ERIC ESMAIL PARNES

Orientalism has been defined as the Occidental "West" attempt to conceptualize the Oriental Middle East. Images and themes, often idealized and fantastic in nature also provided a melding of the two cultures. Today the delineations between the East and West are increasingly blurred with the East and West exporting and interpreting their respective societies. Living in the West, with family roots in Iran, as a conceptual artist I examine and define these perceived differences and similarities, creating works that can revise, and explore the "Orient". Reaching beyond the borders of the United States and Iran, developing themes that reflect the modern, mystic, and visceral reality of a "Neo Orientalist".

1979 Born in United States

2002 New York University, MA, New York City, New York

Lives and works in New York City

EXHIBITIONS

2012
Coming Soon Galerie, Paris, France

2011
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia

Verge Art Brooklyn STILLLIFE, DUMBO, New York

2010
Villa Del Arte (Barcelona), group show, AFF, New York City
Seattle COCA, group show, Seattle Washington.
Second Street Gallery, group show Conflict/Interest,Charlottesville, Virginia

2009
Fridge DC, group show, Washington DC

Bridge Art Fair, solo show, New York, New York

2008
Bridge Art Fair, group show, Miami, Florida

Berliner Liste, group show, Berlin, Germany

Maryland Art Place, group show, Baltimore, Maryland

2007
Still Life Gallery, solo show, Ellicott City, Maryland

2005
Spiral Gallery, group show, Los Angeles California

2004
Hype Gallery, group show, London, United Kingdom

2003
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, group show, Dublin, Ireland

ArTv Gallery, group show, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Apartment, group show, New York City, New York

Still Life Gallery, group show, Ellicott City, Maryland

2002
Gas mask installation, Chelsea, New York City, New York

Athens Athica Gallery, group show, Athens, Georgia

Lunitarium Gallery, group show, New York City, New York

Gas mask installation, DUMBO, New York City, New York

2001

Gas mask installation, Time Square, New York City, New York

Gas mask installation, Union Square, New York City, New York

Art is Superior Gallery, group show, New York City, New York

Break 21 Gallery, group show, Ljubljana, Slovenia

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011

Mutual Art, "Top Ten Things to do During Armory Week", February 27, 2011

2010

Burkeman,DB,LoCascio,Monica, "Stuck Up Piece of Crap", Rizzoli Publishing, 2010
Golden Icons,Persianesque Magazine October 14th, 2010
Krause, Katherine, Photography, Dossier Journal, June 05th, 2010
Klara, Robert, Painter looks at American fast food in the Middle East landscape, Brand Freak, April 30th, 2010
Walker, Benjamen, Advertising ,Too Much Information,WFMU New York,April 26, 2010
Charrat, Christian, L'art à la source d'Eric Robert Parnes, The Glamattitude, April 12, 2010
Santos, Sanaz, Boards of Iran,Persianesque Magazine February 18th, 2010
2009
Wecker,Menachem, Iconia, December 19th, 2009
Judkis, Marura I RAN Home (in America) at the Fridge, The Washington City Paper, November 11, 2009
Ayers, Robert, Recommendations: Bridge, March 8th, 2009

2008
Funf Tage, funf Messen, Der Tagesspiegel, October 29th, 2008
Novak, Jessica “The Eye”, The Examiner, August 3rd, 2008
Jaffe, Maayan, “Edgy but Sensible”, Baltimore Jewish Times, December 28th 2007

2007
Baltimore Style Magazine, March 2007

2003
Perich, Anton, “Matra et hachette Alice 90 micro-ordinateur, et une femme”, Night Magazine, June 2003
Silenci?, Feature Television Documentary (Click to View) , Catalonia, Spain, February 2003
Harper, Michael, “For a New Art World” TIM Magazine, winter 2003

2002
Planet, Ipsum,”ERP” Neo2 Magazine, August/September 2002
Science Scene, Seed Magazine, Fall 2002
Romano, Tricia, Village Voice, July 2002
Jordan Phillips, Julie, “The Art of War”, Marquee, Athens Banner-Herald, April 24-May 1 2002

Azon, Gary, “Woman with gasmask in performance by ERP, Chelsea, NY”, Night Magazine, March 2002

Crook, Anthony, “Once Upon a Time in New York”, Flux Magazine, December/January 2002

2001
Duke University Art Press, September 2001

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		Orientalism has been defined as the Occidental "West" attempt to conceptualize the Oriental Middle East. Images and themes, often idealized and fantastic in nature also provided a melding of the two cultures. Today the delineations between the East and West are increasingly blurred with the East and West exporting and interpreting their respective societies. Living in the West, with family roots in Iran, as a conceptual artist I examine and define these perceived differences and similarities, creating works that can revise, and explore the "Orient". Reaching beyond the borders of the United States and Iran, developing themes that reflect the modern, mystic, and visceral reality of a "Neo Orientalist". 1979 Born in United States 2002 New York University, MA, New York City, New York Lives and works in New York City EXHIBITIONS 2012 Coming Soon Galerie, Paris, France 2011 Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia Verge Art Brooklyn STILLLIFE, DUMBO, New York 2010 Villa Del Arte (Barcelona), group show, AFF, New York City Seattle COCA, group show, Seattle Washington. Second Street Gallery, group show Conflict/Interest,Charlottesville, Virginia 2009 Fridge DC, group show, Washington DC Bridge Art Fair, solo show, New York, New York 2008 Bridge Art Fair, group show, Miami, Florida Berliner Liste, group show, Berlin, Germany Maryland Art Place, group show, Baltimore, Maryland 2007 Still Life Gallery, solo show, Ellicott City, Maryland 2005 Spiral Gallery, group show, Los Angeles California 2004 Hype Gallery, group show, London, United Kingdom 2003 The Irish Museum of Modern Art, group show, Dublin, Ireland ArTv Gallery, group show, Amsterdam, Netherlands The Apartment, group show, New York City, New York Still Life Gallery, group show, Ellicott City, Maryland 2002 Gas mask installation, Chelsea, New York City, New York Athens Athica Gallery, group show, Athens, Georgia Lunitarium Gallery, group show, New York City, New York Gas mask installation, DUMBO, New York City, New York 2001 Gas mask installation, Time Square, New York City, New York Gas mask installation, Union Square, New York City, New York Art is Superior Gallery, group show, New York City, New York Break 21 Gallery, group show, Ljubljana, Slovenia BIBLIOGRAPHY 2011 Mutual Art, "Top Ten Things to do During Armory Week", February 27, 2011 2010 Burkeman,DB,LoCascio,Monica, "Stuck Up Piece of Crap", Rizzoli Publishing, 2010 Golden Icons,Persianesque Magazine October 14th, 2010 Krause, Katherine, Photography, Dossier Journal, June 05th, 2010 Klara, Robert, Painter looks at American fast food in the Middle East landscape, Brand Freak, April 30th, 2010 Walker, Benjamen, Advertising ,Too Much Information,WFMU New York,April 26, 2010 Charrat, Christian, L'art à la source d'Eric Robert Parnes, The Glamattitude, April 12, 2010 Santos, Sanaz, Boards of Iran,Persianesque Magazine February 18th, 2010 2009 Wecker,Menachem, Iconia, December 19th, 2009 Judkis, Marura I RAN Home (in America) at the Fridge, The Washington City Paper, November 11, 2009 Ayers, Robert, Recommendations: Bridge, March 8th, 2009 2008 Funf Tage, funf Messen, Der Tagesspiegel, October 29th, 2008 Novak, Jessica “The Eye”, The Examiner, August 3rd, 2008 Jaffe, Maayan, “Edgy but Sensible”, Baltimore Jewish Times, December 28th 2007 2007 Baltimore Style Magazine, March 2007 2003 Perich, Anton, “Matra et hachette Alice 90 micro-ordinateur, et une femme”, Night Magazine, June 2003 Silenci?, Feature Television Documentary (Click to View) , Catalonia, Spain, February 2003 Harper, Michael, “For a New Art World” TIM Magazine, winter 2003 2002 Planet, Ipsum,”ERP” Neo2 Magazine, August/September 2002 Science Scene, Seed Magazine, Fall 2002 Romano, Tricia, Village Voice, July 2002 Jordan Phillips, Julie, “The Art of War”, Marquee, Athens Banner-Herald, April 24-May 1 2002 Azon, Gary, “Woman with gasmask in performance by ERP, Chelsea, NY”, Night Magazine, March 2002 Crook, Anthony, “Once Upon a Time in New York”, Flux Magazine, December/January 2002 2001 Duke University Art Press, September 2001