Conceptual artist

with a 20+ year painting practice

Eva Avenue (b. 1984, Amsterdam, NL) was raised in Portugal and Florida, and almost died from a viper bite in Spain. A past prototypical subject in a neuroscience creativity study, Eva’s brain has been mapped, scanned, and hung on a lab wall in paint at the UNM MIND Institute. She received her BA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM in 2011 and attended The Art Students League of New York 2021-2026 in Manhattan. Avenue has had recent solo exhibitions at a TEDx Talk at Culturgest in Lisbon, PT (2025), Windows 12 at Blick, Chelsea, NY (2024) and at Flax Studios in Belfast, UK (2019); Studio@620, St. Petersburg, FL (2016); Oleson Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL (2014). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Landmark Art Space, Chelsea, NY (2024); Embassy of Portugal, Washington, D.C. (2024); Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NYC (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022); Jerwood Space, London, UK (2019); Squirrel Haus Arts/Oxheart Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2019); Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL (2018, 2017); Oxheart Gallery/NOoSPHERE ARTS, NYC (2015); Gallery OneTwentyEight, NY, NY (2015); Family Business in Chelsea, NY (2012); A lifelong pianist, she once performed with Yo-Yo Ma on stage as a child, and has received an Awesome Grant. Avenue lives and works in NYC.

ARTIST CV

Eva Avenue | studio@evaavenue.com | @evaavenue

Born 1984, Amsterdam. Lives in Brooklyn. 

  • 2021-2026 Art Students League of New York -

    2025 Continuing Education at SVA

    2005-2011 University of New Mexico, Bachelor’s in Arts and Journalism, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    1999-2003 Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School, St. Petersburg, FL

  • UPCOMING: 2026 Mona Lisa Goes South - Norwood Gallery, Savannah, GA

    2025Featured artist with pop-up project at TEDx Lisboa - Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal

    2024 Wet Abstract Expressionism: New Paintings - Windows 12 at Blick, Chelsea, NYC

    2019A Brief History of Men’s Fashion (Part of the larger Revision Performance Art Festival) - The Black Box, Belfast, UK

    2019 Hobo Vodka: The Art Show (Ten-Year Retrospective of The Nightly Noodle Monthly) - Flax Art Studios @Havelock House, Belfast, UK

    2017I Used A Title Generator To Name This Show - Bar 548 St. Pete, FL

    2016Paintings From LAla Land - The Studio@620, St. Pete, FL

    2014Gold Room - Oleson Gallery, St. Pete, FL

    2005 First Art Show Ever - Blue Dragon, Albuquerque, NM

  • 2026

    Natsuki Takauji Mixed Media Student Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY, NY

    Doug Safranek Egg Tempera Student Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY, NY

    2025

    FROZEN JAZZ/underGREENE - Performance Art Show, Soho, NY

    Postcards From The Edge - Hosted at Berry Campbell, NYC

    “Wish” Public Performances and Interventions with Ed Woodham, corner of 57th and Broadway

    Amy Weiskopf Student Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY, NY

    2024

    Postcards From The Edge - Hosted at Berry Campbell, NYC

    Nouveau Surrealism - Landmark Art Space, Chelsea NYC

    Stitched Narratives: Stitched Narrative: A Tablecloth Collaboration of Portuguese Woman of the Diaspora, Embassy of Portugal, Washington, D.C.

    ‍Tomomi Ono Printmaking Student Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY, NY

    2023

    Dana Parlier WeldingStudent Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY, NY

    Peter BonnerAbstract Painting Student Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY, NY‍ ‍

    2022

    Ricardo Woo’s POPUP SHOW, 181 Mott Street, NYC

    2021

    Larry PoonsStudent Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY, NY‍ ‍

    Frank O’Cain Student Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY, NY‍ ‍

    Robin Smith Student Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY, NY‍ ‍

    Chuck Nitzberg Student Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, NY, NY‍ ‍

    2019

    Jerwood Space, London, UK

    ‍Greetings From - Squirrel Haus Arts/Oxheart Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

    ARTSAVEARTH - Gallaratesse Library, Milan, Italy

    Glasshouse V, Shankhill Library, Belfast, UK

    2018

    RANDOMIZE - Mize Gallery, St. Pete, FL

    Banquet - Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL

    2017 Le Papier - Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL

    Tropidelic Art Show - The Sharpie Gallery, Treasure Island, FL

    2016

    Thursday Art Walk - Lazy Brewing Company, Los Angeles, CA

    The Utopian Body - New Boone, Philadelphia, PA

    2015

    Untitled - OXHEART/NOoSPHERE ARTS, NYC

    Damn It's Hot! - Gallery OneTwentyEight, NYC

    TranzLucid - Soft Water Studios, St. Petersburg, FL

    Kairos - The Venture Compound, St. Petersburg, FL

    2014

    Group Painting Show- Bloom Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL

    Group Show - Blue Lucy Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

    2013

    SLIDELUCK Seattle - Flutter Studios, Seattle WA

    New Painters - Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA

    2012

    It’s A Small, Small World - Family Business, NYC

    Fine Fare Presents - The Bikery, Philadelphia

    Nagano Lantern Festival - Nagano, Japan

    2011

    I <3 Cops (curator) - Cellar Door Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

    Photosynthesis - 105 Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

    Black & White Show - Factory on Fifth, Albuquerque, NM

    Fun-A-Day -The Normal Gallery, Albuquerque

    2009

    Semi-permanent display, q-Staff Theatre, Albuquerque, NM

    2008

    Group Show - Stove Gallery, Albuquerque

    2007

    Group Show - Stove Gallery, Albuquerque

    2006

    Frail and Fallible - The Common Space, Chicago, IL

    2005

    Primero - Factory on Fifth, Albuquerque, NM

    2002

    Scholastics Art Awards Show - NYC

    Juried Student Exhibition - Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL

    2000

    Mainsail Art Festival - St. Petersburg, FL

  • New York Historical, “The Art Students League at The New York Historical,” quoted on the placard of a Peter Max print, 2025

    Panelist speaker for “Le Papier” art show, Dunedin Fine Art Center, 2017

    Talk “Painting Imaginal Cells” at The Studio@620, 2016

    Talk “Intellectual Property and Being Uptight” for Art Talx lecture series, 2015

    Interview on Roundtable Special episode for “Self-Employed Happy Hour Podcast,” 2014

    Panelist speaker on Mediatwits podcast for PBS Mediashift, 2013

    Panelist speaker for “Journalism Bootcamp” at University of New Mexico, 2010

    Featured artist talk, “New Work” at Church of Beethoven, Factory on Fifth, 2009

    Panelist for UNM class on local arts culture, 2008

  • Pollinator - NYC/International 2025

    Draperyworks - Albuquerque, NM, 2021

    Park Ave Studio - Savannah, GA, 2019

    Hotel Indigo St. Petersburg, FL 2016

    Private - Philadelphia, PA, Independent artist residency, Spring 2012

    Chamber of Commerce - Bormes-Les-Mimosas, South France, Musician's Residency, Summer 2008

    Shakespeare & Company Bookstore -, Paris, France, Writing Residency, Summer 2008

    MIND Institute at University of New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM, Artist-in-residence, 2007

    Garage - Clinton, PA, Independent artist residency, Winter 2003/2004

  • -Blue Dot in Welding Student Salon at the Art Students League of New York, 2023

    -Awesome Grant from the Awesome Foundation, 2013

    -Best Local Zine 2nd Place, Weekly Alibi, 2010

    -Most Avant-Garde Musician 2nd Place, Weekly Alibi, 2009

    -Top-Ten Local Albums, Weekly Alibi, 2008

    -"Reporter of the Year" David Gomez Warrior With The Red Bow Award, Student Publications UNM, 2006

    -Grand Prize Juried Student Show, Pinellas County Center for the Arts, 2002

    -Scholastics Silver Key Award, NYC, 2002

    -Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention awards for mayoral pre-scholastics art show, Dali Museum, 2002