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
The Strong Spirits That Carry Us Forward, Carnation Contemporary, Portland OR (Forthcoming)
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
PUBLIC ARTWORK
2024
Oregon’s Percent for Art in Public Places Program (managed by the Oregon Arts Commission), Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Lobby Commission, The Walden Building, Washougal, WA
2023
City of Portland Portable Works Collection, Portland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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
GRANTS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND RESIDENCIES
2025
Indigenous Visiting Artist Residency, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Forthcoming)
Sou’wester Artist Residency, Sou’wester, Seaview, WA (Forthcoming)
2024
Glean Residency, Portland, OR
Photography Documentation Support Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation, Portland, OR
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
Director’s Honorable Mention Award, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2024 Fields Artist Fellowship, semi-finalist
2023
RACC Arts3C Grant Recipient
TAAS Fellowship, The Alternative Art School
Around Oregon Biennial Jurors Choice Award, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
Centrum Artist Residency, Centrum, Port Townsend, WA
2022
Around Oregon Annual Jurors Choice Award, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
Summit Prairie Residency, Tiller, OR
Mother Earth Fund Fellowship, The Alternative Art School
PUBLICATIONS
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
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ARTIST TALKS
2024
Residency Application Reviewer, Studios at MASS MoCA Artist Residency, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Curator, CSMoFA Future Generations, Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Strong Spirits: Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Grant Application Reviewer, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
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
Instructor, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Member, Carnation Contemporary Gallery, Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Member, ArtMa, Bellevue, WA
2023
Instructor, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Member, Carnation Contemporary Gallery, Portland, OR
Artist Talk, Biomass Artists: Epiphany Couch, Eva Lake & Kendra Larson, The Oyster, Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Member, ArtMa, Bellevue, WA
Studio Manager, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc., Portland, OR
2022
Student Life Host, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Artist Talk, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Studio Manager, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc., Portland, OR
2021
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Studio Assistant, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc, Portland, OR
2019
Podcast Co-host, So, What Are You Working On?
2018
Keeping it Real, Artist Panel Discussion, WOMXN House, Portland, OR
Podcast Co-host, So, What Are You Working On?
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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
The Strong Spirits That Carry Us Forward, Carnation Contemporary, Portland OR (Forthcoming)
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
PUBLIC ARTWORK
2024
Oregon’s Percent for Art in Public Places Program (managed by the Oregon Arts Commission), Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Lobby Commission, The Walden Building, Washougal, WA
2023
City of Portland Portable Works Collection, Portland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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
GRANTS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND RESIDENCIES
2025
Indigenous Visiting Artist Residency, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Forthcoming)
Sou’wester Artist Residency, Sou’wester, Seaview, WA (Forthcoming)
2024
Glean Residency, Portland, OR
Photography Documentation Support Grant, Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation, Portland, OR
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
Director’s Honorable Mention Award, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2024 Fields Artist Fellowship, semi-finalist
2023
RACC Arts3C Grant Recipient
TAAS Fellowship, The Alternative Art School
Around Oregon Biennial Jurors Choice Award, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
Centrum Artist Residency, Centrum, Port Townsend, WA
2022
Around Oregon Annual Jurors Choice Award, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
Summit Prairie Residency, Tiller, OR
Mother Earth Fund Fellowship, The Alternative Art School
PUBLICATIONS
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
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ARTIST TALKS
2024
Residency Application Reviewer, Studios at MASS MoCA Artist Residency, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Curator, CSMoFA Future Generations, Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Strong Spirits: Collaborating with Ancestors, Artist Talk, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Grant Application Reviewer, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR
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
Instructor, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Member, Carnation Contemporary Gallery, Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Member, ArtMa, Bellevue, WA
2023
Instructor, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Member, Carnation Contemporary Gallery, Portland, OR
Artist Talk, Biomass Artists: Epiphany Couch, Eva Lake & Kendra Larson, The Oyster, Portland, OR
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Member, ArtMa, Bellevue, WA
Studio Manager, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc., Portland, OR
2022
Student Life Host, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Artist Talk, The Alternative Art School, Virtual
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Studio Manager, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc., Portland, OR
2021
Member, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland, OR
Studio Assistant, Wendy Red Star Fine Art Inc, Portland, OR
2019
Podcast Co-host, So, What Are You Working On?
2018
Keeping it Real, Artist Panel Discussion, WOMXN House, Portland, OR
Podcast Co-host, So, What Are You Working On?
View Full CV Here