Eduardo Zavala
(They/he/she)
Milwaukee based artist
Eduardo Zavala (they/he/she) is a nonbinary multidisciplinary artist based in Milwaukee, WI whose work focuses on lens-based media, video and live performance, and installation work. Zavala utilizes installation to create a new queer reality constructed from natural and artificial materials; allowing them to exist within their own constructs of gender, reshaping and liberating the way they experience the binaries. Zavala received their BFA in New Studio Practice: Fine Arts at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in 2022. After graduating, Zavala was selected for Plum Blossom Initiative as an artist in residence for 2022/23 Bridge Work Cycle 08. In January 2023, they were selected to participate in the Museum of Wisconsin Art’s 10 at 10 show, Zavala’s first museum exhibition. Zavala was recently awarded the 2023 Spring Gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix grant joining the spring cohort.
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b. 1999
Based in Milwaukee, WI
Education
2022 - BFA in New Studio Practice: Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Selected Exhibitions
2024 (Upcoming) - Bridge Work 10th Anniversary Exhibition - Frederick Layton Gallery - Milwaukee, WI
2023 - Boyfriend Material - Brooks Stevens Gallery - Milwaukee, WI
2023 - Of the Heart - Milwaukee LGBT Community Center - Milwaukee, WI
2023 - Bridge Work - Allen Priebe Gallery - Oshkosh, WI
2023 - 10 at 10 - Museum of Wisconsin Art- West Bend, WI
2022 - Bridge Work 08 - Var Gallery - Milwaukee, WI
2022 - RAM’s Wisconsin Photography 2022 Juried Exhibition - RAM’s Wustum Museum - Racine, WI
2022 - MIAD Juried Senior Exhibition - Frederick Layton Gallery - Milwaukee, WI
2022 - Faux Real - Between Two Galleries - Milwaukee, WI
2022 - MIAD Senior Thesis Exhibition - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design - Milwaukee, WI
2022 - Grilled Cheese Grant 2022 Exhibition - Marn Art + Culture Hub - Milwaukee, WI
2022 - Inner Ego - The Cellar - Milwaukee, WI
2022 - Multiplied - Between Two Galleries - Milwaukee, WI
2022 - The 49th Annual Juried Show - Union Art Gallery - Milwaukee, WI
2021 - Rite of Passage - Grey Area - Var Gallery - Milwaukee, WI
2021 - Junior Project - Between Two Galleries - Milwaukee, WI
2019 - Rethinking Rituals - Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design - Milwaukee, WI
Residencies
2022 - 2023 - Bridge Work 08 - Plum Blossom Initiative - Var Gallery - Milwaukee, WI
Performances & Collaborations
2024 - Deep Lake Future
2023 - Excuse me, you dropped This, performed by Eduardo Zavala, Allen Priebe Gallery
2020 - Capturing the Moon in Soft Focus, choreographed by Kim Miller, Lynden Sculpture Garden
Honors and Awards
2023 - 2023 Gener8tor Art x Sherman Phoenix Grant
2022 - 2022 Grilled Cheese Grant Runner-Up
2021 - Nominee for Yale Norfolk Summer Residency
Publications
2022 - Queer Connections Vol. 1, Featured artist
2021 - MIAD FA/NSP Junior Project 2021 Catalog, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design