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
| 2022 | Shit Art Show 5 – Shit Art Club – Los Angeles |
| The Patriot – O’Flaherty’s – New York | |
| Puff Puff Paint – Shit Art Club – Los Angeles, with Max Frintrop, Gabrielle Graessle, Nils Jendri, Abel Kabel, Liz Markus, Anna Pietrzak, Evelyn Snoek and David Surman | |
| 2021 | In with the Old – Walter Elwood Museum – New York |
| Harvest – Mott Projects – New York, with Royal Jarmon, David Matthew King and Martin Lukáč | |
| München Monopoly – Galerie Christine Mayer – Munich | |
| Commission on Roads – PAD – Miami | |
| Rememnant – Marquee Projects – New York, with Nunzio de Martino and Jane South | |
| 2020 | 2020, The Finale – Warburton Galerie – New York |
| Pandemic Blowout – Plank Road – New York | |
| Household Intimacies – PAD – New York | |
| 2019 | Supper – Deli Grocery – Brooklyn, with Eloy Arribas, Nikolaus Dolman, Hetty Douglas, Austin Eddy, Dan Flanagan, Julian Lombardi, Robert Nava, Marco Pariani, Anna Pietrzak, Taylor O. Thomas, Taylor Anton White and Mark Zubrovich |
| 2018 | Age Less World – Deli Grocery – Brooklyn, with Robert Nava and Austin Eddy |
| 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 – Gallery 171 – 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
“Decay is beautiful and wise.” Oblo Gallery May 2022
“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.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