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Eric received a Master of Fine Arts degree at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015 and is a current Visiting Lecturer. He was born in Homestead, Florida in 1986 and spent his teenage years in Charlotte, North Carolina. Eric received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2011. Between 2011 and 2013 Eric taught high school in Charlotte, NC via Teach for America.
The work Eric makes is often about photography as he explores the psychological and social effects that cameras and their artifacts have on individuals and societies as a whole. Eric has exhibited his work nationally at institutions and galleries such as The Center for Fine Art Photography, Duke University, The North Carolina Museum of Art, University of Northern Florida, and The Ackland Art Museum.
Eric is a full time artist living and working in Charlotte, NC. Additionally, Eric is a co-founder of The Gallery 145 and Mall Pretzel. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Art Department and serves on the Executive Board of Directors at The Light Factory.
Solo Exhibitions
2016
Removed, Rick Wester Fine Art / New York, NY
2015
Constructing Archives, The Carrack / Durham, NC Removed, MFA Solo Exhibition, John and June Allcott Gallery / Chapel Hill, NC
Endec - Off the Radar, Golden Belt Studios bldg. #3 / Durham, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Actual Size: Exploring the Photographic Contact Print, Cassilhaus / Chapel Hill, NC
Future Tense, 516ARTS / Albuquerque, NM
2015
EUREKA!, John and June Allcott Gallery / Chapel Hill, NC
BEYOND CAMERAS, Horace Williams House / Chapel Hill, NC
Neo-Pre-Post-Contra-Para-Anti-Hyper-Pro-Trans-Ultra-Photography, Spectre Arts / Durham, NC
Virtual Insanity, Whitdel Arts / Detroit, MI
Regarding Leisure, University of Northern Florida Gallery of Art / Jacksonville, FL
The Land of No Things: Selected Works by the MFA Class of 2015, Ackland Art Museum / Chapel Hill, NC
2015 Annual Auction Exhibition, The Light Factory / Charlotte, NC
R.E.C.A.P, The Carrack Modern Art / Durham, NC
2014
Press Street & The Blue Library, Antenna Gallery / New Orleans, LA Pixel and Grain, Durham Art Guild - SunTrust Gallery / Durham, NC Art Nouveau 3rd Annual Exhibition, Womble Carlyle Gallery / Winston Salem, NC
Faraway Nearby: Duke / UNC-CH MFA PhotoFaculty, Cassilhaus / Chapel Hill, NC
Between the Eyes, Allcott Gallery - Hanes Art Center / Chapel Hill, NC
That Makes Me Nervous, Chapel Hill Underground / Chapel Hill, NC
2013
Icon Industry: The Visual Economy of Human Rights, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University / Durham, NC
Park Pictures, North Carolina Museum of Art / Raleigh, NC
2011
Manifest '11 BA + BFA PHOTO EXHIBITION, Columbia College Chicago / Chicago, IL
CONTACT: 19th century photographic processes, LivingRoom Gallery / Chicago, IL
2010
Relative Exposure: Photographs of Family, 310conTEMPORARYGallery / Chicago, IL
NEEDLESS SUFFERING, The Drawing Room Gallery at The Hopkinson House / Chicago, IL
Images of Home, Columbia College Chicago / Chicago, IL
Low Tech *(Directors Choice Award), The Center for Fine Art Photography / Fort Collins, CO
Suspicious Minds, The Light Factory / Charlotte, NC
North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship Exhibition, Green Hill Center for NC Art / Greensboro, NC
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Artist Residencies
Artist in Residence, The Contemporary Artists Center / Troy, NY (July-August ‘14)
Artist in Residence, Starry Night Retreat / Truth or Consequences, NM (June ‘14)
Portfolio Reviews
Review Santa Fe ‘15
Filter Photo Festival
Atlanta Celebrate Photography ‘15
Portfolio Reviewer Portfolio Throwdown / The Light Factory '16
Artist Talks and Lectures
The Carrack, Durham, NC University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Columbia College Chicago
The Art Institute of Charlotte
SVA - MPS Digital Photo Students, Gallery Preview
Publication
Starry Night, Artists to Look Out For
Soak: anything that ails you – The Blue Library
Curatorial TheyThem / photographs from the Cassilhaus Collection/ Chapel Hill, NC (Fall ‘14)
Collections Cassilhaus Gallery
Living Room Gallery
Anne-Marie Obregt
Columbia College Chicago
The Blue Library – RM220
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / Sloan Art Library
Online Bibliography
(for full listing visit www.removed.social/about)
Tech Insider
PetaPixel
CNN
South x Southeast photomagazine
Wired
WUNC The State of Things Interview
BBC World Service
Business Insider
The Huffington Post
fisheye
The Atlantic
Techly
The Washington Post
FotoFilmic
Forbes
Digital America
Vice
Long division, Issue 1
DailyNews
NCMA Park Pictures
BuzzFeed
Winston-Salem Journal
SLRLounge
The Center for Fine Art Photography
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MEDIA INQUIRIES
Julie Grahame
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Print & Exhibitions
Rick Wester Fine Art Removed@rickwesterfineart.com