b. 1978 Duluth, MN
Lives and works in New York
Owner of Mott Projects
Solo Exhibitions
2024
District Number 3– bonustrack.zh – Zurich
2018
1 Hour Tooth Whitening – Deli Grocery – Brooklyn
2017
Volvo 240 – Fastnet – Brooklyn
2016
Die Chemische Reinigung – i-a-m – Berlin
2013
And Riding Clouds – Rooster Gallery – New York
2012
Pray To Fallen Skies – Rook & Raven – London
2010
Red Balloon (I Wish I Was A) – Rooster Gallery – New York
Select Group Exhibitions
2025
Refraction– Mriya Gallery – New York
Adding a Kiss – Constant Dschungel – Denzlingen, Germany
Artists From The Guy Stanley Philoche Collection– GG & POP – New York
2024
Dezemberglühen– Kunstsalon – Basel, Switzerland
Praxis: paintingforfuckssake– Eleven20 – Easton, PA
Dynamic of Whoa! – Constant Dschungel – Denzlingen, Germany
Immortal Techniques – Malagacha – Lausanne, Switzerland
El Group Show– De Bouwput – Amsterdam
2023
Open House– The Exchange House – Catskill, NY
Wilde Tiere – Constant Dschungel – Denzlingen, Germany
2022
Shit Art Show 5 – Shit Art Club – Los Angeles
The Patriot – O’Flaherty’s – New York
Puff Puff Paint – Shit Art Club – Los Angeles
2021
In with the Old– Walter Elwood Museum – New York
Harvest – Mott Projects – New York
München Monopoly – Galerie Christine Mayer – Munich
Commission on Roads– PAD – Miami
Rememnant – Marquee Projects – New York
2020
2020, The Finale– Warburton Galerie – New York
Pandemic Blowout– Plank Road – New York
Household Intimacies– PAD – New York
2019
Supper – Deli Grocery – Brooklyn
2018
Age Less World – Deli Grocery – Brooklyn
2017
Occupy Mana – Mana Contemporary – Jersey City
A Bad Situation Just Got Worse – Fastnet – Brooklyn
2016
Petrichor– 19 Greek Street – London
2015
Fragments of Space– academic – New York
2013
Broken Boundaries– Gallery 171 – Miami
LUCID– Clerkenwell Gallery – London
2012
The Young Collectors– Leila Heller Gallery – New York
Mono No Aware– bo.lee – London
2011
Layer Current– Like the Spice – Brooklyn
Raw – Pertwee, Anderson and Gold – London
Inventory– Rooster Gallery – New York
Good– Hoxton Arches – London
Select Bibliography
“Erik Sommer: The Artist, Curator and Mott Projects Founder Shaping the Art Scene” Contemporary Artists Now March 2025
“Erik Sommer” Curatory Magazine v. 1 March 2025
Contemporary Art Chronicle v. 7 August 2024
“Decay is beautiful and wise” Oblo Gallery May 2022
“Interview with Erik Sommer of Mott Projects” Shit Art Club November 2021
“Artist Talk with Erik Sommer” Art of Tomorrow April 2021
“Erik Sommer: Contemporary Artist and Curator” Munchies Art Club February 2021
“Strange Time: Erik Sommer” Art Laboratory May 2020
“Erik Sommer” Closed Windows/ No Entry April 2020
“Artist Interview: Erik Sommer” Odd One Out July 2019
“Erik Sommer” FLOORR MAGAZINE June 2019
“Erik Sommer” COEVAL MAGAZINE 4/20/19
“To Do” New York Magazine 7/23/17
“Erik Sommer” ART QA Spring 2017
“Artist of the Week” KALTBLUT Magazine 8/31/16
“Review: Art14 London” GOLDHORD 3/5/14
“Erik Sommer at Rooster Gallery” World Sculpture News Spring 2013
“The Future of Art: Erik Sommer” Dot Dot Dot Magazine May 2013
“Everything You Need To Know This Week On New York’s Art Scene” Guest of a Guest 4/20/13
“Studio Visit” NEWTHINGS 2/9/13
“Artist of the Week” THE POP 1/4/13
“ERIK SOMMER” PURPLE 12/6/12
“What makes you STOP in the street and stare?” GARAGE magazine 12/4/12
“Rook & Raven Gallery Opens Erik Sommer’s First UK Solo Show” artdaily 12/3/12
“Erik Sommer’s ‘Pray To Fallen Skies'” glass magazine 11/28/12
“Art in a Concrete Jungle” Vice Magazine 7/21/2011
“Watching Paint Peel” New. York. Art. Crit. 12/17/10
Education
2010 M.L.S. The Palmer School, New York
2007 M.F.A. The City College Studio Program, New York
2000 B.A. St. John’s University, MN
