Eric Wesley

American artist (born 1973) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eric Wesley (born 1973)[1] is an American artist who works with a variety of media including sculpture and painting.[2][3] He is based in Los Angeles.[4]

Biography

Wesley was born and raised in Los Angeles, California,[5][1][3] the son of two social workers.[6] As a child, he planned to become an aeronaturical engineer.[6] He earned a fine arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 1996.[7][8][3] While Wesley primarily works from Los Angeles, he previously had a studio in Berlin.[2][6]

Wesley's work encompasses sculpture and painting, among other media,[2][3] and have been displayed around the world. He has held solo exhibitions at galleries including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Foundation Morra Greco, Naples, Italy.[9] He has participated in group shows at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles;[10] CAPC musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux;[11] Fundación/Colección, Mexico City;[12] ARCOS Museo d’Arte, Benevento, Italy;[citation needed] the Prague Biennial in 2007;[13] Institute of Contemporary Arts, London;[14] P.S. 1, New York;[15] the Whitney, New York;[16] and the Studio Museum in Harlem.[17] His work was part of the collection TV executive Dean Valentine donated to the Hammer Museum in 2007.[18] He has worked extensively with China Art Objects Galleries, Bortolami Gallery, and Maureen Paley.[13][19] He was included on ArtReview's Future Greats list in 2005[20] and 2008.[21]

He is also the co-founder of Mountain School of Art (MSA) in Los Angeles,[22] an artist-run nomadic school that he opened in January 2006 with Piero Golia.[3][23][24] They accept 15 fellows annually to a three-month program. The classes are free and all staff are volunteers.[23][24] In 2008, Wesley told ArtReview that it was less of an art school and more of "an institution patterned on the university model and devoted to general education, with a curriculum grounded in science, philosophy and law."[23]

Solo exhibitions

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YearCityGalleryTitleNotesRefs
1999Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleriesCamper[25]
2000Kicking Ass[26][27]
2001PasadenaCaltechTwo Story Clock TowerErected on the Caltech campus[28][1][29]
2002New York CityMetro Pictures GalleryNew Amsterdam[27][30][2][31]
KarlsruheMeyer-Reigger GalerieEnchilada “The Endless Burrito”[32][27][2]
TurinGaleria Franco NoeroOuchi[27]
2003BaselArt BaselJeans Theory, Statements[33]
2004Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleriesPico Youth Center[34]
MiamiLocust ProjectsEric Wesley I love WW2[35]
2005AmsterdamBowie-Van Valen Gallery[36][2]
2006KarlsruheMeyer-Riegger GalleryAudi[37][1][2]
NaplesGalleria FontiYou say Tomato, I say Tomato[38][3][2][39]
Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleriesErik Wesley[40][1]
Museum of Contemporary ArtMOCA FOCUS: Eric Wesley[16][2][5][1][3][41]
Pacific Design CenterThirty Three Point Three Three Three[42][2][29]
2007New York CityBortolami GallerySpaference Room[43][1]
NaplesFoundation Morra GrecoSpa fice[44][13][1][45][46][2]
MünchensteinKunsthaus Baselland[2]
TurinGaleria Franco Noero[2]
2008BerlinFeurig59Ship Shape Shit Shelf and the Empfang Box[13]
2009LondonMaureen PaleyNew Realistic Figures[13]
2010New York CityBortolami GalleryD’Carts Blanche and New Paintings[47]
2011Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleryThe Same ‘Ol New Frontier[48]
2012New York CityBortolami Gallery2 new works[49]
2015Los Angeles356 MissionSome Work[50]
2016MinneapolisMidway Contemporary ArtISOSCELES TRAPEZOID ARCH[51]
2019Los AngelesTIMESHARETurning Tables[52]
Pico PicoTimbuctooAlternate title: Sticks and stones may break my bones but words fucking kill me[53]
LondonSprovieri GalleryReputation[54]
2022New York CityBortolami GalleryEric Wesley/St Louis[55]
2024Martos GalleryThree Sleeping Philosophers[56]
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Group exhibitions

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YearCityGalleryExhibition titleNotesRefs
1998Santa MonicaRosamund Felsen GalleryI-Candy[citation needed]
Los AngelesBrent Petersen GalleryDrawings for Works in Progress[57]
1999L.A. Edge FestivalOrganized by Simon Watson[citation needed]
2000ACME GalleryYoung and DumbCurated by Pentti Monkkonen[58]
2001New York CityStudio Museum in HarlemFreestyleSculpture: Kicking Ass[17][59][60][61][62][63]
Santa MonicaSanta Monica Museum of Art[17]
San DiegoMuseum of Contemporary Art, San DiegoUltrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art[64]
Los AngelesUCLA Hammer MuseumSnapshot: New Art From Los Angeles[13][27][65][2][66][67]
MiamiMuseum of Contemporary Art[citation needed]
New York CityArtists SpacePurloinedRan September 6 - October 13[68]
KarlsruheZKM Center for Art and MediaCircles 3: Silver Lake CrossingsCurated by Christoph Keller[citation needed]
New PlymouthGovett-Brewster Art GalleryDrive: Power, Progress, DesireCurated by Gregory Burke[69]
New York CityMetro Pictures Gallery[citation needed]
2002RichmondReynolds GalleryDrive By: Nine Artists from Los Angeles[citation needed]
2003Los AngelesCraft and Folk Art MuseumFade (1990–2003)Curated by Malik Gaines[70]
China Art Objects GalleriesWorks for Giovanni[citation needed]
GlasgowTransmission GalleryMore Boots = Many RoutesWith Lee O’Connor and Ryan Doolan[citation needed]
TurinGaleria Franco NoeroNew Space! New Show![citation needed]
GuadalajaraOPA: Oficina Para Proyectos de ArteAdios Pendejos[citation needed]
LondonCampoli PrestiEduardo Sarabia and Eric Wesley[71]
2004New York CityWhitney Museum of American ArtWhitney Biennial[13][16][2]
ViennaMuseum für Angewandte Kunst3 Fireplaces and 2 Bathtubs[72]
San FranciscoContemporary Jewish Museum100 Artists See GodCurated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, organized by ICA[14]
2005New York CityBortolami DayanGallery opening event[73]
Closing Down: Thanks[citation needed]
Los AngelesLos Angeles Contemporary ExhibitionsA Walk to RememberOrganized by Jens Hoffmann[74]
LondonInstitute of Contemporary Arts100 Artists See GodCurated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, organized by ICA[14][13][2]
Virginia BeachVirginia Museum of Contemporary Art[14]
ReadingFreedman Art Center[14]
New York CityI-20 GalleryInstallations[citation needed]
Having Differences[citation needed]
2006MinneapolisMidway Contemporary ArtAxis of PraxisCurated by Nate Lowman[75][1]
Los AngelesBlack Dragon SocietyDesignomiteCurated by Parker Jones[76]
LondonInstitute of Contemporary ArtsAlien NationCurated by John Gill, Jens Hoffmann and Gilane Tawadros[13][77][1][2]
Long Island CityP.S. 1 Contemporary Art CenterThe Gold Standard[13][15][1]
New York CityBortolami DayanSurvivorCurated by David Rimanelli[78]
NashvilleCheekwood Museum of Art100 Artists See GodCurated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, organized by ICA[14]
2007PraguePrague Biennale[13][2]
Los AngelesLizabeth OliveriaMilieu[79]
Angles Gallery[citation needed]
Venice, CABalmoral GalleryOne Foot High and Rising[citation needed]
AthensKalfayan GalleryDarling, Take Fountain[80][1]
New York CityBortolamiSubstance & Surface[81]
2008Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleryThe Light of the Virgo[citation needed]
Pougues-les-EauxCentre d'Art du Parc Saint LégerLos Angeles Confidential[13][1]
San FranciscoWattis Institute for Contemporary ArtsAmateurs[13][82][1]
BeneventoARCOS Museo d’ArteITALIA ITALIE ITALIEN ITALY WLOCHY[citation needed]
Los AngelesKathryn Brennan GalleryGlobetrottersCurated by Katie Brennan[83]
New York CityParrish Art MuseumSand- Meaning and Metaphor[citation needed]
2009Los AngelesHammer MuseumSecond Nature: Dean Valentine Collection[citation needed]
China Art Objects Gallery1999[citation needed]
2010Museum of Contemporary ArtThe Artist's Museum[citation needed]
New York CityBortolami GalleryRE-DRESSING[84]
Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleryThe Inauguration of China Art Objects in Culver City, Los Angeles[85]
Mexico CityFundación Colección JumexLes enfants terribles[12]
Los AngelesCottage HomeVideo Journeys[86]
2011AmsterdamTemporary Stedelijk Museum 3Making Histories – Changing Views of the Collection[citation needed]
New York City483 Broadway, SoHoGreater LA[87]
BordeauxCAPC musée d'art contemporainBigMinis: Fetishes of Crisis[11]
2014Los AngelesHammer MuseumA Public FictionPart of Made in L. A. 2014[10][5]
Paradise GarageLIQUOR STORE[88]
2015ChicagoMuseum of Contemporary ArtOut of OfficeOrganized by Grace Deveney[89]
2016CahokiaAbandoned Taco Bell at 1296 Camp Jackson RoadThe Bell[7][6]
2019Long Island CitySculptureCenterSearching the Sky for RainCurated by Sohrab Mohebbi[5]
Los AngelesHammer MuseumDirty Protest: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection[5]
2021New York CityBortolami GallerySpringweather and people[5]
2022Whitney Museum of American ArtWhitney Biennial 2022: Quiet As It's Kept[4]
2023BortolamiSWIZZLE TWIDDLE FIDDLE STICKSRan 8 Sep - 4 Nov[90]
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Further reading

  • Gaines, Malik (November 2001). "Eric Wesley to the Bone". Artext. No. 75.
  • Kim, Christine Y. (April 2003). "Color Blind". V Magazine. No. 22.

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