Born 1977, Miami, FL
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION
2005      MFA, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1999      BFA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Art Statements, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2011
Dr. (illegible), Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Erik Frydenborg, The Suburban, Chicago, IL

2010
"DISTANTS" by THE DISTANTS, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA

2009
Protein Recital, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2005
Graduate Thesis Exhibition, USC Roski Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004
Pathofamiliar, F-Space, Los Angeles, CA

2002
Careless Whispers, Mission Space, Baltimore, MD

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Touchy Feely, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
Las Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles, CA
On Forgery: Is One Thing Better Than Another?, LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA

2010
They Have Not the Art to Argue with Pictures, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
In The Eyes of Lions, 533 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009
Bellows and Whispers, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
If Night Is A Weed And Day Grows Less, Howard House, Seattle, WA

2008
Delusionarium IV, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
Kleveland, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2007
Night Light, Slab Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Post-Rose: Artists In and Out of the Hazard Park Complex, Galerie Chrisitan Nagel, Berlin, Germany

2006
On the Road Again: Beat Culture, Bush Era, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
Many Many Guys and Girls, All Real Beauties, Circus of Books, Los Angeles, CA
New Drawings, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Drawing & Drawn, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA

2005
State of Emergence: LA Weekly Biennial, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Greater LA MFA, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
Hella Chihuahuas, CAEP/Platform China, Beijing, China
Supersonic 2005, LA Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Inaugural Exhibition, F2 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2004
Faith, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Dark Side of the Sun, UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Steffen, Patrick. "Erik Frydenborg," Flash Art, March 2012, Vol. XLV, No. 283, p. 92.
Berardini, Andrew. "The 'Pataphysics' of Dr. (illegible)," ArtSlant, December 2011.
Shaw, Michael. "Continuing and Recommended: Erik Frydenborg," Art Scene, December 2011, Vol. 31, No. 4, p. 22.
Neel, Tucker. "Erik Frydenborg," Artillery, July/August 2010.
Berardini, Andrew. "Erik Frydenborg: 'Distants' by the Distants," ArtReview, May 5, 2010.
Timmons, Matthew. "Erik Frydenborg: Protein Recital," THE Magazine, July 2009.
Taft, Catherine. "Erik Frydenborg," Artforum, XLVII, No. 10, Summer 2009, p. 346.
Souza, John. "Erik Frydenborg at Bonelli Contemporary," Artweek, Issue 5, Volume 40, June 2009, p. 17.
Altoids Award: Emerging Art in America, New Museum, New York, NY, 2009. (catalog)
Knight, Christopher. "Fresh, Original Voices in LA, " Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2005, p. E26.
Harvey, Doug. "State of Emergence," LA Weekly, October 28, 2005, pp: 46-47, 54.
Dark Side of the Sun, UCLA, 2004 (catalog)
Lvingston, Jack. "Erik Nils Frydenborg: Careless Whispers," Radar, Issue 1, May 15, 2002, p.17.
McCabe, Bret. "Erik Nils Frydenborg: Careless Whispers," Baltimore City Paper, May 12, 2002.