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Eric is
engaged in art, both as a career and a means of greater consciousness.
Eric
Zschiesche (pronounced Z-she) and his wife Faith, live in Ogden
Valley, Utah.
It is an awesome place to live…wonderfully
inspiring.
Many
paths can lead to a fuller understanding and love of this journey
on earth; one must simply have an openness of mind and heart. For
me, painting is a means of striving for fuller sight / insight.
As for specifics of the style of work, I refer to it as abstracted
realism. I try to convey a sense
of the world around us, without becoming overly fixated on details…everything
is in a state of transition, no beginning, no end,…no boundaries. About
1 ½ years ago, I jettisoned the use of photographic references;
the current body of works are created through direct observation
and analytical imagination. Art is a form of human expression,
that attempts to address our condition of being alive… go
on indulge yourself, and happy trails!
Awards
- 2005 First
Place award. Plein Air Competition. Ogden Arts
Festival. Ogden, Utah
- 2005 Honorable
Mention. Utah Wild Life and Rivers Festival Plein Air
Competition. Vernal, Utah.
- 2004 Third
place award. Plein Air Paint Out Event. Ogden, Utah.
- 2004 Honorable
Mention. First Annual Plein Air Competition. Escalante,
Utah.
- 2004 Third
place award. 4th Annual Helper Plein Air Competition. Helper,
Utah.
- Best
of Show – Two Dimensional. Marion Arts Festival. Marion,
Iowa.
- Honorable
Mention. Haymarket Guild of Artist’s Fair. Dixon,
Illinois.
- 1996 Honorable
Mention: Art in the Park. Galesburg, Illinois.
- 1995 Honorable
Mention. 19th Annual Rock Island Fines Art Exhibition. Augustana
College Art Gallery. Rock Island, Illinois.
- Fine
Print Award. Galex 28 National Exhibition. Galesburg
Civic Arts Center.
- Dixon
Telegraph Award. Phidian Fines Arts Show. Dixon,
Illinois.
- Judges’
Commendation Award. Maple City Fine Arts Exhibit. Geneseo,
Illinois.
- Artistic
Excellence Award. Maple City Fine Arts Exhibit. Geneseo,
Illinois.
- Dixon
Telegraph Award. Phidian Fine Arts Show. Dixon,
Illinois
- 1991 Honorable
Mention. Galex 25 National Exhibition. Galesburg
Civic Arts Center. Galesburg. Illinois.
- Honorable
Mention. Phidian Fine Arts Show. Dixon, Illinois.
- 1990
Artistic Excellence Award. Maple City Fine Arts Exhibit
Geneseo, Illinois.
- Past
President’s Award. Phidian Fine Arts Show. Dixon,
Illinois.
Selected
Group Exhibitions
- Landscape
Art Show 2004. Deseret Morning News. Salt Lake City,
Utah.
- 31st
Annual Statewide Competition. Eccles Community Art Center,
Ogden Utah.
- 2005 Statewide
Competition 2005. Bountiful/Davis Art Center. Bountiful,
Utah.
- Landscape
Art Show 2004. Deseret Morning News. Salt Lake
City, Utah.
- 2004 Statewide
Competition 2004. Bountiful / Davis Art Center. Bountiful,
Utah.
- 9th
Black & White Statewide Competition. Eccles Community
Art Center. Ogden, Utah.
- 79th
Annual Spring Salon. Springville Museum of Art. Springville,
Utah.
- 2002 8th
Black & White Statewide Competition. Eccles Community
Art Center. Ogden Utah.
- 2001 27th
Annual Statewide Competition. Eccles Community Art Center. Ogden,
Utah.
- 1999 Davenport
Museum of Art Showcase: Bi-State Exhibition. Rock
Island, Illinois.
- 1999 The
Figure Confirmed. Augustana College Art Gallery. Rock
Island, Illinois.
- Bridges
Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, Illinois.
- 1998 22nd
Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition. Augustana College
Art Gallery. Rock Island, Illinois.
- 1997 Davenport
Museum of Art Showcase: Bi-State Exhibition. Davenport
Museum of Art. Davenport, Iowa.
- 1997 21st
Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition. Augustana College
Art Gallery, Rock Island, Illinois.
- 1997 Los
Angeles Printmaking Society Membership Exhibition. Brand
Art Galleries. Glendale, California.
- 1996 Sign,
Symbol and Transformation. Augustana College Art Gallery. Rock
Island, Illinois.
- 1996 20th
Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition. Augustana College
Art Gallery, Rock Island, Illinois.
- 1995 The
Printmakers Invitational. Davenport Museum of Art. Davenport,
Iowa.
- 1995 Galex
29 National Exhibition. Galesburg Civic Arts Center. Galesburg,
Illinois.
- 1995 19th
Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition. Augustana College
Art Gallery, Rock Island, Illinois.
- 1994 8th
Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. University
of Wisconsin – Parkside. Kenosha, Wisconsin.
- 1994 Galex
28 National Exhibition. Galesburg Civic Arts Center. Galesburg,
Illinois.
- 1993 43rd
Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibit. Quincy Art Center. Quincy,
Illinois.
- 1992 Davenport
Museum of Art Showcase: Bi-State Exhibition. Davenport
Museum of Art. Davenport, Iowa.
- 1992 16th
Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition. Augustana College
Art Gallery, Rock Island, Illinois.
- National
2 x 2 x 2 Inch Exhibition. Gallery Ten. Rockford,
Illinois.
- 1992 8th
Biennial Sixty Square Inches Small Print Exhibition. Purdue
University. West Lafayette, Indiana.
- 1992 Quad
Cities Art Center Exhibition. Group Landscape Show. Quad
City Arts Center. Rock Island, Illinois.
- 1991 Galex
25 National Exhibition. Galesburg Civic Arts Center. Galesburg,
Illinois.
- 1991 Quad
Cities Regional Arts Showcase. Davenport Museum of Art. Davenport,
Iowa.
- 1991 15th
Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition. Augustana College
Art Gallery. Rock Island, Illinois.
- 1990 Quad
Cities Regional Arts Showcase. Davenport Museum of Art. Davenport,
Iowa.
Selected
Group Shows and Fairs
- 2006 2nd
Annual Fine Arts Festival. Wilkerson Fine Art and Wolf
Creek Resort. Eden, Utah.
- 2005 Finishing
Touches. Wilkerson Fine Art and Wolf Creek Resort. Eden,
Utah.
- 2005 1st
Annual Fine Arts Festival. Wilkerson Fine Art and Wolf
Creek Resort. Eden, Utah.
- 2004 Spring
Group Show. Bartholomew Gallery. Ogden Utah.
- 2002 Bob
and Eric Zschiesche Exhibit. Ogden Valley Branch Library. Huntsville,
Utah.
- Spring
Exhibit. Milward Farrell Fine Art. Madison, Wisconsin.
- Floral
Exhibit. Freundorfer Gallery. New York City, New
York.
- Holiday
Exhibit. Fanny Garver Gallery. Madison, Wisconsin.
- Landscape
Exhibit. Freundorfer Gallery. New York City, New York.
- 1999 An
Artful Affair. Public Broadcasting Radio Fundraiser. Arsenal
Island Country Club. Rock Island, Illinois.
- Floral
Exhibit. Freundorfer Gallery. New York City, New
York.
- 1998 An
Artful Affair. Public Broadcasting Radio Fundraiser. Arsenal
Island Country Club. Rock Island, Illinois.
- 1997 Sanford
Smith’s 9th Annual Works on Paper. Presented by: Sigrid
Freundorfer. Park Avenue Armory. New York City,
New York.
- 1996 48th
Greenwich Village Art Fair. Rockford Art Museum. Rockford,
Illinois.
- Haymarket
Guild of Artist’s Fair. Dixon, Illinois.
- Art
in the Park. Galesburg, Illinois.
- 1996
57th Street Art Fair. Chicago, Illinois.
- 1996
Marion Arts Festival. Marion, Illinois.
- Thieves
Market Art Fair. University of Iowa. Iowa City,
Iowa.
- Haymarket
Guild of Artist’s Fair. Dixon, Illinois.
- 1995 Sanford
Smith’s 8th Annual Works on Paper. Presented by: Sigrid
Freundorfer. Park Avenue Armory. New York City,
New York.
- 37th
Art Fair on the Square. Madison, Wisconsin.
- Riversance
Art Fair. Davenport, Iowa.
- Beaux
Arts Fair. Davenport Museum of Art. Davenport,
Iowa.
- 57th
Street Art Fair. Chicago, Illinois.
- 1994 1994
Thieves Market Art Fair. University of Iowa. Iowa
City, Iowa.
- 1994 Krasl
Art Fair on The Bluff. St. Joseph, Missouri.
- 1994 57th
Street Art Fair. Chicago, Illinois.
- 1994 Sanford
Smith 7th annual Works on Paper. Presented by: Sigrid
Freundorfer. Park Avenue Armory. New York City, New York.
Ogden Valley
Plein Air
Wolf Creek Resort
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floral
illustration
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