Second-year student, Eric Yevak, was selected to participate in the group show, In the Cloud, at the Ethan Cohen Gallery in New York City. The show received multiple write-ups including articles in Pacific Dissent, Cool Hunting, and Widewalls. For curator Alexandra Loulias, the cloud concept encompasses two artistic movements that she’s observed: “process art,” rooted in organic materials with emphasis on traditional practices, and art that attempts to digest the digital. The 22 artists featured in this show represent the convergence of these two movements. - Cool Hunting Yevak’s work explores violent conflict, both physical and metaphorical, as creative force. Struggle, in all its iterations, has been a constant in his life and as such, the foundation of his creative production. He conceptually and visually investigates the beauty inherent in the heightened balance that exists at the apex of a conflict. His interest lies neither in the beginning nor the aftermath, but in the pinnacle moment when, however briefly, all forces are equal. His work evokes meditative qualities that war between logical systematic progression and rebellion. The work is a belief in struggle as a form of enlightenment. He cultivates a sense of surface, texture and tone. His pieces act as visual solutions to his own curiosities and meditations on the concept of purity in conflict. For more on the Ethan Cohen Gallery Eric Yevak's website Categories All