b. 1978 Duluth, MN
Lives and works in New York
Owner of Mott Projects
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2018 | 1 Hour Tooth Whitening – Deli Grocery – Brooklyn |
| 2017 | Volvo 240 – Fastnet – Brooklyn |
| 2016 | Die Chemische Reinigung – i-a-m – Berlin |
| 2013 | And Riding Clouds – Rooster Gallery – New York |
| 2012 | Pray To Fallen Skies – Rook & Raven – London |
| 2010 | Red Balloon (I Wish I Was A) – Rooster Gallery – New York |
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2021 | In with the Old – Walter Elwood Museum – New York |
| Harvest – Mott Projects – New York | |
| München Monopoly – Galerie Christine Mayer – Munich | |
| Commission on Roads – PAD – Miami | |
| Rememnant – Marquee Projects – New York | |
| 2020 | 2020, The Finale – Warburton Galerie – New York |
| Pandemic Blowout – Plank Road – New York | |
| Household Intimacies – PAD – New York | |
| 2019 | Supper – Deli Grocery – Brooklyn |
| 2018 | Age Less World – Deli Grocery – Brooklyn |
| 2017 | Occupy Mana – Mana Contemporary – Jersey City |
| A Bad Situation Just Got Worse – Fastnet – Brooklyn | |
| 2016 | Petrichor – 19 Greek Street – London |
| 2015 | Fragments of Space – academic – New York |
| 2013 | Broken Boundaries – Tub Gallery – Miami |
| LUCID – Clerkenwell Gallery – London | |
| 2012 | The Young Collectors – Leila Heller Gallery – New York |
| Mono No Aware – bo.lee – London | |
| 2011 | Layer Current – Like the Spice – Brooklyn |
| Raw – Pertwee, Anderson and Gold – London | |
| Inventory – Rooster Gallery – New York | |
| Good – Hoxton Arches – London |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Interview with Erik Sommer of Mott Projects” Shit Art Club November 2021
“Artist Talk with Erik Sommer” Art of Tomorrow April 2021
“Erik Sommer: Contemporary Artist and Curator” Munchies Art Club February 2021
“Strange Time: Erik Sommer” Art Laboratory May 2020
“Erik Sommer” Closed Windows/ No Entry April 2020
“Artist Interview: Erik Sommer” Odd One Out July 2019
“Erik Sommer” FLOORR MAGAZINE June 2019
“Erik Sommer” COEVAL MAGAZINE 4/20/19
“To Do” New York Magazine 7/23/17
“Erik Sommer” ART QA Spring 2017
“Artist of the Week” KALTBLUT Magazine 8/31/16
“Review: Art14 London” GOLDHORD 3/5/14
“Erik Sommer at Rooster Gallery” World Sculpture News Spring 2013
“The Future of Art: Erik Sommer” Dot Dot Dot Magazine May 2013
“Everything You Need To Know This Week On New York’s Art Scene” Guest of a Guest 4/20/13
“Studio Visit” NEWTHINGS 2/9/13
“Artist of the Week” THE POP 1/4/13
“ERIK SOMMER” PURPLE 12/6/12
“What makes you STOP in the street and stare?” GARAGE magazine 12/4/12
“Rook & Raven Gallery Opens Erik Sommer’s First UK Solo Show” artdaily 12/3/12
“Erik Sommer’s ‘Pray To Fallen Skies'” glass magazine 11/28/12
“Art in a Concrete Jungle” Vice Magazine 7/21/2011
“Watching Paint Peel” New. York. Art. Crit. 12/17/10
EDUCATION
2010 M.L.I.S. The Palmer School, New York
2007 M.F.A. The City College Studio Program, New York
2000 B.A. St. John’s University, MN