Erik Nieminen is Finnish-Canadian artist born in 1985. He holds a BFA from the University of Ottawa and an MFA from Concordia University in Montreal. He has exhibited in Europe and North America, including recent solo shows in London (Albemarle Gallery), Montreal (McClure Gallery), Berlin (Galerie Kremers), and New York City (PLATO). Present in private and corporate collections, he is the recipient of numerous awards, including three Elizabeth Greenshields Grants, the Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Council for the Arts, The Quebec Council for the Arts, and was the Grand Prize Winner for the final edition of the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series. He lives and works in Montreal Quebec.

His works are 'real' and 'hyper real' which are not about "looking for the exotics" but rather tapping into the "endless narratives and ironies" that happen all the time.

Erik describes his works as presenting ‘an independent reality, liminal, unreal world dependent on our world yet separate from it’. He seeks ‘to dismantle the reality we inhabit in order to remake it according to the logic inherent in the painting process.’

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