contact + cv


Select Solo Exhibitions

2024   Compressions, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
2022   Gargoyles, La Huerta, Barcelona, Spain
2022   Drift, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2020   Aesthleticisms, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2019   Bells Suspended from Clouds, Testsite, Austin, TX
2017  A Routine in Parts, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2015  A Change in Atmosphere, Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2015  A State of Resistance, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2014  An Imperfect Force, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013  The Obstruction of Action, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

Featured Screenings | Performances | Public Works

2025   WaterWork, organized by Design Austin, Seaholm Intake Facility, Austin, TX
2023   Landmarks Video, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2022   Drift in Reverse, performed by Lee Fearson + Akio Gamma, Locust Projects, Miami, TX
2019   FEED Project Space, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2019  A Room and a Field, Soundspace, Blanton Museum, Austin, TX
2019  An Instrument for a Duet, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2019  Accompaniment to a Stringed House in A Major, Testsite, Austin, TX
2017  A Composition in Parts, Schroeter + Rendon Sr. Park, Austin, TX
2017  A Performance in Parts, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2014   A Window to the World, Hiroshima MOCA, Hiroshima, Japan
2012   The Vault, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Select Group Exhibitions

2026   SPEILFELD. Sport + Kunst, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany
2025   Under Pressure, Part of MOV Denver, Friend of a Friend Gallery, Denver, CO
2024   Texas Biennial: The Last Sky, Blaffer Art Museum, Houston, TX
2024   Tailgate, Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
2022   Respire, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX
2021   Crit Group Reunion, The Contemporary, Austin, TX
2019   Effort Economy, Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio, TX
2019  Effort Economy, Sabinal Photo Gallery, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2019  Looms, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas, TX
2019  A Sense of Place, Elsewhere Studios, Paonia, CO
2018  East Austin Studio Tour, POLIS, Austin, TX
2018  Humanizing the Digital, East + West Galleries, Texas Woman’s Univeristy, Denton, TX
2016  Fandom 216, Hedge Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2015  The Only Knowledge Worth Possessing,grayDUCK Gallery, Austin, TX
2015  Chrysalis Lens, Klaus Center for the Arts, Marymount California University, San Pedro, CA
2015  Distilled in the Desert, Grant Street Studios, Phoenix, AZ
2015  Inquiry, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
2015  Self-made, Visions Gallery, Chandler, AZ
2014  Materialize, Shemer Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2014  Methods of Additive Manufacturing, Materials Lab, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2013  VOX IX, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013  Whither the American Dream?, PUNCH Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013  Eye, Hand & Mind, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
2013  Gesturing Into Consciousness, Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, PA
2012  Monumental Drift, Highpoint Gallery, Richmond, VA
2012  Generation XYZ, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2011   Achtung!, FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2010  Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2010  Game Play: Art Inspired by Games, Osborne Family Gallery, University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE

Residencies | Awards

2023   Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Open Studio Residency
2023   Penland School of Craft, Workshop Instructor
2022   Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
2020-22   Faculty Fellow, Humanities Institute, University of Texas at Austin
2019   Elsewhere Studios Residency, Paonia, CO
2011-12   Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship
2008   Ted Decker Catalyst Fund, Artist Award

Education

MFA Sculpture Arizona State University 2008
BFA Sculpture The Pennsylvania State University 2003

Current Employment

Associate Professor of Practice
Art + Art History Department, the University of Texas at Austin

b. 1979 Pennsylvania; lives and works in Austin, Texas

r.eric.mcmaster (at) gmail.com