Erik Otto

WAVES Warm Up

Leading up to the solo exhibition of my most recent WAVES series, I decided to transform a temporary space along Canal Street into an immersive installation combining paint, light, video and sound — offering viewers a sense of what’s to come. Splashes of vibrant hues, loose lines, and rippling patterns flood the entirety of the…

19 August 2019

A Traveling Spirit

I have been traveling to Mexico for over 15 years. What began as family vacations, took a spontaneous turn on my part to visit Mexico City. On this trip, over 7 years ago, I jumped in blind only to bump into an old friend who I met riding bikes in San Francisco who had recently…

25 June 2019

WAVES

I kept pretty busy through the winter prepping for this moment. The next collection of work is complete and ready to share with the world. It feels like I have been treading water for months battling all sorts of internal and external storms that have come my way…making sense of it the only way I…

15 May 2019

Print Release: Overflow

All last week I have been working close with talented printer, Mark Herschede of Haven Press in Brooklyn to provide yet another offering in conjunction with my recent artwork release. He’s developed some unique ways to make edition work that will pretty much feel like the real thing. Similar to my studio practice, every layer informed…

08 May 2019

Mindspace / San Francisco

Every now and then, you get a client who wants something very specific. Mindspace (based out of Tel Aviv) had plans to break into the San Francisco market with their unique style of co-working spaces reached out to me to create featured artwork based off a previously produced light painting series. Working off their color…

16 April 2019

Finishing Touches

Only one month to go until I reach a major personal milestone marking the end of the first phase of an ongoing series of work. After taking a long break from off-site commissions and dedicating long stretches of time to my studio practice, I managed to get back to the basics and reconnect with the…

16 April 2019

Print Release: Undercurrents

I recently dedicated my efforts to produce something special just in time for the holidays. It was a different approach to producing an edition where I chose to be hands on during the entire process. In an endless sea of digital prints, I still believe in the practice where the print process itself should be…

06 December 2018

Studio Views

I have been fortunate enough to take a break from commissions to focus on some much needed personal studio time to develop a new body of work I have been dreaming about for a while. Much like my move to NYC…I started out thinking I knew what I was doing, only to realize I had…

25 November 2018

Adobe Systems / San Jose, CA

Quick side note: I have memories of using Adobe Photoshop since the early days of getting my feet wet as an artist/designer making everything from club flyers to church pamphlets to pay for art supplies, so to reciprocate some creative love for their original headquarters 22 years later was a truly an honor. Growing up…

23 July 2018

Nyum Bai / Oakland

Often times I get asked to do something based on the something I have already done. Every now and then comes along a client that is very familiar with your work and is confident in allowing you to explore new ideas. These moments are extremely beneficial to my career as it is easy to fall…

27 February 2018

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