| Erica, who is British born, received fellowships at Virginia Center for Creative Arts in 2006 and 2005. Recent drawings were included in "Art on Paper" at University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 2006. Her most significant solo exhibitions have been at the University of Denver in 1999; Phyllis Kind Gallery in Chicago in 1995; Sherry Frumkin Gallery in 1993 and Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum in 1989. She has contributed to several exhibitions at the William Havu Gallery in Denver and has exhibited recently at the Newton Free Library; the New Art Center, Newton; Brandeis University; Gordon College and the Royal College of Art in London. Her first solo show was at the Arts Council of Great Britain's AIR Gallery in London in 1981. In 1984 she received a Welsh Arts Council Special Project grant to visit the U.S. becoming a resident in 1985 and a citizen in 2006. Significant museum exhibitions include Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum; Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy; National Museum of Wales; Institute of Contemporary Art, London and the Royal Academy of Art, London. Erica joined the faculty at SMFA in 1995. Previous teaching positions in the U.S. include U.C. Santa Barbara, U.C. Davis and Cal. State Long Beach.
ABOUT MY WORK
Drawing provides me with a barrier against the monotony of daily life...an adventure amidst the drudgery of domestic obligation..... a security blanket under which to hide from political madness. Drawing allows me to examine life’s contradictions on a stage of my own choosing and through this activity I can escape the uniformity of images and messages in the culture around me; the sterility of contemporary design, the mindlessness of consumerism, the lack of mystery, the irrelevance of history.
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