Erin Wiersma
| 1982 born in Somerville, New Jersey US | |
| Lives and works in Manhattan, Kansas | |
| 2009 | University of Connecticut, M.F.A. |
| 2004 | Messiah College, B.A. |
| 2003 | Istitutio San Lodovico, Orvieto, Italien |
Solo Exhibitions (Selection) |
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| 2022 | After the Burn, Galerie Fenna Wehlau, München |
| 2021 | Land Institute Prairie Festival, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS |
| 2020 | art KARLSRUHE, Galerie Fenna Wehlau |
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2019
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Catch the Shadow: International Contemporary Drawing, Bo-ai Gallery, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Wester: Works on Paper from the Konza Prairie, Culture Lab, Mid-America Art Alliance, Kansas City, MO | |
| Tracing Watersheds: Konza Prairie, Featuring Grassland Interview (voices) by Katie Kingery-Page, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS | |
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2018 |
Main Gallery at UCM Gallery of Art & Design, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO |
| 2017 | Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO |
| Gestural Mapping, Hand-Rudy Gallery, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO | |
| Bottega Chioccia Tsarkova, Orvieto Itay | |
| 2015 | Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO |
| Mapping Chaos, Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS | |
| Liminal Territories, Tony Hungerford Memorial Gallery, Colllege of Southern Maryland – LaPlata, MD | |
| 2014 | The Theory of Line, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| Traced Time, Johnson Gallery, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS | |
| 2013 | Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC |
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2012 |
Momentary Traces, Gallery at Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT |
| Intervals of Time, University Gallery, Pittsburgh State University – Pittsburg, KS | |
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2010 |
One Week in November, Sarah A. Coyne Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
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2007 |
Redemption Form, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, MA |
Group Exhibitions (Selection) |
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| 2022 | art KARLSRUHE 2022, Galerie Fenna Wehlau |
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2021 |
Earthly Observatory, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Galleries, Chicago, IL |
| 2020 | All Terrain, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC |
| art KARLSRUHE 2020, Galerie Fenna Wehlau | |
| Prairie. River | Lisa Grossman and Erin Wiersma, The Volland Store, Alma, KS | |
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2019
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Catch the Shadow: International Contemporary Drawing, Bo-ai Gallery, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Material Differences, Birke Art Gallery of Marshall University, Huntington, WV | |
| Paper Positions, Galerie Fenna Wehlau | |
| Line | Poetry, Galerie Fenne Wehlau, München | |
| Rocket Summer – Temperature Curatorial Project Series, Neon Heater, Findlay, OH | |
| 2018 | Here and Now, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS |
| Marking Presence, McMahon Gallery, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO | |
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2017 |
Natural Instincts, The Jewish Art Salon hosted by the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, CT |
| 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Gathering Differences, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Infrastructure: Land, Mind, Country, AICAD Seminar Gallery, New York Artist Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2016 | With/drawn: Nancy Morrow & Erin Wiersma, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| New Art in Old House, Governors Island, NY | |
| Wish You Were Here, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY | |
| In the Secret Garden, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2015 | Line & Space, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX |
| Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA | |
| THE (Un)Fair, Manhattan, NY | |
| Transformed Viewpoints, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2014 | Draw, Drawing, Drawn, Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA |
| Liminal Communities, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
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2013 |
New Drawings: Sara Schneckloth & Erin Wiersma, SOHO20 Gallery, NY |
| A Fine Line: Contemporary Drawing, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, MSU - Morehead, KY | |
| Fragments, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Push on the Surface, Gallery at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ | |
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2012 |
The Human Presence, Triangle Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH |
| Celebrating Kindred Spirits and Strange Bedfellows, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2011 | Ephemera, Olive DeLuce Fine Art Gallery, NWMSU - Maryville, MO |
| Intimacy, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Drawing Discourse Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC – Ashville, NC | |
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2010 |
MOAK 4-State Regional Exhibition 2010, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO |
| Drawing in the Expanded Field, Clara Hatton Gallery, CSU - Fort Collins, CO | |
| 2009 | Wayne and Geraldine Kuhn Gallery, OSU – Marion, OH |
| Apperceptions, SOHO20 Gallery, NY, NY | |
| Apperceptions, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs CT | |
| Coast to Coast, Dakshina Chitra Gallery, Chennai India | |
| 2008 | Coast to Coast, Ruchika’s Art Gallery, Panjim, Goa India |
Publications: Blogs | Exhibitions in Print |
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2019
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Colin Edgington, Stories from the fire on Tracing Watershed | Konza Prairie, featuring Grassland Interview (voices), Salina Arts Center, Salina, KS |
| Colin Edgington, Dragging Through Fire: On Erin Wiersma’s Konza Prairie, Minding Nature Journal at The Center for Humans & Nature’ online and printed Chicago, IL. Fall Issue | |
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2018 |
Jennifer J Rhodes, “After the Burn – Making Art Out of Grassland Fires,” LTER Stories. |
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2017 |
Sharon Butler, “Two Coats resident artist Erin Wiersma returns from Kansas,” Two Coats of Paint. |
| Sarah Handcock, “Drawing in Place,” Seek Magazine. Vol. 7: Issue 2 | |
| Butler, Sharon, “Infrastructure at Seminar in DUMBO,” Two Coats of Paint. | |
| 2016 | INDA 10, Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center. |
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2015
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Sharon Butler, “Quick study: Art bus, Rauschenberg as bad parent, sexism in arts writing, Abelow, Two Coats Residency, Stanley Whitney, Stella retrospective, more.” Two Coats of Paint. |
| Jacquelyn Gleisner, “Still Points in Erin Wiersma’s Drawings.” Art21 Online Magazine – Sincerity Issue. | |
| Sharon Butler, “Two Coats of Paint Artist Residency Program kicks off this week.” Two Coats of Paint. | |
| Creative Quarterly Magazine, CQ37, 3x3 Publishing, New York, NY. | |
| 2014 | Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 28. Open Studio Press, Boston, MA. |
| Danielle Fallon, "Lines and Layers: Erin Wiersma’s ‘The Theory of Line’”, On-Verge, CUE Foundation. | |
| Sharon Butler, "Erin Wiersma: What's Left of Our Lives," Two Coats of Paint. | |
| Marsha Levin-Rojer, “Erin Wiersma: Dynamic Exploration,” (Catalog Essay) | |
| 2013 | Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 23. Open Studio Press, Boston, MA |
| 2011 | Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 13. Open Studio Press, Boston, MA |
Awards & Residencies (Selection) |
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| 2022 | The Land Institute, 2021Prairie Festival Artist – postponed to 2022 |
| 2021 | The Drawing Center, Viewing Program 20/21 Artist |
| 2020 | University Small Research Grant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS |
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2019
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National Endowment for the Arts, Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission Grant, Co-PI Katie Kingery-Page |
| Engagement Incentive Grant, Center for Engagement and Community Development, Kansas State University, Co-PI Katie Kingery-Page | |
| 2018 | University Small Research Grant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS |
| 2017 | Two Coats of Paint Residency, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2016 | University Small Research Grant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS |
| 2015 | Two Coats of Paint Residency, Brooklyn, NY |
| Draw International Residency, Caylus, France | |
| 2014 | [Awarded Best in Show] Draw, Drawing, Drawn, Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA |
| University Small Research Grant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS | |
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2013 |
President’s Academic Excellence Award, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS |
| Big 12 Faculty Fellowship 2013 – 2014 | |
| 2011 | Faculty Development Award, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS |
| 2010 | Small Research Grant, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS |
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