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Early press for hold-still-life
New exhibit merges digital and natural worlds at Rochester's Hartnett Gallery by Jeannine Guilyard / ABC News
hold-still-life
University of Rochester Hartnett Gallery, 9/26/24 – 10/29/24
Opens Friday September 27, 3:30 - 5:30 pm
Solo exhibition of paintings and videos exploring nature, disaster and perception on the North American continent.
Blueprint paintings installed at new Paramus Valley Hospital
"I’m honored to see several Blueprint Paintings enter the collection of Valley Hospital. When I was sixteen I spent a harrowing month in a hospital, so I know what it means to stake one’s health and hopes on the generosity and skills of medical professionals. I hope these works, which overlay blue floral imagery with multicolored trompe-l'oeil tape marks, will provide moments of visual calm and interest to patients, caregivers and their relatives."
Koki Arts Winter Show
Three panels from #rocksandtapes will be included in @kokiarts Winter Show. Opens in Tokyo 12/1/22 with fellow artists @_naokomatsumoto and @hirotsuchiya
この度、KOKI ARTSは「Winter Show」を開催致します。本展では、土屋裕央、松本奈央子、エリック・ロプレスティの作品を展示致します。2022年にそれぞれ弊廊にて個展を行なっており、今回も新作を中心とした展覧会となります。
Full details : https://madmimi.com/p/3079151
#contemporaryart #painting #tokyoartsandculture
Center-Surround Opens at Koki Arts Tokyo August 15, 2022
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Koki Arts is pleased to present Center-Surround, a video and painting exhibition by Eric LoPresti from August 15 - 22, 2022. The gallery show will be accompanied by an in-person event on Friday August 19.
Video of Artist Talk 04/07/22
Eric LoPresti talking about his new series of Blueprint Paintings with fellow painter Christian Nguyen, at Uprise Art NYC. Vimeo
04/07/22 Uprise Art, NYC
#blueprintpaintings
Blueprint Paintings
“In this exhibition, Eric disrupts the architectural blue of his schematic-like drawings with bright punches of color borrowed from his contemporaneous ‘Rocks and Tapes’ series. These symbolic marks suggest redaction, masking, or an attempt to hold things together amongst chaos and disruption. “
Uprise Art NYC, Opening event 4/17/2022
A Beauteous Tree at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
May 28, 2021 - July 24, 2021
Curated by Jenessa Kenway
Shown: two watercolors from the permanent collection: Sedan Crater (left) and Lewisia as Lotus (right). Both Watercolor, pencil on paper, 20x15”, 2015
Artist Talk for Comparative Desert Imaginations
5/20/2021
Artist talk at the Comparative Desert Imaginations conference, held virtually at Williams College. Thank you to conference organizers Brahim El Guabli, Francisco Robles, Jill Jarvis and to session lead Amal Eqeiq
Watch on Youtube
Catalog for Rocks and Tapes
Rocks and Tapes is a series of paintings about holding things together, started in 2019 and continuing through 2020 and 2021
Full-color catalog, including artist statement relating this work to current conditions, available from Malin Gallery
Center-Surround - Japan Fall 2022
Eric LoPresti has been awarded a grant by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to exhibit “Center-Surround” in fall of 2020, showing in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo at Koki Arts
This artwork uses the Japanese martial art of aikido to address a history and continuing present of near-apocalyptic conflict, via vigorous, generous and respectful practice. Thank you to all who contributed their energy and bodies to this project.
August 15, 2022
For information about events and schedule, contact info@kokiarts.com
Practice-Practice 2020
A new series of video compositions published to social media about the potential of strengthening and fortifying a solo practice during pandemic.
Paper Works: Works on Paper from the Collections
Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery and the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas NV 1/21-2/21/2020
POOL PARTY
Group show opening Thursday July 11th, 6-8pm
Curated by Rachel Frank, Kristen Racaniello and Jacob Rhodes
@ C24 Gallery
560 W 24th Street, New York, NY 10011
Dates: Thursday July 11th - Sep 23rd
Center-Surround at Stevens Institute of Technology
Center-Surround will be exhibited as part of the Reinventing Civil Defense project, funded by The Carnegie Corporation of New York at the Stevens Institute of Technology from August 9-10, 2019.
Center-Surround is a multi-channel video artwork by Eric LoPresti, which uses intimacy of martial arts to reframe the global violence of nuclear weapons. As part of this event, the artist will speak about the concept and creation of this piece on August 9.
ExhibitionLocation: Babbio Center at the Stevens Institute of Technology (Room 104),
Viewing Times: Friday August 9 from 9-6pm and Saturday August 10 from 9-2pm.
Artist Talk: Friday, August 9 at 11:15am, at SIT Room 122 Auditorium.
Admission is free to the public.
Burning In Water
Group Show at New Location
Exhibition continues through August 14
Shown above: Rocks and Tapes (Color Field, Detail), Oil, pencil on canvas, 58x72”, 2019
Dry Wit
Artworks from the Collection
The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas
August 1 - September 25, 2019
Opening Thursday August 1, 6pm – 9pm
Forced Collaboration
Curated by Jacob Rhodes of Field Projects
In collaboration with sculptor Lisa Schilling
Exhibition continues through September 13
Contact gallery for viewing
42 Social Club, Lyme CT
Center-Surround receives Grant
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, via a joint project called Reinventing Civil Defense, will be funding an expansion on Center-Surround in 2019.
This grant, administered by the Stevens Institute of Technology, will enable additional exhibition dates at the in New York vicinity and beyond.
News: Center-Surround Debuts in NYC at Fridman Gallery as part of New Ear Festival
Opens Wednesday January 9, 7-8pm (Free)
Thursday January 10 – Saturday Jan 12, during normal gallery hours (12-6 pm, Free)
Note that ticketed performances start nightly at 8pm.
Superbloom
Solo exhibition by NYC-based artist Eric LoPresti examining the post-Cold War landscape of the American Southwest. Comprised of oil paintings, large-format watercolors, digital works and a multi-channel video (a new medium for the artist), Superbloom opens on October 4 at New Mexico State University Art Gallery. The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of performances and events.
Exhibition dates – 10.4.2018–1.5.2019
Opening Reception – Thursdya 10.04.2018 – 5:30 PM
Aikido Performance – Saturday 10.06.2018 – 1:00 PM
Panel Discussion and Performance – Saturday 12.1.2018
Center-Surround
Center-Surround is a two-channel video which juxtaposes a video of a multiple-person martial arts practice with an animation describing nuclear weapons explosions. Looping every four hours, Center-Surround uses the intimacy of hand-to-hand combat to reframe the impersonal violence of weapons of mass destruction.
In October 2018 Center-Surround will be exhibited as part of Superbloom.
A Brilliant Violet Flash: Color Lessons from Nuclear Weapons Tests
What color is an atomic blast, and what does that mean for us in 2018? In this wide-ranging presentation, Brooklyn-based artist Eric LoPresti discusses his artwork, contemporary theories of aesthetics and how thinking about color vision can change our understanding of nuclear weapons.
University Forum Lecture at Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Sep. 26, 2018, 7:30pm to 9pm
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art / Harry Reid Center
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Interview with Richard Prum
So pleased to speak with Yale ornithologist Richard Prum about his Pulitzer-Prize nominated book, the Evolution of Beauty, in my studio today. Part of a collaboration with Art F City's Paddy Johnson on challenges to contemporary aesthetics. More coming soon!
Interview with David Salle
Paddy Johnson, of Art F City, and I had NY David Salle in the studio today to talk about his book "How To See" in the context of contemporary aesthetics. Part of a project we're spinning up for fall.
Video profile about An Ocean of Light
Great visual introduction to my approach to painting about nuclear weapons, and how color ultimately drove this show. Thanks to Jarrett DePasquale for the great studio shots!
https://youtu.be/0xppEaV8FJI
ArtNet and Cool Hunting
An Ocean of light featured in Cool Hunting this week. We also got an ArtNet Pick of the Week.
An Ocean of Light opens April 12, Burning in Water / NYC
Very excited for my next solo exhibition at Burning in Water NYC. Featuring large oil paintings and collaged digital prints, this show will be about deserts, defense and the evolution of beauty.
For press inquiries please contact Marie Salomé, at mariesalomeart@gmail.com
Washington Post / Reuters Interview (short video)
Reuters recently dropped by my Brooklyn studio to ask about my paintings and their relationship to nuclear weapons. The story was picked up by several news organizations including the Washington Post.
Plural opens Friday Feb 9, Marjorie Barrick Museum / UNLV
The Barrick Museum recently acquired two of watercolors for their permanent collection. They will be on display in this excellent group show at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Artists: China Adams, Linda Alterwitz, Audrey Barcio, Tim Bavington, Elizabeth Blau, Catherine Borg, Diane Bush, Gig Depio, Andreana Donahue, Jacqueline Ehlis, Justin Favela, Ash Ferlito with Matt Taber, Noelle Garcia, Nancy Good, Maureen Halligan, Clarity Haynes, Stephen Hendee, Brent Holmes, Bobbie Ann Howell, Alexa Hoyer, Eri King, Branden Koch, Fay Ku, Wendy Kveck, Eric LoPrest, Julie Oppermann, Tom Pfannerstill, Krystal Ramirez, Kim Rugg, JK Russ, Sean Russell, Daniel Samaniego, Aaron Sheppard, Sean Slattery, Lance Smith, Brent Sommerhauser, Laurens Tan, Ryan Wallace, Mary Warner, Mikayla Whitmore, Thomas Ray Willis, Amy Yoes, and Almond Zigmund
Staging Ground Interview
Staging Ground Magazine presents interviews and work by six artists: Sophie K. Arnold, Khara Devlin Gilvey, Tim Kent, Eric LoPresti, Jeremy Mangan, and Enis Sefersah.
Site (Group Exhibition) at Youngstown State University / Ohio
This fall I will be speaking at YSU, but first: psyched to be participating in a group show of international artists exploring location and time.
Artist: Andy Curlowe, Andrea Joki, Matthew Kolodziej, Eric LoPresti, Susanne Slavick
Catalog with images
Featured in The Fullest
This spring, Clara Malley interviewed me in my studio, then wrote this great piece
Superbloom opens Oct 4, New Mexico State University / Las Cruces
NMSU has invited me to mount a solo exhibition at their spacious Las Cruces gallery this fall. Superbloom will include large format watercolors, a video installation and public events about the confluence of apocalypse and sublime in the American West.
From the Press Release:
Superbloom is a solo exhibition by NYC-based artist Eric LoPresti at the New Mexico State University Art Gallery opening in September of 2018. Sited a mere 97 miles from Trinity, location of the first atomic bomb, the exhibition outlines an expansive framework within which viewers can meditate on two increasingly relevant antipodes of human experience: the quest for aesthetic expression, and the threat of global apocalypse.
Exhibit: October 4 – January 5, 2018
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 4, 2018, 5:30p.m.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 AM – 4 PM
Read more about the exhibition here.
Video Interview Posted
Video: Eric LoPresti Interviewed by Paddy Johnson at Elizabeth Houston Gallery, from 2017. Parts 1 and 2 on Vimeo.
Oct 10 Artist Talk at NMSU
New York City-based artist Eric LoPresti will be in Las Cruces Oct. 8-10 after a visit to the Trinity site in preparation for his exhibition at the University Art Gallery at New Mexico State University in 2018. LoPresti will give an artist lecture about the project at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10 at NMSU’s Hardman and Jacobs Undergraduate Learning Center, Room 125.
https://crimsonkickoff.nmsu.edu/event/artist-lecture-eric-lopresti/
Barrick Museum Collection and Exhibition
Two watercolors from 2014 have entered the collection of the Marjorie Barrick Museum at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where they will be shown in a group exhibition 2/2/2018
Collect Hudson
Curated by Fred Fleisher and Michelle Vitale, at Hudson County Community College, NJ, July 6 - August 1
High Octane Presents!
Curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa w Fred Fleisher, Ace Hotel, Palm Springs NV (April 7,8,9)
Exhibited: Invisible Self Portrait, Unique digital print, generated from custom algorithm, 43" x 43", 2006/2017
Assembly at Recess
Presenting art-based alternatives to incarceration for court-involved youth, organized by artist Shaun Leonardo. February - March 2017. More info...
SAKKĀDO
A framework for creating and performing live musical compositions based upon chaotic multi-person interactions, using aikido randori, or freestyle practice, as a model for conflict resolution. Proposal for LACMA Art + Technology Lab
No More Deaths • No Más Muertes
Wednesday January 18, 7pm
An art benefit to protect the lives of migrants, organized by David Fierman.
Salon 94 Freemans, NYC
No More Deaths is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Artist's talk in conversation with Paddy Johnson, Saturday, January 28, 2pm
Paddy Johnson (director, curator and founder of ArtFCity) will be speaking with me about my current work.
Elizabeth Houston Gallery, 190 Orchard Street, NYC
See Eric LoPresti Interviewed by Paddy Johnson at Elizabeth Houston Gallery
Blooms Extended through 2/12/2017
Elizabeth Houston Gallery in NYC
Colorblind Test - Warhol Flowers
2007 digital print donated to the Wassaic Project
Pulse Miami Beach
12/1-4, Booth #S-113 (Elizabeth Houston Gallery)
Solo Exhibition NYC
Very pleased to announce my next solo exhibition: 'Blooms' will open November 16 at Elizabeth Houston Gallery in NYC. I'll be showing large format watercolors about beauty and destruction, based on images of lewisia flowers and nuclear weapons. #elizabethhoustongallery#nevadatestsite
PechaKucha Brooklun
On 9/1/2016 at the I'll be giving a lightning-fast talk about my conceptual painting project called 'Undepictable,' at the Brooklyn Art Library.
Undepictable
A proposal for a conceptual painting project
Blooms
New paintings about beauty and destruction. Large format watercolors. (Summer 2016)
IMG MGMT : Land Art and the Nuclear Landscape
Visual essay for Art F City about Nevada Test Site and quintessential American sculpture. (6/21/2016)
Featured Speaker, ICOHTEC
I've been invited to speak about Nevada Test Site and art, in Porto Portugal (7/29/2016)
Particles on the Wall
Group show at the new Reach Museum, Richland WA (June 28 through Oct 21, 2016)
Solo Exhibition
New Mexico State University has invited me to fill there beautiful 4,000 sqft galleries in Spring of 2018. Title TBD.
International Day Against Nuclear Testing Exhibition,
Vienna International Centre, Vienna Austria
24/8/2015
Atomic Landscapes
I'm pleased to be included in this groundbreaking group exhibition at IDEA at Colorado College (upcoming)
Opens 3/21/2016
Flower - Power Corruption and Lies (oil on canvas, 40x30", 2014) was recently featured as a recommended artwork in the architectural design magazine Lonny
WhiteOut (Oil and India ink on linen, 65x40", 2013) was recently featured in an article on Ziptopia, and on the blog of the collectors' NYC-based design firm Smith & Ratliff.
Deep End, at The Wassaic Project, Wassiac NY
Three works from the PCL series are on display as part of the Wassaic Festival, from now through 9/20/2015
International Day Against Nuclear Testing Exhibition
Very pleased to be sending works to this group exhibition, organized by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, at the Vienna International Centre, Vienna Austria.
Opens 24/8/2015
10x10x10
Two small PCL-CD works are on display at the excellent Mighty Teiton, Tieton WA
Opens 8/8/2015
Published by the Artist
Three prints of a nuclear subsidence crater and chrysanthemum will be available as part of a group exhibition, through IPCNY, NYC
Opens 9/10/2015
Article XIV Conference
United Nations Headquarters, NYC
Opens 30/10/2015
Winner, Studio Space Grant in DUMBO
Honored and pleased to have been granted a new, larger studio space, by the Two Trees / Walentas Family Foundation. I moved down the street from my old studio as of April 1.
Underground Nuclear Test, Nevada, Oil on linen, 40x30", 2014.
Solo Exhibition at University of Rochester
Blueprint Paintings
When: 10/16-11/9/2014
Where: Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
Opening Exhibition at the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center
Very pleased to have my painting of an Unidentified Structure (2009) as part of this important museum's permanent collection in my hometown of Richland WA.
Clouds at Lesley Heller
A recent watercolor of Mt St Helens was included in this well-received group show, curated by artist Adam Simon at Lesley Heller's gallery on the LES.
Dec 15 – Jan 26, 2014, NYC
Double Butterfly, installed at Wassiac.
Group show: Seeing the Sky
Artworks featured at the Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition
Whiteout (Wall of Dust), Oil and India ink on linen, 65x40", 2013
Artwork featured by the BBC
White Out was recently pictured in a very nice article on art collecting on the BBC. It also has been making the rounds on Apartment Therapy, where it is shown in a collector's home in NYC.
Works Featured in Trendbook Texworld
In French.
Particles on the Wall
For collectors near Seattle WA, PoTW will be featuring my paintings as part of a group exhibition in University District. Contact me for details.
Opens: Friday April 19, 2014
Exhibition runs: 4/19/2014 - 5/9/2014
Artist Talk at the Apple Store in NYC
I've been invited to speak about my studio practice and new artwork at the Apple Store in New York. This event is organized by the great folks at UpriseArt.
7-8pm, March 12, 2014
Apple Store at 401 W 14th Street, New York, NY 10014
Event Details: www.apple.com - events
The Invitational
Three of my new watercolors are included in this expansive and excellent group show. Kunsthalle Galapagos is an influential gallery showing emerging artists in an independent context.
Mar 6 - April 12, 2014 (EXTENDED through 4/12)
Kunsthalle Galapagos / 111 Front Street, DUMBO /Brooklyn NYC (map)
PPaper Magazine
PPaper, a design magazine out of Taiwan, recently featured a large number of my recent paintings from last year's No Blue Skies solo show. Here's an excerpt of the article.
Another Something Review
Thank you AS&Co for the generous review of No Blue Skies. As you point out, its my ninth (!) solo show.
Review of 'Test Site'
Vegas Seven Magazine's Steve Bornfeld explains the context around the exhibition, and offers some insight into art about nuclear conflict.
Read Review
Test Site
Solo exhibition at the National Atomic Test Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institute. Paintings about the Nevada Test Site were placed directly adjacent or within the Museum's exhibits about the technology, history and controversy of US nuclear weapon production.
Summer 2013, Las Vegas
No Blue Skies
Solo exhibition of large works about dust clouds at Kunsthalle Galapagos.
Spring 2013, NYC
Interviewed by UpriseArt
Uprise art's curatorial staff sat down with me to talk about new paintings and the NYC art scene.
Field Projects
Curator Jacob Rhodes placed sculptor Amanda Browder and myself into an anonymous creative partnership he called a Forced Collaboration, requiring the creative destruction of each other's work. The results were revealing, eye-popping, and a complete surprise to each artist.
Field Projects, NYC.