About the Artist
Born in Santa Rosa, California in 1972, Erica Steiner was raised on a farm in northern California and despite many years of urban living is still essentially a treehugger. Her work has been exhibited in San Francisco, LA, Portland and New York City, and featured in Citizen LA Magazine, Redefine Magazine, A Distinctive Style Magazine and across the blogosphere. She currently lives and works alongside her husband, artist Aaron Castro, and their foundling kitty on the wild California coast a two dollar gas ride from San Francisco.
C.V.
Born in Santa Rosa, CA; resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2011 (Title TBA), Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Erica Steiner: Ornamental Worlds, 2223 Market, San Francisco, CA, curated by Matt McKinley
2009 The Fabric of Desire, San Mateo City Hall, San Mateo, CA (awarded by San Mateo City Arts)
2008 Reverie: Meditations on an Ornamental World, Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Reverie: Meditations on an Ornamental World, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2007 Reverie: Meditations on an Ornamental World, Jackson Theater Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
2006 Meditations on Nature, Fabric and Collective Memory, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
Group Exhibitions
2010 Reawakening, Lana Santorelli Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Spectrum: Serge Armando, Lino Martinez, Kristina E. King, Erica Steiner, curated by Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Long Beach Promenade/ Phantom Galleries LA, Long Beach, CA
2009 Spectrum: Serge Armando, Matteo, Lino Martinez, and Erica Steiner, curated by Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Continental Gallery/ Phantom Galleries LA, Los Angeles, CA
2009 High Strangeness, curated by Donald Krieger, Center for the Arts at Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
2009 CA-Boom Design Show, represented by Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Beverly Hills, CA
2009 Flesh and Bone, curated by Leila Fakouri, Madrone Lounge, San Francisco, CA
2009 Holiday Show, curated by Clam Lynch, 63 Bluxome Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 March/April Group Shows, Reaves Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Root Division's 8th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2009 Ecology Project International Benefit Auction, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
2008 Winter Wanderland, Truxtop Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Just Imagine, Mezzanine Gallery at Hotel Triton, San Francisco, CA
2008 Juried Auction Benefiting Cascade Aids Project, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR
2008 Red, curated by Sinem Banna, San Mateo City Hall, San Mateo, CA
2007 That Show Revisited, Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Multiple Choice Juried Exhibition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2007 Annual Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, curated by Renny Pritikin
2007 Spring Exhibition, Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2007 We Are Felix, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2007 Dream A Little Dream, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Cannibal Flower, Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 October Exhibition, Truxtop Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 The Favorites Show, Outer Edge Studio, Monterey, CA
2007 Outer Edge Invasion, Hide Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
2007 Holiday Show, Big Umbrella Studios, San Francisco, CA
2007 Miniatures, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2007 The Love Show, Launchpad Gallery, Portland, OR
2006/07 The Favorites Show, Outer Edge Studio, Monterey, CA
2006 Splat Art Tour, Aptos, CA
2005 Shelters and Illuminations: Sarah Becker and Erica Steiner, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
2003/04 Get Flat: An Orgy of Art, Music and Dance, Private Residence, San Francisco, CA
2003/04 The Local Patron Shop, San Francisco, CA
2003 The Favorites Show, Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco, CA
2003 Annual Juried Exhibition, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Gallery Affiliations
Edgar Varela Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
LA Art Group, Los Angeles, CA
Chandra Cerrito Fine Arts Registry, Oakland, CA
Education
2000 / M.A. New College of California, San Francisco, CA
1995/ B.A. Mills College, Oakland, CA
2001/02 Extended Ed coursework, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Press
Inspirational Women: Careers in Creativity by UK-based writer Laura Curran, release date 2010
Citizen LA Magazine, July 2008, Erica Steiner: Can Art Still Be Beautiful?
Redefine Magazine, Erica Steiner
A Distinctive Style Magazine, Erica Steiner
New York Twist Magazine, Erica Steiner
Eclectix.com, June 2010
Lorraine Glessner.blogspot.net, Oh What a world, what a world, Erica Steiner
Tom Wark's Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog, Erica Steiner and Critical Buzz
Accademia del Giglio Blog, I Mieie Amici Artisti: Rafael, Erica e Antoine
Art-on-line.net, Erica Steiner: Meditations on an Ornamental World
Dreamloka. Com, Artist Interview: Erica Steiner, by Nina Pak
KUSP 88.9, Talk of the Bay, radio interview
Bakreno_Oko
Blog.Illustrativo.com
Juxtapoz.com
Planetthrive.com
Dreamloka.com
Fairytale.blog.hu
nya.livejournal.com
bunnywax.wordpress.com
Cosasdeellas.com
Llamemecordelia-burbuja.com
Blissfultreats.blogspot.com
Recogedor.blogspot.com
Wordsprout.wordpress.com/positive-art
Eyeconart.net/blog
Old World Elements Interior Design
www.ericasteiner.com
erica@ericasteiner.com
With additional thanks to the following for their support:
Roxy Snowboards
Gelaskins.com
2223 Market, San Francisco, CA
Fume Bistro, Napa, CA
Cayuga Vault, Santa Cruz, CA
Venus Restaurant, Berkeley, CA
Colori Kitchen, Los Angeles, CA
Sonoma Country Day School, Santa Rosa, CA
Julie’s Tea, Alameda, CA
Launchpad Gallery, Portland, OR
Carried Away, Aptos, CA
McKinley Art Solutions, San Francisco, CA
Pajaro Valley Arts Council, Watsonville, CA
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
San Mateo City Arts, San Mateo, CA
Sulha Peace Project/ Inner Light Ministries, Soquel, CA
Lulu Carpenter's, Santa Cruz, CA
The Well Within Spa, Santa Cruz, CA
Contact
info@ericasteiner.com