[vc_row bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-default” bg_image_new=”id^364|url^http://www.ericpelka.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1-4.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^1|description^null” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_override=”ex-full”][vc_column][ultimate_spacer height=”500″ height_on_tabs=”500″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”500″ height_on_mob_landscape=”400″ height_on_mob=”400″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5/6″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Biography”][/ultimate_heading][ultimate_spacer height=”20″ height_on_tabs=”20″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”20″ height_on_mob_landscape=”20″ height_on_mob=”20″][vc_column_text css=””]Born in 1973 in Cleveland, Ohio, Eric Pelka is a painter and mixed media artist. He moved to New York City as a young adult, where he spent 25 years developing a body of work rooted in layered abstraction and emotional resonance. In 2016, he relocated to Massachusetts, continuing his practice in a rural setting, and later moved to the Boston metro area to be closer to the ocean.

In 2025, he returned to his hometown, where he now lives and works. For Eric, Northeast Ohio is more than a place of origin. It is a space of creative grounding and renewed clarity, where the act of painting reconnects him to the land, the past, and the evolving rhythm of home.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/12″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][ultimate_spacer height=”60″ height_on_tabs=”40″ height_on_tabs_portrait=”40″ height_on_mob_landscape=”30″ height_on_mob=”30″][/vc_column][/vc_row]