Education
2007
Masters of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, University of Washington, Seattle
2003
Bachelors of Arts, Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley
Awards/Residencies
2020
Colorado Department of Education Open Educational Resources Grant
2019
Colorado Mesa University Professional Development Grant
2018
Colorado Mesa University Professional Development Grant
The Herbert and Rosetta Bohnert Memorial Award, Hudson Valley Art Association
2014
Jerusalem Studio School Master Class Residency
2013
Kickstarter Artist Project Grant
2011
4Culture Project Grant
Jentel Foundation Artist Residency Vermont Studio Center Residency and Artist Grant
2009
Neddy Artist Fellowship
4Culture Artist Project Award
2008
Kayla Skinner Special Recognition Award, Seattle Art Museum
Brink Award Nominee, Henry Art Gallery
Artist Trust GAP Grant
2005
Recruitment Scholarship, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle
2003
James Phalen Art Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley
2002
Maybelle Toombs Art Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Continuum, The Art Center of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO
2020
Life Distilled, Dwell Fine Art Gallery, The Plains, VA
2018
Variations, Omnia Contemporary, Grand Junction, CO
2015
Overgrown, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013
Pairings, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011
Residual Forms, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009
New Paintings, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008
Transitions, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions
2023
Floral, First Street Gallery, NYC, NY
Faculty Show, CMU Gallery, Grand Junction, CO
Monochrome, Omnia Contemporary, Grand Junction, CO
Vantage Point, Dwell Fine Art Gallery, Hume, VA
Blooming, Zeuxis There Space, NYC, NY
25, Omnia Contemporary, Grand Junction, CO
Paperscapes, Zeuxis There Space, NYC, NY
2022
Beyond Description, Sugarlift Gallery, NYC
Beyond Description, Figure Ground Gallery, Seattle, WA
Grand Re-Opening, Dwell Fine Art Gallery, Hume, VA
2021
It's a Small Show After All, Hofheimer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020
Points of View, Dwell Fine Art Gallery, Little Washington, VA
Faculty Show, CMU Art Gallery, Grand Junction, CO
The Bear Project, Hofheimer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Figure, Omnia Contemporary, Grand Junction, CO
2019
Small Wonders, Dwell Fine Art Gallery, The Plains, VA
STILL lives, CMU Art Gallery, Grand Junction, CO
Opposites, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2018
85th Annual Juried Exhibition, Hudson Valley Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Works On Paper, Omnia Contemporary, Grand Junction, CO
2017
Phenomenal, Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2016
Drawn, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
That Would be Chaos, 437CO CMU Gallery, Grand Junction, CO
Painting and Seeing, UNCW Art Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2015
Stilleven: Contemporary Still Life, Hallie Ford Museum, Salem, OR
Canopies, Prographica, Seattle, WA
The Diana Project, The Alice Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014
Focus on Paper, Prographica, Seattle, WA
The Still Life Show, Prographica, Seattle, WA
2013
The Pruzan Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
The Thinning Veil Between Worlds, LxWxH, Seattle, WA
Artists of Prographica, Bellevue College Gallery Space, Bellevue, WA
2012
Mum’s the Word, Mills Pond Gallery, St. James, NY
Still, Archer Gallery, Vancouver, WA
The Space Between, Prographica, Seattle, WA
Decoy, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
40+ Years of Richard Shaw’s Students, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Mirage, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011
The Architectural View, Prographica, Seattle, WA
Inventing an Illusive Space, Kirkland Art Center, Seattle, WA
Hearing the Backbeat, Prographica, Seattle, WA
Seattle Artists, Gallery (206), Seattle, WA
2010
A Preview of Things to Come, Prographica, Seattle, WA
Ripe, Seattle Pacific Art Center, Seattle, WA
Honoring 15 Years of Neddy Fellows, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
You’re So Cool, OHGE Ltd., Seattle, WA
Meet Greet Rinse and Repeat, Monarch Contemporary, Seattle, WA
Parallel Universes, Grey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009
On Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
Gather Image, Fugitive Form, Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Refracting Space, Steele Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
West Coast Drawings VIII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Neddy Artist Fellowship, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
9th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2008
Deep Space Punctuated by Planets, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
Message in a Bottle, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Black & White Show, Catherine Person Gallery, Seattle, WA
Seven Propositions, Ouch My Eye, Seattle, WA Bifocal, Ouch My Eye, Seattle, WA
2007
MFA Thesis Show, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Professional Experience
Teaching:
2015- Present
Associate Professor, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO
2007- 2015
Instructor, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle
2008- 2013
Adjunct Faculty, Highline Community College, Des Moines WA
2007- 2008
Instructor, North Seattle Community College, Cont. Education
Fall 2007, Spring 2007, & Spring 2006
Visiting Lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle
Department Head of Art and Design:
2021-Present
Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO
Gallery Assistant Director and Exhibition Designer:
2014- 2015
Prographica Gallery, Seattle
Studio Assistant:
2005- 2009
Norman Lundin, Seattle, WA
2004- 2005
Adelie Landis-Bischoff, Berkely, CA
Presentations/Public Lectures:
2023
Painting and Meaning Panel Discussion, NY Studio School, NY
Fellowship Facilitator, Aspen Cultural Fellowship, Aspen, CO
2022
Curator, Beyond Description, Sugarlift and Figure/Ground Galleries
2021
Artist Talk, Grand Junction Art Center, CO
Juror, Art of the Still, Grand Junction Art Center, CO
2020
Workshop Instructor, Gage Academy of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2019
Workshop Instructor, Gage Academy of the Arts, Seattle, WA
Presenter & Panelist, Self Employment in the Arts Conference, Chicago, IL
2018
Workshop Instructor, Gage Academy of the Arts, Seattle, WA
Judge, 46th Annual Edge of the Cedars Art Show, Cedaredge, CO
2017
Panelist, The Northwest Five Painting Colloquium, Tacoma, WA
Artist Talk, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2016
Artist Talk, Colorado Mesa University
2014
Artist Talk, Digipen Institute of Technology, WA
2012
Artist Talk, Jordan Wolfson Workshop, Olympia, WA
Panelist, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011
Artist Talk, Gage Academy of Art, WA
Artist Talk, Highline Community College, WA
2010
Juror, Annual Student Show, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2009
Panelist, University of Puget Sound, WA
Artist Talk, Gage Academy of Art, WA
Artist Talk, Tacoma Art Museum, WA
Articles and Reviews
-Zeuxis Publications, Suggestive Interiors, Conversation #19 by Matt Lopas, May, 2023
-The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Conversation Pieces, by Ann Wright, February 2, 2018
-Drawing Magazine, New and Notable: Eric Elliott, by Austin R. Williams, vol. 9, Issue 35, Fall 2012, pages 18-19
-Seattle Times, 'Artists build a skillful Architectural View at Prographica, by Gale Clemans, November 11, 2011, Section E, pg. 32
-Art in America, Eric Elliott: Exhibition, by Matthew Kangas, Nov. 2009, pg. 203
-Tacoma Weekly, A quartet of evocatively murky painters muddy the walls of the Kittredge Gallery, by Dave R. Davison, Nov. 4th, 2009,Section C, Page 4
-Art Ltd., Eric Elliott: Artist Profile, by Suzanne Beal, Sept/Oct 2009, pg. 48
-Seattle Weekly, Tone Poet, by David Stoesz, September 16-22, 2009, pg. 55
-City Arts -Tacoma, Shades of Gray, by Greg Bell, March 2009, pg. 30
-The Stranger,The Men Who Knew Too Much, by Jen Graves, July 15, 2008, pg. 31
-Seattle Post Intelligencer, Paintings by Carlos Vega and Eric Elliott Are a Must--See at Harris Gallery' by Regina Hackett, July 10, 2007, pg. 25
-The Stranger, Hold Still, by Jen Graves, February 19, 2008, pg. 23
-Seattle Post Intelligencer, Henry and the Masters, by Regina Hackett, May 25, 2007