ERIK PARKER
Artist Bio
ERIK PARKER
Born, 1968 Stuttgart, Germany
Lives and works in New York City
Education
1998 MFA, SUNY Purchase
1996 BFA, University of Texas at Austin
Awards
1999 Rema Hort-Mann Foundation Grant
1997 Purchase College 25th Anniversary Scholarship (SUNY Purchase College)
Rose Scholarship (Visual Arts Department, SUNY Purchase College)
Durhurst Family Scholarship (Visual Arts Department, SUNY Purchase College)
1995 Excellence in Painting (Department of Art &Art History, University of Texas at Austin)
1994 Merit Scholarship in Painting and Drawing (University of Texas at Austin)
1993 Merit Scholarship in Painting and Drawing (University of Texas at Austin)
Merit Scholarship in Printmaking (University of Texas at Austin)
1992 Denbela-Ortiz Galeria Outstanding Scholarship in Visual Art (San Antonio College)
Solo Exhibitions
2009 "Erik Parker, Crisis Creation", Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2008 "Between Lines", Marianne Boesky, New York
2007 "Liner Notes", De Appel, Amsterdam
"Damage Control", Honor Fraser, Los Angeles
2006 "Half Cocked", Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005 Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
"Let the Good Times Roll," Leo Koenig Inc., New York, NY
2004 "Situation Done Changed, Like Faces and Names", Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
"Rechannelled Sincerity," Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
2003 "Done By the Forces of Nature," Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"This Bitch of a Life," Paolo Curti & Co., Milan, Italy, (Catalogue)
The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
2002 "You Paint the Picture," Leo Koenig, Inc, New York
Modern Art Inc., London, UK
Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Cornerhouse Museum of Contemporary Art, Manchester, UK
2001 Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Paolo Curti Gallery, Milan, Italy
2000 "Thiswhiteboysteals, "Leo Koenig Inc, New York
Group Exhibitions
2009 "Painting a Better Present", Pinturas de la Coleccion Diezy7, Puerto de Santander, Spain.
2008 "Accrochage", 2008, Gallerie Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2007 The IVAM, Valencia, Spain, is showing works from the Colección Valencia Arte Contemporáneo (VAC), including works by Erik Parker (21. 12. 06 – 18. 2. 07).
"Pictorial Talk", Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
"The Melvins", Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA Curated by Bob Nickas
"More is More: Maximalist Tendencies in Recent American
Painting", Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts. Tallahassee, FL Curated by, Tatiana Flores, (Catalogue).
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice; Late Picasso and Contemporary Painters",
Galleri Faurschou,Copenhagen, Denmark. Curated by Max Henry (Catalogue)
2006 "Art on Paper", 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University
of North Carolina at Greensboro, curated by Xandra Eden
"Reflections - 20 years", Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Untitled" (For H.C. Westermann), curated by Michael Rooks, the Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
"Cosmic Wonder," curated by Betty Nguywen (Catalogue), Yerba Buena Contemporary Art Center, San Francisco, CA
"Helter, Helter," Galerie Anne DeVillepoix, Paris, curated by Max Henry & Erik Parker
2005 "Tantra", 2005 Exit Art Print Portfolio
"Looking at Words; The Formal Presence of Text in Modern & Contemporary "Works on Paper," Andrea Rosen Gallery
"Self Preservation Society," Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
"Leaving Cockaigne," Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
2004 "Altered States", Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
"Mothership Connection," Creative Research Lab, University of Texas, Austin
"Rimbaud", curated by Max Henry, I-20 gallery, NYC
"Making Visible" Galerie Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Majority Whip", organized by Kathy Grayson & Laura Tepper, White Box, NYC
"… As Time Goes BY", Gordian Weber Kunsthandel, Cologne Germany
2003 "… As Time Goes BY", Leo Koenig Inc.
"One Planet Under a Groove", Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany, (traveling from Bronx Museum, NYC)
"Summer of Lust", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Berkshires, New York
"Nation", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
"Intervista Con La Piittura," Foundazione Bevilaqua La Mesa, curated by Gianni Romano
"Extra", curated by Marc Olivier Wahler, March, (catalogue)
Jeff Elrod, Torben Giehler, Erik Parker, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
"Painting Pictures, Painting and Media in the Digital Age, " organized by Gijs van Tuyl, KunstmusemWolfsburg, Germany (catalogue)
2002 Leo Koenig Las Vegas, Neonopolis, Las Vegas, NV
"Officina Americana", Museo d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (catalogue)
"Rock My World", curated by Ralph Rugoff, CCAC, San Francisco(catalogue)
"The Dubrow Biennale," Kagan Martos Gallery, NY
"Dubuffet, e l'arte des graffiti,"
2001 "In Fumo", group show at Galleria d'Arte Moderna e
Contemporanea, curated by Giancinto Di Pietrantonio, Bergamo, Italy.
"One Planet under a Groove", Bronx Museum of Art, New York
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
MOCA, Los Angeles.
"Erik Parker & Graham Gilmore", Nicola Spovieri, London, UK
"The Americans", Barbican Center, London, UK
"Come On Feel The Noise" Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000 "Greater New York," P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, L.I.C., NY
1999 "The Leo Koenig Project," John Weber Gallery, New York
"Visions," in conjunction with Rikrit Tiravanija's "Apartment 21," Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
"In My Room," White Columns, New York
"Artist in the Marketplace," Bronx Museum, New York
Selected Reviews and Articles
2006 Duponchelle, Valeri, "Erik Parker, DJ de l'art contemporain," Le Figaro, July 10
"Whoa, man! Cosmic Wonder Opens at YBCA," www.sfist.com, July 18
"Helter/Helter, Galerie Anne De Villepoix," La Monde, June 22
Fricke, Kirsten, "Erik Parker," Beautiful/ Decay, Issue 0, pp. 60-67
and cover illustration
Duponchelle, Valerie, "New York L'Art Contemporarian Fait Son Show," LeFigaro, March 10, no. 19, pp. 31-32
Bodin, Claudia, "Der Politik-Trip," Art, January, pp. 30-37
Erik Parker ad in Artforum, January, p. 73
2005 Parker, Erik, "The Artists' Artists, Nicole Eisenman," Artforum, December, p. 107
Affentranger-Kirchrath, Angelika, "Verpuppte Texte," NZZ, November 3
Paumgarten, Nick, "Salesman," The New Yorker, Oct. 17, pp. 144-151,153-155
Smith, Roberta, "Erik Parker, Let the Good Times Roll," The New York Times, Art Review, January 21, P. E37
Rosenberg, Karen, New York Magazine, January 17, p. 65
Henry, Max, Time Out New York, January 13-19, Is. 485, p. 57
2004 "Erik Parker," Art Listing, Time Out New York, 12/16-29/2004, p. 107
Laster, Paul, Erik Parker: "Let the Good Times Roll," Flavorpill.net online magazine, December 6
Duponchelle, Valerie, "Art Cologne, une volonte de renouveau," Figaro, October 29, pg. 27
Smith, Roberta, "Rimbaud", The New York Times, July 30
Scavenius, Bente, KUNST, Borsen, June 3
M.B., "Attention, slogans corrosives!", Tribune De Geneve, Sunday 31 January 31, through February 1
C.E.S., "L'art de denouncer l'Amerique", Tribune Des Arts, March p.24
Art Press, March, n.299 p.10
Soloarte, May issue
Art Review, (exclusive Art Project) March 2004, Volume, LIV
2003 Lo, Melissa, "Milan, Erik Parker", Flash Art, July-Sept., p. 126
Thiede, Veit-Mario,"Mit Halluzinatorischer Wirkung", Nurnberger Nachrichten, April, 7
Kunst, Melissa, Art in America, April, pp. 141-142
Thiede, Veit-Mario, "Der Reiz der Oberflache", Hessiche Allgemeine, March 11
Zamora, Alex, "The Word is God," Dazed and Confused, March, p.54
Rosenberg, Karen, Frieze Magazine, March 2003, p.101
Durkoop, Wilfried, "Malerie im digitalen Zeitalter", Grafschafter
Nachrichten, March 12
Greenwood, Cynthia, "Elrod, Giehler, Parker…," Houston Chronicle, Feb.27, p.30F
2002 Johnson, Ken, Weekend Fine Arts& Leisure, Art Reviews, The
New York Times, Friday, Nov. 8, p.E38
Waldherr,Gerhard, "Konigs-Kinder," ADAC Reisemagazin, November/Dezember, pp. 144 - 151
Lewisohn, Cedar, "Dan Coombs, Erik Parker and Simon Bill," Modern Painters, Spring
"Erik Parker," Flux, April, May
Twardy, Chuck, "Downtown Imports," Las Vegas Weekly, May 30
"Last chance to see…" Metro, April 26
Zeits, Lisa, Kunstmarkt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, #92, April
20
"Artist offers unique mix," Radcliffe Times, April 11
"Erik Parker, Dan Coombs & Simon Bill,"Art Preview, April 10
Boeker, Susanne, "Nett, aber harmlos," Kultur, Kolner Stadtanzeiger, March 30-31
"Erik Parker, Dan Coombs & Simon Bill, The Guardian, G2, March 19
Ball, Anna, "Erik Parker, Dan Coombs, Simon Bill," Student Direct,
March 18
"Erik Parker, Dan Coombs and Simon Bill," Guardian Guide, March
9
"Erik Parker, Dan Coombs and Simon Bill," Metro, March 8
Howart, Sophie, "Andy Warhol", Tate, London, Spring, p.29
Bonacossa, Ilaria," The Americans: New Art", Flash Art, Jan./Feb.,
p.48
Smith, Roberta, "Out of the Vociferous Planet and in the Orbit of Funk and Hip Hop," The New York Times, Arts and Leisure, Art Review, Friday Jan. 18, pg. E 46
Bussel, David, "You Too Will Be A Fan", I-D Magazine, February,
p.175
Gellatly, Andrew, "The Americans New Art", Frieze, London, January, 2002, p.99
Sladen, Mark, "Young Americans", Blueprint, London, November, p.50
2001 "In Fumo", catalogue for the show at Galleria d'Arte Moderna
Contemporanea, curated by Giancinto Di Pietrantonio, Bergamo,Italy.
Matsui, Midori, "Erik Parker", Flash Art International,
Nov.-Dec.p.101
Currah, Mark, "Eric Parker", Time Out London
Kent, Sarah, "Altered States", Time Out London, Dec, 28., p.60
Ratnam, Neru, "Oh Please Let It All Mean Something", The Face, London, Fall
Issue, pp. 174-186
Sumpter, Helen, "Art of The States", The Evening Standard, Oct,
19th, p.51
O'Connell, Alex "All The Young Dudes", The Visual Arts, The Times,
London, Oct. 24th, p.15
Birnbaum, Daniel, "Preview-The Americans: New Art", Artforum, September, p.80
Thorburn, Hedwig, "Humor I Ung Amerikansk Konst", Svenska Dagbladet, Malmo, Sweden, Nov.15, 2001
Kawachi, Taka,"Erik Parker" Marie Claire (Japanese), January p.72
Surrey, Farnham, London Planner, London, October
2000 Sirmans, Franklin, "Erik Parker, Whiteboysteals" TimeOutNY, Nov.
30-Dec.7, p.92
Kawachi, Taka, "Erik Parker," Sense 1, Dec. vol. 1, pp.36-38
Cotter, Holland, "Innovators Burst Onstage One (Kapow!) at a Time,"
New York Times Weekend Fine Arts & Leisure,p.E31
Kojima, Yoyi, Studio Voice, Japan, Vol. 297, September
Kino, Carol, "The Emergent Factor," Art in America July,p.43-49
Siegel, Katy, "Greater New York," Artforum, May 2000, p.174¬
Naves, Mario, Currently Hanging, The New York Observer, March 27,
p. 16
Saltz, Jerry, "Greater Expectations," Village Voice, March 14, p.67
Cotter, Holland, "New York Contemporary, Defined 150 Ways, The New York Times, Monday March, 6, p.E1
Robinson, Walter, Weekend Update, Artnet.com, March
1999 Saltz, Jerry, "Resident Alien," Village Voice, July 13, no. 27,
p. 123
Berwick, Carly, "While Some Live for Art, Others Live In It," New
York Times, August 1
Hanks, "In My Room," NY International Arts Magazine, vol. 3, no.
6, p.63
Simon Says, A Critical Guide, "In My Room," Summer, vol. 3 issue
10 p.2
Cotter, Holland, "Artist in the Marketplace," New York Times, July
23, p.E35
"Artist in the Marketplace," 19th Annual Exhibition Catalogue, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
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