Artist List    Eric Franklin    Images  |  Bio Born: 1974 EDUCATION BFA, Arizona State University, 2000 Pilchuck Glass School, Washington, 2002, 2004 AWARDS First Prize, “Hybrid,” Center on Contemporary Art Annual Exhibition and Competition, Seattle, WA 2008 Juror’s Award, Molten, Mesa Contemporary Arts 2006 Featured Artist, Relics to Riches III & IV, Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery 2005 Artist Residency, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, OR 2004 Teaching Assistanceship, Survey of Flameworking, Pilchuck Glass School, WA 2004 Featured Artist, New Glass Review 25, Corning Museum of Glass 2004 Summer Session Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, WA 2002 Outstanding Senior Award: Excellence in Sculpture, Arizona State University 2000 Board of Regents Scholarship, Arizona State University 2000 ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS “Basalt,” Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 2011 The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2008 “The Cognitive Body,” Museum of Northwest Art, LaConner, WA 2006 “BodyFunctionForm,” Orlo Exhibition Space, Portland, OR 2004 “Embodied Cognition, “ Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery, Portland, OR 2003 “Unseen Space, “ Portland Building, Sponsored by Regional Arts & Culture Council. Portland, OR 2002 “Body Observed, Body Recorded,” Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, PNCA, Portland, OR 2002 “Physical Memory,” Tempe Center Sculpture Gallery, AZ 2000 GROUP EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2007, 2010 “Cold+Hot 2009,” Micaela Gallery Contemporary Fine Art + Sculpture, San Francisco, CA 2009 “Hybrid,” Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 2008-09 “Deck,” Bragg’s Pie Factory, Curators: Molten Brothers, Phoenix, AZ 2007 “It’s All About Maps,” Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Portland, OR, curator Leo Michelson 2007 “Molten: an exhibition of illuminated glass artwork,” ( 4-person, juried) Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ 2006 “20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 “The Carl and Hilda Morris Foundation Young Artist Exhibition,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2005 “NuArt ’05, Juror’s Choice,” Anacortes Arts Festival, WA 2005 “Northwest Visits Northeast, “ Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA 2005 “MONA Celebrats 24 Years with 24 Artists,” Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA 2005 “New Directions in Electronic Media,” Stevenson Union Gallery, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 2005 “Evolving Light,” Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA 2004 “New Directions in Electronic Media,” Jones Gallery, Bakersfield College, CA 2004 “The Locals, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 “Thirty Under Thirty,” Katayama Framing, Portland, OR 2004 “Illuminated Glass,” Glass Art Society Annual International Conference, Seattle, WA 2003 “Into the Light,” Sedona Arts Center, AZ 2003 “Anomalies,” L & B Gallery, Portland, OR 2003 “Reflectuaries,” Ogle, Portland, OR (collaboration with Matt Proctor) 2002 “Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR 2002 “The Asphalt Still Squishes at Midnight,” Mesa Arts Center, AZ 2001 “Art Detour 12,” and “Art Detour 13,” The Ice House, “ Phoenix, AZ 2000, 2001 “Ungrounded,” ReZurrection Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2001 “Small Sculpture,” Kerr Cultural Center, Scottsdale, AZ 2001 “Traveling Light 2000,” Let There Be Neon Gallery, New York, NY 2000 “Singled Out, “ Grove Gallery, University of California, San Diego 2000 “School of Art,” Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ 2000 “Telluride Tech Festival Exhibition, Telluride, CO 2000 “Power and Light,” Tempe Center Sculpture Gallery, AZ 2000 “ASU Neon Workshop Exhibition,” ArtOne Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2000 “BeOn Neon,” Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ 1999 “Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition,” Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ 1999 “Reproduction, Replication and Repetition,” Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ 1998 “Deep Creek Exhibition,” Deep Creek Institute, Telluride, CO 1998 COLLECTIONS AterWynne LLP, Portland, OR Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. RELATED EXPERIENCE Portland State University, Foundry Assistant, Portland, OR 2009-present Museum of Contemporary Craft, Exhibition Designer / Head Preparator, Portland, OR 2002-2009 Regional Arts & Culture Council, Preparator, Portland, OR (contractor) 2003-2006 Eric Franklin Studio, Portland, OR 2001-Present Guest Lecturer, Tesla Night, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 2003 Guest Lecturer, DaVinci Middle School, Portland, OR 2003 Guest Lecturer, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR 2002 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Installation Staff, Scottsdale, AZ 2001 Visiting Artist, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ 2001 Guest Lecturer, Coronado High School, Scottsdale, AZ 2001 Phoenix Arts Commission, Public Art Intern, Phoenix, AZ 2001 Teaching Assistant, James R. White Neon Workshop, California State University, Fullerton, CA 2000 PUBLICATIONS Jahn, Jeff, “Re/activate, Basalt, and Soft Edge as Art-chitecture,” Port, www.portlandart.net, March 17, 2011 online at http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2011/03/reanimate_basal.html Speer, Richard, “Into the Heart of Glass,” art ltd. Special Supplement, May 2008, CG1-16; color illustrtion, p. CG7 Cover illustration, Glass Art Society’s 38th Annual Conference Brochure, Portland, OR 2008 Row, D.K. “It’s All About Maps,” The Oregonian, July 13,2007, A&E, p. 37 “eye lounge, a contemporary art space inaugral member artists catalog,” October 2006, p. 12 Roberts, Prudence, “’Glassmateria’ at Guestroom Gallery,” Artweek, May 2006, Wiggers, Namita, “Portland Review, Eric Franklin, Laura Russo Gallery,” ARTLIES, Issue 48, Fall 2005, p. 111 Sevcik, Kimberly, “Can A Place be too Perfect?” Newsweek Budget Travel, July-August 2005 “Portfolio,” American Craft, February-March 2005, p. 60 “Pacific Edge, CityFocus: Portland,” ARTnews, October 2004, p. 120 “Jury Statements,” New Glass Review 25, May 2004,, pp. 18, 50 “Portfolio,” Oregon Home Magazine, March-April 2004 Speer, Richard. “First Thursday Gallery Hop,” Willamette Week, November 13. 2002