About the work

I’m interested in the things we build, our changing natural world, the things we see in our sleep, and the ways we inhabit spaces. I’m interested in compression and expansiveness, water and air, interior spaces, things that are real and things that are imagined. For me, making art has always been about the body, weighted and light, predictable and unpredictable.

About Erika

Erika studied painting and ceramics in the midwest and architecture in the Pacific Northwest. She has been making art since the early 2000s and shows at galleries and coffee shops throughout Portland. Erika has a home studio in Portland, where she lives with her wife and cat. When she’s not painting or pouring slipcast molds, she can generally be found outside working on her teardrop trailer, biking around, camping, or rubbing her feet together.