ERIC PRICE

eric@ericpriceart.com

EDUCATION

  • Art Students League of New York, Dan Gheno. 2022 to present

  • New York Academy of Art, New York, NY. M.F.A. 2019

  • National Academy Museum and School, Sam Adoquei, New York, NY. part-time, 2014 to 2018

  • Bates College, Lewiston, ME. B.A. May 1985

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • “The Beach Only Few Can See,” Greg Salvatori Gallery, Provincetown, MA, June 2023

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • Greg Salvatori Gallery, Provincetown, MA, May 2023

  • Art Students League of New York, Student Salon, March 2023

  • The Red Inn, Provincetown, MA, Summer 2022

  • Art Students League of New York, Student Salon, May 2022

  • Nomo Soho’s Nina’s Liquid Lounge, November 2021

  • Provincetown Art Association and Museum Members' Juried Exhibition, October 2019

  • New York Academy of Art’s Paddle8.com Tribeca Ball Auction, April 2019

  • The Red Inn, Provincetown, MA, Summer 2017

  • “RivertArts Studio Tour,” Irvington, NY, April 2017

  • “Creative Mischief,” National Academy Museum, New York, NY, May 2015

  • “Nature and Color,” Union Square Studio, New York, NY, December 2014

GRANTS

  • Patricia & Scott Moger Research Grant, 2019-2020

PUBLICATIONS and PRESS

  • Featured in The Adroit Journal, Issue 47, October 2023.

  • Samaha, Dorothea. “The Stroll.” Provincetown Independent, June 29, 2023, p. C4.

  • Cover and interior features in The Adroit Journal, Issue 38, August 2021.

EXPERIENCE

New York Academy of Art. New York, NY [September 2019 to May 2022]

  • Teaching Assistant. Painting I. September to December 2023.

  • Teaching Assistant. Comparative Anatomy, January to May 2022.

  • Teaching Assistant. Painting I, Structural Anatomy, Artistic Anatomy, Sept. 2019 to May 2020.

  • Continuing Education Monitor (Portrait Painting), Sept. 2019 to March 2020.

Melville House. Brooklyn, NY [September 2014 to July 2017]

Vice President, New Business Development

Advised in the sales and marketing of their titles, as well as title acquisition, third-party partnerships, and contract negotiations.

Quercus Publishing, Inc., a division of Hachette Book Group. New York, NY [January 2013 to September 2014]

Director of Sales, Marketing, and Publicity

A key member of the executive team that launched United States division. Supervised three staff members and managed third-party partnerships. Responsible for sales, advertising, promotion, on-line digital marketing, and public relations outreach, including The New York Times, National Public Radio, Entertainment Weekly, NBC, Huffington Post, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Created marketing strategies for titles published in the areas of commercial and literary fiction, nonfiction, thrillers/mysteries, SciFi/fantasy/horror, illustrated, and juvenile. Prepared sales forecasts and analysis, sales and marketing budgets, and postmortem financial review of published titles.

Grove/Atlantic, Inc. New York, NY [April 1991 to August 2011]

Executive Vice President, Associate Publisher & Chief Operating Officer [September 1996 to August 2011]

Vice President, General Manager & Director of Sales and Marketing [April 1991 to September 1996]

  • Responsible for sales, advertising, promotion, publicity, online digital marketing, art, production, operations, finance, contracts, and departmental budgeting. Supervised six departments, with seven direct staff reports.

  • Managed and oversaw the execution of all sales and traditional and digital advertising and marketing strategies. Oversaw an annual marketing budget of $1,500,000.

  • Prepared sales forecasts and analysis, sales and marketing departmental budgets, company-wide cash flow and payout schedules, profit and loss analysis for editorial acquisitions, and postmortem review of profitability of published titles.

  • Member of the editorial acquisitions committee, as well as edited approximately four titles per year, specializing in literary playwrights, including winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, Tony, Obie, Drama Critics, and Olivier Awards.

  • Negotiated author and vendor agreements, and handled ad hoc items such as royalty reviews, strategic partnerships, and miscellaneous legal matters.

Ingram Book Company La Vergne, TN [July 1990 to April 1991] Director of Sales and Special Markets for Publisher Resources Inc.

Henry Holt & Company New York, NY [January 1990 to July 1990] Director of Special Markets

Weidenfeld & Nicolson New York, NY [August 1986 to January 1990] Assistant to the Associate Publisher, Editorial Assistant, Inventory Control Manager, Special Sales Manager (consecutive positions).

American Farm School New York, NY [July 1985 to August 1986] Development Officer

SKILLS & INTERESTS

Skills include Excel, Word, PowerPoint, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, book cover design, and a working knowledge of Italian. Interests include cooking, politics, history, swimming, running, and reading.

AFFILIATIONS

  • U.S. Gallery Representation by Greg Salvatori Gallery, Provincetown, MA

  • Treasurer, Alumni Association of the New York Academy of Art (August 2023 to present)

  • Board member, the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation, Inc (July 2021 to present)

  • Advisory Board member, Alumni Association of the New York Academy of Art

  • Past Advisory Board member, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA.

  • Student representative, Quality Assurance Committee, New York Academy of Art (October 2018).

  • Past Board member, Treasurer, Sam & Devorah Foundation for Trans Youth (March 2016–July 2018).

  • Past Board member and treasurer, Publishers’ Lunch Club.

  • Past member of the Association of American Publishers Digital Issues Working Group and Copyright Committee.

  • Past Advisory Board member, New England Independent Booksellers Association.

  • Past Board member, The Cape School of Art.

  • Monitor, National Academy Museum and School (September 2014–October 2015).