Nace en Stuttgart, 1968
Vive y trabaja en Nueva York
Formación
1998 Doctorado en Bellas Artes, Purchase College, Universidad Estatal de Nueva York, Purchase
1996 Licenciado en Bellas Artes, Universidad de Texas en Austin
Premios
1999 Beca Fundación Rema Hort - Mann
1997 Beca 25 aniversario Purchase College, Universidad Estatal de Nueva York
Beca Rose, Departamento de Artes Visuales, Purchase College, Universidad Estatal de Nueva York
Beca Familia Durhurst, Departamento de Artes Visuales, Purchase College, Universidad Estatal de Nueva York
1995 Excelencia en Pintura, Departamento de Arte e Historia del Arte, Universidad de Texas en Austin
1994 Beca al Mérito en Pintura y Dibujo, Universidad de Texas en Austin
1993 Beca al Mérito en Pintura y Dibujo, Universidad de Texas en Austin
Beca al Mérito en Grabado, Universidad de Texas en Austin
1992 Beca extraordinaria en Artes Visuales Denbela - Ortiz Galeria, San Antonio College
Exposiciones individuales
2016 Newcomb Art Museum, Nueva Orleans, Los Ángeles
Double Down, Nanzuka, Tokio
2015 Undertow, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Nueva York
¿What About Now?, Galería Javier López & Fer Francés, Madrid
2013 New Magnetic Destiny, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Ángeles, California
2012 Upswing Dub Project, Pace Prints, Nueva York
Too Mad to Be Scared, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Bye, Bye, Babylon, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Nueva York
2011 Other Side of Morning and Bermuda, Patrica Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Suiza
RE-UPPED, Colette, París
2010 Focus: Erik Parker, Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Endless Anytime, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Ángeles, California
Adapt, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhague
2009 Crisis Creation, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Nueva York
2008 Between Lines, Marianne Boesky, Nueva York
2007 Liner Notes, De Appel, Ámsterdam
Damage Control, Honor Fraser, Los Ángeles, California
2006 Half Cocked, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokio
Is It Something I Said?, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhague
2005 On the House, Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
Let the Good Times Roll, Leo Koenig Inc., Nueva York
2004 Situation Done Changed, Like Faces and Names, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Ginebra
Rechannelled Sincerity, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlín
2003 Done By the Forces of Nature, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokio
This Bitch of a Life, Paolo Curti / Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co., Milán
Hit The Lights, The Happy Lion, Los Ángeles, California
2002 You Paint the Picture, Leo Koenig Inc., Nueva York
Modern Art Inc., Londres
Jablonka Galerie, Colonia
Cornerhouse Museum of Contemporary Art, Manchester
2001 Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokio
Paolo Curti / Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co., Milán
2000 Thiswhiteboysteals, Leo Koenig Inc., Nueva York
Exposiciones colectivas
2016 Who Cares?, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, París
AftermodernisM in the Hamptons, Nicole Ripka Gallery, Watermill, Nueva York; organizada por Neumann Wolfson Art
2015 Outta Town Sh*t, Kravets / Wehby Gallery, Nueva York
Respect, CAC Málaga - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga
She Sells Seashells By The Seashore, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, Nueva York
2014 Saying Yes to Everything, Honor Fraser, Los Ángeles, California
If You’re Accidentally Not Included, Don’t Worry About It, Galerie Zürcher, París y Nueva York
Bad Boy!, New Arts Projects, Londres
Appropriate Disruption, Jacob Lewis Gallery, Nueva York
Ok, I’ll rename it, Bill Brady KC, Kansas City, Misuri
Knock! Knock!, Galeria Javier López, Madrid
Possession, Universidad de Nevada, Reno, Nevada
Comic Future, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
PAINT NEW YORK, GL Strand, Copenhague
FAR OUT!, Marlborough Chelsea, Nueva York
2013 Comic Future, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas
Draw Gym, 247365, Nueva York
AftermodernisM, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, Nueva York
Chicken or Beef?. A Transcontinental Survey of Figurative Painting, The Hole, Nueva York; comisarida por Jesper Elg
Deep Cuts, Anna Kustera Gallery, Nueva York
Art Crush, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
2012 Tonight We Won’t Be Bored, 10 Years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhague
united states. Artist’s Projects, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
East West Shift to the Middle Part I, Bill Brady, Kansas City, Misuri
Drawn to You, Gallery Poulsen Conntemporary Fine Arts, Copenhague
White Columns Benefit Exhibition and Auction, White Columns, Nueva York
2011 Make, White Flag Projects, San Luis, Misuri
Go Figure, Dodge Gallery, Nueva York
Make Skateboards, I-20 Gallery, Nueva York
Pretty On The Inside, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Nueva York; comisariada por Erik Parker y KAWS
Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s, Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences, Savannah, Georgia
2010 The Incomplete - Paris, Galerie Jean - Luc & Takako Richard, París; comisariada por Hubert Neumann
Private Future, Marc Jancou Contemporary, Nueva York
Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
Both Sides of the Pulaski, Fine Art Frame Works, Long Island City, Nueva York
Mutant Pop, Galleri Loyal, Malmö; comisariada por Joe Grillo, Laura Grant y Brandon Joyce
Fresh Apples, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 Stages, OHWOW, Miami, Florida; organizada por Lance Armstrong y Nike
Too Big to Fail: Big Paintings, patrocinada por La Montagne Gallery, Brooklyn, Nueva York
Just what is it that makes today’s painting so different, so appealing?, Gering & López Gallery, Nueva York
Get It Right Back To Where We Started From… Selections from the Collection of Norman
Dubrow, Leo Koenig Inc., Nueva York
Pintando un presente mejor. Imágenes de la Colección Diezy7, Sala Naos, Santander
Until the End of the World, AMP, Atenas; comisariada por Max Henry
The New Yorkers, V1 Gallery, Copenhague
Yet Seemed It Winter Still, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhague
About Face, Adam Baumgold Gallery, Nueva York
Beautiful / Decay: A to Z, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Ángeles, California
2008 Edvard Munch: Tribute and Inspiration, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhague
FAXINATION, Loyal Gallerie, Estocolmo; comisariada por Bill Saylor
Admirer, 31Grand, Nueva York; comisariada por Maureen Cavanaugh
Accrochage, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhague
Fun Fun Fun, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
2007 Obras de la Colección VAC - Valencia Arte Contemporáneo, IVAM - Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia
Pictorial Talk, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Ginebra
The Melvins, Mandrake, Los Ángeles, California; comisariada por Bob Nickas
More is More: Maximalist Tendencies in Recent American Painting, Museo de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Estatal de Florida, Tallahassee, Florida; comisariada por Tatiana Flores
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Late Picasso and Contemporary Painters, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhague; comisariada por Max Henry
one-artist-shows, de Appel Boy’s School, Ámsterdam
2006 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Universidad de Carolina del Norte en Greensboro, Greensboro, Carolina del Norte; comisariada por Xandra Eden
Reflections - 20 Years, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhague
Untitled (For H.C. Westermann), The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawái; comisariada por Michael Rooks
Cosmic Wonder, Yerba Buena Contemporary Art Center, San Francisco, California; comisariada
por Betty Nguyen
abstract art now - floating forms (Teil 1 der Ausstellung), Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
Goethe abwärts - deutsche Jungs etc., Mönchehaus Museum Goslar, Goslar
Helter, Helter, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, París; comisariada por Max Henry y Erik Parker
2005 Tantra, 2005 Exit Art Print Portfolio, Nueva York
Looking at Words, The Formal Presence of Text in Modern & Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, Nueva York
Self Preservation Society, Leo Koenig Inc., Nueva York
Leaving Cockaigne, Leo Koenig Inc., Nueva York
Skin, Galleria Daniele Ugolini, Florencia
2004 Altered States, Leo Koenig Inc., Nueva York
Mothership Connection, Creative Research Lab, Universidad de Texas en Austin
Central Station. Collection Harald Falckenberg, La Maison Rouge, París
Dimension Folly, Galleria Civica di Trento, Trento
Rimbaud, I-20 gallery, Nueva York; comisariada por Max Henry
10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokio
The Black Album, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milán
Making Visible, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhague
Majority Whip, White Box, Nueva York; comisariada por Kathy Grayson y Laura Tepper
…As Time Goes By, Gordian Weber Kunsthandel, Colonia
2003 …As Time Goes By, Leo Koenig Inc., Nueva York
One Planet Under a Groove, Museum Villa Stuck, Múnich
Summer of Lust, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Berkshires, Nueva York
Nation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt / Main
Intervista con la Pittura, Foundazione Bevilaqua La Mesa, Venecia; comisariada por Gianni Romano
Extra, Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, Nueva York; comisariada por Marc Olivier Wahler
Jeff Elrod, Torben Giehler, Erik Parker, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
Painting Pictures, Painting and Media in the Digital Age, Kunstmusem-Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg; organizada por Gijs van Tuyl
2002 Leo Koenig Las Vegas, Neonopolis, Las Vegas, Nevada
Officina Americana, Museo d’Arte Moderna, Bolonia
Rock My World, CCAC California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California; comisariada por Ralph Rugoff
The Dubrow Biennale, Kagan Martos Gallery, Nueva York
Dubuffet, e l’arte dei graffiti, Palazzo Martinengo, Brescia
Subject Matters, Kravets / Wehby Gallery, Nueva York
2001 In Fumo, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bérgamo; comisariada por Giancinto Di Pietrantonio
Wattage and Friendship, magnusmuller, Berlín
One Planet Under a Groove: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Nueva York; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pensilvania; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Ángeles, California
Erik Parker & Graham Gilmore, Nicola Spovieri, Londres
The Americans, Barbican Center, Londres
Come On Feel The Noise, Asbaek Gallery, Copenhague
Before They Became Who They Are, Kravets / Wehby Gallery, Nueva York
2000 Collector’s Choice, Exit Art, Nueva York
Critic as Grist, White Box, Nueva York
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, MoMA P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, Nueva York
1999 The Leo Koenig Project, John Weber Gallery, Nueva York
Visions. “Apartment 21”, in conjunction with Rikrit Tiravanija’s, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, Nueva York
In My Room, White Columns, Nueva York
Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum, Nueva York
Proyectos de comisariado
2011 Prophet Royal Robertson: NO PROUD BASTARDS, White Columns, Nueva York; comisariada por Erik Parker y Scott Ogden
Pretty On The Inside, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Nueva York; comisariada por Erik Parker y KAWS
Colecciones públicas Public collections
Museo de Arte, Diseño y Arquitectura, Universidad de California, Santa Bárbara
The Brooklyn Museum, Nueva York
Chazen Museum of Art, Universidad de Wisconsin, Madison
Colección Diezy7, Sala Naos, Santander
ESKFF - Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, Jersey City, Nueva Jersey
Faurschou Foundation, Copenhague
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, Nueva York
Hammer Museum, Universidad de California, Los Ángeles
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal, Canadá
Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York
New York Public Library, Nueva York
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Filadelfia
Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, Nueva York
Queens Museum, Nueva York
Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
RISD Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode Island
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, Nueva York
Whitney Museum of American Art, Nueva York
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Nueva York
