Born Hoffman Estates Illinois on the Autumnal Equinox
Education:
Master of Science Degree, Pratt Institute, 1998, Brooklyn, New York
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1981, Chicago, Illinois
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 "AfterMath" Go North Gallery, Beacon New York
2004 "Suspended Forms" The Studio Gallery Annex, New York, New York
2003 "King Solomons Temple" Casola Gallery, Peekskill, New York
1985 Tracy Garrett Gallery, New York, New York
Selected Exhibitions:
2008 "Paradox of Water" Juried exhibition, Westport Center for the Arts, Westport CT. Juror, Mary Sabbitino VP, Gallerie Lelong, New York
2006 "Peekskill Project 06" Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill New York. Installed painting atHVCCA, Tee shirt design and Logo for event, DVD "The Peekskill Fireball" at Riverfront Park
2005-06 " Winter Solstice IV, Standards and Shifts in Contemporary Art, in conjunction with The Studio Gallery at the Main Gallery Grand Banking Room, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, New York
2005 "Peekskill Project, Ghosts" Installed sculpture, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
2005 "Open Studios" Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, N.Y.
2004-05 "Winter Solstice III", The Studio Gallery, Armonk, N.Y
2004 "Open Studios" WAW Westchester Community College, Peekskill Branch, Peekskill, New York
2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea Florence Italy, Sponsored in part by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, The New York Foundation For The Arts, Family and Friends.
2003 "Winter Solstice Exhibition II" The Studio Gallery, Armonk New York
2002 "The Studio Inaugural Exhibition" The Studio Gallery Armonk, New York
2002 "Winter Solstice Exhibition I" The Studio Gallery Armonk, New York
2002 "Peekskill Preview" Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York
2001 "Locations Real and Imagined" Westchester Center for the Arts, White Plains, New York
2001 "Literary References in Art" Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Mount Kisco, New York
2000 "Floating Dialogues: Imagery and Abstraction" Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York: curated by me
1999 "Salon Show" Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York
1999 "Ninth Annual Juried Show" Paramount Center for the Arts, Juror Kirsten Erickson Assistant Curator MOMA, Peekskill, New York: procured and organized by me
1993 "Williamsburg Arts Festival" Open Studio Event Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York
1987 "Discoveries" Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Il.
1987 Bleeker Street Gallery, New York, New York
1986 "The Beautiful Virus" Anton Gallery, Washington D.C.
1985 "Emerging 1985" State of Illinois Center, in conjunction with The Renaissance Society University of Chicago, Chicago, Il. Selected by curator art critic James Yood.
1985 "Expose" Curated by Billy Miller for the Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Il.
1985 1840 West Hubbard (a two day show), Chicago, Il.
1985 Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, Il.
1984 "Fable:Love/Darkness" an Outdoor Exhibition Chicago, Il.
1983 "Art on the Edge" ARC Gallery, Chicago, Il.
1982 Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, Il.
Special Collections:
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Film Department Archives, Chicago, Il.
Curator/Coordinator:
1999 "Floating Dialogues: Imagery and Abstraction, Curator, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York
1999 "Ninth Annual Juried Exhibition" Coordinator, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York
Bibliograhy:
The Journal Star Newspaper featured Interview article, October 03, 2002
The New York Times Newspaper article "Off the Deep End" Sunday Styles Section, July 2,2000- Frank Decaro
Peekskill Herald Newspaper article, July 14, 2000 "Conversing with a Canvas at Paramounts Upper Gallery" Interview with Erik Hanson, by John Darcy
The New Art Examiner, May 1985, "Critic’s Choice Erik Hanson, Best Emerging Artist 1985" by nationally published art critic James Yood, in conjunction with the Invitational Critic Choice Emerging 1985 exhibition Renaissance Society University of Chicago
New Art Examiner, December 1985, Review of Expose Exhibition by art critic Katherine Hixson
New Art Examiner, September 1984 article "Who Follows the Hairy Who"
