Eric Merrell
ERIC MERRELL CV b.1978
EDUCATION
2001 Art Center College of Design (BFA in Illustration with honors)
RESIDENCIES
2019 Mojave National Preserve Artist Foundation 2009 Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Land Remains, Maxwell Alexander Gallery, Pasadena, CA 2023 The Ranges Between, Maxwell Alexander Gallery, Pasadena, CA 2022 The Ranges Between, La Quinta Museum, La Quinta, CA
2020 Oblique Land, Tenderfoot Projects, Yucca Valley, CA
2011 Romance of the West, American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, CA 2010 No Man Is an Island, The Forbes Galleries, NYC
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 Epicenter, GCS Agency, San Francisco, CA Post-It Show, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA
Artist Retreat II Group Exhibition, Maxwell Alexander Gallery, Pasadena, CA
HOUSE PARTY! 6-Year Anniversary Exhibition, Hey There Projects, Joshua Tree, CA
Persona: Exploring Self-Portraiture, Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale, CA
Romance Reimagined, The Autry, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Desert Forest, part of PST ART: Art & Science Lancaster Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
The Painted Desert: A Century of Light and Landscape
Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts, College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
2021 Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency 15th Anniversary Exhibit San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
Mojave, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS continued
2020 Mojave Madness
Yucca Valley Art Center, Yucca Valley, CA
Starry Nights: Visions of the Night Sky Wildling Museum, Solvang, CA
2018-2025 Masters of the American West The Autry, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Observations & Perceptions: Painting the Landscape Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2016 The Salton Sea: Lost in Paradise
Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts, College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
2015-2019 Coors Western Art Exhibit
National Western Stock Show, Denver, CO
2012 Saving Paradise: The Symbiosis of Landscape Painting & Environmental Awareness
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001-2019 The California Art Club’s Annual Gold Medal Exhibitions Venues including:
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (2018)
The Autry, Los Angeles, CA (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017)
U.S.C. Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (2013, 2015) Pasadena Museum of California Art; Pasadena, CA (2003-11) Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena, CA (2001-02)
2011 Valley of the Ancient Lake: Works Inspired by the Salton Sea Salton Sea History Museum, North Shore, CA
2009 California’s Landscapes and Legacy Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
2007 Exhibit of California Landscape Paintings
Historic George H. Maxwell House, Pasadena, CA
2005 The Next Generation of Realists
The Forbes Gallery; New York City, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS continued
2003 Landscapes 2003
California State University of Los Angeles, CA
2001 Ten Young California Painters Morseburg Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
