Education
2007 B.F.A., Art Academy of Cincinnati, Magna Cum Laude
Selected Solo, Two- and Three-Person Projects
2016 Prologue, two-person exhibition with Alex Jovanovich, Pilot Projects, Philadelphia, PA
2015 CRIBS, solo exhibition, Circa Modern, Chicago, IL
2011 It’s Dangerous To Go Alone! Take This, solo exhibition, Aisle Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2010 The Place You Made To Find One Another, two-person exhibition with Patricia Murphy, U.turn Art Space, Cincinnati, OH
2009 If Anything Happens, You Are My Constant, solo exhibition, The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY
2009 My Tiger, My Heart, solo exhibition, semantics gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008 There Were Three, three-person exhibition with Molly Donnermeyer and Matt Morris, ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Monsters In The Garden, two-person exhibition with Matt Morris, Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
Selected Group Projects
2016 Chicago and Vicinity, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 New American Paintings: Midwest Edition, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2014 Roving Room, Habersham Mills, Demorest, GA
2014 Rocket Run: Abstraction from Chicago, Elder Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 Alphabet Show, Rock Paper Scissors, Cincinnati, OH
2014 The Residents, Live-In Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2012 Fly Your Own Freak Flag, group exhibition, Thunder-Sky, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
2011 The Romance Show, collaborative project with Matt Morris, Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2011 Something Delicious, collaborative project with Matt Morris, Thunder-Sky, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
2010 Raw Walls, collaborative project with Matt Morris, JBar Studios, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Have You Seen This?, Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2010 Kitty Cat Extravaganza: Art About Cats, Thunder-Sky, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
2010 By Way of An Apology, Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2009 It’s Been A Rough Year For Ginger, U.turn Art Space, Cincinnati, OH
2009 IDEA, semantics gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008 Exposed, ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008 Secret ArtWorks, The Westin Hotel, Cincinnati, OH
2008 Authentic / Playful / Sustainable, Synthetica Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008 The Today Show, MurMur Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2007 Feed Semantics, semantics gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2007 Welcome the Interruption, BFA Thesis Show, Pearlman Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Fantastic Four, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Visual Fringe 2006, alternative space, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Follow The Leader, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Visual Fringe 2005, alternative space, Cincinnati, OH
Awards and Honors
2015 New American Paintings, Midwest, Issue #119
2010 Listed in Best of Cincinnati 2010, Best Animal Painter After the Harpers, CityBeat
2009 Selected among Best of Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2008 C.J. Krehbiel Award, Art Academy of Cincinnati
2008 Selected among Best of Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2007 Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Art Academy of Cincinnati
2006 2nd Place in Juried Exhibition, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Honorable Mention in Juried Exhibition, Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Honorable Mention, Minumental Exhibition, Convergys Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2004 1st Place Scholarship Winner Freshman Year, Art Academy of Cincinnati
2003 Entrance Scholarship Winner, Art Academy of Cincinnati
Relevant Work and Curatorial Projects
2011 - Present: Director of Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
(maintain artist and client relationships, oversee/install exhibitions, public relations, shipping logistics, loans and consignments, gallery maintenance, etc.)
2009 – 2011: Co-Founder of U.turn Art Space, Cincinnati, OH
(curate/install exhibitions, contact/develop relationships with artists, marketing, public relations, gallery maintenance/upkeep, etc.)
2008 – 2011: Member of semantics gallery co-op, Cincinnati, OH
(curate/install exhibitions, contact/develop relationships with artists, marketing, public relations, gallery maintenance/upkeep, etc.)
2008 – 2009: Member of MurMur Gallery co-op, Cincinnati, OH
(develop/organize exhibitions and events, produce ‘zines, marketing, public relations, gallery maintenance/upkeep, etc.)
Bibliography
2015 New American Paintings, Midwest Issue #119
2015 Review: Eric Ruschman/Circa Modern, by Erin Toale, Newcity
2011 Looking Back, interview with A.C. Frabetti, AEQAI
2011 21st Century Pop Culture Man, by Chris Reeves, AEQAI
2010 Shelf Life: Patricia Murphy and Eric Ruschman’s “The Place You Made to Find One Another,” by Keith Banner, catalogue essay, U.turn Art Space
2010 Best Animal Painter In Cincinnati After the Harpers, CityBeat’s Best of Cincinnati 2010
2009 Space is the Place, by Matt Morris, CityBeat
2009 Something For Everyone, Feast or Famine, and More, by Selena Reder, CityBeat
2009 “If Anything Happens, You Are My Constant” at Carnegie Visual + Performing Arts Center, video by Dania Eliot, AEQAI: Adumbrationes
2009 Eric Ruschman at Semantics Gallery, by A.C. Frabetti, AEQAI: Adumbrationes
2008 Child’s Play, by Sara Pearce, Cincinnati Enquirer
2008 Art Recommendation, by Steve Rosen, CityBeat
2008 Visual Fringe, by Sara Pearce, Cincinnati Enquirer Blog
2005 Truly Unhooked: Visual Fringe, by Jackie Glaser, CityBeat
2005Duo’s Monsters a Nostalgic, Mysterious Fantasy World, by Anne Price, Baton Rouge Advocate