Eric Petersen was born in Santa Monica, California in 1973 and is currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He received a BA in Art from California State University, Northridge and has taken continuing education courses at Art Center College of Design, The Cooper Union, and School of Visual Arts. Eric’s work is inspired by instructional graphics and video games.

Artist Statement:
Eric Petersen creates art of people in simple environments. His focus is to get the viewer to feel something from the blank-eyed characters that inhabit his cold void. He works in a digital format using precise technical linework. Empathy and self-reflection is what is important to Eric.

Clients include:
ACC Docket
Apple
Baffler
Barnard
Boston Globe
BuzzFeed
Chronicle of Higher Education
Columbia University
Contagious
DB Mobil
Fortune
GQ France
Guardian
Hohe Luft magazine
John Hopkins University
L’actualite
Les Echos
Longreads
M Le magazine du Monde
MIT Technology Review
Medium
NBC News
NEO.LIFE
Neon
Netflix
New Republic
New York Times
Noema Magazine
Pentagram
Politico
Quanta
Quebéc Science
Scientific American
Simons Foundation
Télérama
Texas Monthly
USC School of Pharmacy
Verge
Victory Journal
Washington Post
Wired