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Eric Wesley
Eric Wesley
Born 1973, Los Angeles, CA. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Solo Exhibitions
2007
D'Carts Blanche and New Paintings, Bortolami, New York, NY
Space, Bortolami, New York, NY
Galeria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
Foundation Morra Grecco, Naples, Italy2006
Audi, Meyer-Riegger Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
You say Tomato, I say Tomato, Galleria Fonti, Naples, Italy
China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Focus: Eric Wesley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA2005
BowieVanValen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Meyer-Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany2004
Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Pico Youth Center, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA2003
Statements, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland2002
Metro Pictures, New York, NY
Meyer-Reigger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galeria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy2001
Two Story Clocktower, CalTech, Pasadena, CA2000
Kicking Ass, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA1999
Camper, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CASelected Group Exhibitions
2008
Los Angeles Confidentiel, curated by Sandra Patron and Allyson Spellacy, Parc Saint- Léger – Centre d’art contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France
Amateurs, curated by Ralph Rugoff, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
Globletrotters, Sister Gallery at Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA2007
One Foot High and Rising, curated by Pentii Monkkonen, The Balmoral, Los Angeles
“Darling, Take Fountain,” Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, Greece
Prague Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic
Milieu, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles
DESIGNOMITE, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles2006
Axis of Praxis, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Alien Nation, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
The Gold Standard, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Survivor, Bortolami Dayan, New York, NY2005
Closing Down: Thanks, Bortolami Dayan, New York
A Walk to Remember, Organized by Jens Hoffmann, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
100 Artists See God, Curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, Organized by ICA, London, England
Installations, I-20 Gallery, New York, NYHaving Differences. I-20 Gallery, New York, NY2004
3 fireplaces and 2 bathtubs, Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna, Austria2003
Fade (1990-2003), Curated by Malik Gaines, Craft and Folk Art Museum at the Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Works for Giovanni, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
More Boots = Many Routes, Eric Wesley, Lee O’Connor, Ryan Doolan, Transmission
Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, Oct 13-November 8
New Space! New Show!, Galeria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
Adios Pendejos, OPA: Oficina Para Proyectos de Arte, Guadelajara, Mexico, June2002
Drive By: Nine Artists from Los Angeles, Curated by Katie Brennan, Reynolds Gallery,
Virginia, Feb., 15 – March 30,
Freestyle, Curated by Thelma Golden., Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, April 28 - June 24
Santa Monica Museum of Art, September 28–November 18, 2001
Group Show, Metro Pictures, New York2001
Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, June 3 -
September 2?Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida, October 7 – November 25
Purloined, Curated Christine Y. Kim, Artists Space, New York, September 6 - October 13
Circles 3: Silver Lake Crossings, Curated by Christoph Keller, Zentrum Fur Kunst und Mediatechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Drive: Power, Progress, Desire, Curated by Gregory Burke, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand2000
Young and Dumb, Curated by Pentti Monkkonen, ACME, Los Angeles, CA1999
L.A. Edge Festival, Organized by Simon Watson, Los Angeles, CA1998
I-Candy, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Brent Petersen Gallery, Los Angeles, CASelected Bibliography
2008
Schimmel, Paul, “Future Greats”, Art Review: March 2008 p.87
Burton, Johanna, “Eric Wesley”, ArtForum March 2008 p.3622007
Campagnola, Sonia. “Eric Wesley”, Flash Art March/April 2007
Robinson, Walter. “HAMMER Museum gets Dean Valentine Art.” Artnet, com, Jan. 9
Haithman, Diane. “$1-million new year's gift to the Hammer.” Los Angeles Times. Jan.5
Sholis, Brian “Show Business,” artforum.com2006
Rochette, Anne and Wade Saunders. “Place Matters: Los Angeles.” Art in America, November 2006
Knight, Christopher, “After a bold takeover a weak message is sent” Los Angeles Times, April 21
Butler, Cornelia, “Thesis Show,” MOCA Focus: Eric Wesley Catalogue, March.
Rogers, Mike. “Eric Wesley,” ArtUS
Romeo, Fillippo, “Critic’s Pick: Eric Wesley,” artforum.com2005
Gair Boase, Ben Davis, Melissa Dunn, Morgan Falconer, Melissa Gronlund, Ana Finel
Honigman, Jane Neal, Bill Roberts, Lauren Stakis, “Future Greats 2005,” Art Review December
Stark, Frances, “On the Ground: Los Angeles,” Artforum
Wang, Michael, “Pop Shop,” artforum.com
Harvey, Doug, “State of the Art ’05,” LA Weekly2004
Circles (catalogue), ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Cotter, Holland, “Duck! It’s Biennial Time Again,” New York Times, March 7
Porter, Gwynneth, “Art Basel 34,” Mute Magazine
Saltz, Jerry, “The OK Corral,” The Village Voice2003
Kim, Christine Y., “Color Blind,” V Magazine #22 April
Ammiratti, Dominick, “Critic’s Pick: Eric Wesley,” artforum.com2002
Myers, Julian, “Just for Kicks,” Frieze, Issue 72, December
Gaines, Malik, “Eric Wesley to the Bone,” Artext, No. 75, November 2001 – January 2002
Von Schlegell, Mark, “Review: Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles,” Artext, No. 75, November 2001 – January 20022001
Tumlir, Jan. "Snapshot - LA exhibit of work of 25 artists,” Artforum, October
Knight, Christopher, “Cultural Evolution in Freestyle”, Los Angeles Times, October 2
Schjeldahl, Peter, “Breaking Away; A Flowering of Young African American Artists,” The New Yorker, June 11
Knight, Christopher, “A Snapshot of L.A. Artists,” Los Angeles Times, June 6
Plagens, Peter. “Harlem Goes 'Freestyle'” NEWSWEEK, May
Cotter, Holland, “A Full Studio Museum Show Starts With 28 Artists and a Shoehorn,” New York Time, May 11
Dailey, Meghan, “Preview: Freestyle,” artforum.com 2001
Saltz, Jerry, “Post-Black; Radical Intelligence at the Studio Museum in Harlem,” The Village Voice, May 222000
Intra, Giovanni, “Too Autopoeitic to Drive” in Drive Catalog, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand - Exhibitions
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