boswell - mourot fine art
Eric Leon Freeman

Artist’s Statement
Dreams, feelings, and the rhythm of color excite me. The art I make embraces intuition, chance, and a sense of flow beyond conscious thought. There is only instinct, trust, feeling--and action! In many ways it is like poetry.
The Birds of Paradise are calling you (for Anouk), oil on linen, 2011, 48" x 72"
Treasure Reef, oil on linen, 2011, 48" x 72"

Artist Biography
Eric Leon Freeman has drawn and painted all his life.
He is also a poet, photographer, and musician, having released two CDS, written scores of poems and songs--as well as two novels.
Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1966, he received a BA in English at Oberlin College in 1989 before moving to New York City, where he made art and fronted a band. In 1993 he moved to Austria, where he lived for three years, splitting his time between Vienna and Arkansas, before returning to New York.
In 2006 Eric established Sultry Headquarters, his studio, in Little Rock. His work is included in the Arkansas Arts Center Collection and many private collections. He is represented by Boswell Mourot Fine Art.

Born
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, July 24th, 1966
Education
BA, English, Oberlin College, 1989
Epson Printmaking Workshop, Santa Fe Workshops, 2004
Exhibitions
2011 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Winthrop Rockefeller Legacy Exhibition, Morrilton, Arkansas
2010 - Boswell Mourot Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
2009 - Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas
2008 - Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative, Little Rock, Arkansas
2007 - The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
2006 - Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas
2005 - Oval Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative, Little Rock, Arkansas
Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Oval Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas 
2004 - Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative, Little Rock, Arkansas, Oval Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
2003 - Arkansas Repertory Theater, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Wellness Studio, Little Rock Arkansas
Gallery 26, Little Rock, Arkansas
2000 - Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 43rd Annual Delta Exhibition
1999 - Benini Foundation, Hot Springs, Arkansas
1990 - Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
1988 - Henderson State University, Arkadelphia,

Performances
1984 - As Eric America

Awards
2007 - Nominee, Santa Fe Prize for Photography, Santa Fe, New  Mexico
2005 - “Best of Show”, Rosenzweig Biennial, Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
1989 - Recipient, Lucy Pope Wheeler Poetry Prize, Oberlin College
1988 - Honorable Mention by juror Duane Hanson, “Arkansas Art 1988,” Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Collections
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
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