ERIC RUE
EDUCATION
2013 MFA Pratt Institute (with distinction), Brooklyn, NY
2005 BFA Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), Portland, OR
1993 BA Willamette University, Salem, OR
SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY
2023 Immersive Echoes: Recent Paintings, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2022 Memories Remain, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 Art Handlers Assistance Exhibition, Dietl International, New York, NY
2013 The Troubles, Freight + Volume, New York, NY
2013 Afterimage, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (solo thesis show)
2013 Idolized, Loft 594, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Pratt MFA Manhattan Show, New York, NY
2013 Driftworks, curated by Paul Laster, Loft 594 Brooklyn, NY
2013 Make it Work, CAA Regional MFA exhibition curated by Barbara Pollock, NYCAMS Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Go Brooklyn Open Studios, Sponsored by The Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Pratt 125, Pratt Institute Office of the President, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Pratt MFA Show, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Pratt Open Studios, Flushing Studios, New York, NY
2010 Blackfish Upstream, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2010 LaundroMatte, Bryan Potter Design, Portland, OR
2009 Concerted Effort, Rose Center for the Performing Arts, Lower Columbia Community College, Longview, WA
2009 Convergence, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 PNCA Alumni Exhibit, Portland, OR
2009 Blackfish 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Portland, OR
2009 Oregon Seen, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 Reconfigured, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 Summer Group Show, Portland Center Stage Gerding Theatre, Portland, OR
2007 Modern Love,” Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 Paper Chase, Guestroom Gallery, Portland, OR
2007 Myth Fest, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 Blackfish at 55 Mercer, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Central Eastside Industrial District Exhibit, New American Art Union, Portland, OR
2004 Synthesis, PNCA Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 In Her Images, Portland Community College Rockview Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 RAW + ART, Oregon Food Bank, Portland, OR
HONORS AND AWARDS
2009 Brink Award Nominee, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 – 2012 Washington State Arts Commission, Art in Public Places Program, Artist Roster
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 Speer, Richard. Willamette Week, Volume 35: Issue 26 (5.6.2009) Pg. 53
2004 Bowie, Chas. “Arts Calendar,” The Portland Mercury, Volume 4: No. 41 (March 11) Pg. 31
2004 Jahn, Jeff. “Fantasy, History and the Future,” http://www.nwdrizzle.com Issue 43 (July)
2004 Speer, Richard. “One Review.” Willamette Week, Volume 30: Issue 15 (February 11) Pg. 65
PUBLICATIONS
2013 Afterimage, MFA Thesis Paper, Pratt Institute
2010 StudioVisit Magazine, Open Studios Press (Fall 2010)
2010 StudioVisit Magazine Vol. 10, Open Studios Press (Spring 2010)
2009 Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 8, Open Studios Press (Winter 2009)
2009 StudioVisit Magazine Vol. 6 Open Studios Press (Spring 2009)
2004 Rue, E. BFA Thesis Paper, PNCA