Eric Lawing

EDUCATION

Art Department, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, M.F.A. and a minor in Art History, 1985.

Art Department, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, B.A. and a minor in Music, 1979.

CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE

Instructor of Studio Courses, 1996-present, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Acting Curator, 1988-90; Assistant Curator, 1986-88; Preparator/Registrar, 1983-85; Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

EXHIBITIONS

Brücke Nicht Weit (Bridge Not Far), Realism to Abstraction and in Between, E. B. White Gallery, El Dorado, KS, 2011
State of the Art/Art of the State, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, 2011
Drawing Revisited, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, 2010
Kaleidoscope: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, 2010
Dreams, Randall Library, UNCW, 2009
States of Being, Eric Lawing and Hiroshi Sueyoshi, New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, NC, 2008.
The Big Picture: Painting on a Large Scale, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, N.C., organized by Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, Sept., 2008-June, 2009.
Facing South: Portraits By North Carolina Artists, Green Hill Center For NC Art, 2008
Measure of All Things: the Human Scale, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, 2007-08
Featured at entrance, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, 2005-2006
Pathways, Somerhill gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 2005
The Elements, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, 2005
Between Earth and Sky, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC, 2004-05
Andrew Martin and the School of Greensboro, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2004
Artists in the Permanent Collection, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington,
NC, 2004
Eric Lawing: Recent Work, Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC, 2003.
Recent Paintings: Richard Fennell & Eric Lawing, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2002
Permanent collection exhibition, Cameron Art Museum, 2002-present
No Boundaries, Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC, 2001
Tiny Work Invitational, Project Gallery, Wichita, KS, annually, 1997-2001.
North Carolina Arts Council: Film, Video, Visual: Fellowship Recipients 1998-99,
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, UNCG, 2000.
Naturlich, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS, 2000.
Michael Joerling and Eric Lawing, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 1999
Somerhill Gallery at Barton Museum, Barton College, Wilson, NC, 1999.
Artists of Southeastern North Carolina, St. John’s Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC, 1998
and 1999.
Artists of Wilmington, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayeteville, NC, 1999.
Meeting Without Boundaries, 1998: Selected Paintings, Claude Howell Gallery, UNCW.
Tree, Earth, Sky: Recent Work By Eric Lawing, St. John’s Museum of Art, 1998.
Landscape: Local View, St. John’s Museum of Art, 1998.
Eric Lawing: Recent Work, Project Gallery, Wichita, KS, 1998.
UNCW Art Faculty and Their Students, Eagle Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 1997.
Eric Lawing and Richard Stenhouse: Recent Works, Somerhill Gallery, 1997.
Recent Drawings By Eric Lawing, The Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, N.C.
Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC, 1996.
North Carolina Artists Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, 1996.
Guest Curator: Linda Shearer.
Twenty-Fourth Competition for North Carolina Artists, Fayetteville Museum of Art, 1996
Eric Lawing, Central Carolina Bank Gallery, Durham Arts Council Building, Durham,
NC, 1996.
Art On Paper 1995, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, UNCG. Guest Curator: Louise Shaw.
Texas National, Stephen F. Austin Gallery, Stephen F. Austin University, TX, 1995.
Juror: Leon Golub.
Small and Miniature, Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC, 1994-95.
Black and Light: Eric Lawing-Billy Lee-Kevin Mullins, St. John”s Museum of Art, 1989.
Rising Artists On the Scene, Davidson County Art Gallery, Lexington, NC, 1987.
18th Annual Art Competition Greensboro Art League Gallery, Greensboro, NC, Warde-
Nasse Gallery, New York, NY, 1987.
Abstraction: Eric Lawing and Kevin Mullins, Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian
State University, Boone, NC, 1987.
Art On Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, UNCG, annually, 1986-89.
Images of the Eighties: Eric Lawing-Kevin Mullins, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian,
MI, 1987.
Henley Southeastern Spectrum, Winston Square Galleries, Winston-Salem, NC, 1986 and
87.
Diptychs By Eric Lawing, Finch Gallery, Davidson County Community College,
Lexington, NC, 1987.
Artists Collect Art, The Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC, 1987.
50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Weatherpoon Art Gallery, UNCG, 1986.
Henley Southeastern Spectrum Traveling Exhibition, Queens Gallery, Charlotte, NC,
1986.
Irene Leache Memorial Exhibition, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1986. Juror: Nancy
Hoffman.
Eric Lawing: Recent Work, Elliott Center Gallery, UNCG, 1986.
Springs Traveling Art Show, Appalachian State University, Kinston Arts Center, Mckissick Art Museum, 1985.
16th Annual Juried Exhibition, Green Hill Art Center, Greensboro, NC, 1985. Juror:
Benny Andrews.
Clemson National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Rudolph E. Lee Gallery, Clemson
University, Clemson, SC, 1983. Juror: Nancy Hoffman.
National Print and Drawing Show, Associated Art Organization of Western New York,
A.A.O. Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1983.

COLLECTIONS

Bio-Gen Incorporation, Durham, Cambridge, Paris

Burroughs-Wellcome Fund

Central Carolina Bank

Duke University Hospital

Greenville Museum of Art, NC

Lichtin Corporation, Charlotte, NC

Lichtin Weeks, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC

Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC

Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MI

UNC at Chapel Hill, School of Law, North Carolina Artists Collection

Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG

William M. Randall Library Fine Art Collection, UNCW

REVIEWS

Michele Decker, NCAE 1996, catalog, North Carolina Museum of Art.

Ken Bass, “Eric Lawing and Kevin Mullins,” Art Papers, March/April, 1998.

HONORS

North Carolina Artist Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council and the National
Endowment for the Arts, 1998-99.

Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Wichita State University, Graduate School, Wichita, KS, 1998.

Regional Artist Project Grant, Arts Council of the Lower Cape Fear and the North Carolina Arts Council, 1996.

Guest Lecturer, Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC, 1996.

Henley Paper Company Cash Award, Henley Southeastern Spectrum, 1986.

Research and Teaching Assistantships, UNCG, 1983-85.