Artist Profile: Erin Wiersma
Erin Wiersma
808 Wildcat Ridge
Manhattan, KS 66502
Bio:
Erin Wiersma b. 1982, Somerville, New Jersey, studied at the Instutio San Lovidico in Orvieto, Italy as an undergraduate; she received her B.A. from Messiah College, and completed her M.F.A. at the University of Connecticut. Wiersma is represented by Robischon Gallery in Denver, Colorado and Galerie Wehlau in Munich, Germany. Since 2011, she has exhibited with A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, the first and longest operating women-run gallery in the country. Wiersma has had solo exhibitions at Robischon, A.I.R., Mid-America Art Alliance in Kansas City, Soho20 Gallery in New York City, and numerous academic venues. Her work has been featured in OnVerge / CUE Foundation, Art21Online Magazine and Two Coats of Paint. Wiersma has attended residencies through Two Coats of Paint in Brooklyn, New York, and in Caylus, France. Erin Wiersma lives and works in Manhattan, Kansas and is an Associate Professor of Art at Kansas State University.