EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2001
Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1997
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2016 Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR
2015/13/11/09/07/05 William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2006/04 Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004/03 Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL
1999 Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Small Works, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Summer Group Show, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2020 Manic Botanic, Garvey Simon, New York, NY
Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2019 Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX
Art New York Fair, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2018 Animal Kingdom, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Chosen Objects, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX
Pulse Art Fair, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Context Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Miami, FL
2017 Attention to Detail, Robert Lange Gallery, Charleston, SC
Platinum Blend, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Animal Kingdom, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Summer Group Exhibit, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX
Context Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
CK Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2016 Ema, Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR, Hatos Gallery, Tokyo, and Galerie Artistik Rezo, Paris.
Get Real, Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR
20th anniversary exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Salon, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Summer, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX
Scope Art Fair, Clark Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Lush Life, Roq la Rue, Seattle, WA
The Magic of Realism, Saks Galleries, Denver, CO
Wallflowers, Miller Gallery, Cincinatti, OH
Ema, Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR and HPGRP Gallery, Tokyo
Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX
2015 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Boston International Fine Arts Show, William Baczek Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2014 Amuse Bouche, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Them Pretty Pictures, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
April Flowers, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
2014 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Dallas Art Fair, Gallery Henoch, Dallas, TX
Boston International Fine Arts Show, William Baczek Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2013 Contemporary Realism Invitational, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Plant Life, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Boston International Fine Arts Show, William Baczek Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012 Water, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2012 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Aqua Art Fair, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2011 Spring Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Decadence, Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Florabundance, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
Distinctive Offerings, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Contemporary Realism Invitational, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2011 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Aqua Art Fair, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2010 The Metaphoric Object, Dunedin Fine arts center, Dunedin, FL
Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Aqua Art Fair, William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2009 The Leaf and the Page, Illinois State Museum (traveling exhibit), Chicago, IL, Springfield, IL and Lockport, IL
Is Everything Black and White? Selected works from the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection, Gallery 360, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2009 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2008 Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
West Coast 10, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Faculty Exhibit, Eric and Rhonna Hoffman gallery, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
2008 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Weeds Seeds and Buds, Trudy Labell Fine Arts, Naples, FL
Still Lives And Other Narratives, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
15th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Leslie Levy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
14th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Authentic Fake, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Decade, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
13th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Landscape, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Gallery Artists Portfolio Exhibit, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Chicago Art Expo, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Representing Representation VII, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
12th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Organic Matter, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Gallery Artists Portfolio Exhibit, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
San Francisco Art Expo, Gescheidle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Winter Guests, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
11th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Tabula Rasa, Prater Rouse Gallery, Norfolk, VA
10th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Guest List, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
Graffinova, International Drawing Triennial, Ostrobothnian Museum, Vassa, Finland
16th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial 2002, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Natural History, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
About Looking at Things, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
San Francisco Art Expo, Gescheidle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Urban League Civic & Arts Foundation 2001 Visual Arts Scholarship Exhibit, Union League Club, Chicago, IL
Fantastic Voyage, Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, IL
Noir, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL. Curated by Ed Paschke
Anatomy in the Gallery, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL
1998 New Talent II, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Belsito, Rochelle “Other Life”, American Art Collector, May, p 26-31 (cover image)
Haas, Cherie “Manic Botanic, Utterly Ecstatic Floral Paintings”. Fine Art Today (online), June
Tudor, Zach “Eric Wert’s Other Life at Gallery Henoch” Supersonic Art (online), September
Wert, Eric “Inspired by Dutch Still Life”, Realism Today (online), September
Baldi, Tommaso “Le Nature Morte Psichedeliche Di Eric Wert”, Ci Rifletto (online), September
Hicks, Jacob “Sunstone, a Virtual Exhibition”, Quantum Art Review (online), December
2019 O'hern, John “Collector’s Focus”, American Art Collector, March, p 103-104
Benson, Louise “Eric Wert’s Deliciously Ripe Still Lifes Hint at Darkness and Decay”, Elephant Magazine, August
2018 Davis, Holly, “Seeds of Inspiration”, Artists Magazine, April, p 42
2017 Emerson, Melissa, "Good Enough to Eat", The Mayfair Magazine, April, p 27
Visual Feast: contemporary food staging and photography, Gestalten, Berlin, p. 20-25
Dustman, Emily “Eric Wert”, E-Squared Magazine, Issue #3, p 35-40
2016 Leggio, Gail "Still Life Exhibition Review", American Arts Quarterly, Winter, p 44-47
Abramson, Sarah Elise "Dissimilar Similarities", Culture, February
N’Diave, Cordu, “Eric Wert”, Sodium Burn (online), October
Wang, Amy “The Week in Arts”, The Oregonian, October
2015 Vaccani, Alex “Eric Wert”, Toh Magazine, November, p 64-68
O'hern, John “Painting a Cohesive Composition”, International Artist, November, p 40-48 (cover)
O'hern, John “Discovering Connections”, American Art Collector, November, p 56-61
Menendez, Didi, “Realism, edited by Frank Bernarducci”, Poets/Artists, September, p 47-48
Gibson, Mike "Picture Perfect", Foodism, August, p 50-55
Bloomfield, Maureen "Paint Your Vegetables", Artists Magazine, June, p 20-23
Net, Nuria, "These sweet and destructive paintings will inspire lovers and the forsaken alike", Fusion.net (blog), February 14
“Eric Wert”, m-u-s-e-u-m (online), February 2.
“Still Life Beauty” American Art Collector, February, p 122-123
2014 De La Cruz, Jennifer, "Eric Wert", Hi Fructose, Summer, p 32-37
Parker, Charley. “Eric Wert”, Lines and Colors (online), April 11.
Cognito, Slim. “Eric Wert”, Empty Kingdom (online), March 27
2013 Pfarrer, Steve. “A fine pairing: William Baczek gallery in Northampton unites ‘big guns’ in new exhibit”, Northampton Gazette, Nov 20
“A Sense of Vitality”, American Art Collector, November, p 112-113
Wert, Eric, “Northwest meets Southwest”, Artists on Art, October, p 3
Pearson, Laura, “Plant Life at Western Exhibitions”, Time Out Chicago, Feb 14. web.
2012 Foreman, B.J. “Sweet Destruction”, Artists Magazine, November, p 24-33 (cover image)
Menendez, Didi, Poets and Artists, September, p. 9-10
Cohler, Eric Christopher “Driven to collect”, American Art Collector, March, p 48-50
2011 “Looking Intensely”, American Art Collector, November, p 122-123
Partridge, Laura A. “The Miller Gallery presents Contemporary Realism”,AEQAI, October 15. web.
“Exploratory Methods”, American Art Collector, February, p 165 -168
Hitt, Laura. “Sin Boldly”, Santa Fe Reporter, July 1
2010 Menendez, Didi “Eric Wert”, Poets and Artists, October, p. 45-50
“Still Lifes”, American Art Collector, March, p 150 -153
2009 “Macabre Sensibilities”, American Art Collector, November, p 118 – 121 (cover image)
Sarah Buttenweiser. “Eric Wert: Solo Exhibition”, Art New England, October / November, p. 56
2008 Artner, Alan. “'Leaf' falls on the side of tradition”, Chicago Tribune, September 11
"'Leaf And The Page’ On View At Illinois State Museum”, Antiques and the Arts Online, August 26
Woodard, Josef. “West Coast Ten - Sullivan Goss gathers similarly-minded West Coast-based painters”, Santa Barbara News-Press, June 13
2007 DeNicola, Dan, “Getting Real”, Northampton Gazette, December 14
“Eric Wert”, American Art Collector, November, p 146 – 149
New American Paintings, Issue #59, December
"Competition Spotlight", Artist Magazine, June, p.88
Mitchell, Phoebe. “Arts Almanac”, Northampton Gazette, January 22
2006 “Eric Wert and Jennifer Nehrbass”, American Art Collector, May, p 74-77
2005 Mellen, Kathleen. “Paintings That Detail the Wild Side of Domesticity”, Northampton Gazette, Nov. 22
“The State of the Realist Nation”, American Art Collector, October, p. 145
New American Paintings, Issue #59, August
Mitchell, Phoebe. “Show Puts Motion into Still Life”, Springfield Republican, February 7
Russel, Gloria. “Still Life Exhibit Pushes Viewers to the Edge”, Northampton Gazette, Feb. 10, p. H2
2004 Sundell, Ivy, Art Scene, Chicago 2004, Crow Woods Publishing
Hawkins, Margaret. "Gallery Glance", Chicago Sun Times, January 23
2003 New American Paintings, Issue #47, August
Hawkins, Margaret. "Gallery Glance", Chicago Sun Times, April 4
2002 "National Competition Winners", Artist Magazine, December
Brunetti, John. "Seeing But Not Believing", CAC Chicago Artists News, October, p.6
1999 Grisham, Esther. "No Nature", Dialogue, March/April, pp. 16-17
Kusimba, Chapuruka. The Rise and Fall of the Swahili States, Altamira Press (Illustrations)
AWARDS AND HONORS
2007 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award
2002 3rd place, Still life category, Artist Magazine National Competition
2001 Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Scholarship, Chicago, IL
2000 Teaching Assistant Scholarship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
1999 Graduate Fellowship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT
Illinois State Museum, Springfield IL
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 Instructor, Gage Academy, Seattle, WA
2011 Adjunct Instructor, Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, Portland OR
2007 - 2009 Visiting Assistant Professor, Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR
2002 - 2007 Adjunct Instructor, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Adjunct Instructor, Harrington Institute of Interior Design, Chicago, IL
2000-2001 Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University
1996-1999 Scientific Illustrator, Anthropology Department, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL