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BIOGRAPHY

Erik Geschke is a mixed-media artist whose work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Venues include the UCLA Hammer Museum of Art in Los Angeles, CA; ZieherSmith Gallery in New York, NY; The Navy Pier in Chicago, IL; Seattle Art Museum's SAM Gallery; and the FIAC Contemporary Art Fair in Paris, France. His work has been featured in publications such as Sculpture, New American Paintings, The Seattle Times, The Oregonian, Oregon ArtsWatch, and Drain Magazine. He has received honors and awards from the Seattle Art Museum (Betty Bowen Special Recognition Award), the Oregon Arts Commission (Individual Artist Fellowship & Career Opportunity Grant), the Ford Family Foundation (Ford Family Foundation Residency at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program & Career Opportunity Grant), and the Regional Arts and Culture Council (Project Grant & Professional Development Grant) among others. Geschke received his M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art's Rinehart School of Sculpture, attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and received a B.F.A. from Cornish College of the Arts. He is a Professor of Art and coordinator of the sculpture area in the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design at Portland State University in Portland, OR. Geschke lives in Vancouver, WA, across the Columbia River from Portland. 

Website: erikgeschke.com  Instagram: @erikgeschkestudio

EDUCATION

2001 M.F.A. Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Rinehart School of Sculpture, Baltimore, MD

1999 Glass Casting, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1996 Summer Session, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

1993 B.F.A. Sculpture/Painting, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 “Subterfuge”, Well Well Projects, Portland, OR

2024 “Erik Geschke: Selected Works”, Alexander Gallery, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR

2019 “Parts and Accessories”, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR (Catalog)

2018 “Parts and Accessories”, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL (Catalog)

2016 “Amalgam”, Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR

2015 “Amalgam”, North View Gallery, Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR

2013 “Accretion”, SAM Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2012 “Untitled (Social Engineering)”, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2011 "Crocodile Tears", Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

2011 “Crocodile Tears”, Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2006 "Erik Geschke", Cornish Main Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

2005 “Missgeburt”, ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NY

2002 “Erik Geschke: Select Work”, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2001 “Erik Geschke”, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1999 "Mercuarial Existence", Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA

1996 "Fractured Fables", Behnke Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2025 “Just the House of a Body”, Field Projects, New York, NY

2025 "Well Well Well..", Well Well Projects, Portland, OR

2025 “Stellar Radiance: MoNA’s 33rd Art Auction”, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA

2025 "50/50 Art Sale", Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR

2025 "Fans Only Friends", Fans Only, Portland, OR

2023 “Portraits From the Collection”, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA

2023 "Companions", The Vestibule, Seattle, WA

2023 “Biomass”, Maddox Building, Portland, OR

2021 “Building Community: PSU Art + Design Faculty, Past + Present”, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland State University, Portland, OR

2019 “ISC littleSCULPTURE Show”, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2018 “10x10x10xTieton”, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton, WA (Catalog)

2017 “Sabbath: 2017 Dorothy Saxe Invitational”, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)

2015 “Tzedakah Box: 2015 Dorothy Saxe Invitational”, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA (Catalog)

2014 “BAM Biennial: Knock on Wood”, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

2013 “Head, Shoulders, Genes, and Toes”, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (Catalog)

2012 “Portland2012: A Biennial of Contemporary Art”, Disjecta, Portland, OR (Catalog)

2011 “VOX VII”, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2009 “New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition: A Juried Exhibition in Print”, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA

2008 "Start", Zaum Projects, Lisbon, Portugal

2005 “NADA Art Fair”, Miami, FL

2005 “FIAC - Paris International Contemporary Art Fair”, Paris, France

2004 “New American Talent: The Nineteenth Exhibition”, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX (Catalog)

2001 “Snapshot”, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Aldrich, CT (Catalog)

2000 “New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition”, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX (Catalog)

2000 “The End: Northwest Biennial Exhibition”, Tacoma Art Museum. Tacoma, WA

1999 “Northwest Annual” Center on Contemporary Art (C.O.C.A.). Seattle, WA

1998 “Betty Bowen Award: Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition”, Washington State Convention and Trade Center

1998 “Pacific Northwest Annual”, Bellevue Art Museum. Bellevue, WA 

1997 “Introductions”, Seattle Art Museum Rental / Sales Gallery. Seattle WA

1997 "LA Current: New View" UCLA / Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

1996 “Northwest Annual” Center on Contemporary Art (C.O.C.A.). Seattle, WA 

1994 “Pacific Northwest Annual”, Bellevue Art Museum. Bellevue, WA

SELECT AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & RECOGNITION 

2023 Faculty Development Grant, Portland State University, Portland, OR

2020 Individual Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR

2018 Career Opportunity Grant, Ford Family Foundation, Roseburg, OR

2018 Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR

2015 Project Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC), Portland, OR

2014 Nominee, Contemporary Northwest Artist Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

2013 Ford Family Foundation Grant for Oregon Artists, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Roseburg, OR

2012 Individual Artist Fellowship, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR

2011 Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR

2011 Jurors Award, “Fresh Air”, Boise State University, Boise, ID

2009 Open Studios Press 2009 Pacific Coast Competition, “New American Paintings: Issue #85, Boston, MA

2002 Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant, China

2001 Sculpture Space Inc., Full Fellowship, Utica, NY

2001 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT

2001 Amalie Rothschild Award, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1998 Betty Bowen Special Recognition Award, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

1997 Philip Morris Juror’s Merit Award, “New American Talent: The Thirteenth Exhibition”, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX

1997 Seattle Artists' Award, Seattle Art Commission, Seattle. WA

TELEVISED INTERVIEWS AND APPEARANCES 

2025 Everyday Northwest, KOIN 6 TV (CBS Affiliate), "Erik Geschke makes the familiar exciting and new", September 10, 2025

2024 Everyday Northwest, KOIN 6 TV (CBS Affiliate), “Erik Geschke gets surreal with us”, January 26, 2024

PUBLISHED WRITTEN PIECES WITH IMAGES OF WORK

2023 Geschke, Erik, Drain Magazine, “Parts, Not Whole”, “The Head”, Volume 19:1

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 

2024 Pavic, Laurel Reed, Oregon ArtsWatch, "2024 in Review", December 28, 2024

2024 Costello, Lindsay, EverOut – Portland Mercury, “Subterfuge: Erik Geschke”, July 29, 2024

2024 Gonzales, Justin, Cornish College of the Arts, “Alumni Stories: Exploring the Artistic Journey of Erik Geschke”, April 2, 2024

2024 Slader, David, Oregon ArtsWatch, “A monumental snore (with a wink)”, February 28, 2024

2023 Libby, Brian, Oregon ArtsWatch, “Art review: Animal magnetism”, July 26, 2023

2019 Yeapanis, Stacia, OtherPeoplesPixels Blog, “OtherPeoplesPixels Interviews Erik Geschke”, August 28, 2019

2016 Graves, Jen, The Stranger, “Who Is Northwest Art?”, June 21, 2016

2015 Jahn, Jeff, PORT, "Erik Geschke at PCC Sylvania", November 20, 2016

2013 Fenton, Claire, Art Districts, “Head, Shoulders, Genes and Toes”, February 6, 2013

2012 Bell, Graham W., Oregon Arts Watch, “The Positive side of Portland2012: A Biennial of Contemporary Art”, April 14, 2012

2007 Farr, Sheila, Seattle Times, “Something funny going on at Francine Seders”, December 21, 2007

2004 Cassidy, Victor, Sculpture Magazine, “Pier Walk: Shrinking, Shrinking”, June 2004

2000 Bischoff, Dan, Star – Ledger, “Eclectic styles find common Grounds in Hamilton”, July 2000

SELECT COLLECTIONS 

Public: City of Seattle, WA, City of Redmond, WA

Private: Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA; Helicon Consulting, Seattle, WA; among others

SELECT LECTURES, ARTIST TALKS, GUEST CRITIC, & WORKSHOPS 

2024 Well Well Projects, Portland, OR – Artist Talk

2024 Alexander Gallery, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR – Artist Talk

2019 29th International Sculpture Conference, Portland, OR – Lecture and Workshop

2019 Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR - Artist Talk

2018 Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL – Artist Talk, Lecture, and Workshop

2017 Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR – Artist Talk

2013 Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA – Lecture

2013 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL – Lecture

2011 Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR – Lecture

2005 Luxun Academy of Fine Art, Shenyang, China – Lecture, Workshop, and Guest Critic

2005 Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, China – Lecture

RESIDENCIES / ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE 

2013 Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, CA

2002 Sculpture Space Inc., Utica, NY

2001 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2000 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Artist-in-Residence, Seattle. WA

1999 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

1996 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

ACADEMIC POSITIONS 

2020–Present Professor of Art, School of Art + Design, Portland State University, Portland, OR

2013–2020 Associate Professor of Art, School of Art + Design, Portland State University, Portland, OR

2007–2013 Assistant Professor of Art, School of Art + Design, Portland State University, Portland, OR

2004-2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor.  California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach CA

2001–2004 Assistant Professor, non-tenure track, Department of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN