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Kyoko Murase
Jorge Pardo
Erik Parker
Jack Pierson
Dean Sameshima
Kara Walker
Erik PARKER
Title Installation View, Taka Ishii Gallery
Artist Erik Parker
Work Date 2001
Title Installation View, Taka Ishii Gallery
Artist Erik Parker
Work Date 2001
Title Player Haters
Artist Erik Parker
Work Date 2001
Unique
Materials Acrylic on canvas
Size h: 60 x w: 84 in / h: 152 x w: 213 cm
Title Honky Parker
Artist Erik Parker
Work Date 2001
Unique
Materials Acrylic on canvas
Size h: 96 x w: 72 in / h: 244 x w: 183 cm
Born : 1968 in Stuttgart, Germany
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
1998 MFA, SUNY Purchase
1996 BFA, University of Texas at Austin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003 "Done by the Forces of Nature", Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
The Happy Lion, Los Angeles
"This Bitch of a Life", Paolo Curti / Anna Maria Gambuzzi Gallery, Milan
"You Paint the Picture",Leo Koenig Inc., New York
2002 Cornerhouse Museum of Contemporary Art, Manchester, UK
Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Modern Art, London
Leo Koenig Inc, New York
2001 Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
Nicola Spovieri, London
Paolo Curti Gallery, Milan
2000 "Thiswhiteboysteals" Leo Koenig Inc, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 "Painting Pictures" organized by Gijs van Tuyl, KunstmusemWolfsburg, Germany
"The Nation" Frankfurt Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
"Interview with Painting",Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice,
Venice, Italy, curated by Gianni Ramano
"Jeff Elrod, Torben Giehler and Erik Parker", Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas
2002 Leo Koenig Las Vegas, Neonopolis, Las Vegas, NV
"Officina Americana" Museo dfArte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
"Rock My World" curated by Ralph Rugoff, CCAC, San Francisco
"The Dubrow Biennale" Kagan Martos Gallery, NY
2001 "In Fumo" group show at Galleria dfArte Moderna e Contemporanea, curated by Giancinto Di Pietrantonio, Bergamo, Italy.
"Erik Parker & Graham Gilmore" Nicola Spovieri, London, UK
"One Planet under a Groove" Bronx Museum of Art, New York Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburg; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MOCA, Los Angeles
"The Americans" Barbican Center, London
"Come On Feel The Noise" Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen
2000 "Greater New York" P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, L.I.C., NY
1999 "The Leo Koenig Project" John Weber Gallery, New York
"Visions" in conjunction with Rikrit Tiravanija's "Apartment 21" Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
"In My Room" White Columns, New York
"Artist in the Marketplace" Bronx Museum, New York
AWARDS
1999 Rema Hort-Mann Foundation Grant
1997 Purchase College 25th Anniversary Scholarship (SUNY Purchase College)
Rose Scholarship (Visual Arts Department, SUNY Purchase College)
Durhurst Family Scholarship (Visual Arts Department, SUNY Purchase College)
1995 Excellence in Painting (Department of Art &Art History, University of Texas at Austin)
1994 Merit Scholarship in Painting and Drawing (University of Texas at Austin)
1993 Merit Scholarship in Painting and Drawing (University of Texas at Austin)
Merit Scholarship in Printmaking (University of Texas at Austin)
1992 Denbela-Ortiz Galeria Outstanding Scholarship in Visual Art (San Antonio College)
Selected Reviews and Articles
2003 Kunst, Melissa, Art in America, p. 141-142 April
Zamora, Alex, "The Word is God," Dazed and Confused, March, p.54
Rosenberg, Karen, Frieze Magazine, March 2003, p.101
Greenwood, Cynthia, "Elrod, Giehler, Parker...," Houston Chronicle, Feb.27,
p.30F
Flash Art, #231, July-September
2002 Johnson, Ken, Weekend Fine Arts& Leisure, Art Reviews, The
New York Times, Friday, Nov. 8, p.E38
Waldherr,Gerhard, "Konigs-Kinder," ADAC Riesemagazin, November/Dezember,
pp. 144 - 151
Lewisohn, Cedar, "Dan Coombs, Erik Parker and Simon Bill" Modern Painters,
Spring
"Erik Parker" Flux, April, May r
Selected Reviews and Articles (continued)
  Twardy, Chuck, gDowntown Imports" Las Vegas Weekly, May 30
"Last chance to seec" Metro, April 26
Artist offers unique mix" Radcliffe Times, April 11
"Erik Parker, Dan Coombs & Simon Bill" Art Preview, April 10
Boeker, Susanne, "Nett, aber harmlos" Kultur, Kolner Stadtanzeiger, March 30-31
Erik Parker, Dan Coombs & Simon Bill" The Guardian, G2, March 19
Ball, Anna, "Erik Parker, Dan Coombs, Simon Bill" Student Direct, March 18
"Erik Parker, Dan Coombs and Simon Bill" Guardian Guide, March 9
"Erik Parker, Dan Coombs and Simon Bill" Metro, March 8
Howart, Sophie, "Andy Warhol", Tate, London, Spring, p.29
Bonacossa, Ilaria," The Americans: New Art", Flash Art, Jan./Feb., p.48
Smith, Roberta, "Out of the Vociferous Planet and in the Orbit of Funk and Hip
Hop," The New York Times, Arts and Leisure, Art Review, Friday Jan. 18, pg. E 46
Bussel, David, "You Too Will Be A Fan", I-D Magazine, February, p.175
Gellatly, Andrew, "The Americans New Art", Frieze, London, January, 2002, p.99
Sladen, Mark, "Young Americans", Blueprint, London, November, p.50
2001 "In Fumo", catalogue for the show at Galleria dfArte Moderna Contemporanea,
curated by Giancinto Di Pietrantonio, Bergamo, Italy.
Matsui, Midori, "Erik Parker", Flash Art International, Nov.-Dec.p.101
Currah, Mark, "Eric Parker" ,Time Out London
Kent, Sarah, "Altered States", Time Out London, Dec, 28., p.60
Ratnam, Neru, "Oh Please Let It All Mean Something", The Face, London, Fall
Issue, pp. 174-186
Sumpter, Helen, "Art of The States", The Evening Standard, Oct, 19th, p.51
OfConnell, Alex "All The Young Dudes", The Visual Arts, The Times, London,
Oct. 24th, p.15
Birnbaum, Daniel, "Preview-The Americans: New Art", Artforum, September, p.80
Thorburn, Hedwig, gHumor I Ung Amerikansk Konsth, Svenska Dagbladet,
Malmo, Sweden,Nov.15, 2001
Kawachi, Taka,"Erik Parker" Marie Claire (Japanese), January p.72
Surrey, Farnham, London Planner, London, October
2000 Sirmans, Franklin, "Erik Parker, Whiteboysteals" TimeOutNY, Nov. 30-Dec.7, p.92
Kawachi, Taka, "Erik Parker," Sense 1, Dec. vol. 1, pp.36-38
Cotter, Holland, "Innovators Burst Onstage One (Kapow!) at a Time,"
New York Times Weekend Fine Arts & Leisure,p.E31
Kojima, Yoyi, Studio Voice, Japan, Vol. 297, September
Selected Reviews and Articles (continued)
  Kino, Carol, "The Emergent Factor," Art in America July,p.43-49
Siegel, Katy, "Greater New York," Artforum, May 2000, p.174
Naves, Mario, Currently Hanging, The New York Observer, March 27 p. 16
Saltz, Jerry, "Greater Expectations," Village Voice, March 14, p.67
Cotter, Holland, "New York Contemporary", Defined 150 Ways, The New York
Times, Monday March, 6, p.E1
Robinson, Walter, Weekend Update, Artnet.com, March
1999 Saltz, Jerry, "Resident Alien," Village Voice, July 13, no. 27, p. 123
Berwick, Carly, "While Some Live for Art, Others Live In It," New York Times,
August 1
Hanks, "In My Room," NY International Arts Magazine, vol. 3, no. 6, p.63
Simon Says, A Critical Guide, "In My Room," Summer , vol. 3 issue 10 p.2
Cotter, Holland, "Artist in the Marketplace," New York Times, July 23, p.E35
"Artist in the Marketplace," 19th Annual Exhibition Catalogue, Bronx Museum of
the Arts, New York