Eddy Atoms CV

    Education:

  • 2010-12 Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
  • Teaching Experience:

  • 2024 Guest Lecturer, Daemen University Comics Club, Amherst NY
  • 2021-2023 Summer School Teacher, Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose CA (Courses taught: Art Elective, Comic Book Creation)
  • 2019-2021 Art Instructor, Bill Wilson Center, San Jose CA
  • 2019 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus OH
  • 2015-2018 Art Instructor, Pacific Arts League, Palo Alto CA
  • Awards:

  • 2019 Winner Columbus Comics Residency
  • 2018 Nominee Ignatz Award: Outstanding Artist (for Pinky & Pepper Forever)
  • Exhibitions:

  • 2024 Solo Exhibition: Boyfriend Asylum, Crisis Club Gallery, Oakland CA
  • 2019 Columbus Comics Residency Solo Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus OH
  • 2018 Solo Exhibition: All Dogs Go to Hell, Silver Sprocket, San Francisco CA
  • 2014 Solo Exhibition: IDOLGIRLS, Candy Babel, Portland OR
  • Group Exhibitions:

  • 2024-2025 Further Confusion Annual Art Show, San Jose CA
  • 2023-2024 “Best in Show” Crisis Club Gallery, Oakland CA
  • 2023, "Pet Portrait Day" SFMOMA, San Francisco CA
  • 2019 “Lucky 88” Capsule Corner Gallery, Los Angeles CA
  • 2017-2019 "Post-it Show" Giant Robot 2, Los Angeles CA
  • 2017 "Art of Zines" Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose CA
  • 2017 "Leota" Seeing Things Gallery, San Jose CA
  • Bibliography:

  • Carta Monir “Pinky & Pepper Forever” The Comics Journal, June 2018
  • Robin Enrico “A Deeply Human Story Rendered in a Fantastical Manner” Broken Frontier, July 2018
  • Jacob Anderson-Minshall, “The Best Books We Read in 2018: Graphic Novels” The Advocate, 2018
  • Festivals - Organizer:

  • 2017-22 Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, Berkeley CA
  • 2017-18 San Jose Zine Con, San Jose CA
  • Festivals - Vendor:

    2024

  • Further Confusion Artists Alley, San Jose CA
  • Pride in Panels: SF Queer Comics Fest, San Francisco, CA
  • Santa Rosa Zine Fest, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Chicago IL
  • Trans Joy Collective T4T Fair, San Jose CA
  • 2023

  • SF Zine Fest, San Francisco CA
  • Tucson Zine Fest, Tucson AZ
  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland OR
  • San Jose Art Book & Zine Fair, San Jose CA
  • CAKE, Chicago IL
  • Bookworm Bookfair, Los Angeles, CA
  • Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, Oakland CA
  • 2022

  • Further Confusion Artists Alley, San Jose CA
  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland OR
  • SF Zine Fest, San Francisco CA
  • Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, Oakland CA
  • 2019

  • Further Confusion Artists Alley, San Jose CA
  • Comic Arts Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
  • SF Zine Fest, San Francisco CA
  • Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, Berkeley CA
  • 2018

  • Small Press Expo, Bethesda MD
  • Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto ON
  • SF Zine Fest, San Francisco CA
  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland OR
  • SJ Zine Con, San Jose CA
  • Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, Oakland CA
  • East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest, Berkeley CA
  • ARTSPLOSION at Billy DeFrank Center, San Jose CA
  • SoFA Street Fair, San Jose CA
  • Dear Diary Perzine Fest, Oakland CA
  • 2017

  • SJ Zine Con, San Jose CA
  • Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, Oakland CA
  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland OR
  • ARTSPLOSION at Billy DeFrank Center, San Jose CA
  • 2016

  • SF Zine Fest, San Francisco CA
  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland OR
  • 2015

  • LA Zine Fest, Los Angeles CA
  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland OR
  • Comix Thing, Portland OR
  • 2014

  • Olympia Comics Fest, Olympia WA
  • Portland Zine Symposium, Portland OR
  • Comix Thing, Portland OR
  • 2013

  • Olympia Comics Fest, Olympia WA
  • Comix Thing, Portland OR