Erin Anderson

Born in 1987 in the small town of Waterville, Ohio, Erin was immersed in art from a young age. Enrolling in her first art lessons at seven years old, she spent her early years learning to paint and draw copying works of the old masters and spending summers drawing from life at the Toledo Museum of Art. In 2009 she earned a B.A. in Psychology and Entrepreneurship from Miami University. Upon graduation she decided to enroll in an independent program called The Waichulis Studio and later moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where she lives and works today. Her work has been featured in national publications as well as exhibitions throughout the U.S. She is represented by Dacia Gallery in New York.

I am inspired by complex dynamics and relationships within individuals and groups. Working on copper sheet, my compositions remain anchored in representational figure painting juxtaposed by abstraction. To explore the connective nature of our experience, I make visual comparisons between the figure and systems in nature. I find that studying the ways in which nature is connected informs the ways I create atmosphere within and around my subjects. My intention is to make inference into the dynamic and flow of the subjects in my work by etching ...

2015 5 Year Anniversary Show, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Annual Resident Artists’ Exhibition, Crayola Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

2015 Edge of Realism, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2015 Contemporary Figuration, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2015 Artist’s Gaze: Seeing Women in the 21st Century, Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach, FL

2015 Tom Wolf Inaugural Exhibit, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

2014 Nunc Veritatem, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY

2014 Incite Insight, The Lincoln Center Gallery, Fort Collins, CO

2014 The Fall Show, Bethlehem House Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

2014 Annual Resident Artist Exhibition, Crayola Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

2014 Motus In Figuris, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY

2014 Heroes and Villains, Myths and Legends, Rehs Contemporary Galleries, New York, NY

2014 SYSTEMS, MANIFEST Gallery, Cincinnatti, OH

2013 Women Painting Women, Richard J. Demato Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY

2013 Reimagining the Landscape and the Future of Nature, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI

2013 The Big Gamble, Rehs Contemporary Galleries, New York, NY

2012 New Season, Mainstreet Galleries, Kingston, PA

2011 Capturing Realism, Pauly Friedman Gallery, Dallas, PA

2011 Legacy Gal...