About My Art
Truly we are all bozos in the Big Bus. Human history is a delusional circus etched in stone. Some clowns know they're clowns and revel in it. Others completely believe their clown selves are purest sanctimony to be worshiped.
I suggest there's more to life than righteous flag clowns and scowling ranting clowns.
We live on the most beautiful planet surrounded by love on so many levels.
None of us know shit. Let's free ourselves from other people's agendas and live our lives in compassion, grateful for all the diversity and blessings we receive every single day.
Living life is truly a miraculous experience.
About Me
My work often uses humor to ease the intensity of implied content. Sometimes even the framing is an intentional part of the piece.
Thanks for visiting. If you see something that interests you, please feel free to contact me at eric@ericwallenart.com
My Resume:
Education:
Frederich Leuchs, Stockbridge MA personal tutorials making flat glass art 1967
Boston University School of Fine Applied Arts: sculpture/painting majors.
Studied under James Weeks, Alba Corrado, Sydney Hurwitz, Marianna Pineda
Boston Architectural Center: architecture
Mass College of Art: glass art, silver smithing, photography
The Stained Glass School of North America:
flat glass design and construction, vitreous glass painting Bill Cummings, Albinas Elskus, North Adams 1980
Santa Rosa Junior College: studio painting with Michael Loffredo
Exhibits:
2022
Christos, North Adams MA, two man show
Atlantic Works, Boston MA, group show
Future Lab(S) Gallery, North adams MA, multiple group shows
2020
"Favorite Things" Sebastopol Center For The Arts, digital gallery group show. (physical gallery closed due to Covid19)
"Pandemic Transformation" Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Juried national digital exhibit pertaining to Covid19.
"Not Normal in the Age of Trump", second edition, curated by Karen Gutfreund, published July 2020, available on Amazon. page
"Art in the Time of Covid" Santa Rosa Arts Center, online group show.
Guest Artist, The Graton Gallery, Graton CA Fall exhibit.
"More of the Obvious Less". (An anti-Trump musical diatrabe.) My work included in the Netherland's rock band The Irrational Library music video released October 2020.
Member show, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, December 2020 online (and on site, if current covid19 rules allow.)
2019
"Healing the Environment" Santa Rosa Arts Center SR, CA group show
"Ship of Fools" Cooper Lanza Gallery Bellingham, WA juried group show
"Roshambo" Graton Gallery Graton, CA juried group show
"Anything Goes" Graton Gallery Graton, CA juried group show
"Art For Life" Sebastopol CA, juried group show with benefit auction
"Members Show", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA
2018
"Defining The Art of Change in the Age of Trump"
The Center for Contemporary Political Art Washington DC, juried show
"HERE, Part 1" Berkeley Art Center Berkeley, CA juried group show
"Pride Group Show" Cloud Gallery Seattle, WA juried group show
"Anything Goes" Graton Gallery Graton, CA juried group show
"Art For Life" Sebastopol, CA juried group show with benefit auction
"Small Works" Santa Rosa Arts Center Santa Rosa, CA group show
2017
Chroma Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA 2 juried group shows
2016
Chroma Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA juried group show
Petaluma Center for the Arts, Petaluma, CA juried group show
2015
"Small Works" juried group show Chroma Gallery, Santa Rosa CA
Guerneville CA Public Library, juried group show
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, group member show
2014
Petaluma Arts Council, juried group Member Show
"Emerging Artists" Tom of Finland Foundation, juried group show online, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Guerneville, CA Public Library juried group show
2011
Dandelion Botanicals, Seattle WA one man show
“HIV 30” Public Art Wall on Broadway, Capitol Hill, Seattle WA,
(juried group installation 15 nationally chosen artists that became a national traveling show commemorating 30 years fighting HIV)
Sponsored by Gay City Org of Seattle WA.
2010
8th Seattle Erotic Arts Festival The Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Juried group exhibit of US and international artists.
1999
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
1998
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
1997
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
1996
“Small Works” The Sonoma Museum of Modern Art (juried show) Santa Rosa CA
award: Two dimensional mixed media.
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
1995
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group juried show and benefit auction
1994
Bay Area Architectural Glass, juried AIA show
Glass Art Society, Richmond CA
"Glass Visions" group show Cultural Arts Council Santa Rosa CA
"Man to Man" juried show Quicksilver Mine Gallery Guerneville CA
Juried group exhbit Sonoma Arts Guild Sonoma CA
"Male Artists" selected group show Gallery One Petaluma CA
1993
Belvedere Winery, Healdsburg CA one man glass exhibit of flat glass, autonomous panels.
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
"Windows for Life" Participating artist, International design collaborative consisting of a juried group of 12 artists from 6 countries. Napa CA
Famed German glass artist Johannes Schrieter was lead coordinating artist for a proposed 300 sq. ft. installation for the front facade of the Life Center in San Francisco.
1992
Group juried show, Gallery Q Santa Rosa CA
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
"Figuratively Speaking" group show Quercia Gallery, Duncans Mills CA
1991
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
1990
"The Four" group show Gallery Rowe, SF CA
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
1989
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
1988
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
1987
“Emerging Artists, Bay Currents: Clay and Glass” San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, Fort Mason
"Art For Life" Santa Rosa CA group show and benefit auction
1986
“Glass at the Library” SF CA group show
1985
The 1985 Stained Glass Competition, First Unitarian Church SF CA
Award: Best Use of Opalescent Glass Award
1985 San Francisco Arts Festival, Civic Center and also exhibiting at the Park Branch Library
(Juried show by the San Francisco Art Institute)
1984
The 1984 Stained Glass Art Competition The Stained Glass Gallery, SF CA
Award: Honorable Mention, Professional Category
“Fresh Glass 84” First Unitarian Church, SF CA
(San Francisco Art Glass Guild)
1983
“Glass Art Show 83” Gallery Sanchez SF CA juried group glass exhibit
The Stained Glass Gallery SF CA
1982
“Glass Art '82” Castro Marketplace SF CA
(San Francisco Art Glass Guild)
The 1982 San Francisco Glass Art Competition The Stained Glass Gallery SF CA
“Glass Art Show 82”, Gallery Sanchez SF CA juried group glass art exhibit
1981
“Glass Art '81” Castro Marketplace SF CA
(group show, San Francisco Art Glass Guild)
The 1981 San Francisco Glass Art Competition The Stained Glass Gallery SF CA
1979
“Facets” group show, Gallery 67, Newbury St, Boston MA
Represented Galleries:
The Stained Glass Garden, Berkeley CA 1995-97
Limn Gallery Pacific, San Francisco CA 1995
Quicksilver Mine Company, Guerneville and Sebastopol CA 1993-1999
Glass Images, Guerneville CA 1993-2001
Viewpoints, Pt Reyes Station CA 1993
The Stained Glass Shop, San Francisco CA 1981-84
Solo Exhibits:
Dandelion Botanicals, Seattle WA 2011
Domaine Chandon, Napa CA 1993-4
Belvedere Winery, Healdsburg CA 1993
Hoopla:
Mentioned on KQED "Art Notes" by John Rozak. A look at contemporary glass art in SF Bay Area
Vice President San Francisco Art Glass Guild
(SFAGG)1982-85
Editor of INFLUX, SFAGG quarterly for 3 years
Current Associations:
Member, Santa Rosa Arts Center
Member, Sebastopol Center for the Arts
Formerly represented by Bellas Artes International.