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Artist Bio Erin Currier Part portraiture, part collage constructed of disinherited consumer “waste” collected in forty countries, part sociopolitical archive, but wholly humanist, Currier’s work has been featured in numerous solo shows, including a major exhibition at the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Embassy in Washington, DC. Her work is exhibited and collected internationally. She lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Artists Statement What began as a natural integration of my sociopolitical beliefs with a sheer joy of art-making, has since developed into a full-fledged artistic praxis by which I integrate the human realm I come in contact with in the course of my travels- its individuals, cultures, and struggles- with its refuse, in order to comment on and participate in the issues I feel most passionate about. I have travelled to nearly 40 countries, immersing myself, to the best of my abilities, in the daily life of countries like Nepal and Nicaragua, cities such as Istanbul and Caracas, studying languages, getting around on foot or by bus, sketching, documenting extensively, making friends, and collecting disinherited commercial “waste”, after which I return to my studio to create series of works. Aesthetically, Latin American Muralist traditions, Eastern Spiritual Iconography, and Social Realism inform my work. In addition to drawing its subjects from the so-called developing world, my work often draws its aesthetic from the “Global South”, as well as its philosophical influence, in the form of Paolo Freire, Eduardo Galeano, Augusto Sandino, and Edward Said. Erin Currier Curriculum Vitae Born: 1975, Haverhill, MA Home: Santa Fe, NM Education: College of Santa Fe, BFA Costume Design (magna cum laude)
Selected One Person Exhibitions: 2011: “Seven Miles Per Second,” Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2010: “Friendly Skies,” Blue Rain Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2010: “Journalistas Unembedded,” Parks Gallery, Taos, NM 2009: “Schoolyards,” Parks Gallery, Taos, NM 2009: “Schoolgirls and Schoolboys” Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM 2009: “Portenas,” Masottatorres Contemporanea, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2008: “Miss World,” Parks Gallery, Taos, NM 2007: “America Below,” Parks Gallery, Taos, NM 2007: “In Solidarity,” Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Embassy, Washington D.C. 2006: “From Vietnam to Venezuela, Bandits and Beauty Queens,” Parks Gallery, Taos 2005: “Mothers and Martyrs,” Parks Gallery, Taos, NM 2005: “Small Works,” Parks Gallery, Taos, NM 2004: “The Other America,” Parks Gallery, Taos, NM 2004: “Selected Works,” TOPS Gallery, Malibu, CA 2003: “Liberation Series,” College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM 2003: “Liberation Series,” Parks Gallery, Taos, NM
Selected Group Exhibitions: 2011: “100 Years of Women Rockin’ the World,” Artrage Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2010: “TWO,” Rooftops, Berlin, DE2009: “Vision Shift”, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM 2009: Arte BA, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2009: “Salvo”, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Fransisco, CA 2007-08: Masottatorres Contemporanea, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2008: “FOCA Show,” Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2007-08: “Originals,” National Museum of Women in the Arts, Harwood Museum, NM 2007: “Lifting the Veil: New Mexico Women and the Tricultural Myth,” Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM 2005-08: MJ Higgins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2005: “Heroes,” Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM 2005: “La Madre Poderosa,” Harwood Museum, Taos, NM 2003: “FOCA Exhibition,” Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2003: “El Corazon,” Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM 2002: “El Dia de la Muerte,” Martinez Hacienda, Taos, NM 1999-2006 Tops Gallery, Malibu, CA
Selected Books and Publications: Sketchbook Confidential, North Light Books, 2010 Women Artists Datebook 2011, 2010, Syracuse Cultural Workers, 2010, 2009 Peter McLaren, Education, and the Struggle for Liberation, Mustafa Yunus Eryman, Hampton, 2009 100 Artists of the Southwest, Douglas Bullis, Schiffer, 2006 Pedagogy and Praxis in the Age of Empire, Peter McLaren, Nathalia Jaramillo, Rowman and Littlefield, 2006 Capitalists and Conquerors, Peter McLaren, Rowman and Littlefield, 2005 Teaching Against Global Capitalism, Peter McLaren, Rowman and Littlefield, 2005 American Art Collector Magazine 2010, 2011 Collector’s Guide 2010 Santa Fean Magazine, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2004, 2003 Southwest Art, 2010 THE Magazine, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2004, 2003, 1999 Buenos Aires Herald, 2009 Pagina 12, Argentina, 2009 Paseante Extranerjero, Argentina, 2009 Raw Guide, Argentina, 2009 Santa Fean Magazine, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2004, 2003 Welt der Frau Magazine, Austria, 2008 Washington Post, 2007 Tele Sur, 2007 Pacifica Radio, 2007 Bottom Line, 2006 Malibu Magazine, 2005 Art News, 2004 Atomica, 2004 American Style Magazine, 2003 Utne Reader, 2002 National Public Radio, 2002, 2000 New Mexico Magazine, 2002 Su Casa Magazine, 2001
Selected Collections: Bernardo Bertolucci Sherilynn Bevel Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Embassy Lisa Bonet President Hugo Chavez John Cusack Joan Cusack Whoopi Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Mel Gibson Linda Hamilton Coretta Scott King Julia Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Santana Martin Sheen Dean Stockwell Town of Taos Town Hall
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Masottatorres Arte Contemporaneo Mexico 459 San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina www.masottatorres.com.ar |
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