Erik Niemann
Erik’s abstract paintings are derived from his architectural background, fascination with agricultural patterns, and his interest in mysterious phenomena and surrealist films.
His paintings are acrylic on canvas and applied with metal tools. Erik’s paintings are also a study of the relationship between measurable and immeasurable spaces and forms.
Erik grew up outside of Modesto, California among fields of crops, dairies, irrigation canals, sweeping vistas of the Diablo Mountain Range and dark skies.
Erik has been painting professionally since January 2002. From 2008 to 2010, three of Erik’s paintings were on display inside the United States Embassy in Dili, East Timor through the Art in Embassies program of the US State Department.
Erik earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Kansas (1995) and studied one year in Copenhagen, and a year in graduate school at the Architectural Association in London.
Erik paints at his downtown Fresno, California art studio inside M Street Arts Complex. His paintings are collected around the United States and in several countries.
