Everest Pipkin


Everest Pipkin is an American curator and multidisciplinary artist. Pipkin works in language, with code and on paper.

Early life

Pipkin's parents worked with a nonprofit organization called The Nobelity Project, and they began their artistic career as a young teen taking photographs for the organization's work. Pipkin graduated from Westlake High School in 2008, studied on a Young Masters grant at the Art Academy of San Francisco and Paris American Academy and finished at the University of Texas and Carnegie Mellon University.

Work

Pipkin makes drawings, as well as computational artwork, such as Twitterbots, as well as generative poetry and other software, including games.
From 2011 to 2013, Pipkin ran Wardenclyffe Gallery, an Austin multidisciplinary art space. In 2013, Pipkin was a part of exhibitions at Greyduck Gallery, The Texas Biennial, and Fusebox Festival.

Awards

As an undergraduate student, Pipkin was named All State Artist by the Texas Art Education Association. In 2012, Pipkin won Artist of the Year - Early Career in the Austin Visual Arts Awards. Pipkin was a Hunting Art Prize finalist in 2015 and 2016.