I am
thrilled to have the New York based artist, Eric Hibit on the show!
I have been following Eric's work for years and am excited to
connect with him on the show and talk about his work. Eric Hibit
(born Rochester, NY) is a visual artist based in New York City. He
attended the Corcoran College of Art + Design (BFA,1998) and Yale
University School of Art (MFA, 2003). In New York, he has exhibited
at Max Protetch Gallery, Anna Kustera Gallery, C24 Gallery, Zurcher
Studio, Field Projects, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Underdonk Gallery,
Ortega y Gasset Projects, Deanna Evans Projects, Morgan Lehman
Gallery, NonFinito Gallery, and One River School of Art + Design.
He has exhibited nationally at Adds Donna in Chicago, Curator’s
Office in Washington, DC, Geoffrey Young Gallery in Great
Barrington, MA, The Cape Cod Museum of Art, Satellite Contemporary
in Las Vegas, NV, The University of Vermont, Bedford Gallery in
Walnut Creek, CA and internationally in France and Norway. His work
has been covered by the Washington Post, The Village Voice,
Hyperallergic, Newsweek, New York Times and New York
Post.
Hibit
has taught studio art at Tyler School of Art, Hunter College, NYU,
The Cooper Union, Suffolk County Community College and The 92nd
Street Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association. Artist
residencies include Terra Foundation in Giverny, France (2003),
UNILEVER Residency in New York (2015), and Kingsbrae International
Residency for the Arts (2019) and Green Olives Arts in Tetouan,
Morocco (2019). Publications include Dear Hollywood Writers, with
poet Geoffrey Young (Suzy Solidor Editions, 2017) and Paintings and
Fables with Wayne Koestenbaum, a limited edition artist’s book
(2017). He is currently Co-Director of Ortega y Gasset Projects, an
artist-run gallery based in Brooklyn, where he has curated three
group exhibitions since 2014.