About the Artist
Eric Claridge
I am a self-taught artist and musician living and working in Chicago. Born in Memphis, I attended New York University in the early 80’s. After leaving college I (eventually) moved to Chicago and joined the band Shrimp Boat in 1986 and was later a founding member of the band The Sea and Cake. My work was featured prominently on several Sea and Cake albums. My water colors, gouaches and oil paintings have been exhibited in Chicago, Tokyo, Kyoto, London, Melbourne, Lille and Paris. I also had a semi regular comic illustration spot that ran in the Chicago Reader in 1998-1999.
Art Shows
2016 Gallerie Jean Brolly, Paris
2013 Press Pop Gallery, Tokyo
2012 Galerie 9 Fabien Delbarre, Lille
2011 Trance Gallery, Kyoto
2011 Press Pop Gallery, Tokyo
2010 Department Arts Plastiques, Lille
2008 Art Chicago Invitational, Chicago
2008 Random Gallery, Paris
2008 96 Gillespie Gallery, London
2005 Cafe Brasil, Houston
2001 Press Pop Gallery, Tokyo
2000 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
1994 - 2019 Rainbow Club, Chicago
Discography
1986 ~ Daylight Savings/Some Biscuit ~ Shrimp Boat
1989 ~ Speckly ~ Shrimp Boat
1992 ~ Cavale ~ Shrimp Boat
1994 ~ The Sea and Cake ~ The Sea and Cake
1995 ~ Nassau ~ The Sea and Cake
1995 ~ The Biz ~ The Sea and Cake
1997 ~ The Fawn ~ The Sea and Cake
1998 ~ Two Gentlemen ~ The Sea and Cake
2000 ~ Oui ~ The Sea and Cake
2002 ~ One Bedroom ~ The Sea and Cake
2002. ~ Glass ~ The Sea and Cake
2004 ~ Something Grand ~ Shrimp Boat
2007 ~ Everybody ~ The Sea and Cake
2007 ~ Anybody ~ The Sea and Cake
2008 ~ Car Alarm ~ The Sea and Cake
2011 ~ Moonlight Butterfly ~ The Sea and Cake
2012 ~ Runner ~ The Sea and Cake