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Erik Parker
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Erik Parker

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Place of birth
Stuttgart, Stuttgart Government Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Age
57 years
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Stuttgart
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Biography

Erik Parker (born 1968) is a New York-based artist. He has had solo exhibitions at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Connecticut; the De Appel in Amsterdam; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; Colette in Paris; Honor Fraser in Los Angeles; and Galleri Faurschou in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Life and Work

Erik Parker was born in Stuttgart, Germany but later moved to San Antonio, Texas. Parker attended the University of Texas at Austin with artist Peter Saul before receiving a master of fine art from Purchase College in New York.

Erik Parker is known for his precisely painted and organized worlds of chaos that exist within his brightly colored, intensely layered, highly saturated canvases. Parker's work depicts unique, fantastical scenes of biomorphic subjects and unworldly landscapes. Parker methodically paints each composition to the optical extreme creating an intense visual experience. His work maintains a premeditated sense of order all the while suggesting an underlying madness through his use of bold and fragmented forms. Parker employs many styles in his work, from graffiti to psychedelic album covers and cartoons. Drawing from elements of American subculture, Parker creates color infused paintings that illustrate his take on the pressing issues of our time.

Solo Exhibitions

YearExhibitionGallery/MuseumLocation
2012Bye Bye BabylonPaul Kasmin GalleryNew York, NY
2012Too Mad to Be ScaredAldrich Contemporary Art MuseumRidgefield, CT
2012Other side of Morning and BermudaPatricia Low ContemporaryGstaad
2011Re-UppedColetteParis, France
2011Focus: Erik ParkerModern Art Museum of Fort WorthFort Worth, TX
2010Endless AnytimeHonor FraserLos Angeles, CA
2010AdaptGalleri FaurschouCopenhagen, Denmark
2009Crisis CreationPaul Kasmin GalleryNew York, NY
2008Between LinesMarianne BoeskyNew York, NY
2007Liner NotesDe AppelAmsterdam
2007Damage ControlHonor FraserLos Angeles, CA
2006Half CockedTaka Ishii GalleryTokyo, Japan

Awards

  • Rema Hort-Mann Foundation Grant (1999)
  • Purchase College 25th Anniversary Scholarship (SUNY Purchase College) (1997)
  • Rose Scholarship (Visual Arts Department, SUNY Purchase College) (1997)
  • Durhurst Family Scholarship (Visual Arts Department, SUNY Purchase College) (1997)
  • Excellence in Painting (Department of Art &Art History, University of Texas at Austin) (1995)
  • Merit Scholarship in Painting and Drawing (University of Texas at Austin)(1994)
  • Denbela-Ortiz Galeria Outstanding Scholarship in Visual Art (San Antonio College) (1992)
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