I approach painting as a storytelling process, and I use it to explore themes of temporality, memory, and place. Paintings are like chapters, each of the layers within a sentence, and each mark a word. Every bit of the story is pulled and interpreted from observation of, and experience within, the world around me.
My art is autobiographical, as an action it allows me to explore my sensory experience, and as a finished object it expresses the time-sense of living that is outside language. Rhythms of line, pattern, and color reveal a felt version of outward reality.
A series always consists of multiple elements which are worked on at the same time. The conclusion of a series is clearly understood as I can tell when I am detaching from that subject-moment. Finding a new experience is not always straightforward and is often a process of discovery. Lately this has manifested through photography, an art form that allows me to document and explore without the timely needs of painting.
Each series is unique in conception, execution, and presentation. They are often guided by the flow of life and current expressive needs. Direct drawing, watercolor, video, digital tracing, and projections are all used to inform the painting process.
Eric Reinemann was a finalist for the Gottlieb Foundation Prize, a recipient of the North Adams Project Award, and a guest speaker for SUNY Plattsburgh's Visual Artist Series. His studio is currently located in the Greylock Works East Studios in North Adams, MA. He is open by appointment and during open studios.
Reinemann's layered abstractions rely on the structure of the visual world, which he takes apart, interprets, and rebuilds to create unique representations of time and environment. His drawings are known for their distinctly responsive line and his paintings for their shifting spaces and unique color density.
Born in Albany, NY in 1978, Reinemann found his way into his career in art through landscape photography. He studied painting at SUNY Plattsburgh and went on to receive his MFA from the University of Oregon in 2003. Since then he has actively shown at universities and galleries across the country, most recently at UNC Asheville, UMASS Amherst, and Coker University.
Solo Exhibition Record
2023 Lifeworld, Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker University, Hartsville, SC
2022 Project 240, 48 Eagle Street, North Adams, MA
Lasterday, Installation Space, North Adams, MA
Puzzel/Puzzle, Hampden Gallery, UMASS Amherst, online
2019 Recent Works, Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, Cookville, TN
2018 A Collection of 15, Bright Ideas Brewing, North Adams, MA
New Works on Paper, Eclipse Mill , North Adams, MA
2017 Phases, Strand Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, NY
2016 New Surface, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Quiet Observations, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Current, Norte Maar at Evergreen, Plattsburgh, NY
2007 20.07, Irises, Plattsburgh, NY
2006 Effect, BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake, NY
2005 Constructions, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME
2003 Structured Realities, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR
Group Exhibition Record
2025 Art Now In North Adams, Mixed Media Space, North Adams, MA
Art In The Berkshires, Eastover Contemporary, Lenox, MA
2023 14th Annual Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2019 DownStreet Art Storefront Installations, 49 Main Street, North Adams, MA
2017 Open Studios, Eclipse Mill, North Adams, MA
2016 SITE Unseen 9, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2015 New Works, artist talk, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Small Works Show, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
SITE Unseen 8, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Abstraction, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2013 Abstract Matters, The Drawing Room Art Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
2012 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle WA
Holiday Show, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Art and Design 2021, Boston, MA
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
Holiday Show, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Art and Design 2021, Boston, MA
Holiday Show, GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Paint, Climate Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2008 Peter Russom/Eric Reinemann, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
2007 Group Show, Mano y Mente, Tularosa, NM
2006 Postcard Show, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, BluSeed Studios, Saranac Lake, NY
2004 Faculty Show, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
Grants/Awards
2022 Visual Artist Series, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
2020 Gottlieb Foundation Grant- shortlist
2019 A4A North Adams Project, North Adams, MA
2019 A4A North Adams Storefront Project, North Adams, MA
2009 Distinguished Artist Award, Climate Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2007 Artist in Residence Fellowship, Mano y Mente, Tularosa, New Mexico
Bibliography
Kathryn Davis, Interview, “Canyon Road; Progressive Arts,” KVSF Radio, Santa Fe, NM, September
15, 2016.
Teresa Anastasion, Show Review, “Eric Reinemann: Quiet Observations,” THE Magazine, July 3,
2014.
Lisa Rasmussen, Interview, “I am an Artist: Eric Reinemann,” Art is Moving, March 26, 2010.
