For over twenty-five years, Southern California-based artist Eric Nash has distilled the iconography of the American landscape into evocative, cinematic visions. His paintings and drawings, rendered exclusively in oil and charcoal, possess a refined minimalism—pared down to their essence, they evoke a film still or an idealized memory. He works in series, some of which go back decades. Nash’s artistic journey began early with community-sponsored art classes. He earned a full tuition waiver to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received a BFA in 1986. Since then, he has cultivated a distinctive visual language inspired by both photorealism and Pop Art, one that explores the intersection of nostalgia, solitude, and the vastness of the American terrain. Nash’s work is currently featured in art collections worldwide including with noted collectors, Hollywood talent, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and corporations such as Delta Airlines. The subject of numerous media articles, his work has been featured at Laguna Art Museum, Riverside Art Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum and The Tucson Museum of Art. His work is also in the permanent collection at The Hilbert Museum of California Art. Eric currently lives and works in Yucca Valley, California near Joshua Tree National Park. EDUCATION University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1986 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024DESERT HORIZONS - Wolf Contemporary, Palm Springs, CAERIC NASH SOLO EXHIBITION - George Billis Gallery, New York, NYLOST IN DESIRE - KP Projects, Los Angeles, CA 2023NIGHT DRAWINGS - KP Projects, Los Angeles, CAWESTERN LUST - Compound, Yucca Valley, CA 2022LA SINGULARITY - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA 2021DESERT - Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CALOS ANGELES - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA ALL ALONG THE WAY - KP Projects, Los Angeles, CA 2020LA / SF - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CASTREETS OF LA - KP Projects, Los Angeles, CA 2019DRIVE - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CADEEP FOCUS - Val Kilmer / HelMel Gallery, Hollywood, CAERIC NASH - Yucca Valley Visual & Performing Arts Center, Yucca Valley, CA 2018A GOLDEN STATE - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CAEMPIRE OF DREAMS - KP Projects, Los Angeles, CATHE VEGAS YEARS - Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CA 2017BLVD - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CAWESTERN PICTURES - KP Projects & Launch LA / Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA 2016LAND / SKY - ERIC NASH AND KAREN KITCHELL - Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CAWEST - RIVERSIDE ART MUSEUM PREVIEW - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CAPOOLS AND GAS STATIONS - Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CA 2015CITY OF DREAMS - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA OTHER DESERT CITIES - Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CA 2014MOON HORIZON - Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CATHE RAVEN - Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CADRIVEN - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CA 2013WESTERN NOIR - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CARAVEN NIGHTS - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CA 2012DOOMSDAY - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CA CALIFORNIA NOIR - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs CASELECTED NEW WORKS BY ERIC NASH - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs CA 2011ONE NIGHT - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CA TWELVE RAVENS - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CASKULL - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CA 2010RAVEN NIGHTS - ArtFront Gallery, Los Angeles, CAERIC NASH - Blackman Cruz, Los Angeles, CAERIC NASH STUDIO / WEXLER WEEKEND - Palm Springs Preservation Society, Palm Springs, CA 200976 - Red Dot Gallery, Palm Springs, CASIGNS OF LIFE - ArtFront Gallery, Los Angeles, CAERIC NASH - Blackman Cruz, Los Angeles, CAGENARTS PRESENTS ERIC NASH - Culver City Art Walk, Culver City, CA 2008RAVEN 76 - ArtFront Gallery, Los Angeles, CAERIC NASH - Blackman Cruz, Los Angeles, CAWORKS BY ERIC NASH - Red Dot Gallery, Palm Springs, CALA >< Art Fundraiser - LA >< Art, Los Angeles, CA 2007TO DIE AND LIVE IN LA - ArtFront Gallery, Los Angeles, CAERIC NASH - Blackman Cruz, Los Angeles, CA12 SKULLS - Rose in Venice, Los Angeles, CAFREEWAY - Blackman Cruz, Los Angeles, CA 2006LA HIGHWAY - Rose in Venice, Los Angeles, CA 15 SKULLS - Rose in Venice, Los Angeles, CALA MOMENTS - Blackman Cruz, Los Angeles, CA 2005LA NIGHTS - Rose in Venice, Los Angeles, CALITTLE HOUSES - Rose in Venice, Los Angeles, CA SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2024GROUP SHOW - J. Willott, Palm Desert, CA 2023GROUP SHOW - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA 2022GROUP SHOW - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA25th ANNIVERSARY SHOW - KP Projects, Los Angeles, CA 2021CALIFORNIA SCENE PAINTINGS, The Hilbert Museum of California Art, Orange CA GROUP SHOW - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CAGROUP SHOW - KP Projects, Los Angeles, CAMODERN DESIGN / ART AUCTION - Bonhams, Los Angeles, CA 2020MODERN DESIGN / ART AUCTION - Bonhams, Los Angeles, CAGLASS HOUSE SUMMER EVENT - The Philip Johnson Glass House, New Canaan, CTNEW ARRIVALS - Blackman Cruz, Los Angeles, CANEW WORKS - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CAMARCH GROUP EXHIBITION - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CAPOST WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART AUCTION - Bonhams, Los Angeles, CA 2019PENTAMEROUS - Yucca Valley Visual & Performing Arts Center, Yucca Valley, CANEW WORKS - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA 2018TO THE DESERT - Merchant Gallery, Los Angeles, CASKIDMORE GROUP SHOW - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CAERIC NASH AND TERRY LENESS - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CALA ART SHOW: MODERN + CONTEMPORARY - KP Projects, Los Angeles, CACALIFORNIA COOL - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CAWINE + ART - CASA of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CAART IN EMBASSIES EXHIBITION - United States Embassy, Athens, Greece 2017SALTON SEA: AN ARTISTIC DISCUSSION - University of California Riverside, Palm Desert, CAIRIDESCESCE GROUP SHOW - Launch LA / Chinatown, Los Angeles, CAPOINT OF VIEW - Launch LA / Chinatown, Los Angeles, CAWATER TOWER PROJECT - Indio Public Art Commission, Indio, CADESERT ISLAND - Epicenter Projects / Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CASKIDMORE GROUP SHOW - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA 2016OPEN DESERT - Palm Springs Museum of Art, Palm Springs, CAINTO THE NIGHT: Modern and Contemporary Art in the Nocturne Tradition - Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZSKIDMORE GROUP SHOW - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA 2015CALIFORNIA COOL - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CAERIC NASH - Blackman Cruz, Hollywood, CAGOTHS IN SUNLIGHT - Antebellum Gallery, Hollywood, CAA WORK IN PROGRESS - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CAPALETTE TO PALATE - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CADESERT VIEWS - Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CAART MARKET SAN FRANCISCO - Skidmore Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CASKIDMORE GROUP SHOW - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA 2014ART MARKET SAN FRANCISCO - Skidmore Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CASUMMERTIME - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA ART SILICON VALLEY - Skidmore Contemporary Art Booth, San Mateo, CADESERT HEAT - Flow Modern, Palm Springs, CAUNTITLED - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CADESERT ARTISTS GROUP SHOW - Archangle Gallery, Palm Springs, CATHE LAST PICTURE SHOW - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CASKIDMORE GROUP SHOW - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA 2013TOTALLY CARRIED AWAY AND OFF THE WALL - Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA NEW ARTISTS - Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris, FranceNEW ARTISTS - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CASTILL SUMMER - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CACANDY - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CATHE ART OF SUMMER - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CAWEST WEEK AT THE PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER - Holly Hunt, West Hollywood, CAGROUP EXHIBITION - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CAART MARKET SAN FRANCISCO - Skidmore Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CACONTEMPORARY WORKS - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CAPALM SPRINGS FINE ART FAIR - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Palm Springs, CASKIDMORE GROUP SHOW - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA 2012ROUTE 66 - Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CAMODERN TIMES - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CA THE DIRTY SHOW 2012 - The Dirty Show, Detroit, MIMODERN FAMILY - The Rooster Fish, Venice Beach, CA 2011SKIDMORE GROUP SHOW - Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CANEW PALM SPRINGS - Stephen Archdeacon Gallery, Palm Springs, CA THE DIRTY SHOW 2011 - The Dirty Show, Detroit, MITHE DIRTY SHOW LA - The Dirty Show, Los Angeles, CAKUM ’N GO - The Rooster Fish, Los Angeles, CA 2010UNTITLED GROUP SHOW 12 - ArtFront Gallery on La Cienega, Los Angeles, CATHE ACE SHOW - Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CAGROUP SHOW - Antebellum Gallery, Hollywood, CA 2009RED - ArtFront Gallery on La Cienega, Los Angeles, CATHE DIRTY SHOW LA - The Dirty Show, Los Angeles, CANEW ARISTS - Red Dot Gallery, Palm Springs, CAARTFRONT GOES HOLLYWOOD - ArtFront Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2008GO GREEN - Abbot Kinney Pop-Up Gallery, Los Angeles, CASUMMER IN LOS ANGELES - ArtFront Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2007LA NIGHT - Rose in Venice, Los Angeles, CALA LA LAND - ArtFront Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2006ART NIGHT LA 2006 - PUSH Studios, West Hollywood, CAWESTERN LIGHT - ArtFront Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2005ART NIGHT LA 2005 - PUSH Studios, West Hollywood, CABEACH MEETS CITY - Rose in Venice, Los Angeles, CAREBIRTH - Casa Blanca, Palm Springs, CA 2004ART NIGHT LA 2004 - PUSH Studios, West Hollywood, CAA DARK AND SUNNY PLACE - Casa Blanca, Palm Springs, CA 2003ART NIGHT LA 2003 - PUSH Studios, West Hollywood, CADESERT OCEAN- Casa Blanca, Palm Springs, CA 2002ART NIGHT LA 2002 - PUSH Studios, West Hollywood, CA BIBLIOGRAPHY “Eric Nash - Next Exit New York”, American Art Collector, November 2024 California Desert Artists, Katie Nartonis, Independent Book Publisher, 2024 “Eric Nash’s Solo Exhibition at The George Billis Gallery”, meer.com, September 27, 2004 “KP Projects Feature a Series of Photorealistic Charcoals and Oil Pantings by Eric Nash”, Art Daily, Tuesday, May 28, 2024 “This Week’s Must-See Art - Eric Nash Lost in Desire at KP Projects”, Curate LA, May 23 - May 29, 2024 “Art Opening: Eric Nash - Lost in Desire”, Larchmont Buzz, May 20, 2024 “Creative Vision - Mattia Biagi and Cardenio Petrucci of MC+Design Studio Bring their Artistic Point of View to a New Gallery that Celebrates Italian Design”, California Homes, March / April 2024 “Inside Guns N’ Roses Drummer Matt Sorum’s Family-Friendly Palm Springs Sanctuary”, Architectural Digest, December 2022 “Eric Nash: Singularity LA”, American Art Collector, November 2022 “The Highest Low (Brow): 25 Years of L.A.s Merry Karnowsky Gallery”, by Nys Shana Dambrot, LA Weekly, August 25, 2022 “The Guest” by Emma Cline (book cover art), Penguin Random House, United Kingdom, 2022 “No Cali / So Cali”, by Erik Rasmussen, Edition No. 13, At Large Magazine, 2021 “Val”, Film Documentary, by A24 Films, July 23, 2021“Gallery Rounds: Eric Nash at KP Projects”, by Angela Groom, Artillery Magazine, May 12, 2021 “Streets of LA, Billboard Paintings by Eric Nash”, everythingwithatwist.com, October 22, 2020 “On View thru October 19, 2020: KP Projects, Eric Nash”, by Kathy Leonardo, laartparty.com, September 2020 “Eric Nash: LA/SF”, muturalart.com, October 3, 2020 “Eric Nash”, artwork.com, October 2, 2020 “Eric Nash - Auction Price Results”, invaluable.com, October 2020 “Eric Nash”, bonhams.com, October 2020 “Eric Nash’s ‘Streets of LA’ at KP Projects”, laptrinhx.com, September 17, 2020 “Eric Nash’s ‘Streets of LA’ at KP Projects”, by Zach Tutor, supersonicart.com, September 16, 2020 “Streets of LA at KP Projects”, curate.la, September 2020 “Val Kilmer’s New Inspiration: HelMel Studio & Gallery”, by Allison Martin, insidewink.com, September 1, 2020 “‘Top Gun’ Start and Cancer Survivor Val Kilmer Embraces the Iconic Vibe of Los Angeles and His Passion for Art”, www.survivor.net, June 25, 2020 “Eric Nash”, www.widewalls.ch, March 2020 “Eric Nash”, bonhams.com, February 2020 “Signs of an Empty Subject”, by Chris Campanioni, At Large Magazine, October 2019 “Art Guide: Saturday September 7th in Venice and Santa Monica”, by Shana Nys Dambrot, laweekly.com, September 4, 2019 “Where Are We Heading”, artsmeme.com, September 2019 “‘Top Gun’” Star Val Kilmer Makes a Rare Public Appearance at His HelMel Studios Art Opening”, by Tichafa Chidzonga, news.amomama.com, September 18, 2019 “Eric Nash”, hidesertculturalcenter.org, April 29, 2019 “WEST - A Profile of Artist Eric Nash”, a film by Joe Taylor, April 2018 “Eric Nash”, Art in Embassies, art.state.gov, March 2018 “Eric Nash”, Art in Embassies Catalog, by United States Embassy Athens Greece, published by Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., March 2018 “Eric Nash, On View Now - Skidmore Contemporary Art”, laartparty.com, October 2018 Eric Nash art appears in HBO show “Insecure” - Season 3, Episode 5 “High-Like” - September 2018 “Eric Nash at KP Projects”, Wall Street International Magazine, wsimag.com, September, 2018 “Eric Nash at KP Projects”, meer.com, September 20, 2018 “Empire of Dreams”, artilleryman.com, September 8, 2018 “Two Launch LA Exhibits Running Through May”, beverlypress.com, April 13, 2017 “Launch LA and KP Projects Present Eric Nash ‘Western Pictures’”, fabrikguide.com, April 2017 “Shana Nys Dambrot on Eric Nash’s Western Pictures”, by Nys Shana Dambrot, White Hot Magazine, May 2017 “20 of the Coolest Events Happening in L.A. This Weekend”, by Christine N. Zeimba, laist.com, April 20, 2017 “Desert Island”, by Cristoper Cichocki, epicenterprojects.com, April 19, 2017 “Eric Nash”, popellay.com, April 19, 2017 “Eric Nash”, Fabrick - Contemporary Art and Design, April 19, 2017 “Eric Nash”, by Zach Tutor, supersoniceart.com, April 17, 2017 “Eric Nash Art”, by Peter Nidzgorski, thisisnthappiness.com, April, 17 2017 “Land / Sky, Paintings by Karen Kitchell and Eric Nash”, by Todd Wingate, riversideartmuseum.org. November 2016 What Do Furniture and Landscape Exhibitions at Riverside Art Museum Have In Common, by Staff Writer, The Press-Enterprise, October 26, 2016 “Magic in the Night - Poetic Exhibition at The Tucson Museum of Art Investigates the Nocturne in Art, by Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly, April 21, 2016 “Eric Nash”, lagunaartmuseum.org, January 2016 Wikipedia. “Eric Nash, Artist”, Wikipedia. 2016 “Eric Nash”, by Shana Nys Dambrot, Palm Springs Art + Culture, Winter-Spring 2016 - Palm Springs Life Magazine Publication, December 2015 “Report from LA”, annetteandquebec.com / Looking at Art in Toronto - November 20, 2015 “Preserving Paradise”, by John Ellis, California Home + Design, August - September 2015 “This Is Not An Exit, Eric Nash Art”, by Peter Nidzgorskim thisisnthappiness.com, September 7, 2015 “Eric Nash”, livee.com, September 2015 “On View Now: Skidmore Contemporary Art Celebrates California Artists Eric Nash and Bradley Hankey”, by Kathy Leonardo, laartparty.com, September 2015 “Skidmore Contemporary Art Hosts Solo Shows for Two Southern California Based Artists”, westsidetoday.com, August 21, 2015 Drawings Reflect A Movement”, exploregram.com, June 1, 2015 “Other Desert Cities by Eric Nash”, Palm Springs Style, April 2015 “Palm Springs Attractions”, by Dre Naylor, Palm Springs Life, February 2015 “Eric Nash”, Laguna Art Museum Palette to Palate, February 2015 “Rebel with a Cause”, by Will Dean, USA Today, January 8, 2015. “Rebel with a Cause”, by Will Dean, Desert Outlook, January 2015. “Downtown Palm Springs Event Art Bar Celebrates First Anniversary”, by Lynn Lieu, The Desert Sun, August 1, 2014 “The Desert in Demand”, by Peter Haldeman, New York Times, May 30, 2014 “Evolving Art: Stephen Archdeacon Gallery’s Season-Opener, Two Artists Stand Out”, Coachella Valley Independent, November 18, 2013 “Skidmore Contemporary Art Presents the Work of Eric Nash”, ktrpromo.com, October 9, 2013 “Skidmore Contemporary Art Presents the Work of Renowned Artist Eric Nash”, by Leslie Reed, Splash Magazine, September 2013 “Eric Nash at Skidmore Contemporary Art”, by Elenore Welles, Art Scene Los Angeles, September 2013 “Eric Nash: Western Noir”, by Kathy Leonardo, Artillery Magazine, November 6, 2013 “Art Abounds at Bar”, by Denise Ortuno Neil, Coachella Valley Weekly, October 30, 2013 “Eric Nash at Skidmore Contemporary Art”, by Chris Stanton, dailydujour.com, October 23, 2013 “Skidmore Contemporary Art Features the Work of Acclaimed Artist Eric Nash”, by Libby Lancaster, Examiner.com, October 15, 2013 “Eric Nash”, by Laurence Johns, Tinsel Tokyo, Summer 2013 "Eric Nash Paints His Drive", by Kyle Fitzpatrick, laimyours.com, February 21, 2013 "Throwing a Party to End All Parties", by Liz Nelson, The Desert Sun, December 21, 2012 “Doomsday Party”, by Jim Powers, palmspringslife.com, December 20 - 23, 2012 "Apocalyptic Art", by Kenya Knight, 354daysofsun.com, December 19, 2012 "PS, I Love Your Style", by by Kenya Knight, 354daysofsun.com, November 6, 2012 "Palm Springs and the High Desert", by David Keeps, Travel+Leisure. December 2011 "Palm Springs and the High Desert", by David Keeps, travelandleisure.com. December 2011"Palm Springs Artist Eric Nash Explores Highways of Art", by Will Dean, mydesert.com. January 6, 2012 "Palm Springs Artist Eric Nash Explores Highways of Art", by Will Dean, Desert Outlook. January 2012 "Darkness on the Edge of Town", by Sandra Schulman, Desert Valley Star Weekly, March 25 - 31, 2010 "Desert Cool", by Chloe Harris, California Home + Design, May 2008 "Made in the USA / 92262", by Randall Medson, Exit Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4, Spring / Summer 2007 SELECT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Val Kilmer (Actor)Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi (Actors)Beth Rudin DeWoody (Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Whitney Museum of American Art) James Ellroy (Writer) Jerry Bruckheimer (Producer)Mena Suvari (Actor)Orlando Bloom (Actor)Hillary Duff (Singer / Actor)Allen Blue (Co-Founder, Linkedin)Jonathan Novak (Los Angeles Gallerist)Mr. Brainwash (French Street Artist)Matt Sorum (Musician / Guns and Roses) SELECT CORPORATE COLLECTIONS The Hilbert Museum of California Art Delta AirlinesThe Cesar Chavez Foundation Causeway Capital ManagementPIMCO Investment ManagementFarallon Capital ManagementBusey Wealth Management­­