Eric Weeks was born in Summit, NJ in 1965. He received a MFA from Yale University. Weeks' photographs have been exhibited internationally, and are represented in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Maison Européene de la Photographie and the Sir Elton John Collection, among others. Eric Weeks received an Individual Creative Artists Fellowship Grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts for 2007.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 World Was in the Face of the Beloved, EDS Galeria, Mexico City

World Was in the Face of the Beloved, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College,

Hanover, New Hampshire

2008 World Was in the Face of the Beloved, Wave Photogallery, Brescia, Italy

2007 World Was in the Face of the Beloved, Pablo's Birthday, New York

2003 Muse, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta

Observations From Beneath My Bed, Nikolai Fine Art, New York

2002 Guys, Nikolai Fine Art, Scope International Art Fair, New York

2001 Guys, Schneider Gallery, Chicago

1998 Desire and Despair, Schneider Gallery, Chicago

1995 Eric Weeks, Black and Greenberg Gallery, Project Room, New York

Egyptian Passages, Sony Gallery, The American University in Cairo

1992 Friends and Family, Fourth Street Photo Gallery, New York

1990 Eric Weeks, Midtown Y Photography Gallery, New York

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 The Heart of the Holiday, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta

EgyptThrough the Lens, The Photographic Gallery, The American University

in Cairo, Egypt

Eric Weeks and Robyn Cumming, Pablo's Birthday, New York

2008 Selección Especial Colecciones: Citypulse, Torre Entel, Santiago, Chile

My Other Nature, Curated by Alexander Perrelli, The Camera Club of New York,

New York

Summer Reading, Capricious Space, Brooklyn

Book Awards Exhibit, Les Recontres d'Arles Photographie, Arles, France

Been There, School of Visual Arts, New York

Art Faculty Exhibition, LaGuardia Community College / CUNY, Queens

2006 Moving Ahead, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn

2005 today your love, tomorrow the world, Curated by Ted Barron, Supreme Trading,

Brooklyn

Inaugural SVA Alumni Society Auction, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

2004 Revisiting Portraiture: Photographers Mona Kuhn, Eric Weeks and Angela West,

Curated by Anna Walker Skillman, Broad Street Gallery, University of Georgia,

Society for Photographic Education Southeast Conference, Athens, Georgia

(in)appropriate, Curated by Erik Schneider, Momus Gallery, Atlanta

Summer Show, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn

Art Is Not Untouchable, Pablo's Birthday, New York

2003 Enchanted Evening, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York

FLASH: Swimsuits and Sports, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta

Judgement Day, Pablo's Birthday, New York

Auction for Photographic Education in Afghanistan, Christie's, New York

paraskavedekatriphobia, Pablo's Birthday, New York

2001 Snakes, Snails and Puppy-Dog Tails, Curated by Bill Previdi, Nikolai Fine Art,

New York

2001 Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York

2000 It's a Cruel World, Curated by Paul Ha, White Columns, New York

1999 Faculty Exhibition, Macy Gallery, Teachers' College, Columbia University,

New York

1998 The Sound of One Hand, Collection of Collier Schorr, Apex Art, New York

Steve's Room, Viridian Artists, New York

1997 New Faces and Other Recent Acquisitions, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

New Narratives, Lawrence Miller Gallery, New York

Scene of the Crime, Schneider Gallery, Chicago

Schoolof VisualArts 50th Anniversary Alumni Show, Howard Greenberg Gallery,

New York

Politics and Faith, Gallery at 678, New York

1994 Yale MFA Thesis Show, Art and Architecture Gallery, Yale University,

New Haven

1993 Photo National, Curated by Charles Stainback, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University,

University Park, Pennsylvania. Traveled to: Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes

University, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania; The Arts Center at the Portsmouth

Museums, Portsmouth, Virginia; Fine Arts Gallery, Lower Columbia College,

Longview, Washington; Northlight Gallery, Everett, Washington

1991 Love American Style, Curated by Ted Barron, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn

1988 Eric Weeks and Judith Mizrahi, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2008 Best Photo Books of 2007, Photo District News, New York

2007 Individual Creative Artist Fellowship Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

2003 Award for Portraiture, The Society of Publication Designers, New York

2002 Distinguished Achievement Award, The Association of Educational Publishers,

Logan Township, New Jersey

1995 Visiting Artist Fellowship, The American University in Cairo

1994 John Ferguson Weir Award, Yale University, New Haven

1990 Artists Grant, Artists Space, New York

1987 Rhodes Family Award, School of Visual Arts, New York

1983 Four-Year Full-Tuition Merit Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris

The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

The American University in Cairo, Cairo

Sir Elton John Collection, Atlanta

Buhl Foundation, New York

Lexis/Nexis Corporation, New York

Progressive Corporation, Cleveland

Linc Corporation, Chicago

 

PUBLICATIONS

2008 Corduroy, "World Was in the Face of the Beloved" (portfolio), Issue Two, New York,

pp. 22-31, illus.

2007 World Was In the Face of the Beloved (monograph with essay by Jean Dykstra),

Pablo's Birthday, New York

Dear Dave, "Colloquy" (portfolio), New York, May, pp. 56-63, illus.

Zoom, "Eric Weeks" (portfolio and interview), Cristina Franzoni, Milan, Italy,

January/February, pp.10-15, illus.

2006 Fahrenheit, "Portafolio: Eric and Stacy", Beatriz Diaz, Mexico City, Mexico,

December/January, cover and pp. 28-34, illus.

2003 Observations From Beneath My Bed (exhibition catalogue with essay

by Collier Schorr), Nikolai Fine Art, New York

2002 Charley Magazine 01, Maurizio Cattelan, New York, May, illus.

1998 The Sound of One Hand, Collection of Collier Schorr (exhibition catalogue with

essay by Collier Schorr), Apex Art, New York, illus.

1994 Pupil, Yale University School of Art, New Haven. May, illus.

REVIEWS

2009 The Dartmouth, "Weeks Tells Stories Through Photos", Jane Reynolds, Hanover,

New Hampshire, p. 7, illus.

2008 MU, "Libro Ganadores", Janelle Lynch, Madrid, September, pp. 34-5, illus.

Photo District News, "Photo Annual 2008", New York, p.101, illus.

2007 Zoom, "Eric Weeks: World Was in the Face of the Beloved", Sara Namias, Milan,

Italy, November/December, p. 67, illus.

Skuawk, "What's New in NYC Photo: Eric Weeks", Carl Gunhouse, New York,

November 5, www.skuawk.com/photography

Pocono Record, "Photographer's Images Worth Talking About", Helen Yanulus,

March 19, pp. B1-2, illus.

2004 Columns, "Revisiting Portraiture", Robin Dana, The University of Georgia, Athens,

November 1, pp. 4-5

NY Arts Magazine, "A Boom Grows in Brooklyn", James Kalm, September/October

The New York Sun. "Escape to Brooklyn", July 19, p. 13, illus.

2003 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Head and Shoulders Above Other Portraits", Jerry

Cullum, December 7, p. L6, illus.

The New Yorker, "Eric Weeks", February 17, p. 42

Village Voice, Choices, Short List, Vince Aletti, New York, February 5, p. 69

American Photography 19, New York, illus.

2001 Village Voice, Choices, Short List, "Snakes, Snails and Puppy-Dog Tails",

Vince Aletti, New York, October 23, p. 3

1998 The Reader, "Flesh for Fantasy", Fred Camper, Chicago, April 3, pp. 34-7, illus.

Innercity, "Eric Weeks", Weinstein, Michael. Chicago, March 26, p. 36

Where, "Frozen in Time", Wendy Wollenberg, Chicago, February, pp. 23-5, illus.

1996 Millennium, Gregory Crewdson, Tokyo. November, illus.

1995 Village Voice, Choices, Short List, Vince Aletti, New York, May 23, pp. 8-9, illus.

Caravan, "Egyptian Passages", Nahla Gamil, The American University in Cairo, April

9, p. 1, illus.

Cairo's Culture and Entertainment Guide, "Egyptian Passages", April, p. 18, illus.

 

EDUCATION

1994 MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven

1987 BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York

TEACHING

2009 Dartmouth College, Hanover

2008-pres International Center of Photography, New York

2005-pres. Hunter College / CUNY, New York

1998-pres. School of Visual Arts, New York

1998-2007 LaGuardia Community College / CUNY, Queens

2002 Yale University School of Art, New Haven

1999-2000 Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York

 

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES

2009 Marymount Manhattan College, New York

2007 School of Visual Arts Amphitheater, New York

Academia de Artes Visuales, Mexico City, Mexico. Conducted weeklong workshop

and lectured on photography career.

Image Slam, School of Visual Arts, New York. Moderated by Allen Frame.

2005 The Art Forum Lecture Series, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

2004 The Cooper Union, New York

2001 Sarah Lawrence College, Yonkers, New York

1997 School of Visual Arts, New York

1995 The American University in Cairo, Egypt. Month-long residency included lectures

and critiques to undergraduate photography students

1991 Fordham University, New York

 

EDITORIAL CLIENTS

Newsweek

Details

New York Magazine

Discover

Fortune

OnEarth

Inc.

Business 2.0

Sunday Times Magazine (London)

Self

Child

Parenting

Columbia Magazine

Northeastern Magazine