About
Eric Carson is a multidisciplinary visual artist working at the collision of
spirituality and capitalism.
Artwork takes the form of contemproary spiritual images like mandalas, icons, & tarot cards.
Projects range from immersive art experiences, to direct political action, to gallery ownership.
Carson is also a fabricator with over a decade of experience creating museum exhibits
and making other people's art.
He is currently based in ABQ NM with his partner and hound dog.
Reach out to disucss art or anything else:
Curriculum Vitae
Solo Exhibitions:
The New Cosmograph - Younkee Paik Studio for Art & Music, Oakland CA, 2017
Contemporary Objects of Worship - A Gallery Space, Seattle WA, 2011
Framing the Moment: A 172,800 Second Exhibition - Black Box Gallery, Seattle WA, 2007
Everything Theory - The DrugStore, Ellensburg WA, 2006
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Scientific Illustration - Fe Gallery Sacramento, CA, 2018
Calligraphies in Conversation - Skylight Gallery of SF Public Library, San Francisco, CA 2017
Promotional Clutter - Real Old Paper Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2017
Superficial - Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2017
Digital Koans - Paul Sacks Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2017
Three Rings & Two Parties, The Election Circus - Wiseman Gallery, Grants Pass, OR, 2016
Interfaith Biennial -O’Connor Gallery, Dominican University, Forest River, IL 2016
ICON - Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA 2016
The Door to the Invisible Must be Made Visible - Mount Analogue, Seattle, WA 2016
Our Daily Homage - ArtsWest Gallery & Playhouse, Seattle, WA 2015
Mandala - ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA 2014
Experiencing War - Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY 2014
A Single Grain of Rice - Metanoia Gallery, Paris, France 2013
UNESCO Bioethics Art Competition- Hong Kong, 2013
Compass - Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Anna CA, 2013
50th Anniversary Gala Auction - Graduate Theological Union, San Francisco CA, 2013
Timeless Meditations: Mandalas & Patterns in Nature - Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac AZ, 2012
Genesis 2013 - Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL, 2012
Revolution 2012 - Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2012
Under the Bed Gallery - McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica, 2012
Occupy the Walls - Gainsburg Lounge, Seattle WA, 2012
Embracing Our Differences - Island Park, Sarasota FL, 2011
CWU Connections - Gallery One -Ellensburg WA, 2006
Press:
Bay Area Artist Eric Carson Challenges Beliefs with the Speed of Technology, Peninsula Press, June 2017
Eric Carson & Younhee Paik: Interview: Current & Alumni, (Im)material, May 2017
Issue 5: Anatomy of Illumination, Thought Notebook: Literary & Visual Art Journal - 2016
Mandala 21 - CityArts, March 2015
Our Daily Homage - ArtsWest.org March 2015
UNESCO Art Exhibit Opens in Hong Kong - Bioethicsart.org, January 3, 2014
RAWArtists interview, March 2011
Bricolage: 30th anniversary issue - University of Washington Arts Journal, 2012
Stranger Suggests: Contemporized mandalas by Eric Carson - The Stranger Slog, Feb 2011
CVG Show: Eric Carson - The Artful Blogger, February 9, 2010
Currently Hanging - The Stranger Slog, August 6 2009
Symposium Program - SOURCE. CWU campus, May 2005 & 2006
5 minutes with Eric P. Carson - CWU Observer, Vol. 19 #18, March 2006
New Student Work - Creative Convocations, October 2004
Talks:
2nd Independence - Walter & McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2017
Bricolage Release Party - Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA, 2012
Open Floor - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA, 2007
BFA Thesis Presentation - CWU Campus, 2006.
Symposium Presentation - SOURCE. CWU campus, 2005 & 2006
Education:
MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, (May 2017)
BFA, Painting: Central Washington University, 2006
Study abroad Florence, Italy, 2004
Experience:
Lead Fabricator: Ideum Inc, Corrales NM, 2023-present
Fabricator & Lead Finisher. Gizmo Art Production, San Francisco, CA 2017-2020
Teaching Assistant: Drawing 1, SFAI 2017
Studio Assistant: Ebitenyefa Baralaye, 2017
Young Artist Program Instructor: Drawing 1, SFAI 2016
Teaching Assistant: Contemporary Practice, SFAI 2016
Operations Manager: Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA, 2011-2015