Erin D. Garcia
Erin D. Garcia was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1979, and lives in Los Angeles. His work is a joyful exploration of shape, color, and process populated by plants and flowers, rhythmic figures, and colorful gradients that search where our capacity for abstraction intersects or conflicts with the sensory desire for specificity.
Garcia has exhibited world-wide alongside installations and projects for Louis Vuitton, Facebook, Pulse Art Fair, Oakley, Diesel, Adidas,United Arrows, Ace Hotels, Ginza Six, Vans, and Moog.
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 “Group 5”, Uprise Art, New York, NY
2022 “Super Silhouette”, Deisel Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 “JET!”, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2018 “Grand Prix”, HVW8 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 “Series A IV - Gradations”, SO1 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016 “Series A III”, SO Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 “Series A II”, SO Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014 "5 Shapes in 6 Colors", HVW8 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 "Stacks,This Gallery", Los Angeles, CA
Two-person Exhibitions:
2019 "Selections", HVW8 Gallery, Berlin, DE (w/ Mark Gonzales)
2014 "In Flight", Galerie 102, Ojai, CA (w/ Allie Pol)
2013 "New Neons, Mural Study", HVW8 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Allessandro Morodor)
Group Exhibitions:
2020 “Art on Paper”, presented by Uprise Art, New York, NY
2019 "Ping-Pong", Basel, CH
2016 “Art of Elysium”, Siren Studios, Hollywood, CA
2015 “Cash Machine”, Cash Machine LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 “Milk and Honey: Contemporary Art in California”, Slow Culture, Los Angeles, CA
2014 "All of Us Together", Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 "Highmath", Slow Culture x Arkitip, Los Angeles, CA
2013 "These Friends 4", This Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 "By Way of the South, Going Home" , Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 "New Works", Protein Gallery, London, UK
2012 "Vertical Gallery", The Standard, Los Angeles, CA
2011 "These Friends 3", This Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Installations:
2022 “Transparent Gradients”, Playa Vista, CA
2021 “Multi-color Banded Elements #3”, West Hollywood, CA
2020 “Light Gate”, Pasadena, CA
2020 “Freefall #1-3”, Tokyo, JP
2019 “Transpartent #1”, Pacific Palisades, CA
2019 “Multi-color Banded Elements #2”, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Vortex #1”, Century City, CA
2019 "Collection", West Hollywood, CA
2019 "Large Gradient #4", Venice, CA
2019 "Color Plane Figures", Mexico City, MEX
2019 "Element Repetition", Mid-City, Los Angeles, CA
2019 "Gradient Repetition", Mid-City, Los Angeles, CA
2018 "Large Gradients", Phoenix, AZ
2018 "Large Gradient Repetition", Facebook, San Francisco, CA
2018 "Banded Gradients", Vans, Costa Mesa, CA
2018 "Gradient and Solid Color Elements", Future Classic, Frog Town, CA
2017 "Arrangement of Elements in 7 Colors", Slowdown Studios, Eagle Rock, CA
2017 “Large Gradations”, Jeremy Hotel, West Hollywood, CA
2017 “Multi-color Banded Elements”, Venice, CA
2016 “Arrangements from Series A #2”, Pulse Art Fair, NY, NY
2016 “Repetition of Elements”, Los Angeles, CA
2016 “Gradated Elements”, Chatsworth, CA
2016 “4 Repetitions from Series C”, Alias Books, Curated by Cash Machine LA, Los Angeles
2015 “X and Elements”, Los Angeles, CA
2015 “Untitled Elements on Plexi”, Jeanasis, Tokyo, Japan
2015 “ Repetition of Elements on Black”, HVW8, Miami, FL
2015 “4 Elements in 3 Pieces”, Culture Labs, Los Angeles, CA
2014 "2-8-6, 2 Repetitions of 8 Elements in 6 Colors",The Standard Hotel, Hollywood
2014 "Repetition of 4 Elements in Black", BBH Global, Los Angeles, CA
2014 "Repetition of 4 Elements in 4 Colors", Bayflow, Tokyo, Japan
2014 "11-4-4", Moog, Los Angeles, CA
2014 "4-4-4, 4 Elements in 4 Colors with 4 Notes", Redbull Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2013 "4-5-1, 2 Repetitions of 8 Elements in 6 Colors",The Standard Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2013 "22-4-5a & 22-4-5b", HVW8, Miami, FL
2013 "4 Permutations of 4 Elements", Juco Photo, Los Angeles, CA
2013 "4 Elements in 3 Pieces", Pepsi Culture Labs, Los Angeles
2013 "#1002" - Mack Sennett Studios, Los Angeles
2013 "Selections from 23 Pairs of Stacks in 4 colors", Personnel of New York, NY
2013 "Variation 3 on Stacks #1000", The Audience, Los Angeles
2013 "Variation 2 on Stacks #1000", RVCA, Los Angeles
2013 "Stacks #1000", Ace Hotel, Palm Springs
2012 "23 Stacks", RCVA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Bibliography:
Print Media
Popeye Magazine, February, 2023
Grady Olson, "Stroke by Stroke", December, 2018. No 19, “Erin D. Garcia”, Pinzle, 2018
"Lemonade", July, 2018
KRINK NYC, "WHQ", Agnes B, 2017 So, "Interview with Erin D. Garcia", +81, June 1, 2014.
Justin Van Hoy, "Milk and Honey, Contemporary Art in California" , AMMO Books, October 15, 2012.
Publications as Author
“Skyline”, Self Published, 2020
“Series”, Self Published, 2016
"23 Pairs of Black Stacks for Multi-colored Paper", Arkitip, 2013
"23 Stacks", Self published, 2012
http://erindgarcia.com