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Emerging from an interest in how perception, environment, and the body co-construct one another, Erin Oliver creates paintings and sculptural installations with layered flat material, light, and shadow to explore the interplay of figure ground relationships and the subtleties and forces of place.
Her work sits at the intersection of expanded painting practices, phenomenological installation, and ecological art. She brings abstracted landscape elements to the forefront to renegotiate nature as a vital component of our lives and evoke a sense of calm as a counter to the overstimulation of modern life. |
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Bio
Erin Oliver is an artist whose work re-imagines the complexities of the natural world through paintings and multi-layered installation experiences. Oliver currently lives in Philadelphia, is a professor and full-time artist, and attends artist residencies worldwide to further her multi-disciplinary practice. Oliver’s artwork explores the inseparable relationship between the living Earth and human communities, focusing on the unseen forces that shape our lives and what it means for us to cohabitate alongside and honor the natural world.
Her work has been supported by several grants and residency fellowships including the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center. Her installations and paintings have been exhibited in numerous spaces across the US, including the USF Contemporary Art Museum in Tampa, FL, UNC Asheville's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in Asheville, NC, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC, and the Blumenstein Museum in Taos, NM. Erin received her MFA from the University of South Florida.
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Installation Videos
(Un) Natural Geographies Exhibition at Wild Space Gallery
Prairie Ronde Artist Video
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Painting Project and Studio Photos
UNC Asheville Drawing Discourse - Virtual Artist Talk
UNC Asheville Drawing Discourse - Exhibition catalog and Installation images
USF CAM Out to Pasture - Exhibition catalog, Artist panel discussion, Virtual Tour
Block Gallery - Artist Block Video Series
Carrack Gallery Double Capture - Video of exhibition and artist talk
Erin Oliver is an artist whose work re-imagines the complexities of the natural world through paintings and multi-layered installation experiences. Oliver currently lives in Philadelphia, is a professor and full-time artist, and attends artist residencies worldwide to further her multi-disciplinary practice. Oliver’s artwork explores the inseparable relationship between the living Earth and human communities, focusing on the unseen forces that shape our lives and what it means for us to cohabitate alongside and honor the natural world.
Her work has been supported by several grants and residency fellowships including the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center. Her installations and paintings have been exhibited in numerous spaces across the US, including the USF Contemporary Art Museum in Tampa, FL, UNC Asheville's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery in Asheville, NC, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC, and the Blumenstein Museum in Taos, NM. Erin received her MFA from the University of South Florida.
Learn more
Resume
Links
Installation Videos
(Un) Natural Geographies Exhibition at Wild Space Gallery
Prairie Ronde Artist Video
Swatch Art Peace Hotel Painting Project and Studio Photos
UNC Asheville Drawing Discourse - Virtual Artist Talk
UNC Asheville Drawing Discourse - Exhibition catalog and Installation images
USF CAM Out to Pasture - Exhibition catalog, Artist panel discussion, Virtual Tour
Block Gallery - Artist Block Video Series
Carrack Gallery Double Capture - Video of exhibition and artist talk
