Erika deVries

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Born: San Jose, CA
Lives: Brooklyn, NY

Education
1997 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL - MFA
1993 San Jose State University. San Jose, California - BFA


Solo Exhibitions
2010 An Enlarged Heart Miyako Yoshinaga Art Prospects, NYC

2009 Your Mother�s In The Basement LaSalle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Far and Then Farther, M.Y. Art Prospects, NYC
2005 preschool, M.Y. Art Prospects project room, NYC
2003 Naming Trees Buzzer Thirty Queens, NY
2002 A Little Bird Told Me M.Y. Art Prospects. NYC
2001 Seven Swans Installation in collaboration with Marc Lepson.
Queens Theatre in the Park. Queens, NY
1997 Miss Fancy Pants "Kicks it Off" Point of View Gallery. Chicago, IL


Group Exhibitions
2010 Curators, Buzzer 30, Queens, NY
Separation Anxiety, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Chaffey College, CA
Floral Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT

2009 Mother/mother AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Peoples Of The Press Superfine Brooklyn, NY
Press Release 222 Shelby Street Gallery Santa Fe, NM

2008 Nomadic Dresses Halifax University, Nova Scotia, CA
The Sparky Show, Winkleman/ Schroeder Romero Galleries Project Space, NYC

2007 Eye Tricks Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, Orange, NJ
Transformations: 25 Years of Photography and Imaging, Gulf and Western Gallery, NY
Lovely Dark And Deep: Women Artist�s Retake The Fairy Tale, Pelham Arts Center Pelham, NY

2006 Actions II FiveMyles Gallery Brooklyn, NY
A Distant Mirror M.Y. Art Prospects, NYC
In Light Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
4th Anniversary Exhibition Buzzer Thirty, Queens, NY

2005 Traveling Tales Aratoi Museum, Masterton, New Zealand
Dark Nature 111 Front St. Galleries Brooklyn, NY
Actions FiveMyles Gallery Brooklyn, NY
White Land/Winter Line Hines, NYC

2004 ScaPes Berlin Kunst Projekt Berlin, Germany
Roads and Pastimes Buzzer Thirty Queens, NY
Watch What We Say Schroeder/Romero Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Erika deVries
www. ErikasWonderlands.net

Group Exhibitions continued
2003 Beta Launch II Eyebeam Atelier NYC
Decades Schroeder-Romero Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Phalanges 450 Broadway Gallery NYC

2002 Amanacer 62 DeGraw Brooklyn, NY
I See London I See France ARC Gallery Chicago, IL

2001 Bastard Son of Hotsauce The LAW office Chicago, IL
All Hands On Art Pelham Center For the Arts Pelham, NY
Gallery Studio Instructors The Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn, NY
New Photography Arena @ Feed Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
Nostalgia Long Island City Arts Festival. Long Island City, NY
Artist In The Marketplace The Bronx Museum of The Arts. Bronx, NY

2000 Group Show Center for Film and Photographic Arts. Osaka, Japan
Parts. Goliath Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
Multiplicity Ampersand Gallery. San Francisco, CA
Fragments video screening. The Knitting Factory. NYC

1998 A Brief History window installation Gallery 2. Chicago, IL
XV Kasseler Internationaler Film Und Videofest Kassel, Germany

1997 Just A Minute LACPS. L.A., CA
"Red Riding Hood's Camouflage" artist�s fashions The Hideout. Chicago, IL

1996 Neither Sisters Nor Cousins Gallery 2. Chicago, IL

1994 Encompassing Women Central Arts Collective. Tucson, AZ
Selections '94 Eye Gallery. San Francisco, CA


Grants/Awards
2009 La Salle University Art Museum and Chemistry Dept., Philadelphia, PA � Visiting Artist / workshop
2006 Montana Artists Refuge, Basin, MT � Artist In Residence
2002 Education Artist In Residence, Eyebeam Atelier
CAA New York City Artist's 9/11 conference fellowship
2001 The Bronx Museum of The Arts, Artist In The Marketplace Fellow

2000 Rotunda Gallery/BCAT Artist In Residence
Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Photography Finalist award
1998 Visiting Artist Gemachtschule Universitaet Kassel Kassel, Germany
Christian A. Johnson Artist in Residence Middlebury College . Middlebury,VT


Publications
2010 The M Word: Real Mothers In Contemporary Art edited by Myrel Chernick, Demeter Press
The Party Dress Book, by Mary Adams published by Random House.
Floral Exhibition Catalog

2009 Searching For Mother an internet based search engine/ artist project
Peoples Of The Press � Invitational Portfolio of 7 Brooklyn based artist�s printed at 10 Grand Press
The Brooklyn Waldorf school � photography for website, advertising, and branding of the school.

2007 Eye Tricks, Exhibition Catalog with essay by Jason Marquis
Greetings From New York, visual artist/ writer collaborative invitational sponsored by Buzzer 30
The New Jersey Herald, Seton Hall show features illusionary art, November 04
2006 New York Magazine, Building The Next Dalton by Andrew Marks
2005 White Line/Winter Line exhibition catalog essay by Barbara MacAdams
2003 Why We Knit book by Lela Nargi
2002 The Chicago Tribune An Artistic Take On Underwear by Lisa Stein Dec. 27
2001 Time Out New York: May 31st page 129
Free Williamsburg: exhibition review at freewilliamsburg.com
AIM 21 Catalogue: Published by The Bronx Museum of The Arts
1997 Playboy: review by John Rezek. December
The New Art Examiner: review by Carmen Vendalyn. October
Chicago Reader: July 18, section two, pages 1 and 20.
New City: review by Michael Weinstein. "Tip of The Week", July 24, page 21.
The Chicago Tribune: review by Larry Kart "Bottoms Up".July 25, Friday section, page 2.