AWARDS
2011 FRESH 2011 Online selection — curated by W.M.Hunt and Darren Ching
2010 Exhibition Award, New Visions, Center for Fine Art Photography
2010 ARTWORKinternational Artist Career Development Grant
2009 ITS#EIGHT Photo Finalist
2008 Backlight Photo Triennial Exhibition Award
2008 Photographer’s Showcase, photo-eye Gallery
2008 Flash Forward Emerging Photographer Award, Magenta Foundation
2007 Flash Forward Emerging Photographer Award, Magenta Foundation
2008 Review Santa Fe invitee
2005 International Photography Awards: 2nd Place Portraiture Series
2005 International Photography Awards: Honorable Mention Fine Art
2005 International Photography Awards: Honorable Mention Editorial
2005-06 Dean’s List, Art Center Merit Scholarship
1996 Hamblett Fellowship Finalist (Art award for non-art major)
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Young Guns, Gallery Majke Hüsstege, Dec 16 - Feb 8, Den Bosch, Netherlands
2012 Inexactly This, Kunstvlaii 2012, Nov 23-Dec 2, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011 FRESH 2011 Online exhibition — curated by W.M.Hunt and Darren Ching, Klompching Gallery, July 20—Aug 13
2010 Framed Stories, New Puppy Gallery & drkrm gallery, May 1st -May 30th, Los Angeles
2010 Photography: Next Generation, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Mar 19- April 30, Athens, Greece, curated by Lina Bertucci
2010 New Visions, Center for Fine Art Photography, Jan 15-Feb 13, Fort Collins, CO
2009 Annenberg Space for Photography, Slideshow Night, April 9th, Los Angeles, CA
2009 ARTribe Benefit Exhibition: Photography for the Next Generation, Swiss Institute, Dec 21, NY, NY
2009 Lonely Images, Lasting Impressions, Samek Study Gallery, Aug 20-Oct 9, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
2009 ITS#EIGHT Finalist Show, July 10-13, Trieste, Italy
2009 Lonely Images, Lasting Impressions, IIC, May 28-June 2, Delhi, India
2009 Fotofestiwal 09: Tickle Attack: Backlight- 8th International Photographic Triennial, Lodz Art Centre, May 8-June 8, Lodz, Poland
2009 Magenta Flash Forward Exhibition, The Griffin Museum of Photography, April 19-May 8, Boston
2009 Magenta Flash Forward Exhibition, Galerie Art Mur, Jan 14-Feb 15, Montreal
2009 Showcase Artists Show, photo-eye Gallery, March 20-May 7, Santa Fe, NM
2009 GROUP SHOW NO. 28, humble arts foundation
2009 photoLA, 18th Annual International LA Photographic Art Exposition, Barker Hangar, Jan 8-11, Los Angeles
2008 Photo Miami, International Contemporary Art Fair, Dec 3-7, Miami
2008 Magenta Flash Forward Exhibition, Lennox Contemporary, Oct 9-26, Toronto
2008 Backlight- 8th International Photographic Triennial, Sept 13-Oct 13, Wolkersdorf, Austria
2008 Shedding Light, McCrory Galleri, April 30-May 4, Columbia, SC
2007 Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Recycle Bin Project, Toronto
2006 ACCD Graduate Gallery, Graduate Show, Los Angeles
2005 Camera Press Gallery, Ian Parry Scholarship Exhibition, London
2005 Hangar 1018, MAX Show, Los Angeles, CA
2002 TIVAC Gallery, Artificial Flavorings, Taipei, Taiwan
2002 River Gallery, Artificial Flavorings, Chungli, Taiwan
CATALOGS
2009 Backlight Photo Triennial Catalog
2009 ITS#EIGHT, Exhibition Catalog of Finalists
2009 Fotofestiwal, Lodz , Poland, Exhibition Catalog
2008 Flash Forward 2008, Magenta Publishing for the Arts
2007 Flash Forward 2007, Magenta Publishing for the Arts
2006 International Photo Awards Photo Annual
BIBLIOGRAPHY
OK Periodicals 7, Thriller Issue, 2011
Art Park Journal, Issue I, 2011
MOSSLESS – mini interview on e-magazine blog
Creativity Magazine, Peeling Back the Skin of Consumerism, 2009
Fecalface.com “Mini Interview – Erik Boker”
Fishwrap Magazine
That Magazine (Taiwan)
Conscientious, Iheartphotograph, Shoot the Blog, Lenscratch, Crashpop, and others...
EDUCATION
AKV / ST JOOST ACADEMIE – Den Bosch, Netherlands
MFA, 2011-2013 (present)
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ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN - Los Angeles, CA
BFA, Fine Art, Photography, 2003-2006
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VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - Nashville, TN
BA, Anthropology, 1992-1996