generations, Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
Grant Application Reviewer, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
Workshop Instructor, ART 360: Special Topics in Photography: Making Photo Books, Portland State University, Portland OR
Instructor, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Member, Carnation Contemporary Gallery, Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Member, ArtMa, Bellevue, WA
2023
Studio Manager, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc., Portland, OR
Instructor, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Member, Carnation Contemporary Gallery, Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Member, ArtMa, Bellevue, WA
2022
Student Life Host, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Studio Manager, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc., Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
2021
Studio Assistant, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc., Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
2019
Co-host, So, What Are You Working On? Podcast
2018
Co-host, So, What Are You Working On? Podcast
View Full CV Here
b. 1987, caləłali (Tacoma, Washington)
Lives and works in Portland, OR
EDUCATION
2010
BFA Sculpture, Asian Studies Designation, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2005
Photography Emphasis, Tacoma School of the Arts, Tacoma, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
In the Name of Progress, Souvenir, Portland, OR
pədhədəbil/pədhədəb: Spring and Summer Selections from Before the Fire Lit My Dreams, Solas Gallery, Seattle, WA
Strong Spirits Carry Us Forward, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
How to Hold Yourself in the High Country (pop-up exhibition supported by High Country News), Center for Native Arts + Cultures, Portland, OR
2024
Before the Fire Lit My Dreams, Paragon Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
Strong Spirits, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Carrying the Family House, HappenStance, Portland, OR
2023
The History of Forgetting, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2013
strange and beautiful things, Kenton Wellness Center, Portland, OR
strange and beautiful things, Tiny's Coffee, Portland, OR
2011
i want to tell you everything, The Arbor Lodge, Portland, OR
COLLECTIONS
City of Portland Parks, Portland, OR (Percent for Art in Public Places)
City of Portland Portable Works Collection, Portland, OR
East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, Portland, OR
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Percent for Art in Public Places/Oregon Arts Commission)
Portland State University, Portland, OR
Recology Collection, San Francisco, CA
Walden Building, Washougal, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Mapping Familiar Territories, Charting New Paths, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR (Forthcoming)
2025
uncertainty surrounds the holding of things, after/time, Portland, OR
Indigenous Visions, The Anita Building, Astoria, OR
2025 Sitka Art Invitational, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
Woven In Kinship, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
An Invisible Current: Engaging with History, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
Coming Around Again, Lincoln City Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR
Art About Agriculture Touring Exhibition 2025, Oregon State University’s Giustina Gallery, Corvallis, OR; Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR; and Oregon State University’s Portland Center, Portland, OR
GLEAN’s 14th annual Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Portland, OR
2024
16th Annual Native Arts Exhibition, The Leonor R. Fuller Art Gallery at SPSCC, Olympia, WA
CSMoFA Future Generations, Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
Sitka Art Invitational, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
things we lost in the: The Legacy of St. Amelia’s College of Speculative Timbre, Sidle House, Freeport, ME
Bumbershoot Contemporary, Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
2024 Oregon Contemporary Artists’ Biennial, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
Composition / Decomposition, SOIL, Seattle, WA
Materiality Matters, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, OR
Made in the Shade, The Front Gallery at Omerta Arts, Helena, MT
Future Forward, Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA
Wonder, Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, CO), Virtual
midwest salon, Midwest Nice, Virtual
The Land Stories, Cloisters Gallery at Westminster, Portland, OR
2023
Home Lab, Bellevue Arts Museum Community Education Gallery, Bellevue, WA
Going Steady, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Still Here, Still Native, The Arts Center, Fayetteville, NC
CSMoFA Fall Arts Walk, Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
no place like home, Midwest Nice, Virtual
Passing by is no longer an option, Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue, WA
Around Oregon Biennial, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
Biomass, The Oyster at the Maddox Building, Portland, OR
My Private Property, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Claiming Space: Indigenous & Native Self Portraits, Collab Yakima, Yakima, WA
2022
A Call For Light, Past Lives Gallery, Portland, OR
Around Oregon Annual Exhibition, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
pəd(d)ukʷibəɫ Time of Transformer Art Showcase, Puyallup Tribe of Indians txʷəlšucid Language Program, Virtual Exhibition
The Extended Ear, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Here We Are, Laid Bare, The Alternative Art School, Virtual Exhibition
2018
Are You Book Enough Group Show, Studio Editions Gallery, Seattle, WA
RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2026
Ford Family Foundation Golden Spot Residency, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR (Forthcoming)
2025
Indigenous Visiting Artist Residency, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Forthcoming)
iolair artist residency, iolair, Eastsound Orcas Island, WA
Sou’wester Arts Week Artist Residency, Sou’wester, Seaview, WA
Glean Residency, Oregon Metro, Recology, and Reclaim It, Portland, OR
2024
Studios at MASS MoCA Artist Residency, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Oregon Visual Artist Fellowship (funded by The Ford Family Foundation), MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2024 Fields Artist Fellowship, semi-finalist
2023
TAAS Fellowship, The Alternative Art School
Centrum Artist Residency, Centrum, Port Townsend, WA
2022
Summit Prairie Residency, Tiller, OR
Mother Earth Fund Fellowship, The Alternative Art School
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2025
Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
2024
Precipice Fund Grant: Carnation Contemporary: Arzani, Smith-Claudel, Couch, Espinoza, and Hadley, PICA, Portland, OR
Photography Documentation Support Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation, Portland, OR
Director’s Honorable Mention Award, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2023
RACC Arts3C Grant Recipient
Around Oregon Biennial Jurors' Choice Award, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
2022
Around Oregon Annual Jurors' Choice Award, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
PUBLICATIONS
2025
High Country News: March Issue, High Country News, Paonia, CO
2024
Voices of the River Volume III, Confluence, Vancouver, WA
Monument Workbook, Portland, OR
2023
Projections Journal Issue 17: Planning Just Indigenous Futures, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA
2020
Fire Season I, Fire Season, Vancouver, BC
ARTIST TALKS
2025
An Invisible Current Artist Panel: Engaging with History, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
GLEAN Artist's Panel Discussion, GLEAN Exhibition Space, Portland, OR
Listening to the Land: A Panel Conversation and Community Discussion on Art, Nature, and the Written Word, Paragon Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
2024
Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Strong Spirits: Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Burdened With More Beautiful Things: Artist Talk with Epiphany Couch and Cliff Taylor, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
Artist Talk, Archer Gallery at Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Artist Talk, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
2023
Biomass Artists: Epiphany Couch, Eva Lake & Kendra Larson, The Oyster, Portland, OR
2022
The Alternative Art School, Virtual
2018
Keeping it Real, Artist Panel Discussion, WOMXN House, Portland, OR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025
MFA Visual Studies Mentor, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Residency Application Reviewer, Studios at MASS MoCA Artist Residency, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Guest Curator, Future Forward, Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA
Member, yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Roster, Seattle, WA
Member, Cyme Collective, Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
2024
MFA Visual Studies Mentor, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Host, Community Regalia-Making nights, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Residency Application Reviewer, Studios at MASS MoCA Artist Residency, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Guest Curator, CSMoFA Future Generations, Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
Grant Application Reviewer, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
Workshop Instructor, ART 360: Special Topics in Photography: Making Photo Books, Portland State University, Portland OR
Instructor, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Member, Carnation Contemporary Gallery, Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Member, ArtMa, Bellevue, WA
2023
Studio Manager, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc., Portland, OR
Instructor, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Member, Carnation Contemporary Gallery, Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Member, ArtMa, Bellevue, WA
2022
Student Life Host, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Studio Manager, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc., Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
2021
Studio Assistant, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc., Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
2019
Co-host, So, What Are You Working On? Podcast
2018
Co-host, So, What Are You Working On? Podcast
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