Erika Nicole

Erika Nicole is a figurative artist, native to the South Seattle region of the PNW. As a child, she spent the majority of her time exploring the lush outdoors and drawing. Art always felt a very natural way to communicate, express and understand not only herself but the world around her. The human figures, animal and plant forms that preoccupied Erika’s early art explorations can be found in her work today. Erika attended the University of Washington’s Fine Art School, majoring in Fine Art - with an emphasis in traditional drawing and painting. It was here she first experienced live models and discovered her interest in the human form. Exploring what it means to be human, Erika’s artworks stem from a desire to communicate love for living and a passionate curiosity to better understand the human spirit. After obtaining her BFA, she relocated to Eastern Washington, where she currently works in a variety of media from mural works, to mixed media oil portraits from her home studio.

I am on a mission to create works of art that will positively impact our complicated world for the better. Hinging on the human experience, my work is a raw, responsive interpretation of bold personalities, experiences and truths. In many ways, my ...

University of Washington '14
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting and Drawing

Bellevue College '10
Associate of Fine Arts

2018 Loaded Heads, ArtsWest Playhouse & Gallery, Seattle, WA

2017 People in Place, Old Art Gallery, Othello, WA

2016 Relational Beings: A Subjective Look at Portraiture, Figurative Painting, and the Human Experience, Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, Moses Lake, WA

2015 First Night Spokane, Kress Gallery, Spokane, WA

2015 Museum Gallery SELFIE: A Community Conversation on Identity, Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, Moses Lake, WA

2014 Mobile Murals Project Spokane, Third Avenue and Division Street, Spokane, WA

2014 Landscape After Nature, The University of Washington Club, Seattle, WA

2014 BA/BFA Exhibition; Painting and Drawing, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA

2014 BFA Thesis Exhibition; Painting and Drawing, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA

2013 Landscape After Nature, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA