Erik Lindman was born and works in New York. He received a BA from
Columbia University in 2007 and carried out the Yale Norfolk Painting Fellowship in
2006. He is a conceptual artist whose oeuvre concentrates on the re-interpretation of
discarded objects and the reconsideration of their function. By rejecting common
notion and practice, his work explores the possibilities provided by the studio
experience itself.
His latest solo exhibition was featured at the Almine Rech Gallery in Brussels
in 2014. Previous exhibitions include Do not touch doubtful things, at the Ribordy
Contemporary gallery in Geneva and Solo Show at the Hannah Barry Gallery in
London. His work was part of the Lost and Found exhibition at Inigo Philbrick in
London this year and also formed part of the exhibitions White, at Dickinson, and The
Stand In LAT. 41° 7′ N., LONG. 72° 19′ W in New York.
Primarily concerned with the re-appropriate of otherwise disregarded objects,
his work often makes use of residual materials left behind as a result of the creative
process. His mixed media paintings are impulsive and accumulative works that reap
benefit from disregard: ‘It ends up becoming positive in a way, instead of nihilistic.
It’s the way this leftover stuff becomes the material.’ The purposefully minimalistic
subject matters, presentations and interpretations are designed to encourage the
viewer to consider the work rather than its pre-determined conception. Lindon finds
beauty in anonymity, returning meaning to objects in their creative transformations
into elements of works of art. He describes his work as more about its relationship
with reality than as a statement to an audience: finding authenticity in integrity his
oeuvre presents an innovative take on contemporary art form.