Untitled White

For the project, Erik Sommer presents Untitled White, a pair of glasses covered in street posters and wheat paste. The posters, often used in his practice, are aged in his studio to evoke the passage of time. Their worn, layered surfaces recall city walls marked by weather and memory. Sommer often works with cement, decay, and materials that speak to erosion and impermanence. Here, the familiar object becomes fragile and historical, transformed through accumulation. As with much of his work, beauty is found in what fades, cracks, and slowly changes.

Erik Sommer is an American artist and curator living and working in New York City. He earned a Master of Liberal Studies from The Palmer School and a Master of Fine Arts from The City College Studio Program, both in New York, after completing a Bachelor of Arts at St. John’s University in Minnesota.

Known for evocative cement installations and layered paintings, Sommer embraces controlled chaos in his materials. His works, often described as meditations on erosion and permanence, capture the fragile balance between destruction and preservation, revealing the poetry hidden in crumbling surfaces.
Starting as a painter inspired by Abstract Expressionism, Sommer’s practice expanded soon beyond the canvas into sculptural and site-specific work. A former musician, he shifted to visual arts seeking a deeper connection. His paintings and sculptures embrace a process-driven approach, where accidents are welcomed as essential components of the final composition. Through these works, Sommer bridges the gap between documentation and transformation, making the viewer hyper-aware of the beauty embedded in deterioration.zbr />Beyond his personal practice, Sommer is the founder of Mott Projects, a curatorial platform and exhibition space that supports emerging and mid-career artists internationally.