Eric Hibit (born in Rochester, NY) is a visual artist based in New York City. He has exhibited at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Deanna Evans Projects, One River School of Art + Design, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, TV Projects, Hexum Gallery, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Wege Center for the Arts at Maharishi University, The University of Vermont, and elsewhere. His work has been covered in The New York Times, New York Post, Seven Days Vermont, and Winston-Salem Journal. Artist residencies include Terra Foundation, Kingsbrae International Residency for the Arts, and Green Olives Arts in Tétouan, Morocco. Publications include Dear Hollywood Writers, with poet Geoffrey Young; Paintings and Fables, with writer Wayne Koestenbaum; and Color Theory for Dummies, published by Wiley. He is currently Codirector of Ortega y Gasset Projects, an artist-run gallery based in Brooklyn, NY. He attended the Corcoran College of Art & Design (B.F.A.) and Yale University School of Art (M.F.A.).
Academic Research Areas
Drawing
Painting
Sculpture
Collage
Color theory
Sculptural painting
Water-based painting in acrylic and ink
Nasturtiums with Purple (2023), acrylic on canvas over panel, 48″ x 60″.
Beautiful Mushrooms (2022), acrylic on canvas over panel, 30″ x 24″.
Horn of Flowers (2023), acrylic on canvas over panel, 48″ x 40″.
Publications
Color Theory for Dummies
Hibit, Eric, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2022
Classes
Language of Painting
ART 2201
Painting Deconstructed
ART 3299
Selected Exhibitions and Presentations
The Spontaneous Garden
Solo exhibition at Hexum Gallery, Montpelier, VT, 2023
Art on Paper: The 46th Exhibition
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, 2021
Prism in the Window
Solo exhibition at Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY, 2021