ARTIST STATEMENT

Intrinsic to the very process of making art is the simultaneous engagement of the artist with both the spiritual and the natural. Creativity itself is a divine branding on human beings, linking our image to the likeness of a Creator. However, ironically the process of creating brings the realization of our finite, frail yet beautiful humanity. I pursue to express a vivid sense of hope through the art that I make. Hope is an anchor to my soul. It is one based in personal faith of our magnificent Creator. I find my expression of this hope is often juxtaposed between larger than life concepts of truth and childlike simplicity. I like the visual contrasts, whether it be through texture, form, line or color, of elegance and awkwardness, of modern and Bohemian. I like loud laughter from a gentle soul and violent color with a healing calm. I make art in celebration of life.

My current abstract seascape work is inspired by Genesis 1:1-3 and the “hovering” energy of the Spirit in creation. The brooding of creativity is love. It is a life force which births light and order amidst chaos. My expression of this is through use of vibrant color planes that at first sight appear as single fields of color, yet when gazed into - layers of color are discovered through translucency, etched gesture and mark-making. Through use of vibrant color, thick paint, and the garden as metaphor, my expressionistic flower series has a similar motivation in communicating a hope and a yearning of the creation for the coming fulfillment of eternal glory on earth as it is in heaven.
~ Eva Trout


ABOUT THE ARTIST

Eva lives in the Pittsburgh region with her husband, Scott. They have two children, Jonah and Sophia. Eva was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, attended PA Governor's School for the Arts and has a Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art, Temple University with a major in Painting, Drawing and Sculpture. Eva has completed missions training with an arts emphasis serving as a missionary with Youth With A Mission and other organizations. For over thirty years Eva has worked as a professional, exhibiting artist, exhibiting her work in galleries and museums in the region of Pittsburgh and beyond. Her artwork is in several corporate and residential collections throughout the United States. Eva’s artwork has appeared on CNBC, Fox New, and CNN. Eva has taught art to all ages. She was the director of the art department at Philadelphia Montgomery Christian Academy in Philadelphia. For over ten years, Eva worked as the international missions director at Covenant Church of Pittsburgh where she received her ordination. During that time she directed creative outreaches in a variety of settings with a primary focus of at-risk children in developing nations, and fundraising for sustainable water programs in East Africa. She has traveled globally leading creative missions in nations of the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia. In 2017, Eva and her husband, Scott purchased and renovated an old building in Carnegie, Pa where her retail gallery and teaching studios, Firebox Art Studios are located. The gallery hosts the works of over twenty professional artists, as well as her own. Eva is a member of NAWA (National Association Of Women Artists) and Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.
SPEAKING INFORMATION
“I am passionate about teaching, encouraging and coaching people to become all that they can be. For speaking engagement availability or Creative Team Building Workshops, please contact me at evatrout@comcast.net."


ARTIST RESUME

EDUCATION 

BFA Tyler School Of Art Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa, Painting/Drawing/Sculpture (PDS) major

DTS & AIM, Youth With A Mission, Core Missions Training, & Arts In Ministry Schools. Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

 

SELECTED ART EXHIBITIONS

 

2023 - 2017 -  Multiple SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITS. Firebox Art Studios, 110 East Main Street Carnegie, Pa, Including SOLO- FIRE FLOWERS (4/2022), RENEWAL (4 - 6/21), FIREBOX GROUP (1 - 3/21), EVA TROUT (1 - 3/2020), & more.
2023 - Group Exhibit - Gallery On Gazebo, 140 Gazebo Park Johnstown, Pa 15901 .

2022 - SOLO EXHIBIT - GENESIS & THE HUMANITY OF ART. 2/22 - 4/22. Gallery On Gazebo, 140 Gazebo Park Johnstown, Pa 15901 . Solo show and Artist’s talk. 

2022 - National Association Of Women Artists, Annual Exhibit, One Art Space 23 Warren Street, New York, NY

2021 - 2020 - GROUP EXHIBIT - GPAC Art On The Walls. 10/20 - 1/22. 11 Stanwix, Pgh, Pa.

2019 - ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH, 107TH ANNUAL EXHIBIT. 11/2019 - 1/2020, Juried Exhibit, Westmoreland Museum of Art, 221 N Main St, Greensburg, PA 15601.

2019 - SOLO EXHIBIT. 8 - 12/2019, Serendipity Labs, 2545 Railroad Street Pgh, Pa.

2018 - FIREBOX HOLIDAY POP UP. Curated and exhibited group exhibit, 12/18, Butler Street Lofts Event Center, 212 45th St, Pgh, PA 15201.

2015 - SOLO EXHIBIT. 2015, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 655 Penn Ave, Pgh, PA 15222.

2013 - SOLO EXHIBIT - TRANSCEND. 11/12 - 2/2013, Hacienda, 24th & Railroad at the Cork Factory, Pgh, PA 15222.

2012 - SOLO EXHIBIT. 12/2011 - 2/2012, The U.S. Courthouse, 700 Grant Street, Pgh, PA 15219.  

2012 - SOLO EXHIBIT - SCAPES. 4/2012, Hacienda 24th & Railroad at the Cork Factory, Pgh. PA.

2011 - SOLO EXHIBIT - COLOR FULL. 11 - 12/2012. Hacienda, 24th & Railroad at the Cork Factory, Pgh. PA.

2011 - BLACK & WHITE. By invitation. 2 - 3/2011. Fein Art Gallery, 519 East Ohio St. Pgh. PA.

2010 - PSA ANNUAL EXHIBIT. 12/2010 - 1/2011. The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, 420 Blvd of The Allies, Pgh.

2010 - PSA SHELTER. Juried Exhibit. 10 -11/2010. Society for Contemporary Craft, One Mellon Center gallery 500 Grant Street, Pgh, PA. (Eva Trout curated the group exhibit as the Exhibitions Chairperson of PSA).

2010 - PSA URBAN DREAMS. (received Juror's Prize). 6/2010. Fein Art Gallery, 519 East Ohio St. Pgh, PA (Eva Trout curated the exhibit as Exhibitions Chairperson of PSA).

2010 - PSA SMALL ART WORKS. Juried exhibition (received honorable mention). 4/2010, Borelli-Edwards Galleries, 3583 Butler St. Pgh, PA.

2009  - 15 MINUTES GALLERY GROUP EXHIBIT. 12/2009 - 6/2010. 15 Minutes Gallery, 2000 Technology Drive, Pgh, PA 15219.

2009 - PSA MEMBERS JURIED EXHIBIT. 10/2009. Borelli-Edwards Galleries, 3583 Butler St. Pgh, PA.

2009 - ANNUAL ART+TECHNOLOGY JURIED EXHIBIT. 6 - 8/2009. 15 Minutes Gallery, 2000 Technology Drive, Pgh, PA 15219.

2009 - SALIGLIA- Juried exhibit. 5 - 8/2009. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Avenue, Pgh, PA.

2009 - NEOCONTEMPORARY - GROUP EXHIBIT. 5 - 6/2009. Galleria Lazzara, 5400 Mitchelldale St. B.7 Houston, Texas 77092.

2009 - SIZE DOES MATTER. PSA exhibit. 3/2009. The Framery, 4735 Butler Street, Lawrenceville, PA.

2009 - PROJECT EVE... WHILE ADAM WAS SLEEPING. Eva Trout guest artist. 3/2009. Grove City College, Grove City, PA.

2005 - 12 WOMEN. 3- 4/2005, Delta College University Center, 1961 Delta Rd, University Center, MI 48710.

2005 - DIVA’S & FRIENDS. Carnegie Mellon University, 8 - 9/2005, Future Tenant Gallery, 801 Liberty Ave Pgh.

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

NAWA (National Association Of Women Artists) 2021 to present - Signature Member

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (2014 to present) - member

CIVA, 2020-2023 - member 

The Pittsburgh Society of Artists (Exhibitions/ Chair 2010 on the board of directors), - member

 

RECENT CORPORATE COMMISSIONS 2023 - 2019 

EQT Corporation, offices in Pa and in Tx. (Multiple)

 

MULTIPLE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS  

California, Florida, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania & Texas.

 

ART AND CREATIVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS, & ART TEACHING

 

2023 - 2017 

  • Team building art workshops for businesses at Firebox Art Studios, Carnegie, Pa. Businesses include - Assured Settlement Solutions, Capitol Grille, EQT Corporation, Facebook (Pittsburgh office), Nutritional Frontiers, & Pittsburgh Region International Student Ministries.
  • Abstract Expressionism, Drawing, Mixed Media and group-specific creative workshops taught at owner operated gallery and studios, Firebox Art Studios, Carnegie, Pa.
  • Fundraiser Art Workshops For A Cause for Bethany Adoption Services, American Breast Cancer Society, & Pittsburgh Region International Student Ministries.

2017 - 2007 

  • Creation & Direction of multiple art outreach programs for underprivileged or at-risk youth amongst cross cultural contexts. Employed as Missions Director & ordained pastor at Covenant Church Of Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Developed and executed art outreaches with teens and children incorporating mural paintings and art workshops, working in partnership with Nueva Generacion, Youth With A Mission Guatemala, Covenant Church of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa), 4africa in South Sudan, and Little Lambs of Lima in Peru. Outreaches in public & parochial schools, orphanages, villages, & sex trafficking recovery groups in the regions of - Guatemala City Guatemala, Ciudad Nueva Guatemala, Chimaltenango and Antigua, Guatemala, various villages in Guatemala, Jujurenga South Sudan, Lima Peru, as well as, Las Vegas, Nevada, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Miami, Florida in the US.

  • Developed and mobilized creative campaigns which funded the drilling of 24 water wells in South Sudan, Uganda and India.

EARLIER EMPLOYMENT 

  • 5 years as Art Director & High School Art Teacher at Phil-Mont Christian Academy, 35 E Hillcrest Ave, Erdenheim, PA 19038

 

AWARDS

 

Pennsylvania Governor’s School For The Arts Scholarship, student residency at Bucknell University One Dent Dr, Lewisburg, PA 17837

 

Email: evatrout@comcast.net

Follow on instagram:
instagram.com/evatrout.artist/
 

 

 

About the artist & resume

ARTIST STATEMENT

Intrinsic to the very process of making art is the simultaneous engagement of the artist with both the spiritual and the natural. Creativity itself is a divine branding on human beings, linking our image to the likeness of a Creator. However, ironically the process of creating brings the realization of our finite, frail yet beautiful humanity. I pursue to express a vivid sense of hope through the art that I make. Hope is an anchor to my soul. It is one based in personal faith of our magnificent Creator. I find my expression of this hope is often juxtaposed between larger than life concepts of truth and childlike simplicity. I like the visual contrasts, whether it be through texture, form, line or color, of elegance and awkwardness, of modern and Bohemian. I like loud laughter from a gentle soul and violent color with a healing calm. I make art in celebration of life.

My current abstract seascape work is inspired by Genesis 1:1-3 and the “hovering” energy of the Spirit in creation. The brooding of creativity is love. It is a life force which births light and order amidst chaos. My expression of this is through use of vibrant color planes that at first sight appear as single fields of color, yet when gazed into - layers of color are discovered through translucency, etched gesture and mark-making. Through use of vibrant color, thick paint, and the garden as metaphor, my expressionistic flower series has a similar motivation in communicating a hope and a yearning of the creation for the coming fulfillment of eternal glory on earth as it is in heaven.
~ Eva Trout


ABOUT THE ARTIST

Eva lives in the Pittsburgh region with her husband, Scott. They have two children, Jonah and Sophia. Eva was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, attended PA Governor's School for the Arts and has a Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art, Temple University with a major in Painting, Drawing and Sculpture. Eva has completed missions training with an arts emphasis serving as a missionary with Youth With A Mission and other organizations. For over thirty years Eva has worked as a professional, exhibiting artist, exhibiting her work in galleries and museums in the region of Pittsburgh and beyond. Her artwork is in several corporate and residential collections throughout the United States. Eva’s artwork has appeared on CNBC, Fox New, and CNN. Eva has taught art to all ages. She was the director of the art department at Philadelphia Montgomery Christian Academy in Philadelphia. For over ten years, Eva worked as the international missions director at Covenant Church of Pittsburgh where she received her ordination. During that time she directed creative outreaches in a variety of settings with a primary focus of at-risk children in developing nations, and fundraising for sustainable water programs in East Africa. She has traveled globally leading creative missions in nations of the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia. In 2017, Eva and her husband, Scott purchased and renovated an old building in Carnegie, Pa where her retail gallery and teaching studios, Firebox Art Studios are located. The gallery hosts the works of over twenty professional artists, as well as her own. Eva is a member of NAWA (National Association Of Women Artists) and Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.
SPEAKING INFORMATION
“I am passionate about teaching, encouraging and coaching people to become all that they can be. For speaking engagement availability or Creative Team Building Workshops, please contact me at evatrout@comcast.net."


ARTIST RESUME

EDUCATION 

BFA Tyler School Of Art Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa, Painting/Drawing/Sculpture (PDS) major

DTS & AIM, Youth With A Mission, Core Missions Training, & Arts In Ministry Schools. Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

 

SELECTED ART EXHIBITIONS

 

2023 - 2017 -  Multiple SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITS. Firebox Art Studios, 110 East Main Street Carnegie, Pa, Including SOLO- FIRE FLOWERS (4/2022), RENEWAL (4 - 6/21), FIREBOX GROUP (1 - 3/21), EVA TROUT (1 - 3/2020), & more.
2023 - Group Exhibit - Gallery On Gazebo, 140 Gazebo Park Johnstown, Pa 15901 .

2022 - SOLO EXHIBIT - GENESIS & THE HUMANITY OF ART. 2/22 - 4/22. Gallery On Gazebo, 140 Gazebo Park Johnstown, Pa 15901 . Solo show and Artist’s talk. 

2022 - National Association Of Women Artists, Annual Exhibit, One Art Space 23 Warren Street, New York, NY

2021 - 2020 - GROUP EXHIBIT - GPAC Art On The Walls. 10/20 - 1/22. 11 Stanwix, Pgh, Pa.

2019 - ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH, 107TH ANNUAL EXHIBIT. 11/2019 - 1/2020, Juried Exhibit, Westmoreland Museum of Art, 221 N Main St, Greensburg, PA 15601.

2019 - SOLO EXHIBIT. 8 - 12/2019, Serendipity Labs, 2545 Railroad Street Pgh, Pa.

2018 - FIREBOX HOLIDAY POP UP. Curated and exhibited group exhibit, 12/18, Butler Street Lofts Event Center, 212 45th St, Pgh, PA 15201.

2015 - SOLO EXHIBIT. 2015, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 655 Penn Ave, Pgh, PA 15222.

2013 - SOLO EXHIBIT - TRANSCEND. 11/12 - 2/2013, Hacienda, 24th & Railroad at the Cork Factory, Pgh, PA 15222.

2012 - SOLO EXHIBIT. 12/2011 - 2/2012, The U.S. Courthouse, 700 Grant Street, Pgh, PA 15219.  

2012 - SOLO EXHIBIT - SCAPES. 4/2012, Hacienda 24th & Railroad at the Cork Factory, Pgh. PA.

2011 - SOLO EXHIBIT - COLOR FULL. 11 - 12/2012. Hacienda, 24th & Railroad at the Cork Factory, Pgh. PA.

2011 - BLACK & WHITE. By invitation. 2 - 3/2011. Fein Art Gallery, 519 East Ohio St. Pgh. PA.

2010 - PSA ANNUAL EXHIBIT. 12/2010 - 1/2011. The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, 420 Blvd of The Allies, Pgh.

2010 - PSA SHELTER. Juried Exhibit. 10 -11/2010. Society for Contemporary Craft, One Mellon Center gallery 500 Grant Street, Pgh, PA. (Eva Trout curated the group exhibit as the Exhibitions Chairperson of PSA).

2010 - PSA URBAN DREAMS. (received Juror's Prize). 6/2010. Fein Art Gallery, 519 East Ohio St. Pgh, PA (Eva Trout curated the exhibit as Exhibitions Chairperson of PSA).

2010 - PSA SMALL ART WORKS. Juried exhibition (received honorable mention). 4/2010, Borelli-Edwards Galleries, 3583 Butler St. Pgh, PA.

2009  - 15 MINUTES GALLERY GROUP EXHIBIT. 12/2009 - 6/2010. 15 Minutes Gallery, 2000 Technology Drive, Pgh, PA 15219.

2009 - PSA MEMBERS JURIED EXHIBIT. 10/2009. Borelli-Edwards Galleries, 3583 Butler St. Pgh, PA.

2009 - ANNUAL ART+TECHNOLOGY JURIED EXHIBIT. 6 - 8/2009. 15 Minutes Gallery, 2000 Technology Drive, Pgh, PA 15219.

2009 - SALIGLIA- Juried exhibit. 5 - 8/2009. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Avenue, Pgh, PA.

2009 - NEOCONTEMPORARY - GROUP EXHIBIT. 5 - 6/2009. Galleria Lazzara, 5400 Mitchelldale St. B.7 Houston, Texas 77092.

2009 - SIZE DOES MATTER. PSA exhibit. 3/2009. The Framery, 4735 Butler Street, Lawrenceville, PA.

2009 - PROJECT EVE... WHILE ADAM WAS SLEEPING. Eva Trout guest artist. 3/2009. Grove City College, Grove City, PA.

2005 - 12 WOMEN. 3- 4/2005, Delta College University Center, 1961 Delta Rd, University Center, MI 48710.

2005 - DIVA’S & FRIENDS. Carnegie Mellon University, 8 - 9/2005, Future Tenant Gallery, 801 Liberty Ave Pgh.

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

NAWA (National Association Of Women Artists) 2021 to present - Signature Member

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (2014 to present) - member

CIVA, 2020-2023 - member 

The Pittsburgh Society of Artists (Exhibitions/ Chair 2010 on the board of directors), - member

 

RECENT CORPORATE COMMISSIONS 2023 - 2019 

EQT Corporation, offices in Pa and in Tx. (Multiple)

 

MULTIPLE PRIVATE COLLECTIONS  

California, Florida, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania & Texas.

 

ART AND CREATIVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS, & ART TEACHING

 

2023 - 2017 

  • Team building art workshops for businesses at Firebox Art Studios, Carnegie, Pa. Businesses include - Assured Settlement Solutions, Capitol Grille, EQT Corporation, Facebook (Pittsburgh office), Nutritional Frontiers, & Pittsburgh Region International Student Ministries.
  • Abstract Expressionism, Drawing, Mixed Media and group-specific creative workshops taught at owner operated gallery and studios, Firebox Art Studios, Carnegie, Pa.
  • Fundraiser Art Workshops For A Cause for Bethany Adoption Services, American Breast Cancer Society, & Pittsburgh Region International Student Ministries.

2017 - 2007 

  • Creation & Direction of multiple art outreach programs for underprivileged or at-risk youth amongst cross cultural contexts. Employed as Missions Director & ordained pastor at Covenant Church Of Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Developed and executed art outreaches with teens and children incorporating mural paintings and art workshops, working in partnership with Nueva Generacion, Youth With A Mission Guatemala, Covenant Church of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pa), 4africa in South Sudan, and Little Lambs of Lima in Peru. Outreaches in public & parochial schools, orphanages, villages, & sex trafficking recovery groups in the regions of - Guatemala City Guatemala, Ciudad Nueva Guatemala, Chimaltenango and Antigua, Guatemala, various villages in Guatemala, Jujurenga South Sudan, Lima Peru, as well as, Las Vegas, Nevada, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Miami, Florida in the US.

  • Developed and mobilized creative campaigns which funded the drilling of 24 water wells in South Sudan, Uganda and India.

EARLIER EMPLOYMENT 

  • 5 years as Art Director & High School Art Teacher at Phil-Mont Christian Academy, 35 E Hillcrest Ave, Erdenheim, PA 19038

 

AWARDS

 

Pennsylvania Governor’s School For The Arts Scholarship, student residency at Bucknell University One Dent Dr, Lewisburg, PA 17837

 

Email: evatrout@comcast.net

Follow on instagram:
instagram.com/evatrout.artist/
 

 

 

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