Eric March is a painter and draftsman whose work explores the formal possibilities of realism with themes of urban life, urban environments, and narrative-often through dense multi-figural compositions.
Eric earned his BFA at Indiana University and continued his studies in New York City with Andy Reiss and at the Art Students League. He has had solo shows in New York City and New Haven, CT. His paintings are featured in a permanent exhibitions at Indiana University, Yale New Haven Hospital at 150 Sargent Drive and at Cornell Scott Hill Health Center in New Haven, CT.
Honors include a New Haven Arts Council Grant, Queens Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant, the Provincetown Dune Shack Residency, and the Hudson River Fellowship. Eric served as the Department Head of the Painting and Drawing Department at the National Academy School in NY in 2014-15. He currently teaches at the Art Students League (NYC) and Creative Arts Workshop (New Haven). He lives in New Haven, CT with his wife and two boys and has a studio in Erector Square.
ERIC MARCH
253 Willow Street #1, New Haven, CT 06511
317-508-8294 art@ericmarch.com
www.ericmarch.com
Articles on my work:
LINEA Magazine “Artist Snapshot”, 2020
New Haven Independent “Artists Have 2020 Vision”, 2019
New Haven Independent “Artists Find a Place for Rage”, 2018
QCA Blog Post on “Portraits of LIC” show interview by Sam Dalsheimer, 2013
Epoch Times “Eric March Paints a Sense of Place” by Christine Lin, 2012
EDUCATION
Art Students League, 2004-2007
Private Study with Andy Reiss, 2003-2006
Indiana University, BFA Painting & BA French, 1999 (Highest Honors)
Study Abroad Program in Florence, Italy, 1999
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Drawing Instructor – Art Students League, New York, NY, 2012, 2014, 2018-present
Drawing Instructor – 92nd Street Y, New York, NY, 2017-2021
Painting, Drawing and Pastel Workshops – Creative Arts Workshop, 2017-present
Professor – Southern Connecticut State University Art Department, New Haven, CT, 2018-2019
Anatomy, Figure Drawing & Oil Painting Instructor – National Academy School, New York, NY 2011-2017
Department Head, Drawing and Painting Department – National Academy School, 2014-2015
Freelance Illustration, Graphic Design and Web Development, 2007-present
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
State Street Station, 370 State Street – “New Haven on the Move” 190’ mural, New Haven, CT 2024
Yale School of Medicine – “For Dr. Marjorie Rosenthal”, oil, 50” x 50”, New Haven, CT 2023
Cornell Scott Hill Health Center – “8 Portraits”, oil, each 11” x 14”, New Haven CT, 2023
Cornell Scott Hill Health Center – “Neighborhood Rhythm”, oil, 24” x 92”, New Haven CT, 2021
Yale New Haven Hospital – 3 Figurative Paintings for 150 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT, 2020
GRANTS AND HONORS
New Haven Arts Council Sponsorship Grant, 2023
Jenny Lin Art Studio Pastel Award at the Allied Artists of America Annual Exhibition, NYC, 2019
Queens Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant, 2013
Provincetown Dune Shack Residency, 2011
Hudson River Fellowship, 2010
NYU Small Works Show Juror Award Winner, 2005, 2009
Indiana University Undergraduate Research Grant for study in Florence, 1999
Indiana University Honors Division Creative Activity Grant, 1999
PRESS
LINEA Magazine, “Exploring the Mind and Habits of an Artist in Twenty-Five Questions”, January 2020
New Haven Independent, “Artists Have 2020 Vision”, May 6, 2019
New Haven Independent, “Artists Find a Place for Rage”, May 7, 2018
Epoch Times, New York online and print edition – “Eric March Paints a Sense of Place”, July 7, 2013
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows
New Haven Lawn Club – Coney Island: Myth and Memory, New Haven, CT, 2017
Greater Astoria Historical Society – Portraits of Long Island City, LIC, NY, 2013
Park Slope Gallery – Moments in Time, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
Park Slope Gallery – A Brooklyn Year, Brooklyn, NY, 2006
Selected Group Shows
Art Students League – Instructor Salon, New York NY 2024
Mattatuck Museum – Mixmaster, Waterbury, CT 2024
Creative Arts Workshop – Common, New Haven, CT, 2023
Allied Artists of America – 109th Annual Exhibition, online, 2022
Art Students League – Faculty Show, New York, NY, 2020, 2021, 2022
Allied Artists of America – 106th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, 2019
Kehler Liddell Gallery – I Am, New Haven, CT 2019
Kehler Liddell Gallery – 2 0 2 0, New Haven, CT 2019
Kehler Liddell Gallery – How with this Rage Shall Beauty Hold a Plea?, New Haven, CT 2018
Milton J. Weill Art Gallery – 92nd Street Y Art Center Faculty Exhibtion, New York, NY 2017, 2018
Westbeth Gallery – The Portrait Project: Artists Portraying Artists, New York, NY 2017
Art Space – City Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT 2015-present
The Grove – Abide, New Haven, CT 2016
National Academy Museum – Creative Mischief, New York, NY 2017, 2016, 2015
Coney Island USA – Sodom by the Sea Salon, Brooklyn, NY, 2015
Central Park Fine Arts – Works by Gheno, Imata, Lee, March, Lenz, and Patt, New York, NY, 2015
Kehler Liddell Gallery – Artist As Curator 2; New Haven, CT, 2015
National Academy School – Outdoor Visions; New York, NY, 2015
The George Billis Gallery–Between the Boroughs; New York, NY, 2014
studio21south – Black and White, North Adams, MA, 2012
Art Students League – 30 Artists/30 Years; New York, NY, 2011
National Academy School – Faculty Show; New York, NY, 2011, 2012
Park Slope Gallery – Summer Show; Brooklyn, NY, 2011
Washington Square East Galleries – Small Works Show; New York, NY, 2009
OTHER COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS
Medical Illustrations, Dr. Ashutosh Tewari & Mt. Sinai Department of Urology, 2018-19
Cover Illustration for “Best of McSweeney’s”, 2013
Portrait painting for the set of the Broadway musical Old Acquaintance, 2007 and Grey Gardens, 2006