I am an artist, instructor and exhibition organizer, living and working in Chicago with my wife Catie Olson, also an artist and organizer.
Exhibitions since 2001Death Wood Derby 2000
Marathon Gallery, NY. Organized by Damon Bishop
Farm.Butcher.Table
Princeton, WI. Installation with Catie Olson
Botanical Readiness *
Online exhibition series, Chicago.
Krampusnacht
Empty Bottle, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson
Record Club Bimonthly *
Mailing campaign and online exhibition series, Chicago.
Krampusnacht
Empty Bottle, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson
Reaction
GAG, Chicago. Organized by Marlene Krygowski
Record of the Month Club *
Mailing campaign and online exhibition, Chicago.
Krampusnacht
Sleeping Village, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson
Muddy Bloody, maybe Cuddly Valentine's Livestream Special
video program, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson
Krampusnacht
video program, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson
Don't You Stop, We Won't Stop
The Franklin, Chicago. Organized by Edra Soto
Krampusnacht
The Hideout, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson and Rebecca Hinsdale
ASCII 8 *
GAG, Chicago
Tascam 5 *
Floor Length and Tux, Chicago
Becoming Unnatural
Slow, Chicago
Krampusnacht
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson and Rebecca Hinsdale
Sounds Great on Paper
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago
Tascam 34 *
Floor Length and Tux, Chicago
Krampusnacht
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson and Rebecca Hinsdale
The Return of Garden Apartment Gallery
GAG, Chicago. Organized by Marlene Krygowski
Vivarium
Slow, Chicago
Dock 6 Design & Art 10
Dock 6 Collective, Chicago
Rejected Prototype*
The Franklin, Chicago
Krampusnacht
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson and Rebecca Hinsdale
Tascam 2 *
Floor Length and Tux, Chicago
em(body) {Reflections; Extensions; Projections;}
Uptown Arts Center, Chicago. Organized by Eden Unluata.
Everything Must Go! Art Fair
The Franklin segment at Heaven Gallery, Chicago
ASCII 7 *
The Franklin, Chicago
Modern Folk
GAG, Chicago. Organized by Andrea Jablonski.
Level Eater 5.0
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago. Organized by Ed Marzsewski
ASCII 6 *
The Franklin, Chicago
Krampusnacht
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson and Rebecca Hinsdale
Tascam 1 *
Floor Length and Tux, Chicago
Concealed Carry
Experimental Station, Chicago
Paul Germanos
antena, Chicago
ASCII 5 *
Tritriangle, Chicago
Abominamobile FLAT *
Multiples., Chicago
Flatuland *
Floor Length and Tux, Chicago
Krampusnacht
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson and Rebecca Hinsdale
Little Man Pee Pool Party: The Whiz Paddler's Lament
antena, Chicago. Organized by Paul Nudd
Over the Influence
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago. Organized by Ed Marzsewski and others
ASCII 4 *
YMCA Marquette, St. Louis; Elastic Arts Foundation, Chicago
FLAT 14 *
Floor Length and Tux, Chicago
Krampusnacht *
Floor Length and Tux, Chicago
Schlong Night *
24HRS/25DAYS at New Capital, Chicago
Quarterly Site #12: Epic Something
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago. Curated by Zach Dodson, Dan Gleason, and Caroline Picard
Schlong *
MDW Fair, Chicago
Short Court: Tropical Aesthletics
antena, Chicago. Organized by Christopher Smith
ASCII 3 *
Chicago
FLAT 9 Prelude *
MDW Fair, Chicago
ASCII 12 *
Chicago
FLAT 811 *
Floor Length and Tux, Chicago
SpiderBug: Gravity & Its Friends
Voice of the City Studio, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson
SpiderBug: Exothermia & Shadow Play
Space 4 Art, San Diego; Jeremy Quinn's backyard, Chicago. Organized by Catie Olson
Origins
Random House, Chicago. Organized by Schjweet Troika
FLAT 57 *
Floor Length and Tux, Chicago
Zombie: A Mindless Affair
Antena, Chicago. Curated by Edra Soto
DOGCAT: Canine Fashion vs. the FBI *
Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago. Co-organized with Liz Nielsen
Salad-Church-Exercise
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago. Curated by Bert Stabler
Shrill and a Half Block Party
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago. Organized by Joymore
mini fair
mini dutch gallery, Chicago. Curated by Lucia Fabio.
Dusty Bunnyfield vs. Molotovia Cottontail *
mini dutch gallery, Chicago. Co-organized by Lucia Fabio
FLAT 14*
Floor Length and Tux, Chicago
An Associate Degree in Science *
Open Lot, St. Louis; Pampered Banana, Kansas City; Finch Gallery, Chicago
artXposium
West Chicago. Organized by Anni Holm
The House of Seven Closets *
Apartment show, Chicago
Clothesline 3: Movement
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago. Organized by Chris Hammes
Dark Matter
Version>08 Fest, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago
COMA #1718 *
COMA, Chicago
Project room show
Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago
Summer Drawing Show
Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago. Curated by Lisa Boyle
Brown River
Roots & Culture CAC, Chicago. Curated by Bert Stabler
Us and Our Katamari
Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago. Curated by Lisa Boyle
COMA #913, 15 *
COMA, Chicago
Aqua Art Miami
with the Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami Beach
The Longest Piss
Butcher Shop Dogmatic, Chicago
Some Things Which Are Funny-like and Some Things Which
Are Quite Serious
Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago. Curated by Lisa Boyle
To London from Chicago, with Great Love
i-cabin, London. Organized by artLedge
COMA #18 *
COMA, Chicago
Six Flags: Polvo Est. 1996
Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston. Curated by Miguel Cortez
Aqua Art Miami
with the Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami Beach
Experiment 400/5
Gallery 400, Chicago. Organized by Jason Dunda and Teena McClelland
New Work by EC Brown and Matthew Steinke
Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago
Smut!
Green Door Gallery, Kansas City
Stray Section at Art Chicago
with the Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago
DFP-F° *
Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City
BMOMA #13
Bridgeport Museum of Modern Art,
Chicago. Organized by Chris Uphues
Den Nya Framtidsvetenskapen *
Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago
Join Us
Grand Arts, Kansas City. Curated by Stacy Switzer
DFP-1Q *
1/Quarterly Gallery, Chicago
Carousel
#4
Locus (Humboldt
Park Floral Garden), Chicago. Organized by Nance Klehm
Thrill III:
The Party
Joymore Gallery (offsite), Chicago
Tune In Turn On Get Out and Stay Out
Dogmatic Gallery, Chicago
In the
Realm of the Lair
Joymore Gallery, Chicago. Curated by Ben Stone and Siebren Versteeg
Fraught With Clownjitsu
909 Production Space, Chicago. Organized by Michael Serwich
The Show: Works of Jack T. Chick
Links Hall, Chicago. Organized by Michael Serwich
The Library Project
Temporary Services, Chicago. Organized by Marc Fischer
Compound Fracture *
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
A Haunted Landscape
1926 Gallery, Chicago. Organized by Trevor Paglen
Softcore Pornography *
Century 900 Gallery, Chicago
Parking Lot Biennale
Wells Street parking lot, Chicago
"Catie Olson & EC BrownShoulder-to-Shoulder", The COMP Magazine, 03.19.2018
"EC Brownworking out a narrative logic behind a series of paintings, COMA, & Floor Length and Tux", Examiner.com, 08.05.2010
"FLAT's 'Untitled Circus': Popcorn, Elephants, and Critical Musings on Chicago's Apartment Gallery Scene", Bad at Sports, 12.04.2009
"FLAT 3 at Floor Length and Tux", Chicago Art Magazine, 10.02.2009
"Breakout Artists 2007: Chicago's Next Generation of Image Makers", NewCity Chicago, 04.26.2007