Eric Wesley

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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]

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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

YearCityGalleryTitleNotesRefs
1999Los Angeles China Art Objects Galleries Camper [25]
2000Kicking Ass [26] [27]
2001 Pasadena Caltech Two Story Clock TowerErected on the Caltech campus [28] [1] [29]
2002New York City Metro Pictures Gallery New Amsterdam [27] [30] [2] [31]
Karlsruhe Meyer-Reigger GalerieEnchilada “The Endless Burrito” [32] [27] [2]
Turin Galeria Franco NoeroOuchi [27]
2003 Basel Art Basel Jeans Theory, Statements [33]
2004Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleriesPico Youth Center [34]
Miami Locust Projects Eric 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 Art MOCA FOCUS: Eric Wesley [16] [2] [5] [1] [3] [41]
Pacific Design Center Thirty Three Point Three Three Three [42] [2] [29]
2007New York City Bortolami Gallery Spaference Room [43] [1]
NaplesFoundation Morra GrecoSpa fice [44] [13] [1] [45] [46] [2]
Münchenstein Kunsthaus Baselland [2]
Turin Galeria Franco Noero [2]
2008BerlinFeurig59Ship Shape Shit Shelf and the Empfang Box [13]
2009London Maureen Paley New 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]
2016Minneapolis Midway Contemporary Art ISOSCELES 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]

Group exhibitions

YearCityGalleryExhibition titleNotesRefs
1998 Santa Monica Rosamund Felsen Gallery I-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 City Studio Museum in Harlem FreestyleSculpture: Kicking Ass [17] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63]
Santa Monica Santa Monica Museum of Art [17]
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art [64]
Los Angeles UCLA Hammer Museum Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles [13] [27] [65] [2] [66] [67]
Miami Museum of Contemporary Art [ citation needed ]
New York City Artists Space PurloinedRan September 6 - October 13 [68]
Karlsruhe ZKM Center for Art and Media Circles 3: Silver Lake CrossingsCurated by Christoph Keller[ citation needed ]
New Plymouth Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Drive: Power, Progress, DesireCurated by Gregory Burke [69]
New York City Metro Pictures Gallery [ citation needed ]
2002 Richmond Reynolds GalleryDrive By: Nine Artists from Los Angeles[ citation needed ]
2003Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum Fade (1990–2003)Curated by Malik Gaines [70]
China Art Objects Galleries Works for Giovanni[ citation needed ]
Glasgow Transmission Gallery More 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 City Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Biennial [13] [16] [2]
Vienna Museum für Angewandte Kunst 3 Fireplaces and 2 Bathtubs [72]
San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum 100 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 Angeles Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions A Walk to RememberOrganized by Jens Hoffmann [74]
London Institute of Contemporary Arts 100 Artists See GodCurated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, organized by ICA [14] [13] [2]
Virginia Beach Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art [14]
Reading Freedman Art Center [14]
New York CityI-20 GalleryInstallations[ citation needed ]
Having Differences[ citation needed ]
2006 Minneapolis Midway Contemporary Art Axis of PraxisCurated by Nate Lowman [75] [1]
Los AngelesBlack Dragon SocietyDesignomiteCurated by Parker Jones [76]
London Institute of Contemporary Arts Alien NationCurated by John Gill, Jens Hoffmann and Gilane Tawadros [13] [77] [1] [2]
Long Island City P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center The Gold Standard [13] [15] [1]
New York CityBortolami DayanSurvivorCurated by David Rimanelli [78]
Nashville Cheekwood Museum of Art 100 Artists See GodCurated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, organized by ICA [14]
2007Prague Prague Biennale [13] [2]
Los AngelesLizabeth OliveriaMilieu [79]
Angles Gallery[ citation needed ]
Venice, CA Balmoral 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-Eaux Centre d'Art du Parc Saint LégerLos Angeles Confidential [13] [1]
San Francisco Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts Amateurs [13] [82] [1]
Benevento ARCOS Museo d’ArteITALIA ITALIE ITALIEN ITALY WLOCHY[ citation needed ]
Los AngelesKathryn Brennan GalleryGlobetrottersCurated by Katie Brennan [83]
New York City Parrish Art Museum Sand- Meaning and Metaphor[ citation needed ]
2009Los Angeles Hammer Museum Second Nature: Dean Valentine Collection[ citation needed ]
China Art Objects Gallery1999[ citation needed ]
2010 Museum of Contemporary Art The 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 Jumex Les enfants terribles [12]
Los AngelesCottage HomeVideo Journeys [86]
2011AmsterdamTemporary Stedelijk Museum 3 Making Histories – Changing Views of the Collection[ citation needed ]
New York City483 Broadway, SoHoGreater LA [87]
Bordeaux CAPC musée d'art contemporain BigMinis: Fetishes of Crisis [11]
2014Los Angeles Hammer Museum A Public FictionPart of Made in L. A. 2014 [10] [5]
Paradise GarageLIQUOR STORE [88]
2015Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art Out of OfficeOrganized by Grace Deveney [89]
2016 Cahokia Abandoned Taco Bell at 1296 Camp Jackson RoadThe Bell [7] [6]
2019 Long Island City SculptureCenter Searching the Sky for RainCurated by Sohrab Mohebbi [5]
Los Angeles Hammer Museum Dirty Protest: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection [5]
2021New York CityBortolami GallerySpringweather and people [5]
2022 Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet As It's Kept [4]
2023 Bortolami SWIZZLE TWIDDLE FIDDLE STICKSRan 8 Sep - 4 Nov [90]

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pedrosa, Adriano (2009). Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture. Phaidon. pp. 326, 348. ISBN   9780714849744 – via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Campagnola, Sonia (March 2007). "Eric Wesley: Let's Do A Trade". Flash Art. No. 253. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rochette, Anne; Saunders, Wade (November 2006). "Place Matters: Los Angeles". Art in America. Vol. 94, no. 10. pp. 168–191, 224. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet As It's Kept". Whitney Museum of American Art. 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Springweather and people at Bortolami". Emergent Magazine. 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Dampier, Cindy (28 July 2016). "Eric Wesley's quest for high art leads to a Taco Bell". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  7. 1 2 Hodges, Jaye (21 July 2016). "Abandoned restaurant now serves fine art". The Belleville News-Democrat. Belleville, Illinois, US. p. B1. Retrieved 23 September 2025– via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Haithman, Diane (5 January 2007). "$1 Million New Year's Gift to the Hammer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Eric Wesley — BORTOLAMI". Eric Wesley — BORTOLAMI.
  10. 1 2 "Public Fiction". Hammer Museum. 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Robert Breer and BigMinis at CAPC – Bordeaux". Mousse Magazine. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  12. 1 2 "LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES". Museo Jumex. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Eric Wesley: New Realistic Figures". Maureen Paley. 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "100 Artists See God". Independent Curators International. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  15. 1 2 "The Gold Standard". MoMA. 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  16. 1 2 3 "Eric Wesley (MOCA Focus Series)". Bortolami Gallery. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  17. 1 2 3 Knight, Christopher (2 October 2001). "Cultural Evolution in Freestyle". Los Angeles Times.
  18. ↑ Robinson, Walter (2007). "Hammer Museum Gets Dean Valentine Art". Artnet.com. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  19. ↑ Sholis, Brian (24 February 2007). "Show Business". artforum.com. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
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  21. ↑ Schimmel, Paul (March 2008). "Future Greats". ArtReview . p. 87.
  22. ↑ "West Side Story". Mousse Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  23. 1 2 3 Myers, Holly (March 2008). "Go tell it on the mountain: LA's new nomadic art schools" (PDF). Art Review. No. 20. p. 73. Retrieved 23 September 2025– via Fritz Haeg.
  24. 1 2 Stark, Frances (December 2005). "Frances Stark On: Los Angeles". ArtForum. p. 226. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
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  27. 1 2 3 4 5 Myers, Julian (January 2003). "Just for Kicks". Frieze. No. 72. Frieze. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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  29. 1 2 Rogers, Mike (July 2006). "Eric Wesley". ArtUS. No. 14. pp. 16–17. ISSN   1546-7082.
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  32. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Enchilada". Contemporary Art Library. 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  33. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Jeans Theory, Statements". Contemporary Art Library. 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  34. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Pico Youth Center". China Art Objects Galleries. 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  35. ↑ "I love WW2". Contemporary Art Library. 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  36. ↑ "Eric Wesley". Contemporary Art Library. 2005. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  37. ↑ "Eric Wesley | Mario Garcia Torres". ArtMap. 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
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  41. ↑ Butler, Cornelia (March 2006). "Thesis Show". Eric Wesley Catalogue. MOCA Focus. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[ page needed ]
  42. ↑ Knight, Christopher (21 April 2006). "After a Bold Takeover a Weak Message Is Sent". Los Angeles Times. p. 61. Retrieved 23 September 2025– via newspapers.com.
  43. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Spaference Room". Bortolami Gallery. 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  44. ↑ Fassi, Luigi (2007). "Spafice: Eric Wesley". Fondazione Morra Greco. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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  47. ↑ Johnson, Ken (21 May 2010). "Eric Wesley: D'Carts Blanche and New Paintings". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  48. ↑ "Eric Wesley: The Same 'Ol New Frontier". ArtMap. 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  49. ↑ "ERIC WESLEY, "2 new works" at Bortolami gallery, New York". Mousse Magazine. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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  51. ↑ Cluggish, Sara (2016). "Eric Wesley: ISOSCELES TRAPEZOID ARCH". InReview. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  52. ↑ Hadland, Gracie (17 October 2024). "Eric Wesley's Funny Money". ArtReview. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  53. ↑ "Eric Wesley "Timbuctoo" at Pio Pico, Los Angels [sic]". Mousse Magazine. 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  54. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Reputation". Sprovieri. 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  55. ↑ Keh, Pei-ru (25 October 2022). "City limits: Bortolami Gallery's 'Artist/City' upends the traditional exhibition model". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  56. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Three Sleeping Philosophers". Martos Gallery. 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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  77. ↑ "Alien Nation". Institute of Contemporary Arts. 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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  82. ↑ "Amateurs". Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  83. ↑ "Globetrotters". Kathryn Brennan Gallery. 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  84. ↑ "New York – RE-DRESSING at Bortolami Gallery". Mousse Magazine. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  85. ↑ "Video of the new China Art Objects in Culver City". artmap. 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  86. ↑ "'Video Journeys' at Sister Gallery at Cottage Home". Los Angeles Times. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  87. ↑ Smith, Roberta (31 May 2011). "A Bit of Hollywood, Minus the Tinsel". New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  88. ↑ "SFAQ pick: "LIQUOR STORE" group exhibition at Paradise Garage, Los Angeles". SFAQ. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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