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EDUCATION
2014 – 2016
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, guest student, class of Peter Doig
2007
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, bachelor's degree
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Hēmikrāníā, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montreal, Canada
Nudes, Viviane Art, Calgary, Canada
2023
The Mountain and the Sea, Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles, USA
12 Years of Prints, New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, Canada
2022
Wildflowers, Viviane Art, Calgary, Canada
2020
Through the States, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, USA
Among the Multitude, Viviane Art, Calgary, Canada
2019
Deep Field, BravinLee Programs, New York, USA
Untitled San Francisco, Presented by Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, San Francisco, USA
2018
Hold the Line, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
In the Trees, Viviane Art, Calgary, Canada
2017
L.A. Paintings, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, USA
New Paintings, The Cabin LA, Los Angeles, USA
2016
Untitled Miami Beach, Presented by BravinLee Programs, New York, USA
Portraits, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
Erik Olson, Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Calgary, Canada
2015
Düsseldorfer, BravinLee Programs, New York, USA
The Painter's Studio, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
2014
The Mountains, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
Figures, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
2013
New Portraits, BravinLee Programs, New York, USA
The Dance, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
Architecture of the Face, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2012
Space, Skew Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2011
Out of India, Skew Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2008
IDEAL Art Space, self curated, Calgary, Canada
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Beholden, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Storage Wars, The Hole, Los Angeles, USA
Go Big, Viviane Art, Calgary, Canada
2022
Uncomfortable Friends, Hakan Eren, Jody Korbach, Lotte Maiwald, Erik Olson, Filiz Özçelik, Fridolin Schoch, Aura Kunstraum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Entanglement, BravinLee Programs, New York, USA
2021
Editions, Viviane Art, Calgary, Canada
Bühne 69, Gladbacher Strasse 69, Düsseldorf, Germany
2020
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Erik Olson & Josh Reames, Presented by Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
Art on Paper New York, Presented by Viviane Art
Land, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
2019
I've Got a Good Mind to Give Up Living and Go Shopping Instead, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, USA
Two Person Booth, Presented by Viviane Art, Seattle Art Fair, USA
Fast Forward, Birch Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, BravinLee Programs, New York, USA
A Portrait Show, Viviane Art, Calgary, Canada
2018
Cosmos: Gathie Falk, Margaret Nazon & Erik Olson
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
Dallas Art Fair, Presented by Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Dallas, USA
The Power of Placement, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
2017
LA Focus, Art Toronto, Presented by Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
O Canada, Beers Contemporary, London, UK
Paper Works, 2 Person Exhibition, Viviane Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Papier, Presented by Viviane Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Contemporary Visions VII, Beers Contemporary, London, UK
Text, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
75 Works on Paper, Beers Contemporary, London, UK
2016
Papier 16, Presented by Barbara Edwards Contemporary, Montreal, Canada
Introspective, BravinLee Programs, New York, USA
Launchpad, Viviane Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2015
Art Toronto, Michael Gibson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Sought After, Jarvis Hall Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Art with Heart, Auction, Toronto, Canada
King Kong Crisis, Galerie Golestani, Düsseldorf, Germany
Rundgang, Class of Peter Doig, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
2014
Voted Most Likely, Curated by Kim Dorland, Contemporary Calgary, Canada
Hey Stranger, Plug Projects, Kansas City, USA
The White Room, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
Art Toronto, Michael Gibson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Portraiture, Whyte Museum, Banff, Canada
2013
Olympian Heights, group exhibition at MOCA Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Floater, group exhibition at BravinLee Programs, New York, USA
Faces, group exhibition at the Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Garage Montage, group exhibition at the Art Gallery of Calgary, Canada
BP Portrait Award 2012, at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK
Made in Alberta, MOCA Calgary, Calgary Canada, curated by Jeffrey Spalding
BP Portrait Award 2012, at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2012
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Art Park, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
2011
Askew: New Directions in Painting, Curated by Andrea Avery, Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee, USA
Calgary Collects, Curated by Jeffrey Spalding, Art Gallery of Calgary, Canada
2010
Fresh Paint, Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition, Canada
2009
Fresh Paint, Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition, Canada
2008
Redshift: Witnessing Landscape Change, Two person show, Art Gallery of Calgary, Canada
RESIDENCIES
2018 – La Brea Artist Residency, Los Angeles, California, USA
2017 – La Brea Artist Residency, Los Angeles, California, USA
2010 – Sanskriti Artist Residency, New Delhi, India
2009 – Emma Lake Artist Residency, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada
2007 – The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada
AWARDS
2015 – Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2014 – Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
2013 – Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2013 – Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
2012 – Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travel Grant
2009 – Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
2006 – Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
2003 – Friends of Emily Carr Scholarship
2003 – Bill Crosby Scholarship
