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Eric Wesley (born 1973)[1] is an American artist who works with a variety of media including sculpture and painting.[2][3] He is based in Los Angeles.[4]

Biography

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Wesley was born and raised in Los Angeles, California,[5][1][3] the son of two social workers.[6] As a child, he planned to become an aeronaturical engineer.[6] He earned a fine arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 1996.[7][8][3] While Wesley primarily works from Los Angeles, he previously had a studio in Berlin.[2][6]

Wesley's work encompasses sculpture and painting, among other media,[2][3] and have been displayed around the world. He has held solo exhibitions at galleries including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Foundation Morra Greco, Naples, Italy.[9] He has participated in group shows at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles;[10] CAPC musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux;[11] Fundación/Colección, Mexico City;[12] ARCOS Museo d’Arte, Benevento, Italy;[citation needed] the Prague Biennial in 2007;[13] Institute of Contemporary Arts, London;[14] P.S. 1, New York;[15] the Whitney, New York;[16] and the Studio Museum in Harlem.[17] His work was part of the collection TV executive Dean Valentine donated to the Hammer Museum in 2007.[18] He has worked extensively with China Art Objects Galleries, Bortolami Gallery, and Maureen Paley.[13][19] He was included on ArtReview's Future Greats list in 2005[20] and 2008.[21]

He is also the co-founder of Mountain School of Art (MSA) in Los Angeles,[22] an artist-run nomadic school that he opened in January 2006 with Piero Golia.[3][23][24] They accept 15 fellows annually to a three-month program. The classes are free and all staff are volunteers.[23][24] In 2008, Wesley told ArtReview that it was less of an art school and more of "an institution patterned on the university model and devoted to general education, with a curriculum grounded in science, philosophy and law."[23]

Solo exhibitions

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YearCityGalleryTitleNotesRefs
1999Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleriesCamper[25]
2000Kicking Ass[26][27]
2001PasadenaCaltechTwo Story Clock TowerErected on the Caltech campus[28][1][29]
2002New York CityMetro Pictures GalleryNew Amsterdam[27][30][2][31]
KarlsruheMeyer-Reigger GalerieEnchilada “The Endless Burrito”[32][27][2]
TurinGaleria Franco NoeroOuchi[27]
2003BaselArt BaselJeans Theory, Statements[33]
2004Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleriesPico Youth Center[34]
MiamiLocust ProjectsEric Wesley I love WW2[35]
2005AmsterdamBowie-Van Valen Gallery[36][2]
2006KarlsruheMeyer-Riegger GalleryAudi[37][1][2]
NaplesGalleria FontiYou say Tomato, I say Tomato[38][3][2][39]
Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleriesErik Wesley[40][1]
Museum of Contemporary ArtMOCA FOCUS: Eric Wesley[16][2][5][1][3][41]
Pacific Design CenterThirty Three Point Three Three Three[42][2][29]
2007New York CityBortolami GallerySpaference Room[43][1]
NaplesFoundation Morra GrecoSpa fice[44][13][1][45][46][2]
MünchensteinKunsthaus Baselland[2]
TurinGaleria Franco Noero[2]
2008BerlinFeurig59Ship Shape Shit Shelf and the Empfang Box[13]
2009LondonMaureen PaleyNew Realistic Figures[13]
2010New York CityBortolami GalleryD’Carts Blanche and New Paintings[47]
2011Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleryThe Same ‘Ol New Frontier[48]
2012New York CityBortolami Gallery2 new works[49]
2015Los Angeles356 MissionSome Work[50]
2016MinneapolisMidway Contemporary ArtISOSCELES TRAPEZOID ARCH[51]
2019Los AngelesTIMESHARETurning Tables[52]
Pico PicoTimbuctooAlternate title: Sticks and stones may break my bones but words fucking kill me[53]
LondonSprovieri GalleryReputation[54]
2022New York CityBortolami GalleryEric Wesley/St Louis[55]
2024Martos GalleryThree Sleeping Philosophers[56]

Group exhibitions

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YearCityGalleryExhibition titleNotesRefs
1998Santa MonicaRosamund Felsen GalleryI-Candy[citation needed]
Los AngelesBrent Petersen GalleryDrawings for Works in Progress[57]
1999L.A. Edge FestivalOrganized by Simon Watson[citation needed]
2000ACME GalleryYoung and DumbCurated by Pentti Monkkonen[58]
2001New York CityStudio Museum in HarlemFreestyleSculpture: Kicking Ass[17][59][60][61][62][63]
Santa MonicaSanta Monica Museum of Art[17]
San DiegoMuseum of Contemporary Art, San DiegoUltrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art[64]
Los AngelesUCLA Hammer MuseumSnapshot: New Art From Los Angeles[13][27][65][2][66][67]
MiamiMuseum of Contemporary Art[citation needed]
New York CityArtists SpacePurloinedRan September 6 - October 13[68]
KarlsruheZKM Center for Art and MediaCircles 3: Silver Lake CrossingsCurated by Christoph Keller[citation needed]
New PlymouthGovett-Brewster Art GalleryDrive: Power, Progress, DesireCurated by Gregory Burke[69]
New York CityMetro Pictures Gallery[citation needed]
2002RichmondReynolds GalleryDrive By: Nine Artists from Los Angeles[citation needed]
2003Los AngelesCraft and Folk Art MuseumFade (1990–2003)Curated by Malik Gaines[70]
China Art Objects GalleriesWorks for Giovanni[citation needed]
GlasgowTransmission GalleryMore Boots = Many RoutesWith Lee O’Connor and Ryan Doolan[citation needed]
TurinGaleria Franco NoeroNew Space! New Show![citation needed]
GuadalajaraOPA: Oficina Para Proyectos de ArteAdios Pendejos[citation needed]
LondonCampoli PrestiEduardo Sarabia and Eric Wesley[71]
2004New York CityWhitney Museum of American ArtWhitney Biennial[13][16][2]
ViennaMuseum für Angewandte Kunst3 Fireplaces and 2 Bathtubs[72]
San FranciscoContemporary Jewish Museum100 Artists See GodCurated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, organized by ICA[14]
2005New York CityBortolami DayanGallery opening event[73]
Closing Down: Thanks[citation needed]
Los AngelesLos Angeles Contemporary ExhibitionsA Walk to RememberOrganized by Jens Hoffmann[74]
LondonInstitute of Contemporary Arts100 Artists See GodCurated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, organized by ICA[14][13][2]
Virginia BeachVirginia Museum of Contemporary Art[14]
ReadingFreedman Art Center[14]
New York CityI-20 GalleryInstallations[citation needed]
Having Differences[citation needed]
2006MinneapolisMidway Contemporary ArtAxis of PraxisCurated by Nate Lowman[75][1]
Los AngelesBlack Dragon SocietyDesignomiteCurated by Parker Jones[76]
LondonInstitute of Contemporary ArtsAlien NationCurated by John Gill, Jens Hoffmann and Gilane Tawadros[13][77][1][2]
Long Island CityP.S. 1 Contemporary Art CenterThe Gold Standard[13][15][1]
New York CityBortolami DayanSurvivorCurated by David Rimanelli[78]
NashvilleCheekwood Museum of Art100 Artists See GodCurated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, organized by ICA[14]
2007PraguePrague Biennale[13][2]
Los AngelesLizabeth OliveriaMilieu[79]
Angles Gallery[citation needed]
Venice, CABalmoral GalleryOne Foot High and Rising[citation needed]
AthensKalfayan GalleryDarling, Take Fountain[80][1]
New York CityBortolamiSubstance & Surface[81]
2008Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleryThe Light of the Virgo[citation needed]
Pougues-les-EauxCentre d'Art du Parc Saint LégerLos Angeles Confidential[13][1]
San FranciscoWattis Institute for Contemporary ArtsAmateurs[13][82][1]
BeneventoARCOS Museo d’ArteITALIA ITALIE ITALIEN ITALY WLOCHY[citation needed]
Los AngelesKathryn Brennan GalleryGlobetrottersCurated by Katie Brennan[83]
New York CityParrish Art MuseumSand- Meaning and Metaphor[citation needed]
2009Los AngelesHammer MuseumSecond Nature: Dean Valentine Collection[citation needed]
China Art Objects Gallery1999[citation needed]
2010Museum of Contemporary ArtThe Artist's Museum[citation needed]
New York CityBortolami GalleryRE-DRESSING[84]
Los AngelesChina Art Objects GalleryThe Inauguration of China Art Objects in Culver City, Los Angeles[85]
Mexico CityFundación Colección JumexLes enfants terribles[12]
Los AngelesCottage HomeVideo Journeys[86]
2011AmsterdamTemporary Stedelijk Museum 3Making Histories – Changing Views of the Collection[citation needed]
New York City483 Broadway, SoHoGreater LA[87]
BordeauxCAPC musée d'art contemporainBigMinis: Fetishes of Crisis[11]
2014Los AngelesHammer MuseumA Public FictionPart of Made in L. A. 2014[10][5]
Paradise GarageLIQUOR STORE[88]
2015ChicagoMuseum of Contemporary ArtOut of OfficeOrganized by Grace Deveney[89]
2016CahokiaAbandoned Taco Bell at 1296 Camp Jackson RoadThe Bell[7][6]
2019Long Island CitySculptureCenterSearching the Sky for RainCurated by Sohrab Mohebbi[5]
Los AngelesHammer MuseumDirty Protest: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection[5]
2021New York CityBortolami GallerySpringweather and people[5]
2022Whitney Museum of American ArtWhitney Biennial 2022: Quiet As It's Kept[4]
2023BortolamiSWIZZLE TWIDDLE FIDDLE STICKSRan 8 Sep - 4 Nov[90]

Further reading

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  • Gaines, Malik (November 2001). "Eric Wesley to the Bone". Artext. No. 75.
  • Kim, Christine Y. (April 2003). "Color Blind". V Magazine. No. 22.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pedrosa, Adriano (2009). Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture. Phaidon. pp. 326, 348. ISBN 9780714849744 – via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Campagnola, Sonia (March 2007). "Eric Wesley: Let's Do A Trade". Flash Art. No. 253. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rochette, Anne; Saunders, Wade (November 2006). "Place Matters: Los Angeles". Art in America. Vol. 94, no. 10. pp. 168–191, 224. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet As It's Kept". Whitney Museum of American Art. 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Springweather and people at Bortolami". Emergent Magazine. 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Dampier, Cindy (28 July 2016). "Eric Wesley's quest for high art leads to a Taco Bell". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  7. 1 2 Hodges, Jaye (21 July 2016). "Abandoned restaurant now serves fine art". The Belleville News-Democrat. Belleville, Illinois, US. p. B1. Retrieved 23 September 2025 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Haithman, Diane (5 January 2007). "$1 Million New Year's Gift to the Hammer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Eric Wesley — BORTOLAMI". Eric Wesley — BORTOLAMI.[dead link]
  10. 1 2 "Public Fiction". Hammer Museum. 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Robert Breer and BigMinis at CAPC – Bordeaux". Mousse Magazine. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  12. 1 2 "LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES". Museo Jumex. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Eric Wesley: New Realistic Figures". Maureen Paley. 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "100 Artists See God". Independent Curators International. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  15. 1 2 "The Gold Standard". MoMA. 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  16. 1 2 3 "Eric Wesley (MOCA Focus Series)". Bortolami Gallery. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  17. 1 2 3 Knight, Christopher (2 October 2001). "Cultural Evolution in Freestyle". Los Angeles Times.
  18. ↑ Robinson, Walter (2007). "Hammer Museum Gets Dean Valentine Art". Artnet.com. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  19. ↑ Sholis, Brian (24 February 2007). "Show Business". artforum.com. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  20. ↑ "100 Future Greats 2005". ArtReview. December 2005.[page needed]
  21. ↑ Schimmel, Paul (March 2008). "Future Greats". ArtReview. p. 87.
  22. ↑ "West Side Story". Mousse Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  23. 1 2 3 Myers, Holly (March 2008). "Go tell it on the mountain: LA's new nomadic art schools" (PDF). Art Review. No. 20. p. 73. Retrieved 23 September 2025 – via Fritz Haeg.
  24. 1 2 Stark, Frances (December 2005). "Frances Stark On: Los Angeles". ArtForum. p. 226. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  25. ↑ "eEric Wesley: Camper". Contemporary Art Library. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  26. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Kicking Ass". China Art Objects Galleries. 2000. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  27. 1 2 3 4 5 Myers, Julian (January 2003). "Just for Kicks". Frieze. No. 72. Frieze. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  28. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Two Story Clock Tower". Contemporary Art Library. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  29. 1 2 Rogers, Mike (July 2006). "Eric Wesley". ArtUS. No. 14. pp. 16–17. ISSN 1546-7082.
  30. ↑ "Eric Wesley: New Amsterdam". Contemporary Art Library. 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  31. ↑ Ammirati, Domenick (2003). "Critic's Pick: Eric Wesley". artforum.com.
  32. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Enchilada". Contemporary Art Library. 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  33. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Jeans Theory, Statements". Contemporary Art Library. 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  34. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Pico Youth Center". China Art Objects Galleries. 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  35. ↑ "I love WW2". Contemporary Art Library. 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  36. ↑ "Eric Wesley". Contemporary Art Library. 2005. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  37. ↑ "Eric Wesley | Mario Garcia Torres". ArtMap. 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  38. ↑ Romeo, Filippo (2006). "Eric Wesley". ArtForum. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  39. ↑ Romeo, Fillippo (2006). "Critic's Pick: Eric Wesley". artforum.com. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  40. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Erik Wesley". China Art Objects Galleries. 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  41. ↑ Butler, Cornelia (March 2006). "Thesis Show". Eric Wesley Catalogue. MOCA Focus. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[page needed]
  42. ↑ Knight, Christopher (21 April 2006). "After a Bold Takeover a Weak Message Is Sent". Los Angeles Times. p. 61. Retrieved 23 September 2025 – via newspapers.com.
  43. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Spaference Room". Bortolami Gallery. 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  44. ↑ Fassi, Luigi (2007). "Spafice: Eric Wesley". Fondazione Morra Greco. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  45. ↑ Burton, Johanna (March 2008). "Eric Wesley". ArtForum. p. 362-363. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  46. ↑ Bovino, Emily Verla (27 October 2007). "Eric Wesley". Frieze. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007.
  47. ↑ Johnson, Ken (21 May 2010). "Eric Wesley: D'Carts Blanche and New Paintings". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  48. ↑ "Eric Wesley: The Same 'Ol New Frontier". ArtMap. 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  49. ↑ "ERIC WESLEY, "2 new works" at Bortolami gallery, New York". Mousse Magazine. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  50. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Some Work". 356 Mission. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  51. ↑ Cluggish, Sara (2016). "Eric Wesley: ISOSCELES TRAPEZOID ARCH". InReview. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  52. ↑ Hadland, Gracie (17 October 2024). "Eric Wesley's Funny Money". ArtReview. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  53. ↑ "Eric Wesley "Timbuctoo" at Pio Pico, Los Angels [sic]". Mousse Magazine. 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  54. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Reputation". Sprovieri. 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  55. ↑ Keh, Pei-ru (25 October 2022). "City limits: Bortolami Gallery's 'Artist/City' upends the traditional exhibition model". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  56. ↑ "Eric Wesley: Three Sleeping Philosophers". Martos Gallery. 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  57. ↑ "Drawings for Works in Progress". LA Weekly. Los Angeles, California, US. 2 April 1998. p. 156. Retrieved 3 September 2025 – via newspapers.com.
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