Mark Erickson

I grew up in Venice & Hollywood, California. I paint & live in Oakland & Venice, California

Published in New Arts - Painting exhibition at Robert Green Fine Arts - Mill Valley, California.
On-going

Mark & Elena Erickson
New Paintings 2019

Mark Erickson is an American painter and the appeal in his paintings is due to
its spontaneous unchecked expression of energy. The surface is very sensual.
You get the feeling of the artist's physical involvement with the canvas in the creative
process, especially in recent paintings which seem to invert the painting process.
The surface of the canvas is covered with smooth layers of pigment of the darkest
black, along with varied bright colors. Beneath the surface are the markings of a
painting underneath. Most is hidden to the viewer's eyes. Our imagination must
reconstruct the painting from what is only hinted at.
Looking at these works is like discovering Pompeii beneath ancient lava as though
the paint was pulled from the canvas to reveal its underside. Mark's canvases are a
fine example of the archeological approach to contemporary painting.
A quote by one of Mark Erickson's painting professors stated, "My paintings are
intended to be additions to rather...

EDUCATION

San Francisco Art Institute - MFA Painting
San Francisco Art Institute - BFA Painting
University of San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Academy, San Francisco, CA
International School of Torino, Italy
US Air Force School, Munich, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA2010 Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA2009 Eddie Rhodes Gallery - Contra Costa College2009 Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA2009 Somarts Gallery 'Corrections' San Francisco, CA2009 Eddie Rhodes Gallery 'Going North - Nordic 5' Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA2008 Art Modern Gallery, Naples, Florida2008 Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA2008 Toomey Tourell Fine Art, 'Ten Group Show' San Francisco, Ca.2008 Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA2008 Robert Green Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA2008 Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA2007 Angela King Gallery, New Orleans, LA2007 Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA2007 Brisbane City Hall Gallery 'The Johnson Collection' Brisbane, CA2006 Vasker Hespen Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany2006 Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA2005 Marion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach,Ca2005 Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA2005 Giorgi Gallery - 'Nordic ...

Painting exhibition at Robert Green Fine Arts
Mill Valley, California.
On-going
Mark & Elena Erickson
New Paintings 2019

817 Gallery
Oakland, California
January & February 2018

Angela King Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana
On-going

Fredrick Holmes Gallery
Seattle, Washington
on-going

Robert Green Fine Arts
Mill Valley, California
2018

MaryAnn Cohen Fine Arts
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2018

Pacific Lutheran University
Scandinavian Cultural Center
“Voyages of Discovery - Contemporary Work by Nordic 5 Arts”
Tacoma, Washington
12017

Robert Green Fine Arts
Mill Valley, California
2016

Toomey Tourell Gallery
49 Geary Street
San Francisco, California
'Red'
Feb 1 - March 15, 2011

Marion Meyer Contemporary Art
Laguna Beach, California
20Ten
May 2 - June 9, 2010

Robert Green Fine Arts
Mill Valley, California
April 20, 2009 - May 31, 2009

AMG Gallery
751 12th Avenue South
Naples, Florida
Nov. 15, 2008 - Jan. 20, 2009

Toomey Tourell Gallery
49 Geary Street
San Francisco, California
July 1 - Sept.1, 2008

Donna Seager Gallery
San Rafael, California
Dec. 15, 2007 - Feb. 15, 2008


Robert Green Fine Arts
Mill Valley, California
Dec. 26, 2007 - Feb. 3, 2008

Marion ...