Eric Wesley was born in Los Angeles , California in 1973, where he continues to live and work. Wesley has held solo exhibitions in galleries internationally as well as at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and Foundation Morra Greco, Naples , Italy.
Wesley has participated in group shows at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles; Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France; Fundación/Colección, Jumex, Mexico; Museo d’Arte, Benevento, Italy; The Prague Biennial in 2007; Institute of Contemporary Arts , London; P.S.1, New York; and the Studio Museum in Harlem.
Eric Wesley is also the co-founder of Mountain School of Art (MSA), Los Angeles, CA.
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Wesley has a B.A. from the University of California , Los Angeles
2012
2 new works, Bortolami, NY 2011
The Same ‘Ol New Frontier, China Art Objects, Los Angeles 2010
D’Carts Blanche and New Paintings, Bortolami Gallery, New York
2009
New Realistic Figures, Maureen Paley, London 2008
Ship Shape Shit Shelf and the Empfang Box, Feurig59, Berlin
2007
Spaference Room, Bortolami Gallery, New York Spafice, Foundation Morra Greco, Naples, Italy 2006
Audi, Meyer-Riegger Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany You say Tomato, I say Tomato, Galleria Fonti, Naples, Italy Eric Wesley, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles MOCA FOCUS: Eric Wesley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 2005
Bowie-Van Valen Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2004
Pico Youth Center, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles I love WW2, Locust Projects, Miami, FL 2003
Jeans Theory, Statements, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2002
Metro Pictures, New York Enchilada “The Endless Burrito”, Meyer-Reigger Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany Ouchi, Galeria Franco Noero, Torino, Italy 2001
Two Story Clocktower, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 2000
Kicking Ass, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles 1999
Camper, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles 2011
Making Histories – Changing Views of the Collection, Temporary Stedelijk Museum 3, Amsterdam Greater LA, 483 Broadway, SoHo, New York BigMinis: Fetishes of Crisis, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
2010
The Artist’s Museum, MOCA Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA RE-DRESSING, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY The Inauguration of China Art Objects in Culver City, Los Angeles Les enfants terribles, Fundacion Coleccion Jumex, Mexico Video Journeys, Cottage Home, Los Angeles 2009
Second Nature: Dean Valentine Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles 1999, China Art Objects, Los Angeles 2008
The Light of the Virgo, China Art Objects, Los Angeles Los Angeles Confidential, Centre d'Art du Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France Amateurs, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco ITALIA ITALIE ITALIEN ITALY WLOCHY, ARCOS Museo d’Arte,Benevento,Italy Globetrotters, 410 Cottage Home, Los Angeles, Curated by Katie Brennan Sand- Meaning and Metaphor, Parrish Museum, New York, NY 2007
Prague Biennial, Prague, Czech Republic Milieu, Lizabeth Oliveria, Los Angeles Angles Gallery, Los Angeles One Foot High and Rising, Balmoral Gallery, Venice, CA Darling, Take Fountain, Kalfayan Gallery, Greece Substance & Surface, Bortolami, New York 2006
Axis of Praxis, Midway Contemporary Art , Minneapolis, MN Design-O-mite, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles Alien Nation, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England The Gold Standard, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY Survivor, Bortolami Dayan, New York
2005
Closing Down: Thanks, Bortolami Dayan, New York A Walk to Remember, Organized by Jens Hoffmann, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA 100 Artists See God, Curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, Organized by ICA, London, England Installations, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY Having Differences. I-20 Gallery, New York, NY 2004
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 3 Fireplaces and 2 Bathtubs, Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna, Austria 2003
Fade (1990–2003), Curated by Malik Gaines, Craft and Folk Art Museum at the Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Works for Giovanni, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA More Boots = Many Routes, Eric Wesley, Lee O’Connor, Ryan Doolan, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland New Space! New Show!, Galeria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy Adios Pendejos, OPA: Oficina Para Proyectos de Arte, Guadelajara, Mexico Eduardo Sarabia and Eric Wesley, Sutton Lane, London Adios Pendejos, OPA: Oficina Para Proyectos de Arte, Guadelajara, Mexico 2002
Drive By: Nine Artists from Los Angeles, Reynolds Gallery, Virginia 2001
Freestyle, Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, Santa Monica Museum of Art Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida Purloined, Artists Space, New York, September 6 - October 13 Circles 3: Silver Lake Crossings, Zentrum Fur Kunst und Mediatechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany. Curated by Christoph Keller. Drive: Power, Progress, Desire, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Curated by Gregory Burke. Group Show, Metro Pictures, New York
2000
Young and Dumb, ACME, Los Angeles, Curated by Pentti Monkkonen. 1999
L.A. Edge Festival, Los Angeles, organized by Simon Watson. 1998
I-Candy, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica Brent Petersen Gallery, Los Angeles.