Eric Hibit (born Rochester, NY) is a visual artist based in New York City. He attended the Corcoran College of Art + Design (BFA,1998) and Yale University School of Art (MFA, 2003). In New York, he has exhibited at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Dinner Gallery, Deanna Evans Projects, My Pet Ram, One River School of Art + Design, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Underdonk Gallery, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Zurcher Studio, C24 Gallery, Anna Kustera Gallery, Max Protetch Gallery, and elsewhere. He has exhibited nationally at Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, NC, Wege Center for the Arts at Maharishi University in Fairfield, IA, Adds Donna in Chicago, Curator's Office in Washington, DC, Geoffrey Young Gallery in Great Barrington, MA, The Cape Cod Museum of Art, Satellite Contemporary in Las Vegas, NV, The University of Vermont, Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, CA and internationally in Sweden, France and Norway. His work has been covered by the Washington Post, The Village Voice, Hyperallergic, Newsweek, New York Times and New York Post. Hibit has taught studio art at Drexel University, The Cooper Union, Suffolk County Community College, 92NY, Tyler School of Art, NYU and Hunter College. Artist residencies include Terra Foundation in Giverny, France (2003), UNILEVER Residency in New York (2015), and Kingsbrae International Residency for the Arts (2019) and Green Olives Arts in Tetouan, Morocco (2019). Publications include Dear Hollywood Writers, with poet Geoffrey Young (Suzy Solidor Editions, 2017) and Paintings and Fables with Wayne Koestenbaum, a limited edition artist's book (2017), and Color Theory for Dummies, published by Wiley (2022). He is currently Co-Director of Ortega y Gasset Projects, an artist-run gallery based in Brooklyn, where he has curated exhibitions since 2014.
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Flowers in a Strongman Vase, 2025
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Surprised Butterfly #2, 2025
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Teal Beach Chair, 2025
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The Big Seed, 2025
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The Ultimate Mushroom, 2025
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Dewdrops in the Garden, 2024
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Flowers in a Strongman Vase #2, 2024
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Flowing Energy, 2024
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September Flowers Infanta Vase, 2024
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Subjective Hydrangeas, 2024
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The Order of the Sky, 2024
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Nasturtium Leaves, 2023
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Thinker and Pansy (Nocturne), 2022
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Greenhouse in Spring, 2021
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Yellow Bud Vase, 2020
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Eric Hibit | The Big Seed
Solo exhibition 15 May - 28 Jun 2025 -
XX | Twenty Year Exhibition
Group exhibition 2 Jun - 2 Jul 2022 -
Eric Hibit | Prism in the Window
Solo exhibition 3 Dec 2020 - 23 Jan 2021 -
The Twenty by Sixteen Biennial 2019
Group Exhibition | Curated in collaboration with Geoffrey Young 28 Feb - 30 Mar 2019
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Eric Hibit: The constant gardener
Zach Seeger, Two Coats of Paint, May 28, 2025 -
Interview with Eric Hibit
MEPAINTSME, November 10, 2024 -
Where the Artists Are Present — and in Charge
The New York Times Style Magazine, September 26, 2023 -
In 'The Spontaneous Garden,' Eric Hibit's Paintings Spark Joy
Pamela Polston, Seven Days, July 5, 2023