Eden Collins teaches courses in sculpture and ceramics at Hope College as a visiting assistant professor. She previously taught as an assistant professor and sculpture area coordinator at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Her interdisciplinary work spans sculpture, installation, performance, video and photography, and it playfully explores construction of identity and socialization. Professor Collins’ work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She has been teaching at Hope since 2024.

Areas of Expertise

• Sculpture
• Ceramics
• Casting
• Additive and subtractive manufacturing in the creative context

Education

• MFA, Studio Art, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2018
• BA, Studio Art, Hope College, 2012

Honors, Grants and Awards

• 2023 Research Pilot Studies Grant
• 2022 Hope College 10 Under 10 Award
• 2021 People’s Choice, Contemporary Art Month San Antonio

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

• A Night with Anita, Box13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX, 2023
• A Space for Traipsing, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX, 2022
• A Space for Traipsing, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX, 2021
• Sometimes I Play with Myself, Terminal 136, San Antonio, TX, 2018

Group Exhibitions

• Materials Hard + Soft 2024, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX, 2024
• Texas Vignette Art Fair 2024, Dallas Market Hall, Dallas, TX, 2024
• Now | Contemporary, Art Room Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, 2023
• Fiber Options, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, 2022
• Experimental Fashion & Fiber Art, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum, Gimpo, South Korea, 2021

Outside the College

Professor Collins is an active member of Alpha Phi Omega national co-ed leadership fraternity, where she has served in local, regional and national roles.