SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
World Was In the Face of the Beloved, EDS Galeria, Mexico City
World Was in the Face of the Beloved, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

2008
World Was in the Face of the Beloved, Wave Photogallery, Brescia, Italy

2007
World Was in the Face of the Beloved, Pablo's Birthday, New York
2003
Muse, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
Observations From Beneath My Bed, Nikolai Fine Art, New York

2002
Guys, Nikolai Fine Art, Scope International Art Fair, New York

2001
Guys, Schneider Gallery, Chicago

1998
Desire and Despair, Schneider Gallery, Chicago

1995
Eric Weeks, Black and Greenberg Gallery, Project Room, New York
Egyptian Passages, Sony Gallery, The American University in Cairo

1992
Friends and Family, Fourth Street Photo Gallery, New York

1990
Eric Weeks, Midtown Y Photography Gallery, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Selección Especial Colecciones: Citypulse, Torre Entel, Santiago, Chile
My Other Nature, Curated by Alexander Perrelli, The Camera Club of New York, New York
Summer Reading, Capricious Space, Brooklyn
Book Awards Exhibit, Les Recontres d’Arles Photographie, Arles, France
Been There, School of Visual Arts, New York
Art Faculty Exhibition, LaGuardia Community College / CUNY, Queens

2006
Moving Ahead, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn

2005
today your love, tomorrow the world, Curated by Ted Barron, Supreme Trading, Brooklyn
Inaugural SVA Alumni Society Auction, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

2004
Revisiting Portraiture: Photographers Mona Kuhn, Eric Weeks and Angela West, Curated by Anna Walker Skillman, Broad Street Gallery, University of Georgia, Society for Photographic Education Southeast Conference, Athens, Georgia (in)appropriate, Curated by Erik Schneider, Momus Gallery, Atlanta
Summer Show, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn
Art Is Not Untouchable, Pablo's Birthday, New York

2003
Enchanted Evening, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
FLASH: Swimsuits and Sports, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
Judgement Day, Pablo's Birthday, New York
Auction for Photographic Education in Afghanistan, Christie's, New York
paraskavedekatriphobia, Pablo's Birthday, New York

2001
Snakes, Snails and Puppy-Dog Tails, Curated by Bill Previdi, Nikolai Fine Art, New York
2001 Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York

2000
It's a Cruel World, Curated by Paul Ha, White Columns, New York

1999
Faculty Exhibition, Macy Gallery, Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York

1998
The Sound of One Hand, Collection of Collier Schorr, Apex Art, New York
Steve's Room, Viridian Artists, New York

1997
New Faces and Other Recent Acquisitions, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
New Narratives, Lawrence Miller Gallery, New York Scene of the Crime, Schneider Gallery, Chicago
School of Visual Arts 50th Anniversary Alumni Show, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
Politics and Faith, Gallery at 678, New York

1994
Yale MFA Thesis Show, Art and Architecture Gallery, Yale University, New Haven

1993
Photo National, Curated by Charles Stainback, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University,
University Park, Pennsylvania. Traveled to: Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania; The Arts Center at the Portsmouth Museums, Portsmouth, Virginia; Fine Arts Gallery, Lower Columbia College, Longview, Washington; Northlight Gallery, Everett, Washington

1991
Love American Style, Curated by Ted Barron, Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn

1988
Eric Weeks and Judith Mizrahi, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2008
Best Photo Books of 2007, Photo District News, New York

2007
Individual Creative Artist Fellowship Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

2003
Award for Portraiture, The Society of Publication Designers, New York

2002
Distinguished Achievement Award, The Association of Educational Publishers, Logan Township, New Jersey

1995
Visiting Artist Fellowship, The American University in Cairo

1994
John Ferguson Weir Award, Yale University, New Haven

1990
Artists Grant, Artists Space, New York

1987
Rhodes Family Award, School of Visual Arts, New York

1983
Four-Year Full-Tuition Merit Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
The American University in Cairo, Cairo
Sir Elton John Collection, Atlanta
Buhl Foundation, New York
Lexis/Nexis Corporation, New York
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland
Linc Corporation, Chicago

REVIEWS

2009
The Dartmouth, "Weeks Tells Stories Through Photos", Jane Reynolds, Hanover, New Hampshire, p. 7, illus.

2008
MU, "Libro Ganadores", Janelle Lynch, Madrid, September, pp. 18-21, illus.
Photo District News, "Photo Annual 2008", New York, p.101, illus.

2007
Zoom, "Eric Weeks: World Was in the Face of the Beloved", Sara Namias, Milan, Italy, November/December, p. 67, illus.
Skuawk, "What's New in NYC Photo: Eric Weeks", Carl Gunhouse, New York, November 5, www.skuawk.com/photography
Pocono Record, "Photographer's Images Worth Talking About", Helen Yanulus, March 19, pp. B1-2, illus.

2004
Columns, "Revisiting Portraiture", Robin Dana, The University of Georgia, Athens, November 1, pp. 4-5
NY Arts Magazine, "A Boom Grows in Brooklyn", James Kalm, September/October 2004 The New York Sun. "Escape to Brooklyn", July 19, p. 13, illus.

2003
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Head and Shoulders Above Other Portraits", Jerry Cullum, December 7, p. L6, illus.
The New Yorker, "Eric Weeks", February 17, p. 42
Village Voice, Choices, Short List, Vince Aletti, New York, February 5, p. 69
American Photography 19, New York, illus.

2001
Village Voice, Choices, Short List, "Snakes, Snails and Puppy-Dog Tails",
Vince Aletti, New York, October 23, p. 3

1998
The Reader, "Flesh for Fantasy", Fred Camper, Chicago, April 3, pp. 34-7, illus.
Innercity, "Eric Weeks", Weinstein, Michael. Chicago, March 26, p. 36
Where, "Frozen in Time", Wendy Wollenberg, Chicago, February, pp. 23-5, illus.

1996
Millennium, Gregory Crewdson, Tokyo. November, illus.

1995
Village Voice, Choices, Short List, Vince Aletti, New York, May 23, pp. 8-9, illus.
Caravan, "Egyptian Passages", Nahla Gamil, The American University in Cairo, April 9, p. 1, illus.
Cairo's Culture and Entertainment Guide, "Egyptian Passages", April, p. 18, illus.

EDUCATION

1994
MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven

1987
BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York

TEACHING

2009
Dartmouth College, Hanover

2008-pres
International Center of Photography, New York

2005-pres.
Hunter College / CUNY, New York

1998-pres.
School of Visual Arts, New York

1998-2007
LaGuardia Community College / CUNY, Queens

2002
Yale University School of Art, New Haven

1999-2000
Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES

2009
Marymount Manhattan College, New York

2007
School of Visual Arts Amphitheater, New York
Academia de Artes Visuales, Mexico City, Mexico. Conducted weeklong workshop and lectured on photography career
Image Slam, School of Visual Arts, New York. Moderated by Allen Frame.

2005
The Art Forum Lecture Series, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

2004
The Cooper Union, New York

2001
Sarah Lawrence College, Yonkers, New York

1997
School of Visual Arts, New York

1995
The American University in Cairo, Egypt. Month-long residency included lectures and critiques to undergraduate photography students

1991
Fordham University, New York



I have been photographing my wife Stacy, whom I married three years ago this fall. My relationship with her is the closest, kindest and most successful of my life. My photographs of her are a celebration of this accomplishment.

This work is about a character who is becoming one within the given landscape. It is someone who is okay with who they are and where they are in the world, while at the same time, she questions her place in the universe. She is my protagonist. Although my direct intention is not to expound on the tenets of Zen Buddhism, there is certainly the suggestion of that kind of spiritual tranquility in the photographs. I want my photographs to offer a respite from all the courser conundrums of humanity.

In short, I want these photographs to speak about ideas of beauty: the beauty of this woman in these attractive clothes; the beauty of the landscape and the figure relating to that space; and also about the beauty of analogue photography. Often, these photographs are playful, fun and peaceful.

The greatest misconception would be that these photographs are traditional “portraits” of my wife, or images that explore our emotional relationship. There are aspects of portraiture in the work, as well as self-portraiture and fictional narrative. I want to blur the line between all of these types of imagery.

My previous work has involved contemplation and exploration into the nature of human relationships while making narrative photographs. In past series I have examined the connection to family, looked at the bond between couples, addressed ideas of masculinity in a portrait series of men, and more recently combined photographs of seemingly disparate subjects to suggest metaphysical and sexual interactions. The images of my wife continue this investigation.

I am greatly enamored of the great Dutch and Italian Renaissance painters, and my work is informed by their strong formalism, attention to light and shadow, and considered color palettes. Some influential painters for me are Caravaggio, Vermeer, Georges de la Tour and Poussin. As far as Twentieth Century painting, I believe that Edward Hopper’s influence is pretty evident. I am also informed by many great photographers. Some of the photographs in this series directly reference earlier photographic works such as Alfred Stieglitz’s portraits of Georgia O’Keefe, Masahisa Fukase’s photographs of his wife Yoko and, of course, Harry Callahan’s photographs of Eleanor. August Sander, Baron Adolph de Mayer, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall and Gregory Crewdson inform others.

I am challenged by the many possibilities of making photographs of my wife over a long period of time. How will they change as we move forward and age together? My photographs of Stacy are in many ways only in their beginning stages, as is our marriage. I am excited by the promise and potential of both our life together and the ensuing photographs we will make.






2008 Corduroy, “World Was in the Face of the Beloved” (portfolio), Issue Two, New York, pp. 22-31, illus.

2007 World Was In the Face of the Beloved (monograph with essay by Jean Dykstra), Pablo's Birthday, New York Dear Dave, “Colloquy” (portfolio), New York, May, pp. 56-63, illus.
Zoom, “Eric Weeks” (portfolio and interview), Cristina Franzoni, Milan, Italy, January/February, pp.10-15, illus.

2006 Fahrenheit , “Portafolio: Eric and Stacy”, Beatriz Diaz, Mexico City, Mexico, December/January, cover and pp. 28-34, illus.

2003 Observations From Beneath My Bed (exhibition catalogue with essay by Collier Schorr), Nikolai Fine Art, New York

2002 Charley Magazine 01, Maurizio Cattelan, New York, May, illus.

1998 The Sound of One Hand, Collection of Collier Schorr (exhibition catalogue with essay by Collier Schorr), Apex Art, New York, illus.

1994 Pupil, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, May, illus.