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.