Erik Patton
New York, NY
patton[dot]erik[at]gmail.com / 347-804-6471
Education
Harvard College, BA earned (1999-2003), Cambridge, MA
Coursework in Art History and Visual and Environmental Studies
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture (summer 2015), Madison, ME
Hunter College, MFA earned (2013 - 2016), New York, NY
Work Exhibited / Featured
Sculpture 56 (group show at NatureArt/Fresh Window/Soho20/Amos Eno), 56 Bogart, Bushwick, NY, April 2018
Amos Eno Gallery (solo show / Stool Sample), 56 Bogart, Bushwick, NY, February 2018
Video Revival presents Connections (screening of Play With(in) Me), Brooklyn, NY, June 2017
Dating Performed; He gay? (performance as part of Segue presents Vers), Zinc Bar, May 2017
Small Objects (group show), Skowhegan, New York, NY, April 2017
Sharkbait (group show), Open Waters, Penobscot, ME, July 2016
Amos Eno Gallery (solo show), 56 Bogart, Bushwick, NY, May 2016
SCOPE Art Fair, Untitled Projects, Miami, FL, Dec 1-6, 2015
Amos Eno Gallery (Corpo Reality group show), 1087 Flushing Avenue, Bushwick, NY, December 2015
David Zwirner (via Curb Gallery group show), 537 West 20th Street, November 7, 2015
Gagosian Gallery (via Curb Gallery group show), 980 Madison Avenue, November 7, 2015
Hauser & Wirth (via Curb Gallery group show), 511 West 18th Street, November 7, 2015
David Zwirner (via Curb Gallery group show), 525 & 533 West 19th St., November 5, 2015
The Whitney Museum of American Art (via Curb Gallery group show), 99 Gansevoort St, November 5, 2015
Andrea Meislin (via Curb Gallery group show), 534 West 24th St., November 5, 2015
Hauser & Wirth (via Curb Gallery group show), 32 East 69th Street, November 4, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (via Curb Gallery group show), 1000 5th Ave, November 4, 2015
The Guggenheim (via Curb Gallery group show), 1071 5th Ave., November 4, 2015
Williamsburg Art & Historical Society (group show), 135 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY, September 2015
Soho House (performance piece), New York, NY, September 2015
Amos Eno Gallery (group show), 1087 Flushing Avenue, Bushwick, NY, June 2014
Amos Eno Gallery (solo show), 1087 Flushing Avenue, Bushwick, NY, March 2014
Studio Ren Den (3 person group show), 40 E 75th St., New York, NY, December 2013
ground.arts / New York Art Magazine (M.O. (Modus Operandi) exhibition, 3 person group show), 508 W26th St, 9E/9F, New York, NY, February 2013
Center for Contemporary Art (group show), Bedminster, NJ, November /December 2012
Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Seeing is Believing group show), September 2012
Governor's Island Art Fair / New York Independent Art Fair selected participant,New York, NY, September 2012
Houston Fine Art Fair (represented by Art-Variant / New Emerging Artist), Houston, TX, September 2012
ground.arts Artist of the Month (featured through Kate & Bear curatorial practice), New York, NY, July/August 2012
A.POP, DeKalb Market, Brooklyn, NY, spring 2012
Gallery 13, Asbury Park, NJ (Queer Gaze group show), spring 2012
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, New York, NY (Y(OUR)S Group show), spring 2012
Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo show; Metasexuals), winter / spring 2012
Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Artists at Play group show), winter 2012
Studio Visit Magazine (Volume 18) feature, 2012
ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY (Group show), summer 2011
Brooklyn Artist Gym, New York, NY (Voyeur group show), summer 2011
Greenpoint Gallery, New York, NY (group show), winter 2011
MoMA PS1 Studio Visit (http://momaps1.org/studio-visit/), Queens, New York, 2010
Studio Visit Magazine (Volume 10) feature, 2010
Projekt 30, The Sex Issue (Volume 6) feature, winter 2010
Gawker Artist (http://artists.gawker.com/post/5463570141/erik-patton) feature, winter 2010 – ongoing
Featured in International Contemporary Artist (Volume 2) 2011
Hunter College, New York, NY (group show), spring 2009
ArtLA.com feature (http://www.artla.com/artists/artist.cfm?m=991), summer 2008 – ongoing
Art Flux, New York, NY (group show), fall 2007
Work Experience
The Museum of Modern Art, (2008-2012), 11 W 53rd Street, New York, NY
Co-Chair of PopRally, performance series at MoMA and MoMA PS1 http://www.moma.org/poprally/
Collaborations with: CHERYL, Tilda Swinton, Ryan Trecartin, SSION, Conrad Ventur, The Raincoats, Chris Cunningham, Jen DeNike, AVAF, Kathleen Hanna, Cat Power, Patti Smith, Black Meteoric Star, Sigur Rós, Doug Aitken, Marcel Dzama and PaperRad and Friends, and many more. (All collaborations listed here: http://www.moma.org/poprally/past_archive)
The Museum of Modern Art, (2012-present), 11 W 53rd Street, New York, NY
Director of Exhibition Planning and Administration