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:

  • 2025 Solo Exhibition: Pinky & Pepper Forever: Special Edition Release Party & Art Show, Silver Sprocket HQ, San Francisco CA
  • 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:

  • 2025 "Room Party: Furry Art at the Beginning of the World" Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA
  • 2025 Mini Riso Show curated & printed by Daniel Zhou, Silver Sprocket HQ, San Francisco CA
  • 2025 WET PRESS Bay Area Art Calendar, Silver Sprocket HQ, San Francisco CA
  • 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
  • Max Krieger "The Wildness of Living in Truth: ‘Room Party: Furry Art at the Beginning of the World’" Bunker Reviews, 2025
  • Rob Clough "The blunt force and furry drama Of Toxic Metal Press" The Comics Journal, 2025

    • Readings, Panels, Artist Talks & Performances:

  • 2025 "Pinky's Performance", CAKE official afterparty, The Native, Chicago IL
  • 2025 Pinky & Pepper Forever comic reading and Q&A, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA
  • 2025 Panel participant: Furries in Self-publishing, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA
  • 2025 Panel participant: Furries in your art gallery? It's more likely than you think! Anthrocon, Pittsburgh PA
  • 2025 Pinky & Pepper Forever reading Q&A, Silver Sprocket HQ
  • 2024 Panel participant: Furries in Indie Comics, Further Confusion, San Jose CA
  • 2024 Dark Night of the Umbreon reading, Pride In Panels, San Francisco CA
  • 2019 Vsiting Artist Talk (interviewed by Carta Monir), Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus OH
  • 2019 Panel Participant: Queer Horror Comics, Cartoon Crossroads, Columbus OH

    • Festivals - Organizer:

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

    • Festivals - Vendor:

    2025

  • San Diego Comic Con, San Diego CA
  • Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE), Chicago IL
  • RAVEFURREST, Toronto ON
  • Toronto Comic Arts Fest (TCAF), Toronto ON
  • Penninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest, South San Francisco CA
  • Punk Furry Mart, Oakland CA

    • 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

  • Cartoon Crossroads (CXC), Columbus OH
  • 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