About Erik
Combining Film & Storytelling
For Over 40 Years
I'm proud and grateful that over the past 40 years, my fine art photography has been featured in museums and galleries all over the world.
My specialty of dramatic environmental abstracts often presents more questions than answers.
I am a full-time traveler, in that my van and RV are my home, studio and office as I crisscross the United States in search of images that are unique and inspire conversations.
Erik's Story
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I've got a passion for deconstructing reality to confront emotions as aesthetically resilient, thematically interrelated material for memory and projection of self. The raw emotional intensity and gentle strength of my photos frequently contrast with the carefully calculated and composed images I deliver. I still shoot all of my images on film as the process lends itself to slowing down and thinking about what I create. |
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My mission is to start conversations about elements of our lives that we often neglect or attempt to deny. I've dedicated my art to explore themes of the human condition, depression, self and doubt in our lives. I give a percentage of my profits back to causes that move conversations forward in these areas. |
My Mission
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Erik Cocks is a represented artist at the United Photographic Artists Gallery. The UPA Gallery is a gallery that represents emerging and seasoned artists and produces shows and offers limited edition work for sale. If you would like to inquire about booking Erik Cocks for a solo show, please contact the UPA Gallery. Additionally, the pricing for the limited edition prints on this site and the UPA Gallery is the same. You can purchase work through either site and be guaranteed the same certified limited edition work. |
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Erik's CV
Exhibitions 2021 – Florida Museum Photographic Arts “UPA Artists Group Show” Tampa, FL 2021 - Metro Gallery - Group Show - New York, NY 2020 – Florida Museum Photographic Arts “UPA Artists Group Show” Tampa, FL 2019 – Florida Museum Photographic Arts “UPA Artists Group Show” Tampa, FL 2019 - Florida Museum Photographic Arts “Members Show” Tampa, FL 2018 - Artemesia “UPA Gallery International Exhibit” Barcelona, Spain 2018 – Florida Museum Photographic Arts “UPA Artists Group Show” Tampa, FL 2017 – Florida Museum Photographic Arts “UPA Artists Group Show” Tampa, FL 2017 – “Nude Night” Tampa, FL 2016 – Florida Museum Photographic Arts “UPA Artists Group Show” Tampa, FL 2016 - Studio 620 “UPA Artists Group Show” St. Petersburg, FL 2016 - Leslie Curran Gallery “Files and Film” St. Petersburg, FL 2015 – Art Basel “Moo Gallery Exhibition” Miami, FL 2015 - Studio 620 “UPA Artists Group Show” St. Petersburg, FL 2004 – Lowe Art Museum “Cuban Dreams - Group Show” Miami, FL 2003 – DCKT Contemporary “Lexicon” New York, New York 2002 – Knoedler & Co. “Play- Curated Emerging Artists Showcase” New York, New York 1999 - Donald Young Gallery “Donald Young Invitational “ Chicago, Illinois 1996 – Miami Art Museum “Revolucion – Group Show” Miami, FL 1991 – Lowe Art Museum “Faculty Exhibition” Miami, FL Publications 2016 - Esquire Magazine - "Old Punk Rock Exists in New Art" 2011- Lowdown Magazine “Surf Culture/High Art” 2010 – HyperAllergenic Magazine “Subtle Protest” 2004 - Florida Travel+Life “Inside Miami’s Art Scene” 2002 - Beautiful/Decay Magazine “Street Art Issue” 1989 - Playboy "Art of the Nude"
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