Meet the Artist

Erik Wolken was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1961 and received his BA in geography from West Virginia University in1983. He spent the spring of 1988 studying furniture design with Chris Weiland at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and then spent the fall and winter of 88 /89 in the Program in Fine Woodworking at Haywood Community College in Clyde, North Carolina. From 1989 to 1995 he worked as a cabinetmaker for Woodpecker Enterprises in Apex, NC. In 1995 he opened his own studio in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and has been working on private commissions and showing his work nationally since.

 

Erik A. Wolken

Studio Furniture Maker

 

127 Lady Bug Lane

Chapel Hill, NC 27516

919.932.1873

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Education

1988-89 Program in Fine Woodworking, Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC

 

1988 Course Work in Furniture Design, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

 

1983 B.A. Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

 

Exhibitions

1988 Juried Student Exhibit, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

 

1992 Invitational Show, North Carolina Crafts Gallery, Carrboro, NC

 

1993 Invitational Show, North Carolina Crafts Gallery, Carrboro, NC

 

1993 Invitational Show, Accipiter, Raleigh, NC

 

1997 Spotlight '97 Southeast Juried Exhibition, American Craft Council, Hickory, NC

 

1997 Gallery America's 1st Annual Furniture Exhibition, Carrboro, NC

 

1999 Invitational Show, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC

 

1999 Furniture 99: The Circle Unbroken, The Furniture Society, Smithville, TN

 

2000 Furniture as Art, Online Exhibition, www.Guild.com

 

2000 Philadelphia Furniture & Furnishings Show, Philadelphia, PA

 

2000 Studio Furniture: A Fine Art Invitational, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN

 

2000 Seating: The Artists Perspective, Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, MD and the Elliott Museum, Stuart, FL

 

2000 C.O.U.C.H , Artspace, Raleigh, NC

 

2001 Anything With A Drawer, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ

 

2001 Philadelphia Furniture & Furnishings Show, Philadelphia, PA

 

2001 Chair Show 4, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC

 

2002 The Thursday Club, Peace College, Raleigh, NC

 

2003 Three person show, Gallery WDO , Charlotte, NC

 

2003 CraftHouston 2003:National, Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

 

Honors and Awards

1988 Indiana Arts Council Award, Indiana, PA

 

1995 Workshop Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO

 

1997 Durham Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC

 

2001 Workshop Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO

 

2003 Award of Merit, CraftHouston2003: NATIONAL

 

Publications

2001-2002 Portfolio December/January, American Craft

 

2001 Object Lessons: Beauty and Meaning in Art, Guild Publishing

 

2002 Commissions October/November, American Craft

 

2003 The Artfull Home, Guild Publishing

 

Galleries

Wexler Gallery Philadelphia, PA

 

Guild.com Online Gallery

 

Gallery WDO Charlotte , NC

 

In The Collection Of

Jane and Arthur Mason

 

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