I have been producing artwork on some level for my entire life. I started painting as a student at Kansas State University and this was where I found my true calling as a painter. My painting subjects vary from figurative to abstract to landscape. The thing that remains consistent throughout is my expressionistic brush stroke.
I have found most of my success with my series of female figures and particularly female athletes and women’s foot portraits. Most recently I have worked on a series of Roller Derby girls and just had a chapter of my work published in a nationally released book titled ‘Roller Derby Art: Women, Wheels and Wicked Fun.’ I have become a huge fan of the sport and find it to be a combination of athleticism and art and I strive to capture the unique atmosphere of the derby bouts through my work.
In my women’s foot portraits, I try to use just the feet with or without props as a way to capture the particular person’s mood or essence by just portraying them through their feet and invite the viewer conclude their own story about this person, just the same as any other portrait.


Eric J Persson
Arts Incubator
115 W. 18th St, Second Floor
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-217-5102
ericjpersson@hotmail.com
www.ericjpersson.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Date of Birth June 20, 1969
Belleville, IL Scott Air Force Base

EDUCATION:
M.A. 1992 Painting Kansas State University

SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS:

2008 August, Solo Exhibit, Cellar Rat, Kansas City, MO
2008 March, Group Exhibit, Nara Event Space – Go Red Friday, Kansas City, MO
2007 November, Group Exhibit, Blue Wolfe Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2007 October, Open Studios Tour, Kansas City, MO
2007 June, Two Person Exhibit w/ Photographer Phil Peterson, Pitch Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2006 July, Solo Exhibit, Pitch Gallery, Kansas City, MO

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Kansas City Sports Commission, Kansas City, MO
WIN for KC, Kansas City, MO
National Center for Drug Free Sport, Kansas City, MO
Sin City Skates, Las Vegas, NV
The Pitch, Kansas City, MO

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Chapter 5 in the Book 'Roller Derby Art: Women, Wheels and Wicked Fun', Published 2008
Painting featured in Kansas City Star, Preview section, October 6 2000
Show listing in Kansas City Star, Arts section, October 1, 2000
Featured in 'Review', October 2000 issue
Feature story, FOX 4 Sunday Evening News, November, 2000

CURRENT GALLERY REPESENTATION:
VooDoo Tattoo & Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO Carrie Horn 816-569-5560
Arts Incubator, Kansas City, MO Jennifer Bohatyritz 816-421-2292