b. 1975, Orange, CA
EDUCATION
2004
MFA, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Thesis: The Ethnobotany of Waste Spaces
2000
BFA, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Drawing & Painting
Magna Cum Laude
1996
Study Abroad, Florence, Italy
Coastline Community College, Costa Mesa, CA
1992
Design Program Scholarship
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
EXHIBITION HISTORY
Solo
2022
Gardens of Radiance
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle WA
2019
The Sun, The Moon and Stars, and The Void
Kopeikin Gallery, Culver City, CA
2018
New Skies
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017
Night Skies
CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Chromatose
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
2015
DREVERIEM
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
When Jesus Swims He Becomes The Ocean
David B.Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2014
The Cave of Treasures
Art, Design, & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
2012
Revival Wall
Texas Contemporary, Houston, TX
Spirits
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2011
Trance Farm
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Solo Booth Installation
Pulse, New York, NY
The Philosopher’s Garden
Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
2008
The Good Land
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2007
HISTROY!
Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Hypnobotany: Visions of a Field Naturalist
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Group
2023
Bleak Beauty
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Drawing Room (with Stas Orlovski and Steve Galloway)
Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA
2022
Transcendent (curated by Michael Duncan to coincide with his traveling exhibition Another World hosted by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA)
Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Transcending Voids
Brick City Gallery, Springfield, MO
Summer Salon II
Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2020
Winter Salon
Koplin Del Rio, Gallery, Seatle, WA
Beyond Bounds
Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS
Irresistible Delights
Art, Design, & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
The Summer Salon
Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
MFA 20/20
Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2019
Ruminate
Scape Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA
The Drawing Room
Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA
Perennial
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Hot Time, Summer In The City
CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Liberty
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016
Identity Insight
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015
Iconic
Evoke Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014
Phantom Color (with Nathan Hayden and Brian Scott Campbell)
CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sleep of Reason (curated by Catlin Moore)
Cypress College, Cypress, CA
2013
Good Intentions: Re-imagining Rockwell’s Boyscouts
Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Nudes
Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Against The Grain: Wood and Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design [touring]
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Against The Grain: Wood and Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design [touring]
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
(Southern) California Drawing
Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavillion, Costa Mesa, CA
2012
Sublime: Nature, Science, and the Divine
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
Against The Grain: Wood and Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC
Unlived Histories
Flanders Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC
September Group Show
Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
Re/Deconstructing History
Like The Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
View From Here: Santa Barbara Artists in the Permanent Collection
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Recrafting History (curated by Ellen Caldwell)
Taylor De Cordoba, Los Angeles, CA
Domestic Goods (curated by Ryan Wallace)
Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
The Nature of Drawing
Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY
Rendered, A Stark Unreal
Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2010
Stranger Than Fiction (curated by Julie Joyce)
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Opening Ceremony
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Superfine
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Sister Cities
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin, Germany
All American
Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
The Old, Weird America (curated by Toby Kamps) [touring]
Frye Museum, Seattle, WA
The Old, Weird America (curated by Toby Kamps) [touring]
Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2008
Looky See (curated by Meg Linton)
Ben Maltz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Old, Weird America (curated by Toby Kamps)
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Tree Service (curated by Jeanne Patterson & Michael Gold)
Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
Failing Nature (curated by Habib Kheradyar)
Long Beach City College Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Harry Smith Anthology Remixed [touring]
Sensoria Festival, Sheffield, UK
Harry Smith Anthology Remixed [touring]
The Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK
2007
Highlight’s of LA and NY’s Distinctive Messengers
House of Campari, Miami, FL
Promised Land (curated by Elizabeth M. Grady)
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York City, NY
The Porch Show
Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
High 5: Emerging Art in America
CW Network, Los Angeles, CA
Distinctive Messengers (curated by Simon Watson & Craig Hensala)
House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA
Harry Smith Anthology Remixed
Alt.Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
2006
Flaunt
Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Draw, Paper, Scissors (curated by Meg Linton)
Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
REVIEWS/ARTICLES
2023
Rubin, David S. “Transcendent at Louis Stern Fine Arts.” Art and Cake, online January 6.
2019
Miranda, Carolina, “Datebook: Recommended Openings.” Los Angeles Times, online September 5.
2017
Pagel, David. “A Million Points of Dark: The Thrilling Pencil Drawings of Eric Beltz.” Los Angeles Times, online June 27.
--“Absorbing a Million Pencil Points of Dark.” Los Angeles Times, July 5, sec. E, p. 2.
Miranda, Carolina.”Essential Arts and Culture: In The Galleries.” Los Angeles Times, June 30.
Davis, Genie. “Eric Beltz.” ArtScene/Visual Art Source, July/August.
2016
Fortmann, Sven. "History Is Referential." Lodown Magazine, Dec-March, pp. 50-53.
Hua, Vivian. “Frozen In Transcendence.” Redefine Magazine www.redefinemag.com, Sept. 23.
Koplin del Rio. “Identity Inght: Unfolding the Visual Narrative, Eric Beltz.” Prographica Blog, November.
Kangas, Matthew. “Identity/Insght.” ArtScene/Visual Art Source, Editorial: Reviews.
2015
Williams, Maxwell. “Eric Beltz Melds Myth And Mysticism In Other-Worldly Graphite Drawings.” Artsy.com, April 30.
Zeiser, John. “The Visionary Drawings of Eric Beltz,” Craveonline.com, June 11.
Zellon, Jody. “Continued and Reccomended, May 2015,” Artscenecal.com, May.
2014
New American Paintings, number 115, Pacific Coast Issue.
Donelan, Charles. “The Cave of Treasures at UCSB’s AD&A Museum,” Santa Barbara Independent, October 1.
Editors. “Phantom Color: Eric Beltz, Brian Scott Campbell. Nathan Hayden,” Artweek.LA, Vol. 160, July 14.
Ollman, Leah. “’Phantom Color’ at CB1 Transcends in Black and White,” Los Angeles Times, July 4.
Ollman, Leah. “Critic’s Pick: July 18-24. Group Show: Phantom Color,” Los Angeles Times, July 17.
Ollman, Leah. “Critic’s Pick: July 11-17. Group Show: Phantom Color,” Los Angeles Times, July 10.
Ollman, Leah. “Critic’s Pick: July 4-10. Group Show: Phantom Color,” Los Angeles Times, July 3.
Pogany, Andrew. “Phantom Color,” Flaunt Magazine, no. 100.
2013
Stouffer, Hannah. “Eric Beltz, Feature Interview,” Juxtapoz Magazine, no. 154, Nov., pp. 96- 103.
Case, Stephanie. “Good Intentions: Re-Imagining Rockwell’s Boy Scouts,” KCET Artbound, July 18.
Wagley, Catherine. “Norman Rockwell’s Boyscouts, Updated,” LA Weekly, July 4.
Johanssen, Pacal. “Illustrative Special: Eric Beltz,” Objects: The Journal of Applied Arts, no. 6, pp. 86-91.
2011
Ollman, Leah. “Eric Beltz at Morgan Lehman,” Art In America, Oct., p. 188.
Woodard, Josef. “Down The Block,” Santa Barbara News-Press, Oct. 14-20, Scene Section, p. 46.
McClemont, Doug. “Doug McClemont’s Top 10 New York Shows: May, 2011,” Saatchi Online Magazine, May 3.
Duncan, Michael. “Soul Searching In The U.S.A.,” Art In America, March, pp. 134-138.
2010
Woodard, Josef. “The Importance of Backstory,” Santa Barbara News-Press, Oct. 1-7, Scene Section, p.45.
2009
Despain, Cara. “All American: Defining Ourselves in a Time of Change,” Art Pulse, Oct/Nov.
Worssam, Nancy. “Frye Offers ‘The Old, Weird America,’” The Seattle Times, Sept 27.
Garza, Evan J. “Folk My Brains Out: Wild and Weird,” Boston Phoenix, May 19.
"New & Notable," American Artist: Drawing Magazine, Winter, pp. 14-15.
"The Aesthetes: Eric Beltz," Flaunt Magazine, no. 100, p. 89.
2008
Larkin, Daniel. "Eric Beltz at Morgan Lehman," Artcat.com, November 19.
Ollman, Leah, “A Sprawling, Satisfying Show,” Los Angeles Times, August 22, sec. E, p. 22.
Lee, Sahsa. “Review: Tree Service,” Beautiful/Decay Anthology Online.
<http://beautifuldecay.com/anthology.php?anthologyId=87&title=reviewtreeservice>
Duncan, Michael. "Eric Beltz at Acuna-Hansen," Art In America, June/July, p. 203.
Zehler, Mara. "Eric Beltz," Flaunt Magazine, no. 94, p. 103.
Britt, Douglas. “CAMH Exhibit Relates Skewed History,” Houston Chronicle, July 9.
2007
Ollman, Leah. “Sending Clear And Subversive Messages,” Los Angeles Times, November 16, sec E, p. 22.
Schwendener, Martha. “Art In Review: Promised Land,” New York Times, July 20, sec. B, p. 25.
Baker, R. C. “Best In Show: Promised Land,” Village Voice, July 17.
2006
Frank, Peter. “Draw, Paper, Scissors,” Art On Paper, September/October, p. 89.
Ollman, Leah. “What This Group Can Do With Paper,” Los Angeles Times, June 2, sec. E, p. 19.
2005
Woodard, Josef. “The Secret Psychedelic Life of Plants,” Santa Barbara News-Press, May 20-26, Scene section, p. 15.
PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS
2020
“At Home With Artists,” Koplin Del Rio Gallery [website], Seattle, WA.
2019
“Check Out Eric Beltz’s Artwork,” VoyageLA online, Oct 3.
2016
Artist Talk, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
< https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnj3_EGY7k>
2012
Visiting Artist Lecture, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD5vpslHBYg>
2011Artlog.com, “The Secret history of Weeds” interviewed by Jarrett Moran.
<http://www.artlog.com/2012/308-the-secret-history-of-weeds>
2010
“Plotlines” gallery talk, Stranger Than Fiction, Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-40VT18_6Rg&feature=plcp>
2008
Lee, Sasha. Beautiful/Decay Anthology Online.
<http://beautifuldecay.com/anthology.php?anthologyId=73&title=interviewericbeltz>
PUBLISHED IMAGES/ARTICLES
2021
Burkeman, D.B. Art Sleeves: Album Covers By Artists, Rizzoli, New York, NY. p.38.
2015
Rooney, Ashley and Stephanie Standish. Stars & Stripes: The American Flag In Contemporary Art, Schiffer Publishing, Pennsylvania.
2014
“The Psychedelic Landscape”, Juxtapoz Psychedelic, Hannah Stouffer. Gingko Press, Berkeley, CA.
2013
Spirits, Flaunt Magazine, no. 128, p. 70.
2008
Fuck It, Flaunt Magazine, no. 94, cover.
Labbé, Armand. “Pre-Columbian Artistic Expressions of Indigenous Concepts of Soul in
Cross-Cultural Perspective,” from The Ontology of Consciousness, Helmut Wautischer, ed.
M.I.T. Press, Massachusetts. (figure illustrations, pp. 143, 147, 149)
2007
Blessfuck This Shitmess. Flaunt Magazine, no. 88, p. 115.
2006
One Hit Shit. Flaunt Magazine, no. 79, p. 95.
Garcia, Miki. Something New For Another Sunny Day. Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum. Haagen Printing, Santa Barbara. (unicorn illustration, p. 10.)
2005
"Acid Waves: The Tide Comes In For the Psychedelic Era," The Santa Barbara Independent, 20-27 Oct, p. 158.
"Gonzo Reincarnation Of The Week," The Santa Barbara Independent, 1-8 September, p. 43.
2004
“Nietzsche & Shamanism,” Site Street, <www.sidestreet.org/sitestreet>, Spring.
COLLECTIONS
Joseph M. Cohen Family Foundation, New York, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Beth Rudin Dewoody, New York, NY (promised gift to Whitney Museum of American Art, NY)
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, OH
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Art, Design, and Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
Artist Pension Trust/Mutual Art, Los Angeles, CA
