Born 1987 in UK
Lives in Glasgow
Contact eo.stearn.arts@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2015-2017 MA, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam. Received Cum Laude Award
2014-2015 The School of the Damned, alternative education collective practice. London
2013 Jan-April Curatorial Internship in Media and Performance Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2012 Ceramics apprenticeship at Guy Honoré Atelier, Paris, France
2011 Four month Internship with artist Andrea Zittel, A-Z West Joshua Tree, California, USA
2007-2010 BA Art Practice Goldsmiths College, University of London
2006-2007 Fine Art Foundation, Brighton City College
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS/PERFORMANCES/PUBLICATIONS/AWARDS
UPCOMING
Recipient of laureates award from Fluxus for exhibition at SISSI club in Marseille in December 2023. More info tba
Pink Pound to perform at Old Hairdressers 9.11.23
NIGHTSHIFT playing at Old Hairdressers with Radio Banter & Lawsuit 27.08.23
OLD NEWS
Pink Pound performed at Queer Theory at The Rum Shack for Govanhill International Festival in Glasgow 3.8.23
NIGHTSHIFT played with Flasher & Pink Pound 3.6.223
Band 2ply performed R.AGGS Lawsuit & Come Outside at Old Hairdressers 27.5.23
Pink Pound performed at Old Toll Bar with Brenda and Lawsuit 3.3.23
Pink Pound performed at Bonjour 27.1.23
Band 2ply performed with Still House Plants & L at Old Hairdressers 13.1.23
Two art workshops music and marbling for kids 6-11 commissioned by Glasgow Sculpture Studios Sculpture Club with Queen Cross Housing Association at Windsor Hall, Glasgow 11.12.22 and
17.12.22
Residency at Cove Park 21.11.22 -- 27.11.22 2022
NIGHTSHIFT playing Pop Mutations Festival 16.10.22
NIGHTSHIFT playing SUPERNORMAL Festival 12.08.22-14.08.22
Film Screening at Category is books, 34 Allison St, Glasgow G42 8NN. From 7pm – 8pm
2 PLY GIG for Events Research Programme, Glasgow. The Flying Duck.
Performed solo gig on bill with Rising Damp and Apostile at Cùrlach, Glasgow. 25.06.22
NIGHTSHIFT performed at Glad cafe, Glasgow. 11.06.22
Meet Me at the Threshold at Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh. EH8 9YL Group Exhibition. 26.03.22 - 21.05.22 /
https://www.trg.ed.ac.uk/whats-on
Aggregate, Freelands Foundation, NW1 8UR, London. 10.03.22 - 29.05.22
https://freelandsfoundation.co.uk/exhibition/aggregate-2022
Aggregate 2022
V&A Dundee LGBTQIA+ Narratives Workshop 26.04.22
Talbot Rice Resident Artist 2019-2021 in association with ECA at the University of Edinburgh
Everybody wants to see you, a solo exhibition at Lunchtime Gallery / Good Press, Glasgow Opening hours Weds - Sun 11 - 6 pm or by appointment. 09.06 - 10.07.21
32 St. Andrews Street Glasgow. G1 5PD
NIGHTSHIFT Digital Gig 27.02.21 streamed via Upset The Rythymn. https://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/
la clinique du queer, group exhibition, La Maison populaire, 9 Rue Dombasle, 93100 Montreuil, France. Curated by Thomas Conchou. Opening Saturday 26th September 2020. Show runs September - December 2020. https://www.maisonpop.fr/la-clinique-du-queer
Sentient, a radio sound work commissioned by Radiophrenia Glasgow.
Sentient, aired on both Whorling, UK https://www.whorling.net/artists/january
and Dr Klangendum in Holland https://www.concertzender.nl/programma/dr_klangendum_585711/
Airing:Thursday 19th November, 6pm – 6.30pm
Friday, 20th November, 12pm – 12.30pm
VLTV for Vivid Projects, Birmingham. Digital performance stream of new commissioned work, SUDS shown to public 7PM Friday 23rd October 2020
http://www.vividprojects.org.uk/about/
Wild Goose Chase presents Sloth Mode 17 stream from Brussels. Solo gig. 28.07.20
Hot skillet Feminist Radio broadcast for Montez Press Radio April 2020 date tbc
Talbot Rice Residents open studios. Reservation necessary. (email me eothen.stearn@gmail.com if you'd like to come) Edinburgh College of Art. 20.04.20, rescheduled to unknown date. Covid-19
Solo exhibition at Lunchtime Gallery & Project Space. 32 St Andrews Street, Glasgow. G1 5PD. Opening 17.04.20. Curated by Caitlin Merret King. Made possible through financial support from Hope Scott Trust, rescheduled to unknown date. Covid-19
Performing for artist Georgina Starr in her work Moment Memory Monument at SWG3 for Glasgow International. 18.05.20-10.06.20, cancelled Covid-19
Residents summer exhibition - Sculpture Court. Exhibition open: 20-27 June. Reception: 24.06.20. Edinburgh College of Art.
Performed solo set at The Doublet for fundraiser for Glasgow based charities Refuweegee & SAY Women. Alongside Jessica Higgins, Moema Meade and Colin Herd. 01.04.20
Creative LAB residency, CCA Glasgow, 3 Feb - 28 Feb 2020.
Culminating in an evening séance of friends, Feminist philosophy, mysticism, sexuality, botany and medicine. CCA Club Room, CCA Glasgow 27.02.20 [A sharing of research and work made during the previous month with XTRA special guest appearances from Lady Neptune,
band Tarantula and improv by Rachel Aggs]
Triangle France-Asterides Artist Residency Exchange September -- December 2019 in Marseille. In association with Glasgow Sculpture Studios.
WORM 23 performance with Jeroen Kuster WORM, Rotterdam 7.12.19
Workshop for kids on parallels between den making & installation art. Part of SSW 40th anniversary celebrations 3.11.19 @ 13:30--16 at SSW, Lumsden Aberdeenshire.
Résidences - Portes ouvertes, [open studios] Triangle France - Astérides, La Friche de Belle Mer, Marseille 6.11.19 @ 18.00 - 21.00
Lumdsen Residency at Scottish Sculpture Workshop August -- September 2019
Collaboration with Lady Neptune (Moema Meade) @ Supernormal Festival, Brasiers Park, August 2019.
2ply/Alfred Benning/Romeo Taylor/HAIRBAND gig at The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow. 26.07.19
Radiophrenia, Live Radio play collaboration for Lukas Simonis and Henk Bakker, Platform, Easterhouse, Glasgow, @15.00 on 18.05.19
2ply/tarantula split tape launch party put on by the wonderful music label GLARC, Glasgow, tba
Performed for Jessica Higgins in her work 'dedications,' Outskirts Festival 2019, Platform, Easterhouse, Glasgow, 27.04.19
Perform solo act at BUZZCUT Double Thrills, Experimental Performance Night, CCA Glasgow 24.04.19
Difficult band played gig for HERMAN night, with The Coolies (NZ) and Aventurine (BG) in Rotterdam. 11.04.19
Perform solo act at BUM Notes @ The Flying Duck, Glasgow. 29.03.19
2 ply play at GAS with Extravision, Order of the Toad @ GAS Glasgow, 1.03.19
Featured part in The View From the Futuristic Rose Trellis an Opera by Ravioli me Away On tour around UK 2019.
2ply at GLAD cafe. With Vital Idols and Order of the Toad.
2ply at MONO with Trash Kit, Current Affairs.
BUM NOTES, drag performance night, @ The Flying Duck, Glasgow, 28.09.18
Exhibition with artist Micha Zweifel @ PUSLE Studio Omstand, Arnhem, opening 3.11.18 exhibition runs until 25.11.18
Mutters, Feminist exhibition that took place in a communal allotment New Victoria Gardens, Glasgow South. G412LG 4PM-9PM 5.08.18
I performed work, Wedding website @ ROMANTI-CRASH 2018, @ Jupiter Artland Edinburgh, Scotland 28.07.18https://www.jupiterartland.org/
Solo Exhibition, 50 years living within Foucault's Heterotopias, June 1st-10th.
ONONO, Wolphaertstraat 41-C, 3082 BL, Rotterdam (4th floor)
&
Wolfart Project Space vitrine, Wolphaertstraat 25-C, 3082 BK Rotterdam (ground floor)
Opening Friday June 1st, from 17.00. Show runs June 1-10th
Difficult gig, programmed by De Player, @ TAC, Eindhoven 15.07.18
22.04.2018 Reading, as invited by Katherine MacBride and Anneke Kampman for their work, "A public library of and for listening", Mitchell Library, North Street Glasgow, G3 7DN @ 14.30 outside the Mitchell Library part of Glasgow International. This reading will take place following a work from artist Mark Briggs
http://glasgowinternational.org/events/eothen-stearn-mark-briggs/
08.05.2018 GIG Herman presenteert: Zad Kokar and les Combi Beyaz, Sweat Tongue & DIFFICULT // Theater Rotterdam, locatie schouwburg
Awarded the O&O research and development grant from CBK FUNDING for upcoming project, 50 Years of living within Foucault's Heterotopias
15.02.17 Kill your darlings, an event, WORM S/ash Gallery
Boomgaardsstraat 69, 3012XA Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sheela na gig, a Winter solstice performance, in conjunction with Host Exhibition at ShowRoom MAMA, 21.12.17 Proefpark de Punt
VAGINA LOQUENS, radio play with Kari Robertson and Dr. Gillian Partington, produced at the Klangdan studio, WORM. The project investigated through voice, interview, literature, narrative, noise, synth, pop and hip-hop the evolution of the figure of the talking vagina from 18th century colonial France to the contemporary context.
work broadcast on Radiophrenia, Scotland, 16.12.17 both Shower Series and Panharmonican will be aired.. http://radiophrenia.scot/schedule/
Performative Lecture, Universiteit Leiden, 25.10.17
The Floor Show @ONONO, Wolphaertstraat 41C, 3082BL Rotterdam. Preview Thursday 21st Sept 7 - 9pm
October Digbeth First Friday Event, October 6th, 6-9pm, Stryx Gallery Birmingham, UK
Performed Gossip Bitch for Rotterdam Uitdagen, curated by Roodkapje.
September 10th, 2017, Schouwburgplein Rotterdam
Piet Zwart Institute, Master Fine Art Graduate Exhibition: Crooked Elbow,Serpent Brain 14.30 Sunday 16.07.17 @Showroom MAMA Witte de Withstraat 29-31, 3012 BL Rotterdam, Netherlands
Nominated for WdKA Master Research Prize 2017
Speech commands, An event featuring writing of students from the Piet Zwart MFA, February 16th, 2017, Karel Dormanhof 45,Rotterdam
Open Studios Piet Zwart Institute, February 11th, 2017, Karel Dormanhof 45, Rotterdam
Performance, When and where are we all body, for GHOST, Post Partum, Atent on Friday the 13th from 18.00, Struitenweg 52, 3082 WX Rotterdam, Nederland
Mig äger ingen, inte ens jag själv - a strictly educational endeavor, Konsthall C i Hökarängen, Stockholm, November, 2016
I broke through the ice and I found a bread. Part of Stockgurd Explorer with Bernd Krauss and Jan Verwoert. Tensta Konsthall. Taxingegränd 10, Stockholm, Sweden, November, 2016
Residency at the Klangendum Studio at worm, Rotterdam. September, 2016
Priorities: the Talk Show. An exhibition and Symposium. Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam. 3RD -5TH June
Organised and performed in Dear Fear Performance night at The Performance Bar, Boomgaardsstraat 69, 3012 XA, Rotterdam 3.06.16
Show Snake Horse Goat Monkey, School of the Damned 4 year past and present show. Guest Projects, Sunbury House, 1 Andrews Road, E8 4QL London, UK. OPENS 24 MAY 6:30-9PM
RUNS 25-30 MAY
Received Van Beek-Donner Stichting award for studying in Rotterdam.
- When I woke up my fingernails were cut Dimitra Aggelou, Giorgos Euthimiou, Kostas Tsioukas, Mary Tsoni, Circuits and Currents Project Space of the Athens School of Fine Arts, Notara 13 & Tositsa, Exarcheia, Athens, Greece, 8.4.16
Performing as a 'mover' for Simone Forti's Here it comes at Vleeshal in Middelburg, south-western Netherlands. 31.01- 03.04.2016
16th-20th December, 2015 @ Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool curated by CBS Gallery
Nominated for a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Visual Arts. UK March, 2015
Performance Hardy Tree Gallery, Kings Cross, London, 26.03.15
Ten Half Moons on sale in ICA Bookshop
Ten Half Moons zeen in permanent collection of Nomadic Reading Room London
SOTD MA degree show, The Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury London PV 06.01.15
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun. 25 Wharf Street, Leeds, LS2 7EQ. PV 20.12.14
Freekin' Weekend Milcote House, London PV 30.11.14
PECKHAM PELICAN VINYL LIBRARY TAKE OVER, performance night London 23.11.14
DOMUS MMXIV: The House Show, Milcote House, London PV 24.10.14
School of the Damned Interim show, Five Years Gallery, London
Bumper Sticker, Punk and Sheep Gallery, Canary Warf, London
Spoken word, Austerity and the Body, AutoItalia South East, London 2014
Snappy Decisions, a performance for FEZADA!, ACAVA Central Space, London, 2014
Sawtooth Island, a performance for residency with Spontaneous Combustion Festival, and Hackney Wicked Festival both at Hackney Wick, London.
Article published with 1000things website see left for link
water-curser-highlighter-blue, a performance, Good Job Gallery, London, 2014.
DEFAULT 13: Art, Cities & Regeneration, Masterclass Auditorium participant, Lecce, Italy, 2013.
viaindustriae association manufatto in situ 7 summer workshop residency. Art Park Cancelli, Foligno Italy, 2013.
Jelly Assists, an event, House Gallery, part of Camberwell Arts Festival, London, 2012
Skill and Knowledge workshops, hosted in collaboration with artist Jessica Timmins in our
studio, Colonel Fabien, Paris, 2012.
Sculpture meets Ceramics, open studios at Atelier Guy Honoré, Belleville, Paris, 2012.
Versailles, The Gallery in Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, London, 2011.
Snakes, The Former Alliance Gallery, Peckham, London, 2010.
Anonnymatt, Lift and Hoist (temporary warehouse venue), Elephant and Castle, London, 2010.
VOLUME 1 : CHAUSSETTE DU TÊTE, La Kommune, Belleville, Paris. 2010.
Magic show now, an event, Goldsmiths, London
Arrest Yourself, Old Police Station, Depford, London, 2009.