Erin Curtis

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Erin Curtis (b. Albany, NY, 1977) lives and works in Austin. Her new works reflect her interest in geometric abstraction and its historical roots in weaving, nature, and ritual. Curtis’s work combines utopic ideals of beauty and structure combined with process and chance. Primarily working as a painter, she also creates large-scale, site-specific installations and public art projects with a painter’s sensibility. Her current paintings are created with hand-cut canvas that is layered over stretchers or painted panels, creating dense and vibrant works.

Curtis has received grants from the Dallas Museum of Art, the Andy Warhol Foundation, the City of Austin, and the District of Columbia. She has had recent solo exhibitions at Galveston Art Center; David Shelton Gallery, Houston; Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA; and Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC. She has created commissioned works for the Chicago Transit Authority; City of Washington, DC; Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, Kabul, Afghanistan; The City of Austin; and Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston. Curtis attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2010 and was awarded fully funded residencies at Anderson Ranch in 2012 and Vermont Studio Center in 2014. In 2008-2009, Curtis was a Fulbright Scholar in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Curtis graduated from Williams College with a BA in Liberal Arts in 1999 and received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007.

Erin Curtis; Winter Garden, 2024; acrylic on cut canvas; 36 x 60 inches
Erin Curtis; Hanging Garden, 2021; acrylic on cut canvas; 60 x 42 inches
Erin Curtis; Golden Rings, 2024; acrylic and canvas on panel; 18 x 24 inches
Erin Curtis; Sinking, 2012; acrylic on canvas; 66 x 66 in.
Erin Curtis; Downed Tree, 2012; acrylic on canvas; 66 x 66 in.
Erin Curtis; Aspen, 2012; acrylic on paper with ink and mixed media; 20 x 15 in.
Erin Curtis; Egg Cone, 2012; acrylic on paper with ink and mixed media; 20 x 16 in.