Eric Wesley facts for kids

Eric Wesley (born 1973) is an American artist. Wesley was born in Los Angeles, California, where he continues to live and work. He has held solo exhibitions in galleries internationally as well as at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Foundation Morra Greco, Naples, Italy.

Wesley has participated in group shows at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France; Fundación/Colección, Jumex, Mexico; Museo d’Arte, Benevento, Italy; The Prague Biennial in 2007; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; P.S.1, New York; The Whitney, New York; and the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Eric Wesley is also the co-founder of Mountain School of Art (MSA), Los Angeles, CA.

Education

Wesley has a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles

Solo exhibitions

2012

• 2 new works, Bortolami, NY

2011

• The Same ‘Ol New Frontier, China Art Objects, Los Angeles

2010

• D’Carts Blanche and New Paintings, Bortolami Gallery, New York

2009

• New Realistic Figures, Maureen Paley, London

2008

• Ship Shape ... Shelf and the Empfang Box, Feurig59, Berlin

2007

• Spaference Room, Bortolami Gallery, New York
• Spafice, Foundation Morra Greco, Naples, Italy

2006

• Audi, Meyer-Riegger Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
• You say Tomato, I say Tomato, Galleria Fonti, Naples, Italy
• Eric Wesley, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles
• MOCA FOCUS: Eric Wesley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

2005

• Bowie-Van Valen Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2004

• Pico Youth Center, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles
• I love WW2, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

2003

• Jeans Theory, Statements, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2002

• Metro Pictures, New York
• Enchilada “The Endless Burrito”, Meyer-Reigger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Ouchi, Galeria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy

2001

• Two Story Clocktower, Caltech, Pasadena, CA

2000

• Kicking ..., China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles

1999

• Camper, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles

Selected Group exhibitions

2011

• Making Histories – Changing Views of the Collection, Temporary Stedelijk Museum 3, Amsterdam
• Greater LA, 483 Broadway, SoHo, New York

2010

• The Artist's Museum, MOCA Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
• RE-DRESSING, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
• The Inauguration of China Art Objects in Culver City, Los Angeles
• Les enfants terribles, Fundacion Coleccion Jumex, Mexico
• Video Journeys, Cottage Home, Los Angeles

2009

• Second Nature: Dean Valentine Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
• 1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles

2008

• The Light of the Virgo, China Art Objects, Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Confidential, Centre d'Art du Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France
• Amateurs, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
• ITALIA ITALIE ITALIEN ITALY WLOCHY, ARCOS Museo d’Arte,Benevento,Italy
• Globetrotters, 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, Curated by Katie Brennan
• Sand- Meaning and Metaphor, Parrish Museum, New York, NY

2007

• Prague Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic
• Milieu, Lizabeth Oliveria, Los Angeles
• Angles Gallery, Los Angeles
• One Foot High and Rising, Balmoral Gallery, Venice, CA
• Darling, Take Fountain, Kalfayan Gallery, Greece
• Substance & Surface, Bortolami, New York

2006

• Axis of Praxis, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
• Design-O-mite, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
• 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

2005

• 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, NY
• Having Differences. I-20 Gallery, New York, NY

2004

• Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
• 3 Fireplaces and 2 Bathtubs, Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna, Austria

2003

• 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
• New Space! New Show!, Galeria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
• Adios Pendejos, OPA: Oficina Para Proyectos de Arte, Guadalajara, Mexico
• Eduardo Sarabia and Eric Wesley, Sutton Lane, London
• Adios Pendejos, OPA: Oficina Para Proyectos de Arte, Guadalajara, Mexico

2002

• Drive By: Nine Artists from Los Angeles, Reynolds Gallery, Virginia

2001

• Freestyle, Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, Santa Monica Museum of Art
• Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida
• Purloined, Artists Space, New York, September 6 - October 13
• Circles 3: Silver Lake Crossings, Zentrum Fur Kunst und Mediatechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany. Curated by Christoph Keller.
• Drive: Power, Progress, Desire, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Curated by Gregory Burke.
• Group Show, Metro Pictures, New York

2000

• Young and Dumb, ACME, Los Angeles, Curated by Pentti Monkkonen.

1999

• L.A. Edge Festival, Los Angeles, organized by Simon Watson.

1998

• I-Candy, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica
• Brent Petersen Gallery, Los Angeles.