Erica Norelius

Erica Norelius is an award-winning artist located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Erica’s work has been featured in a wide range of publications--she’s graced the covers of Cornell's literary magazine Epoch, been a finalist multiple times in the International Artist Magazine, and was one of 21 emerging artists under the age of 31 in Southwest Art. Among her most prestigious awards was receiving second honors at the Portrait Society of America’s International Competition in 2015.
Erica grew up in Ithaca, NY, and spent her first two years of college at Cornell in plant science, and it’s here that she learned to draw. While she had always enjoyed art, she wasn’t sure she had the talent to actually become an artist. A bout with mono her sophomore year gave her time to rethink her career path. She left the Ivy League, enrolled in San Francisco’s Academy of Art University and spent the next four years immersed in art, drawing and sculpture.
Erica lived in San Francisco for five years, and much of her early work reflects the urban street scenes of that City. “My immersion in urban scenes reflected some of the loneliness I felt when I lived in San Francisco, though I came to love this lively city--its captivating neighborhoods and breat...

Pursuing MFA- Academy of Art University, San Francisco -present
BFA painting - Academy of Art University, San Francisco - 2007
NYFA MARK Program - 2008
Creative Capital Profession Development Program
Private Study artists Nancy Switzer and Quang Ho
1999-2001 Cornell University

Gallery Representation
Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK USA
Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Shows
2017 "Richeson75:Figures and Portrait", Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI
2016 “Farhenheit,” Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2016 “Urban Vistas,” Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco
2016 “Cityscapes,” Christian Daniels Gallery, San Francisco
2015 “Richeson75:Small Works,” Jack Richeson Gallery, Kimberly WI
2015 “Richeson75: Figure and Portrait,” Jack Richeson Gallery, Kimberly, WI
2015 Oil Painters of America, Western Regional, Colorado Springs, CO
2015 International Portrait Finalist Show, Portrait Society of America Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA

2015 Oil Painters of America, National Show, St. Augustine Florida
2015 “Cityscapes,” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 “Vernal Beauty,” Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2014 “Bay Area Figurative,” Gary Francis Fine Art, Alameda CA
2013 Huntsville Museum of Art Gala, Huntsville Alabama
2012 “City Streets,” Studio Gallery, San Francisco
2012 Oil Painters of America, National Show, Evergreen, CO
2010 “Spring Invitational,” Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
2009 ...