Eric Wesley (b. 1973 in Los Angeles, CA) lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his BA at University of California and is the Co-founder of MSA (Mountain School of Art) in Los Angeles. Wesley has participated in the 2022 and 2004 Whitney Biennials and the 2014 Made in L.A.Biennial at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. He has had solo exhibitions at institutions including MOCA Los Angeles and Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, Italy.
Wesley’s work has been exhibited in group exhibitions at Sculpture Center, New York, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux; Fundación Jumex,Mexico City; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; MoMA P.S.1, New York; and the Studio Museum in Harlem. His work can be found in the public collection at the Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, Italy; Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy; and MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
Exhibitions

SWIZZLE TWIDDLE FIDDLE STICKS
8 Sep – 4 Nov 2023
The Upstairs at 39 Walker

Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet As It’s Kept
6 Apr – 5 Sep 2022
Whitney Museum of American Art

Springweather and people
12 Mar – 24 Apr 2021
39 Walker

Eric Wesley: Timbuctoo
4 May – 5 Jul 2019
Pio Pico

Martha Rosler/Eric Wesley
16 Mar – 5 May 2019
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Reputation
27 Oct – 28 Dec 2018
Galleria Fonti, Naples

University of Disasters
30 Mar – 22 Apr 2017
Bortolami

ISOSCELES TRAPEZOID ARCH
10 Sep – 22 Oct 2016
Midway Contemporary Art

I Beam U Channel
30 Jun – 12 Aug 2016
Bortolami

Eric Wesley / St. Louis
21 May 2016 – 1 May 2017

Some Work
28 Jan – 15 Mar 2015
356 Mission

Daily Progress Status Reports
4 Sep – 4 Oct 2014
Bortolami

The Natural Order of Things
25 Mar – 31 Jul 2012
Galleria Fonti, Naples

2 new works
3 Mar – 20 Jan 2012
Bortolami

D’Carts Blanche and New Paintings
7 May – 19 Jun 2010
Bortolami

New Realistic Figures
4 Sep – 4 Oct 2009
Maureen Paley, London

Spaference Room
30 Nov 2007 – 5 Jan 2008
Bortolami

Spafice
20 Sep – 23 Nov 2007
Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples

Substance & Surface
26 Jun – 28 Aug 2007
Bortolami

MOCA Focus: Thirty Three Point Three Three Three
23 Mar – 2 Jul 2006
MoCa Los Angeles

Survivor
11 Mar – 8 Apr 2006
Bortolami

Eric Wesley
14 Dec 2002 – 1 Feb 2003
Metro Pictures
Press
Gracie Hadland Eric Wesley’s Funny Money ArtReview 17 Oct 2024Jan Tumlir On Eric Wesley The Berlin Journal Apr 2022Max Lakin Addicted to the Shinding Artforum Apr 2022— Springweather and people The Art Guide Mar 2021Sohrab Mohebbi Best of 2019 Artforum Dec 2019Eric Wesley and Jordan Wolfson Build It Up So It Collapses and Falls Back on Itself Mousse Magazine Oct 2019Andrew Russeth Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair Lifts Off Artnews Feb 2019Maria Giovanna Mancini Eric Wesley Artforum Nov 2018Meagan Fridette Eric Wesley Brings NYC Its Newest Combination Taco Bell/Pizza Hut Paper Mar 2018Jan Tumlir Infinite Jest: Jan Tumlir on Eric Wesley’s The Bell Artforum Feb 2017Alan Feuer Art Dealers Move Out of the Gallery and Into a Taco Bell The New York Times Oct 2016Pei-Ru Keh City Limits: Bortolami Gallery’s ‘Artist/City’ Wallpaper* Aug 2016Taylor Dafoe Bortolami Pushes Art Beyond NY and LA Blouin Art Info Jul 2016Cindy Dampier Eric Wesley’s quest for high-art fame leads to a Taco Bell Chicago Tribune Jul 2016Nancy Israel Cohen To Do List: Bortolami Gallery Brings Conceptual Artist Patron Apr 2015Lucy Li Eric Wesley Daily Progress Status Reports Brooklyn Rail Oct 2014— Eric Wesley, ’2 new works’ at Bortolami Gallery, New York Mousse Publishing Feb 2012Peter Plagens Shock, Light Therapy With Life Thrown In The Wall Street Journal Feb 2012Ken Johnson Eric Wesley D'Carts Blanche and New Paintings The New York Times May 2010Johanna Burton Eric Wesley Bortolami Artforum Mar 2008Publications

SOME WORK
Ooga Booga
2015
