E.V. Day (born 1967, New York) is an American, New York-based installation artist and sculptor. Day's work explores themes of feminism and sexuality, while employing various suspension techniques and reflecting upon popular culture.[1]
Day began her “Exploding Couture” series in 1999—the first installment of which, “Bombshell,” was included in the 2000 Whitney Biennial and is now in the museum’s permanent collection.
For “G-Force,” her 2001 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum at Altria, Day suspended hundreds of resin-coated pairs of thong underwear from the ceiling in fighter-jet formations.[5] In 2004, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University mounted a ten-year survey of her work.[6] In 2006, Day exhibited “Bride Fight”, a site-specific installation of two bridal gowns in mid-explosion, in the lobby of the Lever House on Park Avenue.[7] That same year, the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum exhibited “Intergalactic Installations”, a solo exhibit of 3-D drawings in black light.[8] In 2008, she was commissioned by the Whitney Museum to create “Bondage/Bandage” from a bandage dress by Hervé Léger.[9] In 2009, she was commissioned by New York City Opera to create “Divas Ascending” at Lincoln Center from their vast wardrobe archival.[10] In 2010, she was awarded the Versailles Foundation Munn Artists Program residency at Claude Monet’s Garden in Giverny, France resulting in “Seducers,” high-resolution scans of the reproductive organs of flowers[11] and “Giverny,” digital prints of performance artist Kembra Pfahler in character in Monet’s Garden.[12] In 2011, she was invited to the International Artist-In-Residence Program at Artpace, the Linda Pace Foundation in San Antonio, Texas where she began work on “CatFight,” two saber-toothed cat skeletons engaged in battle that became part of her solo exhibition “Semi Feral” at Mary Boone Gallery.[13] In 2013, she was invited to create a site specific installation and exhibition on Philip Johnson’s Glass House Estate, resulting in “SNAP!,” red rope nets capturing and securing the iconic “Da Monsta” building to the ground.[14] In 2016, E.V. Day was commissioned by NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson to create a sculpture using the fire suit he wore during his first Daytona 500 win. The resulting suspension sculpture "Daytona Vortex" was exhibited at The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2021.[15]
Collections
E.V. Day is in numerous permanent collections including
