My artistic practice is defined by an innovative use of found materials such as shards of steel or canvas webbing as central elements. The built-up surface directs the development of the work. Central figures emerge from monochromatic fields, creating a dynamic interplay between figure and ground. Cropping, awareness of scale and use of negative space combine with the absorbency, luminosity and superficial variation of these surfaces. All of this activity opens a space within the world around me. Instead of assuming a whole autobiographical stance, my presence as an artist serves as a conduit wherein each individual viewer is invited to participate in the shared activity of remaking our world out of the things that exist around and within us.
Erik Lindman (b. 1985, New York, NY) lives and works in New York. He earned his BA from Columbia University (2007) and received a Yale Norfolk Painting Fellowship in 2006. Recent exhibitions include ‘Singing in Unison,’ The Scully Tomasko Foundation, New York, NY, US (2019); ‘The Surface of the East Coast : Différance,’ Le 109, Nice, France (2017); ‘Painting or Not,’ Kaviar Factory, Henningsvær, Norway (2017); and ‘Pour une Grammaire du Hasard,’ Kunsthalle FriArt Fribourg, Switzerland (2012). His work is held in the collections of Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris; SYZ Collection, Geneva, CH; Danjuma Collection, London, UK; Kaviar Factory, Henningsvaer, NO; and Peter Marino Collection, USA. Lindman was honored at the Hirshhorn Museum “Artist x Artist” Gala in 2019.