EDUCATION
2009 MFA Honours Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, USA
2006 BFA Honours Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD), Vancouver, BC, CANADA
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2022 Canada Council Grant - Explore and Create - Concept to Realization
2015 Obracadobra Artist Residency, Mar 1-31, Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, MEXICO
2013 Artist-in-Residence, Elora Centre for the Arts, July 20-Sept 15, Elora, ON
2009 Chris Rose Graduate Fellowship, RISD, Providence, RI
2008 Chris Rose Graduate Fellowship, RISD, Providence, RI
2008 RISD Award of Excellence, Honorable Mention. Providence, RI
2004 Insights Juried Competition, First Prize. Wellington County, ON
PUBLIC SCULPTURES
2022 Before Knowing, Permanent Public Bronze Sculpture, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, ON
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013 These Things Are Tired, July 20-Sept 15, Minarovich Gallery, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, ON
2008 Animal: Animus, Curated by David Khang. Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Upcoming Fall Elora Fergus Studio Tour, Elora Centre for the Arts, ON
2024 Insights Juried Art Show, Wellington County Museum, Elora, ON
2024 On Being Womxn and Reclaiming our Wild, Silence, Guelph, ON
2018 Many Rivers to Cross, Paddles for African Grandmothers, a Tikun Olam Gogo’s
Fundraising Project for the Stephen Lewis Foundation, Temple Sholom, Vancouver, BC
2017 West of Main, Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2017 Ipseity: The Conceptualization of Identity, The Hive, Vancouver, BC
2017 Annual Mini Art Gala, The Gallery, Bowen Island, BC
2016 Holiday Print Show, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, BC
2015 #14, Archive Launch, The Museum of Longing and Failure, USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway
2014 50/50, UNIT PITT Projects, Vancouver, BC
2012 Showcase: The Thesis Book, Curated by Ann West. Sol Koffler Graduate Gallery, Providence, RI
2012 Spring Art Fair, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2012 Artcetera 2012, Elora Center for the Arts, Elora, ON
2011 The Free Church, The Museum of Public Fiction, Los Angeles, CA
2010 #1, The Museum of Longing and Failure, Bergen, Norway
2010 Public Records, The Museum of Public Fiction, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Fragments for the History of the Human Body, Gallery 37A, Portland, ME
2009 This Is a Show About Rock and Roll, Gelman Gallery, The RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2009 Zines, waitingroom, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Free Range, Work Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 RISD 2009 MFA Thesis Show, Dunkin Donuts Convention Center, Providence, RI
2009 A Thin Veneer, The Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2009 Everything is Fine/The Market is Fine, 235 Westminster, Providence, RI
2009 One Nation (Under God?), The Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2009 We Kissed it, Cut it’s Flesh, Just That it’s Face Be More Kissable, Sol Koffler, Providence, RI
2008 Annual Juried Show, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative, Pawtucket, RI
2008 Dream, Minarovich Gallery, Elora, ON
2007 Fickle Hearts Grow Greener, Les Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006 Artifacts from the Far Side of Sleep, arspace, San Francisco, CA
2006 Emily Carr Thesis Exhibition, ECUAD, Vancouver, BC
2006 Any Similarity is Purely Coincidental, Concourse Gallery, ECUAD, Vancouver, BC
2005 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
2004 Insights Juried Art Show, Wellington County Museum, Elora, ON
2004 F.A.N. Juried Show, University of Guelph School of Fine Art and Music, Guelph, ON
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Oct. 2016 - Apr. 2017 Print-shop Assistant at New Leaf Editions, Vancouver, BC Sept. 2009 - June 2010 Print-shop Assistant for the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO Nov. 2009 - Jan. 2010 Print Assist for Enrique Celaya, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO Sept. 2007 - May 2009 Curatorial Assistant for Karen Idoine, Edna Lawrence Nature Lab, RISD Dec. 2002 - June 2003 Screenprint-shop Technician, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
ARTIST TALKS / PANELS
2010 Same Difference, Minzu University, Beijing, China. May 5. Artist talk.
2009 Listening Critiques with David Gersten, RISD, Providence, RI. April 21. Panellist.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 Spring Secondary Art Teacher for International School of Aruba, Aruba
2022 Fall Secondary Art Teacher for International School of Aruba, Aruba
2020 Spring Instructor for 3D Materials + Media, Continuing Studies, ECUAD
2020 Winter Instructor for Printmaking without a Press, Bowen Island Recreation, Bowen Island
2019 Winter Instructor for 3D Materials + Media, Continuing Studies, ECUAD
2019 Fall Instructor for 3D Materials + Media, Continuing Studies, ECUAD
2018 Fall Instructor for 3D Materials + Media, Continuing Studies, ECUAD
2016 Fall Instructor for Introduction To Screen Print, Continuing Studies, ECUAD
2009 Winter Instructor of Record for Honey I Shrunk My Art: Working in the Miniature Realm, RISD
2009 Spring Teaching Assistant for Senior Sculpture Studio, taught by Stephanie Snider, RISD
2008 Fall Teaching Assistant for Sophomore Sculpture Studio, taught by Joy Wulke, RISD
2008 Spring Teaching Assistant for Sophomore Sculpture Studio, taught by Lee Boroson, RISD
2008 Fall Teaching Assistant for Mold-making & Casting, taught by Lauren Was, RISD
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013
These Things Are Tired Exhibition Catalogue. Writings by Tarin Hughes, Susan Scarlata, Ph.D., Kat Hodges and Erin Perry. Published by The Elora Centre for the Arts and the Ontario Council for the Arts, Nov. 2013
2011
Public Fiction I, The Church Issue, PF Pub, ISBN: 978-0-615-49712-9. Published by Lauren Mackler and Public Fiction, in cooperation with Jeffrey Deitch. Summer, 2011
2009
Free Range, RISD MFA Exhibition Catalogue. Essay by Cheryl Kaplan. Sept.2009.
RISD Graduate Show Embraces a New Austerity, The Providence Journal, by Bill Van Siclen. May2009. Featured excerpt
The Day Of Tragic-Comic Controversy, Thesis Publication by Erin Perry. May 2009, acquired by RISD Fleet Library Special Collections
2008
Animot: Reflections on the works of Erin Perry and Amy Thompson, by David Khang. Published by Access Gallery in conjunction with the Animal: Animus exhibition catalogue. July 2008.