Erik Volet (b. 1980) is a painter & illustrator from Canada who has exhibited in Canada, the US & Europe. As well as producing paintings he has published art books, made zines, illustrated books, and maintained a consistent involvement with painting murals on the street and in the public sphere. Influences, which continue to be important to his art practice are comic book art, graffiti, hip hop culture as well as surrealist theory and practice.

Solo & Two Person Shows: 

2014 Scene from the Yiddish Theatre, MoCL, Victoria

2015 Garden of Masks, the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria

2015 Somnambulists, The Gam Gallery, Vancouver

 2016 Kukeri, with Jean-Paul Langlois, Trounce Alley Gallery, Victoria

2016 Collaborative Drawings, with Noah Becker, Trounce Alley Gallery, Victoria

2017 Urchin Research, Weird things, Toronto

2018 The Mime, the Monk, the Prince & the Chessplayer, Four Horsemen, Victoria 

2023 Creation Blues with Bailey Rasmussen, Space, Vancouver

2023 From the Margins, with Ron Sakolsky, Sheila Nopper, Jordan Zinovich & Prince Shima, the Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, Victoria

2024 Dancers, display of paintings at the Greater Victoria Public Library, Victoria Arts Council Satellite Gallery, Victoria

Group Shows:

2009, 2010 Expozine, Montreal

2010 New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PSI, New York

2019 Surrealist Drawing in 2019, La Maison Andre Breton, St-Cirq-Lapopie, France and Galerie Amarrage, Saint-Ouen, France

2021 Crypto Socialites, Group Show in the Metaverse, Curated by Noah Becker

2023 Small Press Fest, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria

2024 Heart of the City: Centennial Square Exhibition, Wentworth Villa Architectural Heritage Museum, Victoria

2024 Small Press Fest, Open Space Arts Society, Victoria