Eric Fischl
Born in New York City in 1948, Eric Fischl grew up in the suburbs of Long Island , his parents having moved there shortly before his second year. ”Safer place to raise a family”, they used to say.
Eric Fischl
Born: 1948
Biography
Born in New York City in 1948, Eric Fischl grew up in the suburbs of Long Island , his parents having moved there shortly before his second year. ”Safer place to raise a family”, they used to say. Against a backdrop of alcoholism and a country club culture obsessed with image over content, Fischl became focused on the rift between what was experienced and what could not be said. Until the late 70’s, suburbia was not considered a legitimate genre for art. With his first New York show at the Edward Thorp Gallery, epithets like “psycho-sexual suburban dramas” became velcroed to his disturbing images of dyfunctional family life.
Fischl began his art education in Phoenix, Arizona where his parents had moved in 1967. First at Phoenix Junior College, then a year at Arizona State University, and finally getting his BFA in 1972 at the recently opened California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. After graduation he moved to Chicago where he worked as a guard at the Museum of Contemporary Art. It was in Chicago that Fischl was exposed to the non-mainstream art of the Hairy Who. “The underbelly, carnie world of Ed Paschke and the hilarious sexual vulgarity of Jim Nutt were revelatory experiences for me.”, Fischl has said. In 1974, he got a job teaching painting at the highly touted Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. It is there that he met his future wife, the painter, April Gornik. In 1978 they moved to New York City where they continue to live and work.
Art in America – Cover by Eric Fischl, March 2016
Exhibitions
2018
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Eric Fischl
William Campbell Contemporary Art, Inc., Fort Worth, Eric Fischl – Pinned Mylars
2014
KM Fine Arts, Los Angeles, Eric Fischl – New Works
2005
Eric Fischl: Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
Eric Fischl, New Painting, Jablonka Gallery, Koln, Germany
2004
Eric Fischl: Paintings, Fondazione Cassa Di Risparmio in Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Eric Fischl: The Krefeld Project, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany Kunstmuseum
Eric Fischl: Paintings and Drawings1979-2001, Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2003
Eric Fischl: Krefeld Project:Studies, Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
Eric Fischl: Museum Opening Exhibition,Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Eric Fischl: Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
2002
Eric Fischl: St Tropez Photographs 1982-1988, Mary Ryan Gallery, NYC, NY
2001
Eric Fischl: Paintings, Jablonka Galerie, Köln, Germany.Eric Fischl: Watercolors, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
2000
Gagosian Gallery, London, England
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
1999
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
Change of Scene XVI, Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Eric Fischl: Unique Works, Mary Ryan Gallery, NYC, NY
Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA
1998
Gagosian Gallery, NYC, NY
Galleria Lawrence Rubin, Milan, Italy
1997
Works on Paper, 1996-1997, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
Saint-Tropez: Photographies, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
1996
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
1995
Michael Nagy Fine Art, Potts Point, Australia
1994
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France. Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Eric Fischl: Watercolors, Off Shore Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
Eric Fischl: New Paintings and Watercolors, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NeM
1993
Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain
1992
St. Tropez 1982-1988: Photographs, Michael Kohn Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Eric Fischl Drawings, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
Eric Fischl Drawings, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
1991
Scenes and Sequences, The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Eric Fischl: A Cinematic View, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
Currents 19: Eric Fischl Drawings, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1990
Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Vienna, Austria
Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Koury-Wingate Gallery, NYC, NY
Scenes and Sequences, Frederick Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Scenes and Sequences, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Scenes and Sequences, Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, CT
Eric Fischl: Photographs and Prints, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
1989
Waddington Galleries, London, England
1988
Galerie Michael Werner, Koln, West Germany
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
1987
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY. Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Scenes Before the Eye, Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, HI
Scenes Before the Eye, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, OH
Scenes Before the Eye, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
1986
Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Scenes Before the Eye, University Art Museum, California StateUniversity, Long Beach, CA
University of California, Berkeley, CA
1985
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA
1984
Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY
1983
Sir George Williams Art Galleries, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Canada
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Mario Diacono Gallery, Rome, Italy
Multiples/Marian Goodman Incorporated, NYC, NY
Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, England
1982
Edward Thorp Gallery, NYC, NY
University of Colorado Art Galleries, Boulder, CO
Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1981
Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Edward Thorp Gallery, NYC, NY
1980
Edward Thorp Gallery, NYC, NY
Emily Davis Art Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, OH
1978
Galerie B., Montreal, Canada
1976
Studio, Halifax, Canada. Galerie B., Montreal, Canada
1975
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada
