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ERIC HESSE

EDUCATION
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, Bachelor of Arts, 1994
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 1989-1991
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Student exchange program, fall semester 1993

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 
2018  Almost Not There, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016  Someone Else’s Light George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
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2011  Recent Paintings, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
2002  Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC - Fellowship in the Visual Arts Exhibition
2002  Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2001  Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001  Allen/Thomas Gallery, Neenah, WI
2000  Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1998  Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998  Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1996  Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS  
2018  The Cityscape Show VIII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2017  The Cityscape Show VII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2016  The Cityscape Show VI, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles

2015  The Cityscape Show V, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2013  The Cityscape Show III, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
           
Ronde des Artistes, “Enchantement d’Argoat” St Caradec, France 
2012  The Cityscape Show II, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles
2011  The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011  Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2010  Cross-Pollination, Connection Through the Art of Encaustic, Surface Gallery, Bakersfield,  
          CA
2008  “Melt My Art” Juried encaustic show, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2003  Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2001  Art Center/South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
2001  Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI “My Work and I” Recent work and a self-portrait
2000  Steensland Museum, Northfield, MN “Wax and Burn; Encaustic Art in Minnesota Today”
2000  Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI; “Interiors”, a three-person show
1999  Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia PA; Four-Person landscape show
1999  Art of the State, Harrisburg, PA; Statewide juried exhibition 
1998  Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Annual Juried exhibition
1997  Adzak Museum, Paris, France; Canadian/American Exhibition
1997  International Design Center, Minneapolis, MN
1997  Contemporary Realism, Inaugural National juried show, Gallery Alexy, Philadelphia, PA
1996  Suzanne Kohn Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; "New Generation" - Emerging Minnesota artists

COLLECTIONS    
Muzak Corporation, New York, NY 
Art Museum of LaSalle College, Philadelphia, PA 
St Olaf College, Rovlaag Gallery Northfield, MN

AWARDS
2003  Sotheby’s/Artlink International Young Art Finalist 
2000  National Foundation for the Advancement of Art, Fellowship in Visual           
          Arts, Miami, FL three-year Residency/Grant from 2000-2003
1999  Minnesota State Fair Merit Award, painting
1997  Adzak Museum Paris, France; Artist in Residence
1994  St. Olaf College Dean's List 1991-1994; departmental distinction
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