AWARDS-HONORS
First Place- Woodwork, Sausalito Art Festival 2008
Award of Excellence, American Craft Council, St. Paul, 2007
Award of Achievement, American Craft Council, St. Paul, 2003
First Place, Wood, Portland Arts Festival, 2003
Juror – American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Ill.,
1999
Juror’s Award, Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, 1998
Best of Show, A.C.C. Craft Fair, St. Paul, 1998
First Place, Wood, Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, 1997
First Place, Wood, Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, 1996
Juror’s Award, St. Louis Art Fair, 1996
Juror, A.C.C. Craft Shows, 1993, 1990, 1986
Excellence in Wood – purchase award, A.C.C. Craft Fair, Minneapolis, 1992
Best of Show – Governor’s Award, A.C.C. Craft Fair, Minneapolis, 1991
Purchase Award and Cash Award, Utah Designer Craftsman Invitational,
Salt Lake City, 1986
Award of Merit, Metal Art Guild Exhibition, Richmond, Calif., 1985
Design Award, Art of Crafts, Denver Art Museum, 1984
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (asterisk denotes one-person exhibitions)
*Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, 2007
American Craft Council shows, 2008-79
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington DC, 2005, 2004, 1998, 1996, 1995
SOFA, Chicago, 2007-05, 2001-2000
American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Ill., 2007-1994
Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, Calif., 2007-2006
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, 2006-2004, 2001, 1999-94
The Furniture Society, The Right Stuff, traveling exhibit, 2003-02
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, 2002, 1996
Southern Highland Craft Guild, The Chair Show 4, Asheville, N.C.
and Wausau, Wis., 2002-01
Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, 2002
Craft Boston, Circa Now, 2002
California Contemporary Craft Association, California Design 2002,
San Francisco
Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, 2001
*Gerald Peters Gallery, The Art of Seating: The Furniture of Robert Erickson,
Santa Fe, 2000
California Contemporary Craft Association, California Design 2000,
San Francisco
Yale University Art Gallery, Please Be Seated, 1999
Gerald Peters Gallery, Contemporary Inaugural Show, Santa Fe, 1998
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Common Forms, High Art:
Three Centuries of American Furniture, 1995
Southern Highland Craft Guild, The Chair Show II, 1997
Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, 1993
*Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1992
A.C.C., American Craft at the Armory, New York, 1991
*Galleri 1 - Galleri NK, Bergen, Norway, 1989
*Kurland/Summers Gallery, Los Angeles, 1988
*William Zimmer Gallery, Mendocino, Calif., 1988
Snyderman Gallery, Summer Invitational, Philadelphia, 1989, 1985
William Zimmer Gallery, Contemporary Furniture Masterpieces, Mendocino,
Calif., annual exhibits, 1987-82
Architectural League of New York, The Chair Fair, 1986
Society of Arts and Crafts, Furniture Today, Boston, 1986
*Ree Schonlau Gallery, Omaha, Neb., 1983
*Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Neb., 1980
Burton Gallery, Sacramento, Calif., 1978
*Anton Leth Home, Porsmyr, Norway, 1977
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Yale University Art Gallery
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Minnesota Museum of Art--Cray Research Collection
Renwick Gallery,
Smithsonian American Art Museum
SELECTED FEATURE ARTICLES ABOUT ROBERT ERICKSON
San Francisco Chronicle, Wizard of Wood: A classy place at the table,
April 24, 2007
Woodshop News, In the Comfort Zone: Robert Erickson isn’t just known for making
great chairs, he’s known for making comfortable chairs, cover story, March, 2007
The Atlantic Monthly, The Ergonomic Rocking Chair, (profiles of four
contemporary rocking chairs), April, 2001
Woodwork, Sun-dried wood: Building a solar kiln, October, 1998
Sacramento Bee, California Life Magazine, Take a Seat: When you’re in a Robert Erickson
chair, you’re sitting in a work of art, cover story, July 8, 1995
American Craft, Portfolio: Robert Erickson, April-May, 1993
Woodwork, Robert Erickson: A Sierra Chairmaker, cover story, May/June 1993
San Francisco Chronicle, Sitting Pretty: Robert Erickson’s museum-quality
chairs, Aug. 5, 1992
Berlingske Tidende, Copenhagen, Med Wegner som forbillede (Title translation:
“Inspired by Wegner: Robert Erickson is one of many Americans who have
found success as furniture craftsmen,” Aug. 30, 1989
Sacramento Bee, Seat of Perfection: Robert Erickson makes sure customers measure up
to his product, Sept. 14, 1985
NebraskaLand, From Prairie Roots: Under the skilled hands of this craftsman, wood from
Nebraska trees – much of it sawn by local mills – is transformed into rich, glowing, contemporary furniture, November, 1984
Lincoln Journal and Star, Sunday Focus Magazine, Lincoln, Neb, Tractor seat’s comfort sculpted into a chair, cover story, Oct. 10, 1976
ARTICLES WRITTEN BY ROBERT ERICKSON
Woodwork Magazine, Hand-shaping wood for furniture: A chairmaker discusses his
tools and techniques for creating curves, February, 2006
Fine Woodworking: Sandpaper: A wide variety of gritty choices, March/April, 1989
The Chain-sawn seat, May/June, 1986
OTHER
2008 Artist in Residence , Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO
Co-founder (1990) and board president since 1995: Yuba Watershed Institute. The institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the biological diversity of the Yuba River watershed. It works with federal and state agencies to manage 2,000 acres of forestland for old-growth habitat and high-quality timber products.
2003 Nevada County Conservationist of the Year. Awarded by Nevada County Resource Conservation District.
Master Member, Baulines Craft Guild
Member, Furniture Society, 1997 – present
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