Solo Exhibitions

2024

Bob Erickson: Deep in the Woods
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts
Blue Mountain Lake, NY

2017

Bob Erickson: North - Pop-Up Exhibition
Nemec Bort Gallery
Silver Spring, MD

2016

Bob Erickson: North
View Art Center
Old Forge, New York

2015

Bob Erickson: North–Recent Works on Paper
Gail Art Museum
Gapyeong, South Korea

2013

Bob Erickson: Seana Thir–Recent Works on Paper
Grava Gallery
Milwaukee, WI

2007

Bob Erickson: Seana Thir
Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery Materia
Scottsdale, AZ

2006

Robert Erickson: Seana Thir
Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery
Chicago, IL

2004

Robert Erickson: New Hope
Centennial Complex Gallery
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

Robert Erickson: New Hope
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Brookfield, WI

Robert Erickson: Recent Work
Cervini Haas Gallery
Scottsdale, AZ

2003

Robert Erickson: New Hope
Cervini Haas Gallery
Scottsdale, AZ
    
Robert Erickson: New Hope
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
Madison, WI

2001

Robert Erickson: New Hope
Heistand Galleries, Miami University
Oxford, OH

2000

Robert Erickson: New Hope
Elmhurst Art Museum
Elmhurst, IL

1999

Robert Erickson: New Hope
Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery
Chicago, IL

1998

Robert Erickson: New Hope–Paintings/Works on Paper
Edna Carlsten Gallery, University Of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI

1996

Robert Erickson: Natura–Paintings and Prints
Flight Zone Gallery
Phoenix, AZ

1995

Robert Erickson: Natura–Recent Paintings and Prints
Harry Nohr Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Platteville, WI

1992

Recent Images: Paintings and Prints
South Bend Art Center
South Bend, IN

1991

Recent Images: Paintings and Prints
Agnes Jones Gallery, UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI

1990

Recent Images: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
300 Gallery
Bloomington, IL

1988

Recent Images
Up Front Gallery
Bloomington, IL

1983

Recent Images
Ripon College Art Gallery, Harwood Memorial Union
Ripon, WI


Invitational Exhibitions

2023

When Trees Dream
Six-person exhibition, Hardwood Gallery, Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ

When Trees Dream
Six-person exhibition, South Dakota Museum of Art
Brookings, SD

2021

When Trees Dream
Six-person exhibition, Between Two Galleries Gallery
Milwaukee, WI

Reimaging the Global Village
Transnational collaborations
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Milwaukee, WI

2020

ODETTA Digital Exhibition: Page Turner
organized and curated by Ellen Hackl Fagan
ODETTA Gallery, hosted by SHIM Art Network
Harlem, NYC

ODETTA Digital Exhibition: Essential Works
organized and curated by Ellen Hackl Fagan
ODETTA Gallery, hosted by SHIM Art Network
Harlem, NYC

ODETTA Digital Exhibition: Pandemic Proof
organized and curated by Ellen Hackl Fagan
ODETTA Gallery, hosted by SHIM Art Network
Harlem, NYC

ODETTA Digital Inaugural Exhibition: Sea Change
organized and curated by Ellen Hackl Fagan
ODETTA Gallery, hosted by SHIM Art Network
Harlem, NYC

2019

Bob Erickson & Therese Zemlin: Return to the Place You Already Are
Gelb Gallery, Phillips Academy Andover
Andover, MA

2018

Select3 
Garvey/Simon Gallery
New York City, NY

Under Pressure 
Bob Erickson, Joe Scheer, Kathryn Polk, and Pam Drix
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Rochester, NY

2017

Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Art About the Northern Forest, Vol. 2
The Wild Center
Tupper Lake, New York

Of the North
Six Person Exhibition, Green Building Gallery
Louisville, KY

2016

Dialogue with Yinchuan: China-America International Printmaking Exhibition 2016
Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan
Yinchaun, China

Kindred: ISU Printmaking Alumni Exhibition
Jan Brandt Gallery
Bloomington, IL

2015

Works on Paper from the American Midwest
Gail Art Museum
Gapyeoung, South Korea

A Survey: Contemporary Printmaking and Book Art
Rouse Gallery, Howard Community College
Columbia, MD

Ink in Grooves…or Not
Gallery Q
Stevens Point, WI

2014

Stand Out Prints
Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Minneapolis, MN

The Gift: Selections from the Armstrong-Prior Archive
Arizona State University Art Museum
Tempe, AZ

2013

Another Place:  Printmakers’ and Book Artists’ Perspectives on Travel and Place
UW-Milwaukee Libraries’ Special Collections
Milwaukee, WI

The Other Place
Benedictie University
Lisle, IL

2012

The Other Place
Scarabocchio Art Museum
Stevens Point, WI

Metal Inkorporated. Collaborative print portfolio between 15 print artists and 15 metalsmiths
Organized by Leahy Hardy and Mark Ritchie, University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY

2009

From One, Many: Contemporary Wisconsin Prints
Wisconsin Museum of Art
West Bend, Wisconsin

National Invitational Postcard Exhibit
City Hall Bridge Gallery
Las Vegas, NV; 

Traveling to Woodbury Art Museum, Orem, UT; McCutchan Arts Center, Evansville, IN; A.D. Gallery, Pembroke, NC; USCB Gallery, Beaufort, SC and Chaplin Hall Gallery, Northfield, VT

2008

Group Exhibition
Woodwalk Gallery
Egg Harbor, WI

2007

Rita Wobbe & Bob Erickson: Rock and Water
Linenhall Arts Centre
Castlebar, County Mayo,  Ireland

Illinois State University Printmaking Alumni Exhibition
McLean County Arts Center
Bloomington, IL

Something About Coming and Going: Jin Lee, April Wright, Dayton Castleman, Bob Erickson and Tim Lowly
Carlson Tower Gallery of North Park University
Chicago, IL

Lineage: Three Generations of Artists
Carlsten Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI

2006

The Summer Exhibition
Ballinglen Arts Foundation Courthouse Gallery
Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland

16 oz.: It’s About a Pound of Art
ArtSpace Collective Gallery
Oshkosh, WI and Bay de Noc College, Escanaba, MI

Monoprint 2002
James Snidle Fine Arts Gallery
Chico, CA

UW Systemic Ante
Southern Graphics Council Conference, UW-Madison
Madison, WI
and Wisconsin Arts Board Lobby
Madison, WI

Artists in Rural Ireland: American Artists at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation
Concord Art Association
Concord, MA

Return of the Men
Peltz Gallery
Milwaukee, WI

ArtSpace Print Invitational 2006
ArtSpace Collective Gallery
Oshkosh, WI

2005

Wisconsin Book Artists
Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI

The Print Archive of Armstrong-Prior Inc.
Mesa Contemporary Art Museum
Mesa, AZ

2004

Abstractions: Robert Erickson, Marjorie Mau, Tom Sargeant and Anne Egan
Woodwalk Gallery
Fish Creek, WI

Out of the Frame: Installation Works
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

A Decade of Art from the Wisconsin Academy Gallery
James Watrous Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
Madison, WI

Return of the Men - Group Exhibition
Peltz Gallery
Milwaukee, WI

Small Treasures
Peltz Gallery
Milwaukee, WI

2003

Roots of Renewal
Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA

Art In Isolation: Contemporary Printmaking in the Rural United States
American Studies Conferences in
Tartu, Estonia and Trondheim, Norway

2002

Earth and Sky
Three person exhibition, Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery
Chicago, IL

Works on Paper
Group exhibition, Cervini Haas Gallery
Scottsdale, AZ
    
Prints, Pixels and Portals
Contemporary Artist Center
North Adams, MA

Return of the Men
Peltz Gallery
Milwaukee, WI

ArtSpace Print Invitational: Printmaking Artists of Wisconsin
ArtSpace Collective
Oshkosh WI

Monoprint 2002
James Snidle Fine Arts, Gallery
Chico, CA

Sensory Experience
Printmaking suite, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Palimpsest
Printmaking Suite, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

2001

Artist Books: Bindings, Images and Sometimes Words
Riverfront Art Gallery
Stevens Point, WI

The Art of Collecting
Sonoma Museum of Visual Arts
Sonoma, CA

1999

Prints/Paper & Books
Five  person exhibition, Gallery 110 North
Plymouth, WI

150 Years of Wisconsin Printmaking
Elvejhem Museum of Art
Madison, WI

1998

Diverse Directions; Painting Invitational
Five person exhibition, Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, Univ. of Indianapolis Gallery
Indianapolis, IN
    
Mid America Print Council Annual Exhibition
Ronald Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast
New Albany, IN

The Exquisite Corpse Revisited
Art Academy of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

1996

A New Leaf
Gwenda Jay Gallery
Chicago. IL

Small Wonders
Gwenda Jay Gallery
Chicago, IL

1995

Outside-In
Four person exhibition, Appleton Art Center
Appleton, WI

Mid America Print Council Annual Exhibition
Indiana University-South Bend
South Bend, IN

Spirituality Exhibition
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts
Milwaukee, WI

Off the Press - National Print Exhibition
Emison Art Center, Depauw, University
Greencastle, IN

14th University of Dallas National Print Invitational
Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas
Irving, TX

1994

Old Friends, New Work
Peltz Gallery
Milwaukee, WI

1993

New Work, Familiar Faces
Peltz Gallery
Milwaukee, WI

Remarkable Men
Peltz Gallery
Milwaukee, WI

1991

Group Exhibition
Curtis Allen Turner Gallery
Chicago, IL

1989

A Bloomington/Normal Connection; Illinois Printmakers
Parkland College of Art Gallery
Champaign, IL

1987

601 Exhibitions
McLean County Arts Center
Bloomington, IL

Small Works
Up Front Gallery
Bloomington, IL

1983

Loosely Connected: A Drawing Show
Colburn Gallery, Kenyon College
Gambier, OH


Competitive Exhibitions

2025

15th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition
Center for Contemporary Printmaking
Norwalk. CT

2021

Print Club of Rochester International Juried Print Exhibition
RIT City Art Space
Rochester, NY

2016

Beyond the Norm: International Juried Print Exhibition
University Galleries
Normal, IL

2014

Stand Out Prints
Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Minneapolis, MN

2013

23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
UW-Parkside Gallery, UW-Parkside
Kenosha, WI

2012

Stand Out Prints 2012
Highpoints National Juried Exhibition
Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Minneapolis, MN

2008

The Sixth Minnesota National Print Biennial
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for the Arts
Minneapolis, MN

20th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
Communications Arts Gallery, UW-Parkside
Kenosha, WI

2007

Wisconsin Triennial
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Madison, WI

19th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
Communication Arts Gallery, UW-Parkside
Kenosha, WI

2005

18th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
Communication Arts Gallery, UW-Parkside
Kenosha, WI

2003

3rd Annual Creede National Small Print Exhibition
Creede, CO

Mid America Print Council Juried Member’s Exhibition
DeKalb Gallery
DeKalb, IL

2002

2002 Wisconsin Triennial
Madison Art Center
Madison, WI

2000

14th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
Communication Arts Gallery, UW-Parkside
Kenosha, WI

The Prairie Suite; A Study of Place
Center for Prairie Studies, Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA

1999

1999 Wisconsin Triennial
Madison Art Center
Madison, WI

1997

1997 Mid America Print Council Exhibition
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

1996

Flora 95
Chicago Botanic Garden, Award of Merit
Glencoe, IL

1995

Minnesota National Print Biennial
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Univ. of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

North Shore Art League Midwest Print Exhibition
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

Wisconsin Artists Biennial
Lawton Gallery, Green Bay, WI and
Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI

1994

9th Parkside Small Print Exhibition
Communications Arts Gallery, UW-Parkside
Kenosha, WI

1993

Wisconsin Artists Biennial
Best in Show Award
UWM Fine Arts Gallery, Milwaukee, WI and
Wriston Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI

1992

Invented Landscapes
Cudahy Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee, WI

Artists’ Books/Artists’ Words
Gallery Ten
Rockford, IL

62nd Vicinity Exhibition
Rockford Art Museum
Rockford, IL

1991

International Miniature Print Biennial 1991
International Graphics Arts Foundation, Susan Teller Gallery, NYC; 
Gallup Gallery, Sarasota, FL; and
Graphic Eye Gallery, Washington D.C.

North Shore Art League Midwest Print Exhibition
Norris Art Center
Evanston, IL

1990

Peculiar Faces
Struve Gallery
Chicago, IL

Wisconsin 90
Edna Carlsten Gallery, UW-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI

1989

North Shore Art League Midwest Print Exhibition
Norris Art Center
Evanston, IL

1988

60 Square Inches
National Small Print Show
Union Gallery, Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN

1987

International Graphic Arts Foundation Miniature Print Biennial 
Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Caanan, CT and
John Szoke Gallery, NYC

Fifth National Print Exhibition
Payne Gallery, Moravian College
Bethlehem, PA

North Carolina Print and Drawing Society 10th Annual United States Print and Drawing Exhibition
Purchase Award
Greenville Museum of Art
Greenville, NC
    
40h Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition
Evansville Museum of Art and Science
Evansville, IN

2nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
Communication Arts Gallery, UW-Parkside
Kenosha, WI

North Shore Art League Midwest Print Exhibition
Award of Excellence
Purchase Award
Norris Art Center
Evanston, IL

North Carolina Print and Drawing Society 11th Annual Print and Drawing Exhibition
Greenville Museum of Art
Greenville, NC

1986

Harper College 10th Annual Print and Drawing Exhibition
Harper College
Palatine, IL

Jones Graduate Art Exhibit
Northwestern University
Evanston, Il

Spiva Art Exhibition
Spiva Art Center
Joplin, MO

Summit Art Exhibition
Summitt Art Center
Summit, NJ

1985

Jones Graduate Art Exhibition
First Place Award
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Pratt/Silvermine International Print Exhibition
Pratt Graphic Center, NYC and
Silvermine Guild for the Arts, New Canaan, CT

1984

Harper College 8th Annual Illinois Print and Drawing Exhibition
Special Merit Award
Harper College
Palatine, IL

Wabash Valley Exhibition
Honorable Mention Award
Sheldon Swope Gallery
Terre Haute, IN

1982

Northern Michigan University Group Exhibition
Marquette, MI


Permanent Collections

Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, Scotland

Geller/Goldfine Productions, San Francisco, CA

Jules Heller Print Study Room, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ 

Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland

Milwaukee Art Museum

Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL

Amoco Oil Corporation

Brigham Young University

Illinois State University

Normal Editions Workshop, Normal, IL

Norris Art Center, Evanston, IL

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

University of Massachusetts

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Special Collections

University of Dallas

St. Cloud State University

Art Academy of Cincinnati

Amity Art Foundation

Center for Prairie Studies, Grinnell College

Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Janet Turner Print Collection & Gallery, California State University-Chico

Kohler Art Library, Madison, WI

Kohler Art Center

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Special Collections


Catalogs & Publications

Dialogue with Yinchuan: China-America International Printmaking Exhibition 2016
Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, Yinchuan, China

"In Memoriam" by Bob Erickson
Journal of the Mid America Print Council,  January 2013

"Bob Erickson" Interviewed by Drew Peterson
Catalog for the Sixth National Minnesota Print Biennial 2008

Artists in Rural Ireland: American Artists at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA   2006

Roots of Renewal
Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA   2003

2002 Wisconsin Triennial
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

New Hope Series: Robert Erickson
Self-published, Amherst Junction, WI   2000

"The Anatomy of a Corpse:The Dissection of a Collaboration" by Bob Erickson
Contemporary Impressions: The Journal of the American Print Alliance, Fall 1999

1999 Wisconsin Triennial
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

100 Creative Drawing Ideas
Contributer - Edited by Anna Held Audette, Shampbala Press, Boston, MA   1998

150 Years of Wisconsin Printmaking
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI   1998

The Best of Printmaking; An International Collection
Rockport Publishers - Gloucester, MA   1997

"The Prodigal Printmaker" by Bob Erickson
The Journal of the Mid America Print Council, Oct. 1995


Reviews

"Erickson’s North: The Way North is the Way into the Unknown" 
Vergil America: The Magazine for World Arts & Culture
Issue 1, 2015

"Critic’s Choice: Robert Erickson"
Chicago Reader, Chicago, IL
Dec. 13, 2002

"Erickson’s Art Elegant, Subtle"
The Capital Times, Madison, WI
May 9, 2002

"The Chosen: The 1999 Wisconsin Triennial"
The Isthmus, Madison, WI
Sept. 17, 1999

"Images of his Surroundings"
Wausau Daily Herald, Wausau, WI
Sept. 3, 1998

The Northern Review
National Literary Journal, Stevens Point, WI

"Artists’ Exhibit Reflects Midwest Past"
South Bend Tribune
March 8, 1992

"Outside-In; New Work Offers Work for the Discerning Eye and the Discerning Mind"
Appleton Post-Crescent
January 7, 1994 


Lectures & Presentations

North, View Art Center, Old Forge, NY

Of the North
Panel chairperson, Prints Matter, Printing Matters, 2016
Mid America Print Council Conference, University of Louisville and Indiana University Southeast

Layer Upon Layer Upon Layer: Cool Paper, Hot Glass and Other Stuff
2013 Southern Graphics Council International Conference, Milwaukee
Institute Of Art & Design and UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Selling Out?
2012 Mid America Print Council Conference
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

East of the Tomorrow River: Discovering a Sense of Place
University Gallery, Illinois State Univ., Normal, IL

Out of the Frame: Innovative Installations
2004 Mid America Print Council
Biennial Conference, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

The Prodigal Printmaker
1994 Mid America Print Council Biennial Conference, Indiana University-South Bend, South Bend, IN

Robert Erickson: Natura Series
UW-Platteville, Platteville, WI

Robert Erickson: Natura Series
The Gallery of the Flight Zone Studio, Phoenix, AZ

Guest Artist/Lecturer
18th Annual SECURA Insurance Fine Arts Exhibition, Appleton, WI

Guest Artist/Lecturer
Miami University, Oxford, OH

Guest Artist/ Lecturer
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA


Residencies & Workshops

2023

Edinburgh Printmakers, two-week residency, Edinburgh, Scotland

2019

Visiting Artist, one-week residency
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , MA

Photopolymer Plate Intaglio Workshop.
Print Club of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

2018

MIAD Prints! co-organizer with Rina Yoon.
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

Rochester Institute of Technology, visiting artist, Rochester, NY

2017

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

Institute for Electronic Arts, One-week residency, Alfred
University, Alfred, NY

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

2006, 2004, 2000, 1998

Armstrong - Prior Inc. printmaking residencies, Phoenix, AZ

2006, 2004

Monoprint - California State University-Chico, Chico, CA

2005

Artist in Rural Ireland Residency - Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland

University of Wyoming, visiting artist, Laramie, WY

2000

Studio Camnitzer Printmaking Residency, Valdattavo, Italy

Contemporary Print Workshop, North Adams , MA

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, visiting artist, Boston, MA

Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain, NY


Professional Organizations

Print Club of Rochester, Rochester, NY

President, Mid America Print Council, 1998-2000

Executive Editor,  Journal of the Mid America Print Council, 1998-2000

Southern Graphic Council International, Mid America Print Council


Awards & Curatorial

2004

University Scholar Award
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Juror

2016

Department of Art Honors Exhibition
Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI

Branches, Brambles and Roots: An International Juried Exhibition
View Art Center, Old Forge, NY

2006

Loyola University Chicago Print Exhibition
Crown Center Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004

Wisconsin Regional Scholastic Awards
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

Curatorial

2016

Bob Erickson and the Pointer Press-25 Year Retrospective
Carlsten Art Gallery, UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI

Of the North - Six artist exhibition
Green Building Gallery, Louisville, KY

In Memoriam: 2012-2016
Video produced for 2016 Mid America Print Council Conference, Indiana University Southeast and University of Louisville.

2013

In Memoriam: 2007-2012
Video produced for 2012 Mid America Print Council Conference, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO

2011

Visions of War: The Artist as Soldier, The Soldier as Artist
Co-curator - Carlsten Art Gallery, UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI

Caren Heft; Giving Voice: A Retrospective Exhibition
Co-curator with Lise Hawkos - Carlsten Art Gallery, UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI

 

2007

Lineage; Three Generations of Artists-Harold Boyd, Eric Rohmann, Bob Erickson, Steve Seeley, Molly Mann and Lea Friesen
Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI

2006

In Memoriam: Robert Blackburn, Carlos Cortez, Kent Kirby, Max Kahn, Ray George, William Walmsley, Wayne Kline and Dan Kiacz
Luke Potter Gallery, Athens, Ohio. In conjunction with the 2006 Mid America Print Council’s Biennial Conference “Forging Connections” at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.