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Erin L. Shafkind
Born: 1970  Los Angeles, CA

Education

2010 MFA in Visual Art, Art Institute of Boston @ Lesley Univ – Boston, MA

1997 Teaching certificate in Art, California State University – Arcata, CA

1993 BA degree in Studio Art, California State University – Arcata, CA

Emphasis on ceramics, drawing, photography, and printmaking

Selected Solo Shows and Curation

2011

  • “Will You Play with Me? Community, Connections and Belonging at the Sears Portrait Studio” – South Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA

2010

  • Xanadu: A Stately Pleasure Dome – Curated by Erin Shafkind for SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Gallery 40 – Curated by Todd Jannausch, Seattle, WA

2009

  • Cupcake Royale – Curated by Joey Veltkamp, Seattle, WA

2007

  • Grey Gallery – Mural photograph on Outside windows – Seattle, WA
  • Richard Hugo House Gallery – Seattle, WA

2006

  • Joe Bar Coffee and Art – Curated by Jess van Nostrand, Seattle, WA

2005

  • The Hotel Max Permanent Installation – Seattle, WA

2004

  • Emerald City Medical Arts – Seattle, WA
  • Victrola – Seattle, WA

2003

  • Bluebottle Art Gallery – Seattle, WA

2002

  • Victrola – Seattle, WA

2001

  • Secluded Alley Works – Seattle, WA

2000

  • Annex Theatre Gallery – Seattle, WA

Selected Group Shows

2011

  • LengthxWidthxHeight – A subscription art project curated by Sharon Arnold, Seattle, WA
  • “Breadth: Seattle Portraits” – Gage Academy of Art  curated by Lauren Klenow– Seattle, WA
  • “A Good Line: Artists on Poems” – Richard Hugo House Gallery – Seattle, WA

2010

  • “Picture Us” – Photographic Center Northwest faculty Exhibition – Seattle, WA
  • “Photo Alchemy” – Vermillion Gallery – Seattle, WA
  • Gage Academy of Art – Educators Exhibition – Seattle, WA
  • Art Institute of Boston MFA Graduate Exhibition – Boston, MA
  • “You’re So Cool” Collaboration with Julie Alpert at OHGE Ltd. Seattle, WA
  • “Meet Greet Rinse Repeat” Collaboration with Troy Gua at Monarch Contemporary – Seattle, WA

2009

  • SOIL Art Auction Invitational – Seattle, WA
  • Camel Art Space – Brooklyn, NY
  • “Inspired by Light” Arts West – Seattle, WA
  • “Strange Coupling” in conjunction with the University of WA– Seattle, WA

2008

  • Photographic Center Northwest Member’s Juried Exhibition (Juror: Scott Lawrimore) – Seattle, WA
  • Smoke Farm Arts Festival – Arlington, WA
  • Slideluck Pot Show – Seattle, WA

2007

  • Plush You – group show at Shmancy in Seattle, WA
  • Henry Art Gallery Auction – Seattle, WA
  • Medical Experiments in Plush – Ashville, NC
  • Artist Trust Auction Invitational – Seattle, WA

2006

  • Joe Bar Coffee and Art Group Show– Seattle, WA
  • Plush You – group show at Shmancy in Seattle, WA
  • Me and My Character – Group show in Amsterdam, Netherlands

2005

  • Camera Club of New York, 3rd place winner (juror: Sylvia Plachy)– NY, NY
  • All City – Collaborative Drawings w/ Robert Hardgrave – Georgetown, WA
  • Stuffed – Group show in Newcastle, Australia
  • Plush You – group show at Shmancy in Seattle, WA
  • Plushtastrophe – group show, SF, Toronto, Chicago, and Los Angeles
  • Artist Trust Auction Invitational – Seattle, WA

2004

  • Photographic Center Northwest Juried Show (juror: Anne Wylkes-Tucker)–Seattle, WA
  • Soil Art Auction Invitational – Seattle, WA

2003

  • Frye Museum – Contemporary Northwest Women in Photography – Seattle, WA
  • Artist Trust Auction Invitational – Seattle, WA

2002

  • Bemis Building – Seattle, WA

2001

  • Photographic Center Northwest volunteer show -Seattle, WA

2000

  • Kirkland Arts Center SPF 30 – Kirkland, WA
  • Robbie Mildred Gallery – Seattle, WA

1998

  • Photographic Center Northwest Juried Show (juror: Keith Carter)–  -Seattle, WA

Performances, Installations and Festivals

2011

  • “The Universal Artistic License” – Performance/Installation in Occidental Square Park, Seattle, WA grant funded by 4Culture, Seattle Parks and Rec and The Mayors Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs

2010

  • “Growing Up and Other Mathematical Problems” with Paul Pauper at NEPO House, Seattle, WA
  • “My Life in Pictures” a live performance piece presented at 12 Minutes Max, On the Boards, Seattle, WA

2009

  • “Redux” Kirkland Art Center Auction Invitational, Kirkland, WA
  • “Ambient Film Festival” Canoe Club, Curated by Daniel Thornton, Seattle, WA
  • “Outlaws, Outtakes, Outcasts” Kirkland Art Center curation for Brutube, Kirkland, WA
  • “Lo-Fi”  Smoke Farm Arts Festival – Arlington, WA
  • “Cell Everything” – Curated by Greg Lundgren – Vermillion Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • “Friends of Little Roy” Artist Trust Invitational Auction – Seattle, WA
  • “Friends of Little Roy” Grey Gallery Anniversary Party – Seattle, WA

2008

  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival – Seattle, WA
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ Ball and Bones Festival – Bainbridge Island, WA
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ Smoke Farm Arts Festival – Arlington, WA
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ SubPop Anniversary Music Fest – Redmond, WA
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ Brooklyn, NY
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ Boston, MA
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ Grey Gallery Grand Opening – Seattle, WA
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ Neumo’s Music Club – Seattle, WA
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ Yosemite Valley and Bay Area – California

2007

  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ First Thursday Art Walk – Seattle, WA
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ Chicago famous spots – Chicago, Ill
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ New York City famous spots – NY, NY
  • “Friends of Little Roy” @ Corduroy Appreciation Club on 11/11 – Brooklyn, NY
  • Little Roy Nite – Seattle, WA
  • Plush You group show – Seattle, WA
  • Performance Grant from The Hideout – Seattle, WA
  • “Pataphysical NewYear” Smoke Farm Arts Festival – Arlington, WA

Bibliography

2010

  • Contributor to City Arts Blog: Erin Shafkind’s Illustrated Studio Visits
  • Essay in Print for City Arts Magazine: Xanadu – Kissed by a Muse by Erin Shafkind
  • The Stranger Slog by Jen Graves: Jan 2010 Currently Hanging photography by Erin Shafkind
  • The Stranger Slog by Jen Graves: August 2010 Currently Hanging painting by Erin Shafkind

2009

2008

2007

  • Time Out New York Blog
  • Photographic Center Northwest in Print – inside photographs
  • Plush You – book by Kristen Rask of Schmancy

2006

  • Interview by Bre Pettis on Craftzine Blog
  • Swivel Literary Magazine – Cover and inside photographs
  • Joe Bar – Catalogue of artwork

2005

  • From the Ground Up – Cover photograph
  • Letter X magazine – Inside illustrations
  • Maximalism – Art catalogue for Hotel Max
  • Plush You – Catalogue of “Plush You” Exhibit

2003

Teaching and Lectures

  • 1998 – present – Seattle Public Schools – Arts Education
  • 2009 – Seattle Pacific University – Lecture for Art Education Students
  • 2009 – Seattle University – Artist Salon Series, curated by Joey Veltkamp
  • 1998-2009 Gage Academy of Art – Youth Programs Art Instruction
  • 2007-2009 Photographic Center North West – Youth Instruction Black/White Photography
  • 2008-2009 Seattle Art Museum – Family Fun Day projects for youth and parents