Erik Parker

Erik Parker’s vivid, hallucinatory paintings combine elements of traditional portraiture and landscapes with the aesthetics of psychedelia, comic books, and graffiti art. The artist depicts neon-drenched scenes that feature flowers, waves, and distorted faces. Early in his career, Parker painted dreamlike flourishes and patterns composed of pointillist dots, teardrops, and paisleys. He has exhibited in New York, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and Copenhagen. His work belongs in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Yale University Art Gallery, the RISD Museum, and the Hammer Museum. Parker has also designed skateboard decks, created tondos (round canvases), and made long, sculptural paintings that rest on pedestals.