Biography
New Jersey based artist Erik Minter paints bold, vibrant colour combinations often met with sky-tone gradients that weave between graphical shapes and fluid-like splashes. Combining abstraction with surreal figuration, Minter has moved from digital drawings and photographic manipulations to paint and the physical surface, seeking to capture the emotion of experiences, either lived or dreamed, and to express his feelings and curiosity about life. With different layers that unfold over time, each work gives way to new discoveries.
When Minter bends the flow of colour, his forms look as if they could not be controlled, however they have been. His technique, both premeditated and unplanned, channels him to find and explore pleasures, ironies and the mutable and plastic nature of existence. Experimenting with techniques, as well as the strength and agility of his body, Minter continually pushes the limits of painterly expression. Through his experiments, he has developed a set of techniques that he now combines to create truly unique works of art that serve as both traces of processes and immutable results.
Education
1997-2000 “Bachelor of Fine Arts” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1996 “Life Study Courses” Corcoran Museum, Washington DC, USA
Exhibitions
2021 “Where Were You When” Daniel Rapheal Gallery, London UK
2020 “Pour Fello” AR Edition of 50 collab with UniqueBoard, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2020 “Booth Project for Paris” Mazel Galerie, Brussels, BELGIUM
2020 “DIALOGS2019” Atelier97 Arte Contemporanea – Las Spazio Espositivo, La Spezia, ITALY
2020 “When Spiders Unite They Can Tie Down A Lion” Daniel Raphael Gallery, London, UK
2020 “Summer Gathering” GR Gallery, New York, USA
2020 “Boundless Boundaries” StolenSpace Gallery, London, UK
2020 “Grounded” Daniel Raphael Gallery via Artsy, London, UK
2020 “Summer Selection 2020” Rosenbaum Contemporary Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
2020 “One” PXP Contemporary, USA
2020 Hospice Charity collaboration with Sothebys and Rotary International, Vienna, Austria
2020 Center of Contemporary Artists, Rome, Italy
2020 “35×35 Art Project” Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, GREECE
2020 “GOArt” Google NYC, New York, USA
2020 Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair, Florida, USA
2019 Limited Edition Print Release, Davis Editions (online)
2019 “Force and Phenomenon” Rosenbaum Contemporary Acquisition, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
2009 “Art Walk” Hotel Indigo, New York, USA
2009 “Island Heat”, AIDS Family Services, New York, USA
2008 “Quetzalcoatl Countdown” 4444 Main Street, Buffalo, New York, USA
2008 “Karma Cab Boa” Hallwalls Members Exhibition, Buffalo, New York, USA
2006 “Feminine Mystique” KFMK Gallery, New York, USA
2003 “Chashama Benefit Show”Safe Horizon, New York, USA
2003 “World Trade Center Memorial Competition” Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, New York, USA
2000 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA
2000 “I.P.S” Circus” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1999 “Works on Paper” Augusta Savage Gallery UMASS, Massachusetts, USA
Publications
2021 “Erik Minter a multi-disciplinary artist from New Jersey” The Industry
2020 “Entrevista a Erik Minter” Plataforma de Arte Contemporáneo
2020 “15 Art Accounts You Must Take On Instagram” ELLE Belgium
2020 “Creative Conviction” Create Magazine (issue No. 21)
2020 “Erik Minter And The Emotion Of An Experience In Vibrant Colors” Visual Atelier 8
2020 “Don’t pass the Corona. A personal perspective during the pandemic” Wall Street International Magazine
2020 “Hohe Luft” German philosophy magazine (no.4)
2019 “Erik Minter // globs” GenSociety
2019 Booooooom Artist Spotlight
2019 Canyon Voice Literary & Art Magazine, Arizona State University( issue 19)
Awards
2000 “Circle Award” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1999 “1st in show” Centennial NYC Cityscape Competition, CitiCorp Building, New York, USA
1997 National Talent Search Award, USA
1997 “Materials Awards” MAFF Maryland Artists Equity Foundation, Maryland, USA