Eric N. Mack | |
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Born | Eric National Mack [1] 1987 |
Education | The Cooper Union BFA, 2010 Yale School of Art MFA, 2012 [2] |
Eric National Mack (born 1987, Columbia, Maryland) is an American painter, multi-media installation artist, and sculptor, based in New York City. [3] [4]
Mack was born in Columbia, Maryland. His middle name is National, after Washington DC's National Gallery of Art—where his parents met. [5] At an early age, Mack worked for his father at his discount clothing store interacting with a spectrum of fashions and fabrics. [6] Mack's fabric collages often include a spectrum of materials such as moving blankets, bandanas, and other found or locally sourced fabrics. [3]
Mack received his BFA from The Cooper Union in 2010 and his MFA from Yale in 2012. In a 2019 interview with Mahfuz Sultan for PIN-UP Magazine , he is quoted stating that he made most of his work outside while at Yale. [7]
Solo exhibitions
Group exhibitions
Residencies
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