Eric N. Mack (b. 1987, Columbia, MD) lives and works in New York. He received his BFA from The Cooper Union, NY and his MFA from Yale University, CT. In 2017, Mack was the recipient of the inaugural BALTIC Artists’ Award selected by artist Lorna Simpson and completed the Rauschenberg Residency in Captiva Island, FL and an artist-in-residency at Delfina Foundation in London, UK. Institutional solo exhibitions include Lemme walk across the room, Brooklyn Museum, NY (2019); In austerity, stripped from its support and worn as a sarong, The Power Station, Dallas, TX (2019); the BALTIC Artists’ Award 2017, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (2017); and Eric Mack: Vogue Fabrics, Albright–Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (2017). Major group exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial 2019, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY; Ungestalt, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2017); In the Abstract, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, MA (2017); Blue Black, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO (2017); Making & Unmaking: An exhibition curated by Duro Olowu, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (2016); and Greater New York 2015, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY (2015). Mack’s work is in the permanent collections of Albright-Knox Art Gallery, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Eric N. Mack
Mary, 2023
fabric on aluminum stretcher
stretcher: 84 x 70 in. (213.4 x 177.8 cm)
overall: 87 x 83 x 9 in. (221 x 210.8 x 22.9 cm)
Eric N. Mack
Put it on, 2022
polyester, kimono silk, rope, boning, and thread
86 x 85 in. (218.4 x 215.9 cm)
Eric N. Mack
"A This-Year Girl", 2025
magazine pages, silk on moving blanket
71 x 79 in. (180.3 x 200.7 cm)
Eric N. Mack
Star spangled banner for Jasper Jonez, 2024
selection of silks, polyesters, and scrim on aluminum stretcher bar
76 x 74 x 9 in. (193 x 188 x 22.9 cm)
Eric N. Mack
If I Knew Then (What I Know Now), 2024
silk, polyester, acrylic scarves, dyed cotton scarf, missoni knit, American Apparel shirt, and corset boning on aluminum stretcher bar
stretcher: 60 x 49 in. (152.4 x 124.5 cm)
overall: 80.5 x 54 x 14.5 in. (204.5 x 137.2 x 36.8 cm)
Eric N. Mack
Drifter in a Silk Ragshirt, 2021
folding fan, wooden dowels, bleached silk, cotton t-shirt, silk scarves, denim, cotton spandex, satin, and dyed driftwood
94 x 48 x 16 in. (238.8 x 121.9 x 40.6 cm)
Eric N. Mack
Not magic or nor madness, Just the elements I styled, 2023
silk scarves, embroidered wool, polyester, cotton, muslin, polyester ribbon on aluminum stretcher bar
stretcher: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
overall: 46 x 31 x 4 in. (116.8 x 83.8 x 10.2 cm)
signed verso
Eric N. Mack
Satin and fluid evening dresses, 2023
assorted fabric, steel
overall: 117 x 78 x 55 in. (297.2 x 198.1 x 139.7 cm)
Eric N. Mack
Blue Duet II, 2018
polyester and silk organza
98 1/8 x 107 7/8 x 112 1/8 in. (249.2 x 274 x 284.8 cm)
Eric N. Mack
Parachute, 2021
silk, polyester, acetate and cotton
136 x 110 x 105 in. (345.4 x 279.4 x 266.7 cm)
Eric N. Mack
Face of Spring Summer (FOSS), 2021
cotton, satin, silk, acetate, polyester, acrylic, orange peels, corks, plastic and bone buttons
82 x 218 x 25 in. (208.3 x 553.7 x 63.5 cm)
Eric N. Mack
Landlord, 2021
umbrella, wood flagpoles, metal brackets, fabric collage, thread
dimensions variable
Installation view, Eric N. Mack, Sarong, 2023, in Chronorama Redux at Palazzo Grassi, Venice, March 12, 2023 – January 7, 2024. © Palazzo Grassi. Photo: Marco Cappelletti
Installation view, Halter (2019), Desert X 2019, Coachella Valley, CA. Courtesy Desert X. Photo: Lance Gerber
Installation view, Eric N. Mack: Lemme walk across the room, Brooklyn Museum, January 11–July 7, 2019. Courtesy the Brooklyn Museum. Photo: Jonathan Dorado.
