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ERIC LEBOFSKY |Artist Bio
b. 1977, BRONX, NY
Resides in Chicago, IL

Education:

MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004
BA, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1999

Solo Exhibitions:

2009                  
Western Exhibitions, Chicago IL.

2008                 
“Sculpture,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

2006                 
“Book Club,” Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA

2005                 
“Things to Do in an Ice Age,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
“Project Room,” Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York

Group Exhibitions:

2006                 
Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York
“Eric Lebofsky, Josh Mannis, William O’Brien,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
“fresh start,” Arena 1 Gallery, Los Angeles
“Books from Gallery Artists,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL

2005                 
“An Obscure Portent of Possible Erotic Chaos,” Butcher Shop/Dogmatic Gallery
“Somewhat Figurative,” Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York

2004                  
“Eye & Ear,” Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
“The Frankenstein Show,” Acme Art Works, Chicago, IL
“Summer Distillation,” Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA
"This Thing We Do,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
“Drunk vs. Stoned,” Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY
“Three-Person Exhibition,” 1/Quarterly Space, Chicago, IL
“From the Ground Up,” Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
“MFA Thesis Exhibition,” The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
 “Small Victories,” Modest Contemporary Art Projects, Chicago, IL

2003                  
“La Superette 03 Deja,” Deitch Projects and Participant, Inc., New York, NY
“Remark/Remarketed,” 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Appetite for Distraction,” Acme Art Projects, Chicago, IL
“Anti Spacesuit: The Dirty Future,” Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
“The Ganzfeld (Unbound),” Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
“Fieldwork,” 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000                  
“Recent Alumni Exhibition,” Postcrypt Gallery, New York, NY

1999                  
National Arts Club, “Annual Exhibition,” New York, NY
“Undergraduate Thesis Exhibition,” Columbia University, New York, NY

Special Projects:

2006                 
Lollapalooza 2006: Artwork used for Lollapalooza.

2005                 
WestTown Gallery Network map/brochure, Chicago, IL

2004                 
Abercombie & Fitch: Signed and numbered t-shirts containing artwork are retailed at Ruehl stores across the country. Conceived as an in-store exhibition.

Publications:

2005                  
Dose Magazine (Toronto, ON) -- Illustration, June 2005
PISTIL Magazine (Chicago, IL) – May, 2005, Illustration
Bridge Magazine (Chicago, IL) – January, 2005 Artist Project
2 Magazine (Toronto, ON) – Editorial Illustration for Winter 2005 Issue

2003                  
The Ganzfeld No. 3 (New York, NY) Artist Project: Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope

Bibliography:

2006                 
UR Chicago, Wu, Suzanne, “Art Groupie: Eric Lebofsky” (August 2006)
Time Out Chicago, Weinberg, Lauren, “Lebofsky, Mannis and O’Brien”

2005                 
Art Papers, Grabner, Michelle, “Reviews: Midwest”
Chicago Journal, Grayson, Katharine, “West Town, Art Town”
Gapers Block Berman, Craig, “The West Town Gallery Network, Matey”
Chicago Journal Gehring, Kristin, "Transformation Begins in the Bathroom"
Flavorpill, Spotlight Feature: “Things to Do in an Ice Age”
Money Say #3, interview. (www.pagesonline.it)

2004                  
DSN Retailing Today, “Ruehl: A & F’s Hip New Retail Concept”
The Boston Globe, “Summer Distillation”
Centerstage Chicago, Zoltak, Benjamin, “From the Ground Up”

2003                 
Chicago Reader Drawings reproduced in Section 2 three times

2000                      
WKCR Radio, Peter Schuette, Interview, Columbia University, New York

Collections:

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, artist book collection
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Joan Flasch Artist’s Book Collection
Abercrombie & Fitch

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