Eric Wall

Eric Wall’s paintings explore the materiality of the canvas and challenge our expectations of what a painting is expected to be. His paintings are meticulously hand-cut using a hobby knife. A single painting is often stretched, painted, unstretched, hand-cut, painted, restretched, and painted again. They reach a state of resolution through this repetitive process of addition and subtraction. In the end, there is often more canvas removed, than what remains for the audience to the observer. The remaining swaths of canvas cast shadows on the walls behind.

Eric Wall has been challenging the boundaries of painting throughout his career. With his most recent paintings, he’s shown how to break the restraints of the surface and the supports in painting. He has also introduced an expansive potential in a painting by pushing these edges and questioning his medium.

Born in 1979. Eric Wall is an American-Swedish artist, currently living in Denver, Colorado.

Awards, Scholarships, Residencies, Honorariums, and Lectures.
Andy Warhol Foundation (grant via BOLT Residency) 2013
SOVA at Colorado State University Honorarium. December 2011
Visiting Artist and Lecturer at Colorado State University. December 2011
The Bolt Residency at the Chicago Artist Coalition. 2011-2012.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Colorado State University. 2003.
Tracie Noah Memorial Scholarship. 2002-2003.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
Everything is to be discovered, everything to be obliterated. Avesta Konsthall. Sweden. 2018.
Neither This Nor That, Installation- Pop-Up Chicago Loop Alliance. Chicago. 2013.
Betwixt & Between. Bolt Project Space. Chicago. June 2012.
Eric Wall - Recent Works. Villavägen Sju Galleri. Uppsala, Sweden. 2009.
European Paintings. ISM Gallery. Denver. 2006.
The German Drawings. ISM Art Gallery. Denver. 2006.
Spaces and Places. ISM Art Gallery. Denver. 2005.
Agriculture. Colorado State University Mini Gallery. Fort Collins, Colorado. 2002.

Selected Group Shows
29 Lives- Dairy Block. Denver. 2020
A Matter of Fact- Vermilion Sands. Copenhagen - 2017.
Live and Works- Vermilion Sands. Copenhagen - 2016.
Bolt Alumni Show. - Chicago Artists Coalition. Chicago. 2015.
The Ugly Ducklings - Westwerk Hamburg, Germany and Green is Gold, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2015.
Crossing the Line - Degenerate Art Gallery. Chicago. 2014.
Fast Forward: Rewind: Play - Hyde Park Art Center. Chicago. 2014.
Flags Mistaken For Stars - Lill-Street Art Center. Chicago, IL. 2013.
Papier- Chicago Loop Alliance. Chicago, IL. 2013.
Exchange: Chicago Detroit - Cave Gallery & Public Pool. Detroit. 2013.
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