Career
He received his Bachelors in Fine Arts from The Cooper Union School of Art and Science in 1997. Fertman’s work is primarily based in sculpture but also exists as works on paper and installation. His artwork has exhibited nationally, most recently with solo shows at Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The Kemper Museum in Kansas City, Missouri and in a two-person presentation at Time Equities, Incorporated., New York City for The Art-in-Buildings Program.
Reviews of his work have appeared in Artforum, The New York Times and Sculpture Magazine among others 2015 “Tropical Burnout”, Susan Inglett Gallery New York City 2014 “A Comic Turn”, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, North Carolina 2012 Susan Inglett Gallery, New York City "Eric Fertman: Here"s Your Hat, What"s Your Hurry?", Kemper Museum, Kansas City, Missouri 2012 2010 Susan Inglett Gallery, New York City 2009 Susan Inglett Gallery, New York City 2016 "Stark Imagery: The Male Nude in Art,” The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Connecticut (upcoming) 2014 “Dialogue: Eric Fertman and Nick Hornby”, Time Equities, Incorporated.
Art-in-Buildings Program, New York City 2012 “To the Stars on the Wings of an Eel”, Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, New York 2012 "Brucennial ", New York City 2011 “Thisorganized”, curated by Hope Gangloff, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York City 2011 “Incongruent Sum”, Mathematics Collective, New York City 2010 “Brucennial”, New York City 2009 “Kings County Biennial”, Kidd Yellin, Brooklyn, New York 2009 “Garish”, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Master of Arts 2009 “Smithumenta”, Brooklyn, New York 2009 “Office The Books!”, curated by Benjamin Degen, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York City 2009 “On From Here”, Guild and Greyshkul, New York City “Without Walls”, Museum 52, New York City. 2008 2008 “Where are we?”, The Pearl Arts Gallery, Stone Ridge, New York 2007 “Overbite/Underbite”, Ritter/Zamet Gallery, London 2007 “To Build a Fire”, Rivington Arms Gallery, New York City 2006 “Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Quick”, Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, California 2005 “How Bad Do You Want lieutenant”, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Master of Arts 2004 “In Practice Projects”, Sculpture Center, New York City 1997 “The Early Works”, Houghton Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York City 15.