| ERIC WERT | |
| Born 1976 in Portland, OR | |
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EDUCATION | |
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2001 |
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Master of Fine Arts (studied under artist James Valerio) |
| 1997 |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Bachelor of Fine Arts |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2016 |
Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2015 |
William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2013 |
William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2011 |
William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2009 |
William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2007 |
William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2006 |
Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2005 |
William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 2004 |
Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Prater Rouse Gallery, Norfolk, VA | |
| 2003 |
Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL | |
| 1999 |
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2017 |
Summer 2017, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| Attention to Detail, Robert Lange Gallery, Charleston, SC | |
| Platinum Blend, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| Animal Kingdom, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| Summer Group Exhibit, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY | |
| CK Contemporary, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2016 |
Ema, Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR, Hatos Gallery, Tokyo, and Galerie Artistik Rezo, Paris |
| Get Real, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR | |
| 20th Anniversary Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| Salon, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA | |
| Summer, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY | |
| 2015 |
Lush Life, Roq la Rue, Seattle, WA |
| The Magic of Realism, Saks Galleries, Denver, CO | |
| Wallflowers, Miller Gallery, Cincinatti, OH | |
| Ema, Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR and HPGRP Gallery, Tokyo | |
| Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY | |
| 2015 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2014 |
Amuse Bouche, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA |
| Them Pretty Pictures, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY | |
| April Flowers, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA | |
| 2014 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2013 |
13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Contemporary Realism Invitational, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH | |
| Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY | |
| Plant Life, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL | |
| 2012 |
Water, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY |
| 2012 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2011 |
Spring Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY |
| Decadence, Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Florabundance, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 2011 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2010 |
2010 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| The Metaphoric Object, Dunedin Fine arts center, Dunedin, FL | |
| Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 2009 |
The Leaf and the Page, Illinois State Museum (traveling exhibit), Chicago, IL, Springfield, IL and Lockport, IL |
| Is Everything Black and White? Selected works from the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection, Gallery 360, Northeastern University, Boston, MA | |
| 2009 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| 2008 |
Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece |
| George Billis Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA | |
| West Coast 10, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| Faculty Exhibit, Eric and Rhonna Hoffman gallery, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR | |
| 2008 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| Weeds Seeds and Buds, Trudy Labell Fine Arts, Naples, FL | |
| Still Lives And Other Narratives, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 15th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 2007 |
2007 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Leslie Levy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| 14th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Authentic Fake, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Leslie Levy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ | |
| 2006 |
Decade, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 13th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA | |
| Gallery Artists Portfolio Exhibit, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Sante Fe, NM | |
| 2005 |
2005 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
| 12th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 2004 |
Winter Guests, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| Tabula Rasa, Prater Rouse Gallery, Norfolk, VA | |
| 2003 |
10th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| Guest List, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2002 |
Graffinova, International Drawing Triennial, Ostrobothnian Museum, Vassa, Finland |
| 16th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial 2002, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL | |
| Natural History, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| About Looking at Things, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2001 |
Union League Civic & Arts Foundation 2001 Visual Arts Scholarship Exhibit, Union League Club, Chicago, IL |
| Fantastic Voyage, Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, IL | |
| 2000 |
Noir, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL |
| Red, Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, IL | |
| 1999 |
Anatomy in the Gallery, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL |
| 1998 |
New Talent II, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL |
ART FAIRS | |
| 2017 |
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX |
| Context Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX | |
| 2016 |
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX |
| SCOPE Art Fair, Clark Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2015 |
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX |
| Boston International Fine Arts Show, William Baczek Fine Arts, Boston, MA | |
| 2014 |
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX |
| Boston International Fine Arts Show, William Baczek Fine Arts, Boston, MA | |
| 2013 |
Boston International Fine Arts Show, William Baczek Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
| 2012 |
Aqua Art Miami, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL |
AWARDS and RESIDENCIES | |
| 2007 |
Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award |
| 2002 |
Third Place Award, The Artist's Magazine 2002 Still Life Competition |
| 2001 |
Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Scholarship, Chicago, IL |
| 2000 |
Teaching Assistant Scholarship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
| 1999 |
Graduate Fellowship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
COLLECTIONS | |
| New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT | |
| Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL | |
| Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. PA | |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| 2017 |
Emerson, Melissa. "Good Enough to Eat", The Mayfair Magazine, April. |
| 2016 |
Leggio, Gail. "Still Life Exhibition Review", American Arts Quarterly, Winter. |
| Abramson, Sarah Elise. "Dissimilar Similarities", Culture, February. | |
| 2015 |
Vaccani, Alex. "Eric Wert", Toh Magazine, November. |
| O'hern, John. "Painting a Cohesive Composition", International Artist, November. | |
| O'hern, John. "Discovering Connections", American Art Collector, November. | |
| Menendez, Didi. "Realism, edited by Frank Bernarducci", Poets/Artists, September. | |
| Gibson, Mike. "Picture Perfect", Foodism, August. | |
| Bloomfield, Maureen. "Paint Your Vegetables", Artists Magazine, June. | |
| Net, Nuria. "These sweet and destructive paintings will inspire lovers and the forsaken alike", Fusion.net (blog), February 14. | |
| "Eric Wert", m-u-s-e-u-m (blog), February 2. | |
| "Still Life Beauty," American Art Collector, February. | |
| 2014 |
De La Cruz, Jennifer. "Eric Wert", HI FRUCTOSE, Summer. |
| Parker, Charley. "Eric Wert", Lines and Colors (blog), April 11. | |
| Cognito, Slim. Eric Wert, Empty Kingdom (blog), March 27. | |
| 2013 | Pfarrer, Steve. "A fine pairing: William Baczek gallery in Northampton unites 'big guns' in new exhibit", Hampshire Daily Gazette, Nov 20. |
| "A Sense of Vitality", American Art Collector, November. | |
| Wert, Eric. "Northwest Meets Southwest", Artists on Art, October. | |
| Pearson, Laura. "Plant Life at Western Exhibitions", Time Out Chicago, Feb 14. | |
| 2012 |
Foreman, B.J. "Sweet Destruction", Artists Magazine, November (cover image). |
| Menendez, Didi. Poets and Artists, September. | |
| Cohler, Eric Christopher. "Driven to Collect", American Art Collector, March. | |
| 2011 |
"Looking Intensely", American Art Collector, November. |
| Partridge, Laura, A. "The Miller Gallery presents Contemporary Realism", AEQAI, October 15. | |
| "Exploratory Methods", American Art Collector, February. | |
| Hitt, Laura. "Sin Boldly", Santa Fe Reporter, July 1. | |
| 2010 | Menendez, Didi. "Eric Wert", Poets and Artists, October. |
| "Still Lifes", American Art Collector, March. | |
| 2009 |
"Macabre Sensibilities", American Art Collector, November (cover image). |
| Buttenweiser, Sarah. "Eric Wert: Solo Exhibition", Art New England, October / November. | |
| 2008 |
Artner, Alan. "'Leaf' falls on the side of tradition", Chicago Tribune, September 11. |
| "'Leaf And The Page' On View At Illinois State Museum', Antiques and the Arts Online, August 26. | |
| Woodard, Josef. "West Coast Ten - Sullivan Goss gathers similarly-minded West Coast-based painters", Santa Barbara News-Press. | |
| 2007 |
DeNicola, Dan. "Getting Real", Daily Hampshire Gazette, December 14. |
| "Eric Wert", American Art Collector, November. | |
| New American Paintings, Issue #59, December. | |
| "Competition Spotlight", Artist Magazine, June. | |
| Mitchell, Phoebe. "Arts Almanac", Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 22. | |
| 2006 |
Eric Wert and Jennifer Nehrbass, American Art Collector, May, pp. 74-77 |
| 2005 |
Mellen, Kathleen. "Paintings That Detail the Wild Side of Domesticity", Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 22. |
| "The State of the Realist Nation", American Art Collector, October. | |
| New American Paintings, Issue #59, August. | |
| Mitchell, Phoebe. "Show Puts Motion Into Still Life", Springfield Republican, February 7. | |
| Russell, Gloria. "Still Life Exhibit Pushes Viewers to the Edge", Hampshire Daily Gazette. | |
| 2004 |
Sundell, Ivy. "Art Scene, Chicago 2004", Crow Woods Publishing. |
| Hawkins, Margaret. "Gallery Glance", Chicago-Sun Times, January 23. | |
| 2003 |
New American Paintings, Issue #47, August. |
| Hawkins, Margaret. "Gallery Glance", Chicago-Sun Times, April 4. | |
| 2002 |
"National Competition Winners", Artist Magazine, December. |
| Brunetti, John. "Seeing But Not Believing", CAC Chicago Artists' News, October. | |
| 1999 |
Grisham, Esther. "No Nature", Dialogue, March/April. |
| Kusimba, Chapuruka. "The Rise and Fall of the Swahili States", Altamira Press | |
