born 1982, New York
lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
2007: MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY.
2004: BFA, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020: paper folds, Launch F18, New York, NY (viewing room)
2016: Content Aware, Hap Gallery, Portland, OR
2014: Screens & Shrouds, Launch F18, New York, NY
2011: Geometric Narratives, Launch F18, New York, NY
2011: New Work By Erika Mahr, The Susan B. Hilles Gallery, CAW, New Haven, CT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023: Alisha Sickler Brunelli & Erika Mahr: Material And Metaphor, Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (two person exhibition)
2022: Spring in War-Time, Bull Farm 1856, Rock Tavern NY
2020: Art on Paper, K. Imperial Gallery, New York, NY
2019: Future Starts Slow, Launch F18, New York, NY
Summer Invitational I, Whiterock Center for Sculptural Arts, Holmes, NY
2018: Seattle Art Fair, K. Imperial Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016: Contemporary Practice, The New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
Base, Four Letter Word Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2015: The Rabbit Hole, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
#mycasualacquaintance, Launch F18, New York, NY
Image, Object and Idea, University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2014: Making and Taking: Pictures Reconsidered, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pixel Perfect |Analogue Output, Center for the Arts, SUNY WCC, Whiteplains, NY
2013: Mediating Drawing, Florida School of the Arts
Advancing Human Rights & Friends of Ai Weiwei Benefit”, AW Asia, New York, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Center for the Arts, SUNY WCC, Whiteplains, NY
2011: Tailgates & Substitutes, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY
Material Matters, Art Center Sarasota, FL
Meet Me In the Middle, Art Current, Provincetown, MA
2010: Drawing in the Expanded Field, Clara Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University
Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, University Gallery, Eastern Michigan University
Inventive Structures: Books Beyond the Codex, Hilles Gallery, CAW, New Haven, CT
2008: Untitled group show”, Redsaw Gallery, Newark, NJ
Works of Art on Paper”, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts, Loveladies, NJ
2007: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
2005: 11th Annual International Exhibition of Women’s Art, Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
2004: Explorations of the Ephemeral, Brass Belle Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Perceptions, The Reitz Union Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2003: Between the Lines, 920 Building, Gainesville, FL
Site, Sight, Cite, The Reitz Union Gallery, Gainesville, FL
GRANTS/RESIDENCIES/LECTURES
2016: Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency
2015: Panel Discussion in conjunction with Image, Object and Idea, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
2013: Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant
2012: Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant
2011: Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant
2009: New York Foundation of the Arts Grant Recipient
Hunter College Tony Smith Award Recipient
Visiting Artist, Stony Brook University, New York
2007: Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2016: Painting Reassembled, SUNY Westchester Community College, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY (click link to view)
2020: “These Artworks Will Soothe You In Tough Times”, Artspace Editors
2018: Flock, T.s."Seattle Art Fair 2018: The Superlatives of the booths." Vanguard Seattle.
2016: Review: Visual Arts Source
2014: Martinez, Jamie. “Screens and Shrouds by Erika Mahr at Launch F18.” Arte Fuse.
2011: Birke, Judy. “Stunning Show.” New Haven Register.
Linshi, Jack. “New Exhibition Shows Books as Art, not Literature.” Yale Daily News.
2010: Plitt, Allison. “Between the Lines.” Astoria Times.
Birke, Judy. “Clever CAW Exhibit re-invents books as objets d’art.” New Haven Register.
Holford, Lesley. “Inventive Structures: Books Beyond the Codex.” Exhibition Catalog.