Contact: ejhume [at] gmail [dot] com
Lives and works in Ames, IA
Education
MFA, Photography, George Washington University, Washington, DC
BFA, Photography & Film, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2024
Viewing Distance, Plexus Projects (virtual)
2022
Viewing Distance, SRO Photography Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Viewing Distance, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
2021
Viewing Distance, Office Space, Salt lake City, UT
2018
Altered States, AAHD Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2017
Altered States, Valet, Richmond, VA
2015
Unknown Substances, Furthermore, Washington, DC
2014
Ghosted: Seán Boylan & Evan Hume, Delicious Spectacle, Washington, DC
2011
I’ll Believe in Anything, Gallery 102, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Machines…and Ideas to Postpone the End of the World, Gallery 181, College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Human Borders, Passepartout Photo Prize Exhibition, 28 Piazza di Pietra Gallery, Rome, Italy
nice;02, Johnson Fine Arts Gallery, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD
2023
Back on the Shelf, Filter Space, Chicago, IL
Contextualise, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Visions of Sound, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Iowa State Art Faculty and Students, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Currents, Gallery 181, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2022
The Most Lamentable Comedy, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design Rotunda Gallery, Washington, DC
Benefit Auction Exhibition, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
2021
Take a Number: Artists and Bureaucracy, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
Alternatives 2021: Existence - Text + Image, Ohio University, Athens, OH
95th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA (virtual)
Summer Haus, AAHD Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2020
Aperture Summer Open: Information, Fotografiska, New York, NY
Context 2020, Filter Space, Chicago, IL
Counter Archives, The Curated Fridge (virtual)
BACKTALK, Photo Emphasis (virtual)
The Unknowable Present (virtual)
2019
Collect & Gather, Transformer, Washington, DC
About Future, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Very Cool, 229 N. Lafayette Blvd., South Bend, IN
Photographs in Conversation, Lenscratch (virtual)
2018
FRC 1, Flat Rate Contemporary (virtual)
2017
Clear for Landing, Hole In The Sky, Washington, DC
Homegrown, Transformer, Washington, DC
The Eye of Faith Flanagan, Studio 1469, Washington, DC
2016
This End Up, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
2015
Uncensored: Information Antics, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Washington, DC
Transformer FlatFile at Fringe, Logan Fringe Arts Space, Washington, DC
Migrational, Gallery 102, George Washington University, Washington, DC
No More Violence, The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative, Charlottesville, VA
Locally Sourced, American University Museum, Washington, DC
Survey Says…, EMP Collective, Baltimore, MD
2014
UNSEEN, John Fonda Gallery, Baltimore, MD
(e)merge, Capitol Skyline Hotel, Washington, DC
2013
The Fixed Shadow, Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
BODY OF WORK: Alan Callander / Evan Hume / Jenny Walton, Studio 1469, Washington, DC
Sights & Sounds, 16 First Street, Troy, NY
Similar Differences, MAXgallery, Artscape Gallery Network, Baltimore, MD
Photo/Video 13, Artisphere, Arlington, VA
OPTIONS, Washington Project for the Arts Biennial, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Seventh Annual Photography Exhibition, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
2011
(e)merge, Capitol Skyline Hotel, Washington, DC
Light-Struck: Abstract Photography Today, Photostop Gallery, White River Junction, VT
Lectures & Presentations
2024
Photographic Disruptions in Declassified Archives, College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
Photographic Disruptions in Declassified Archives, Archive & Conflict Webinar Series, Archivo Platform (virtual)
Critical Collection: Image Intelligence & Empire, SECAC Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA
Artist lecture, Machines…. and Ideas to Postpone the End of the World, College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Artist lecture, After School Matters, Chicago Mosaic School (virtual)
2023
Artist Lecture, i3: Images, Ideas, Inspiration Lecture Series, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2022
Viewing Distance, IDRO Seminar, Iowa State University (virtual)
Viewing Distance, Society for Photographic Education National Conference (virtual)
2021
Take a Number: Chris Combs and Evan Hume, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (virtual)
2020
Artist Lecture, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
2018
On UFO Photography, International Conference on the Image, Hong Kong
2017
Artist Lecture, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2016
A Personal Message for You, Chop Suey Books, Richmond, VA
2013
The CIA, UFOs, and Abstract Expressionism, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Awards & Honors
2024
Passepartout Exhibition Prize, Il Varco
Publication Subvention Grant for Scholarly Works, Iowa State University
Visiting Researcher, Archivo Platform
2023
Digital Research Grant, Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities, Iowa State University
2020
Photography Award & Artist Grant, Working Artist Org
Finalist, Critical Mass, Photolucida
Semifinalist, 95th Annual International Competition, The Print Center
Honorable Mention - Collage, International Photography Awards, Lucie Foundation
2018
Adjunct Faculty Research & Professional Development Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University
2013
Artist-in-residence, Contemporary Artists Center at Woodside, Troy, NY
Photo/Video 13 Jurors’ Choice Award, Artisphere, Arlington, VA
Photography Exhibition Award, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
2010
Morris Louis Fellowship in Fine Art, George Washington University
Singman Award, George Washington University
2009
Graduate Teaching Assistantship and University Fellowship, George Washington University
Monograph
Viewing Distance, Daylight Books, 2021.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
“Denied Areas: Photographic Intelligence and the US National Security State,” Archivo Photofile, July 2024. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.12625786
“Beyond This Door: Photographic Vision and Carceral Experience,” Higher Education and the Carceral State: Transforming Together, ed. Annie Buckley, Routledge, 2024.
DOI 10.4324/9781003394426-16
Bibliography
“Viewing Distance,” VOSTOK, May 2024.
Anais Viand. “Archives Planantes,” Fisheye, January 2024.
Anais Viand. “Evan Hume: Trafiquer l’invisible pour mieux le voir,” Fisheye, September 22, 2023.
“Visions of Sound: Noises, Rhythms, and Acoustic Ambients,” LoosenArt, March 13, 2023.
Visions of Sound exhibition catalog, LoosenArt, March 2013.
SRO Photography Gallery exhibition catalog, Texas Tech University School of Art, January 2023.
Daniel George. “Evan Hume: Viewing Distance,” Lenscratch, October 2022.
Jacob Blumenstein. “Silver Eye attracts photography greats for bi-annual Benefit Auction exhibit,” Pittsburgh City Paper, October 14, 2022.
Michael D. Gordin. “One Must Imagine Faust Happy,” The Point, April 2022.
Alex Henderson. “Publisher’s Spotlight: Daylight.” Lenscratch. February 1, 2022.
Mike Rippy. “Interview with Evan Hume,” YIELD, December 2021.
Miles Ellingham. “Snapshot: ‘F/A-18 Hornet’ by Evan Hume,” Financial Times, November 20, 2021.
”Fantasie Militaire,” Polka Magazine, November 2021.
“Viewing Distance by Evan Hume.” Fraction Magazine, October 2021.
Take a Number: Artists & Bureaucracy exhibition catalog, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, September 2021.
Chunbum Park. “Interview: Evan Hume,” Emerging Artist Collective, February 9, 2021.
“Evan Hume - Viewing Distance,” Der Greif Artist Blog, December 2020.
“Can Photographs Provide Information When Truth is Disrupted?” Aperture, October 8, 2020.
Penelope Umbrico, ed. “Surplus Management,” Der Greif, September 2020.
“Evan Hume - Viewing Distance,” Aint-Bad, April 6, 2020.
About Future exhibition catalog, LoosenArt, January 2020.
Homegrown exhibition catalog, Transformer, July 2017.
Kristen Page-Kirby. “Uncensored: Information Antics at MLK Library examines how information relates to power and privacy,” The Washington Post, September 24, 2015.
Uncensored: Information Antics exhibition catalog, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, September 2015.
Kayleigh Bryant-Greenwell. “Art for Our Sake,” The Washington Times, October 3, 2014.
Tatiana Cirisano. “Photography professor exhibits work inspired by stolen art, UFOs,” The GW Hatchet, October 2, 2014.
“(e)merge art fair returns with four days of groundbreaking art and artists in downtown DC,” The Washington Post, September 17, 2014.
Michael O’Sullivan. “Body of Work: Alan Callander/Evan Hume/Jenny Walton,” The Washington Post, August 9, 2013.
Mark Jenkins. “Photo/Video 13,” The Washington Post, July 19, 2013.
Gerald Ross. OPTIONS 2013 exhibition catalog, Washington Project for the Arts, April 2013.
Collections
Central Institute for Art History, Munich, Germany
Columbia University, New York, NY
Duke University Archive of Documentary Arts, Durham, NC
Harvard University Fine Arts Library, Cambridge, MA
Kunsthistorisches Institut - Max Planck Institut, Florence, Italy
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Working Artist Org, Tacoma, WA