Carl Eckhoff
Page 1 | Biography
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Born: Mineola, NY
Lives: NY, NY
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1996-1999 MFA - Magna Cum Laude, Syracuse University, NY
1992-1995 BA - Magna Cum Laude, Adelphi University, NY
1992-1995 National Academy of Design and School of Fine Arts, NY
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2009 Dean Project, Long Island City, NY
1999 �Recent Paintings�, University Center Gallery, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
�Recent Paintings�, Adelphi Soho Center Gallery, New York, NY
�Smells Like Children�, Spark Gallery, Syracuse, NY
1998 �Feel Like a Donut�, Drawing Room, Syracuse University, NY
1997 �Please Like Me�, Drawing Room, Syracuse University, NY
1996 �Paintings�, Anthropologie, Greenvale, NY
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2008 "Exporting Pop: A Western Fantasy" group exhibition curated by Dean Project, Kuwait Art Foundation Limited Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"Exporting Pop: A Western Fantasy"
New York Preview, Dean Project, LIC, NY
�Aipotu� New Visions, Curated by John J McGurk, Firehouse No. 13, Providence, RI
2007 �Natural Reaction�, Curated by Summer Guthery and David Smith, Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2006 �Do You Think I�m Disco�, Curated by Edwin Ramoran, Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2005 �Urban Decay�, Curated by Leah Oates, Taste of Art, New York, NY
2004 �NY Arts Show�, Tomoya Saito Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 �August�, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
2003 �Diversity�, Little Brooklyn, New York, NY
�Metastasize�, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
2002 �Painting as Paradox�. Curated by Lauri Firstenberg. Artists Space, New York, NY
�AIM 22�. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2001 �All Hands On Art�. Curated by David Terry. Pelham Art Center. Pelham, NY
Clocktower Lecture-Lounge vol.02. Clocktower Gallery, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
2000 �Everson Biennial�. Curated by Joe Amrhein. Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
�Group Show�, SAI Gallery Alexei, New York, NY
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2002 "Curating Painting." Flash Art International Magazine. November-December Issue. Page 60 - 61
Cotter, Holland. "Art in review: Artists in the Marketplace." The New York Times, September 1999 Braff, Phyllis. The New York Times, September 19
The Delphian, Adelphi University, September 22
1997
Holmef, Judy. Syracuse Record, October 6
Giangi, Adam. Daily Orange, Syracuse University. October 23
The Daily Orange, Syracuse University. October 30
1996 The Post Standard, Syracuse, NY. September 18
Hellmer, Mary. Roslyn News, August 8
Hellmer, Mary. Mineola American, August 14
Syracuse New Times, Syracuse, NY. November 27
1995 Harrison Helen A. The New York Times, September 17
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2003 BCAT Residency, Rotunda Gallery
2002 Artist Residency. Vermont Studio Center
Artists in the Marketplace. The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1997-2000 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
1999 George Vander Sluis Painting Award, Syracuse University
1997 George Vander Sluis Painting Award, Syracuse University
1995 Albert Hallgarten Traveling Scholarship, National Academy of Design and School Of Fine Arts, NY
The Amster Prescott Fund Award, The National Arts Club of New York
1994 Dr. Ralph Weiler Prize, National Academy of Design and School of Fine Arts, NY
1993 Artist Residency. As Alfred Leslie's Associate. Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida.
Edwin Gould Foundation Award, The National Arts Club of New York
1992 Art Scholarship, Adelphi University
Frances Hook Scholarship Fund Honorable Mention
1991 Soho International Gallery Competition Certificate of Excellence, Agora Gallery
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Scholarship
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Affordable Art for the Average Commuter
April 2009
I take the A train to the South Street Seaport and back to Innwood each week day and I draw the whole time during this underground excursion. Roughly an hour each way- the time dissolves quickly as I delve into my renderings. The images that have come out resemble the inner workings of the intestines or tunnel systems gone awry. I start without having any predeterminations or plans as to what will be articulated. Using the surrealist technique of Automatism or Automatic writing I let the movement of the ball-point pen lead to an image. Much in the same way Sonic Youth forms a song from noise or Frank O�Hara created poetry from gibberish. Once revealed I start to make conscience decisions and start pushing and pulling forms that emerge. When a fellow commuter asks what I am drawing I tell them �I am drawing a map.� Artistic creation is a voyage into the unknown and I am mapping these daily journeys. In our own eyes, we are off the map. The excitement of potential discovery is accompanied by anxiety, despair, caution, boldness and always the risk of failure. The movement of the train is conducive to a dreamy state of mind. The pushing and pulling moves the pen without my control.
Proclaiming the amplitude and purity of vision I authentically and patiently draw accurate settings picturing beings whose postures were caught from life itself, and the illusion is compelling and sure. From these forms, common enough, many of them and these physiognomies often ugly but powerfully evocative, emanate celestial joy or acute anguish, spiritual calm or turmoil. The effect is of matter transformed by being distended or compressed to afford an escape from the senses into remote infinity.
Once I finish an 8 x 10 sheet I draw the connecting lines onto a new sheet of paper. This is allowing the colon-like image to grow to a massive scale. I currently have 9 completed making the form over 6 feet long. I am not sure when or if the overall image will ever be complete. What has been done has roughly taken two weeks per panel. The original piece at a more complete state will be on display at the same time the ad will be up and running in the Spring of 2009. The piece will be apart of my first solo show at Dean Project.
While this is a completely introspective activity the people around me are apart of the work whether they want to be or not. I am proposing a Print edition of these drawings that would be advertised on 1000 (1 out of every 6 trains) subways with a web address where the average commuter can log on and become a collector if they so desire. The prints would be sold at a reasonable price 35 - 50$ each, so the possibility of owning the entire set is completely obtainable by the average commuter in transit. This project is intended to breach the gap between the elitist Art world and the average person.
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