EDUCATION
1998 M.F.A, San Jose State University, San
Jose, CA.
1996 San
Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1990 B.F.A.,
Parsons School of Design, NY, NY.
1988 Parsons
School of Design, NY, NY.
1986 Otis
Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, CA.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows
2004 Erik FriedmanHybrid Drawings,
1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.
1998 M.F.A. Thesis
Exhibition, San Jose
State University - Gallery 3, San Jose, CA.
1997 Unhappy Hour,
San Jose State University - Gallery 2, San Jose, CA.
1994 Serendipity Paintings,
A La Carte Restaurant, Berkeley, CA.
Two Person, Group, and Juried Shows
2007 Critical
Chaos, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2007 Housewarming, Works Gallery, San Jose,
CA.
2007 Overhung 3î,
Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2007 Pictorial Faculty Exhibition Natalie
and James Thompson Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose,
CA.
2006 Storm-
Installation, Erik Friedman and Ema-Harris Sintamarian, Project
Space, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2006 Drawn:
Anniversary Exhibition, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA. Oct 4
- Oct 21rst, 2006.
2006 Bay
Area Currents. Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA. Curated by Christopher
Miles, Professor and critic for Artforum, Frieze, Art in America
and the Los Angeles Times.
2006 Theory
of Relativity, Erik Friedman and Ema-Harris Sintamarian - Soap Gallery,
San Francisco, CA.
2006 Project:
Catch-22, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2005 Mayhem, Southern Exposure. San Francisco,
CA. Juror: Julie Joyce, gallery Director of Luckman Fine Arts Complex,
California State University, Los Angeles.
2005 New
Visions Introductions 2005, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA. Jurors:
Catherine Clark and Jack Hanley, San Francisco Art Dealers.
2004 Juried annual,
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA. Juror: Rene De Guzman, Curator, Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
2004 Epic, Southern Exposure,
San Francisco, CA. Juror: Magali Arriola, art critic and independent
curator, Mexico City.
2004 Layered Language: Erik Friedman and Gabrielle
Thorman, Monterey Peninsula Art Gallery , Monterey Peninsula College,
Monterey, CA.
2004 Anti-Auction, Roshambo Winery, Healdsburg,
CA.
2004 Windows and Chairs, Oakland
Art Gallery, Oakland, CA.
2004 Made in California,
City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA. Juror: James Elaine, Curator, UCLA
Hammer Museum Projects.
2003 Bay
Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA. Curated by James
Elaine, Curator, UCLA Hammer Museum Projects.
2003 Filling Space, A Street Gallery,
Santa Rosa, CA.
2003 Shikishi: Gifts of Art for
the New Year, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
2002 73rd Crocker
- Kingsley Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.
2002 Western
States Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts, Santa Rosa, CA.
Juror: Ralph Ruggoff, Curator, Wattis Art Institute, California
College of the Arts.
2002 January
Juried Show, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA. Juror: Meredith Tromble,
Ediitor, Artweek Magazine.
2001 Bay
Area Art V, Napa Valley College Fine Arts Gallery, Napa, CA. Juror:
Rene De Rosa, De Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA.
2000 Pro Arts Juried Annual, Pro Arts Gallery,
Oakland, CA. Juror: Larry Rinder, Curator, Whitney Museum of Art,
NY, NY.
2000 BACA 2000 , Berkeley Art Center,
Berkeley, CA. Juror: Clara Kim, Curatorial Assistant, SF Art
2000 New Visions 2000î,
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA.
1999 New Visions 99, Pro Arts
Gallery, Oakland, CA.
1999 Out of State, Works Gallery, San
Jose, CA.
1999 Art
is Figurative, A.C.C.I. Gallery, Berkeley, CA. Juror: Libby Lumpkin,
Writer and Critc.
1998 Textwork, Gallery OBOY, San Francisco,
CA.
1994 Whatever Grayish Drawings by Mike Terry and
Erik Friedman, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, CA.
1994 Burly Parmesan Moon, Alternative
Space, Oakland, CA.
AWARDS
2004 First Place, Made in California, City
of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA.
2003 First Place, Filling
Space, A Street Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA.
2000 Jurors Award, BACA 2000, Berkeley
Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
1999 New Visions Award, New Visions 99î,
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA.
PUBLICATIONS
-Weekly Pick, by Kelly Vance. East Bay Express, October
25-31, 2006. Volume 29, No. 3.
-Soap Gallery - Theory of Relativity, Erik
Friedman and Ema-Harris Sintamarian. www.Artbusiness.com. 4/27/06.
-Bay Area Currents 2006,
by Petra Bibeau, Posted July 4th, 2006. Shotgun Review. www.shotgun-review.com
-On the Wall: Bay Area Currents
2006, By David Downs. East Bay Express, June 7, 2006. Volume 28,
No. 35.
-Bay Area Currents 2006,
by Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle. Datebook, May 27th, 2006.
-Creative Relatives, by Hiya Swanhuyser,
SF Weekly. April 26 - May 2, 2006. Volume 25, No.13
-New Visions At Pro Arts, by Renny
Pritikin. Posted September 10, 2005. Shotgun Review. www.shotgun-review.com
-Advertising, Stocks
Phrases, and Real estate, by Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle.
Datebook. Aug 27th, 2005.
-Critics Choice
:Epic, by Clark Bruckner, SF Bay Guardian. Dec 8 - Dec. 14 2004.
Vol 39, No. 10.
-Archives and Audiotapes, by Lindsey
Westbrook. East Bay Express. May 28, 2003. Volume 25, No. 33.
-The Square Foot Getaway, by Nils
Schirrmacher, ArtMuse. September 2002.
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