ERIN PARISH
My paintings are visions of subatomic particles, microcosmic atoms and cells that make up the universe, the Higgs Bosun Field. Layered circles are the primary means by which I create the illusion of space in my work. Grady Turner in Art in America (Oct. 1998) wrote: “Among the abstractionists of her generation, she is a bit of an anachronism: though savvy about current trends, she paints like an old timer, unaffected by irony or academic debates about the end of abstraction.” He finishes the art review by stating “Moving from the ethereal to the physical, Parish conveys a rare unalloyed truth in the spirituality of abstract art.” Grace Glueck wrote of my work: "Optically, these luscious works are meant to vibrate as segments of larger patterns that extend beyond their borders..." (NYT, 2000). I play with the literal flatness and suspension of disbelief of pictorial space simultaneously. Through layering and transparency, there is the illusion of deep space. Abstraction is the most personal of expressions. Work that deals with the emotional and spiritual aspects of life are akin to the wordlessness of these human experiences.
Born 1966 St. Louis, MO, lives and works in Miami Beach, FL
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2027 “Solo Exhibition,” Miami Dade College, Kendall, FL
2026 “Solo Invitational,” Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura, Havana, Cuba
2025 “Submerged Realities: People aint no Good”, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, Fl
2024 Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
2017 Art & Art Gallery, "Meet Me Halfway," Miami, FL
2015 “Preferred Reality Option #108” Winston Wächter Fine Art, NY, NY
Patz & Hall Winery with Reverie Arts, Sonoma, CA
2014 “Slow,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2013 Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2012 “The Only Constant” Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
Balzer ART Projects, Basel, Switzerland
2011 “Parallel Universes” Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2009 “Apparent Magnitude,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY,
2008 Elements Gallery, Detroit, MI
Gruen Galleries, Chicago, IL
2007 Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
Amaya Gallery, Miami, FL 2006
Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2005 “Circles,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York
2004 Davis-Keil Gallery, Naples, Fl
Gruen Galleries, Chicago, IL
2003 Davis-Keil Fine Art, Naples, FL
M&A Materials and Applications, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 Winston Wächter Mayer Fine Art, New York, NY
Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Tobey Fine Art, New York, NY
Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1997 Jeffrey Colpoff Fine Art, New York, NY,
Edsel Williams, Easthampton, NY
1991 Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, art fairs not included
2027 Havana Bienal, Havana, Cuba
2025 Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
“Works on Paper Fair,” Art Sales & Research, NY, NY
“Gallery Artists,” Art Sales & Research Clinton Corners, NY
“Benefit for Food Insecurity,” Art Sales & Research Clinton Corners, NY
“Fresh,” Frosch, curated by Edie Nadelhaft, NY, NY
“Upstate Art Weekend,” Art Sales & Research Clinton Corners, NY
“Group Exhibition,” Sailboat Lofts, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl
“Winter,” Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2024 “Sin Titulo”, Irsula Studio, Havana, Cuba
“El Mejor de los Mundes Posibles”, Irsula Studio, Havana, Cuba
“Dedelmu detrás del Muro/Shared Horizons”, 15 Bienal de la Havana, Havana, Cuba
“Agora Punto de Encuentro para el Arte Contemporáneo”, Ágora Coffee and Books, Havana, Cuba
“Saga,” Studio Rene Rodriguez, Havana, Cuba
“Art on Paper,” NY, NY, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
“Gallery Artists” Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
“Winter Salon Exhibition 2024,” Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2023 Spanierman Modern, New York NY
Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, FL
“Visiting Artists” Estudio Rodrigues, Havana, Cuba
“Outside the Lines,” collaboARTive at the Ignatian Center for the Arts, Miami, FL
2022 "On View," Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
“Gallery Artists,” Winston Wachter Fine Art, NY, NY
"Peekaboo Art Studios Survey," Peekaboo Art Studios, Miami Beach, FL
2021 "Twenty-five-year Anniversary Exhibition," Winston Wachter Fine Art, NY NY
2020 "Abstract Allegories," Spanierman Modern, Miami Beach, FL
"Summer Mood," curated by Natasha Schlesinger at Topping Rose House, Easthampton, NY
"Just the Right Amount," Livingston Gallery, Livingston, NJ
2019 "Portfolio Review Series the Laundromat Art Space," Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL
"Full Spectrum: Lynne Cook, Erin Parish, William Rushton" Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2018 “Version 2.0,” Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
"Vault,"Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2017 "Parish, Parish, Parish…Tom, Shirley and Erin," Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI
"Big Exhibition of Small Works," Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
"Shift" Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2016 “Inspire,” A juried exhibition at the Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
“Fragmented,” Gallerie Citi Contemporary, Burlingame, CA
"Detroit Abstraction," Janice Charach Gallery, curator Rick Vian, West Bloomfield, MI
2015 “Creating A Scholar,” Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Miami, Fl with the American Institute of Architects
“Parish, Parish, Parish, Tom, Shirley and Erin,” Midpoint Gallery, Miami, FL
2015 “Gallery Artists for the XII Havana Biennial,” Bustamante Fine Art, Havana, Cuba
2013 Documenta USA,” Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
“New Selections,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2012 “Parish, Parish, Parish, Tom, Shirley and Erin,” Gruen Galleries, Chicago, IL
International Beethoven Festival Art Exhibit, Chicago, IL Cu
2011 “Winston Wachter,” Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2008 “Summer in Chelsea,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
“Intricacies,” Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2006 “Please do not touch,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
“Spring Highlights,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2005 “Heavenly or a Slice of White,” Hunter College Art Gallery, NY, curated by Joie Rosen and Julia Jacquette
2003 “Rotations” Winston Wächter Mayer Fine Art, New York, NY
2002 “Texture,” Forrest Scott Gallery, Millburn, NJ
2001 “Father/Daughter, Tom Parish and Erin Parish, "Gruen Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Minimalism,” Forrest Scott Gallery, Millburn, NJ
2000 “Gallery Artists,” DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
“Abstract Painting Today,” The Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY
1999 “Erin Parish and Lorraine Williams,” Tobey Fine Art, New York, NY
“Abstract Painting,” curated by Heidi James McMurry and Katherine Gass for Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
“Abstract Eight,” 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
“Six Degrees of Separation,” Forest Scott Gallery, Milburn, NJ
“12” x 12”,” Tobey Fine Art, New York, NY
1998 “Food,” Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“David Jeffrey, Paul Manes and Erin Parish,” Swan Coach House Gallery, GA
“Cheap Thrills,” DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
“Materialism,” The Art Store, New York, NY
“Small,” Jeffrey Colpoff Fine Art, New York, NY
“Feature Exhibition,” DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1997 “Gallery Artists and Invited Guests,” Radix Gallery, New York, NY
“Ten Views,” AAA Gallery, New York, NY
“Domestic Bliss,” DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
“Erin Parish and Mara DeLuca,” GenArt at Anghelica 57, New York, NY
“Isis and Osiris,” Thinking Pictures, New York, NY
“Fresh,” Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York, NY
“Echo and Narcissus,” Thinking Pictures, New York, NY
1996 “Essence - Twenty Abstract Painters,” Radix Gallery, New York, NY
“Light and Color,” Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY
“Blast5Drama,” Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
“Emerging,” Radix Gallery, New York, NY
“Water,” James Graham & Sons, New York, NY
“Selections from the Season,” Eich Space, New York, NY
“Waterline,” Black and Herron Gallery, New York, NY
“Erin Parish and Joie Rosen,” Eich Space, New York, NY 1995
“Exhibition Three: Spirituality,” Mad River Post, New York, NY
“Quel Ques Fleurs,” 473 Broadway, New York, NY
“Group Exhibition,” Mad River Post, New York, NY
1994 “Cognitive Turf,” Gallery 30, New York, NY
1992 “Women’s Caucus for Art Member’s Exhibition,” Axis Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Gallery Artists,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL 1991
“Gallery Artists,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
“Three Women, Three Points of View,” Gallery Axiom, Philadelphia, PA
“Gallery Artists,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
1990 “Gallery Artists,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
“Group Exhibition,” Next Generation Grand Salon, Miami, FL
“Group Exhibition,” Vorhees Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
1989 “Inaugural Exhibition,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
1987 “Group Exhibition,” Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI
1986 “Group Exhibition,” Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI
SELECTED CORPORATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ameriprise Financial, NY, NY
Barclays Capital, NY, NY
Barclays Capital, Dubai, U.A.E.
Cablevision, NY, NY
Crystal Cruise lines, Miami, FL
Forbare, Richardson, TX
The Fontainbleau, Miami Beach, FL
Four Seasons, Las Vegas, NV
Four Seasons, Marrakech, Morocco
G.E., Norwalk, CT
Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, Palo Alto, CA
Harbor Beach Marriott, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Hilton, Omaha, NB Holiday Inn, Pensacola, FL
The Hyatt, Siesta Key, FL IMF Concordia, Washington D.C.
International Council of Shopping Centers, NY, NY
Johnston Asset Management
JW Marriott, Ankara, Turkey
Lakewood Capital Management, NY, NY
Marriott Marquis, Miami, FL
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
MGM Mirage, Las Vegas, NV
Moose’s Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY
New Amsterdam Partners, NY, NY
Pfizer Inc., Westchester, NY
Potomac Yards Renaissance Suites, Potomac Yards, VA
Restaurant Gary Danko, San Francisco, CA
Ritz Carlton Hotels, NY, NY
Ritz Carlton Hotels, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Miami, FL
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
Tiffany and Co., Singapore
Valdez Jazz, Havana, Cuba
World Center, Orlando, FL
EDUCATION
1992 Continuing Education, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY
1990 M.F.A., Queens College, Queens, NY
1988 B.A., Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1987 Hoch Schule der Kuenste/ Academie der Kuenste, Berlin, Germany (West)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020 https://shoutoutmiami.com/meet-erin-parish-painter/ http://blog.winstonwachter.com/in-the-studio-erin-parish/
2017, Exhibition Catalog essays: http://artnartgallery.com/catalogue/meet-me-halfway-erin-parish/
“A Family Affair,” Detroit Art Review, Scott, Ron,
2015 “Talent Show,” Luxe Magazine "Art not to Miss"
Haute Living, Pamela Campini, http://hauteliving.com/2015/11/art-not-to-miss-during-art-basel/594059/?market=miami
Work Untitled http://workuntitled.com/magazines.html
2014 The Sonoma House at Patz & Hall Features Artist Erin Parish, Sonoma, CA
Miami Art Watch, Art Basel North of Modern at Midpoint Miami the Miami Herald
2013 “Northwestern Waterfront Home,” Luxe Magazine,
“Exhibition of Paintings by American Abstract Artist Erin Parish on View at the Mindy Solomon Gallery,”
Art Hopper, Ron Scott http://arthopper.org/its-a-barn-not-a-museum-for-now/
2011 The Washington Lobbyist, http://thewashingtonlobbyist.com/ritz-carlton-georgetown/
2010 "33 Emerging Creative Minds You Need to Know for 2010.” "SOFI Mag. 2010: 53. Print.
2009 lorraineglessner.blogspot.com/2009/04/erin-parish-eduardo-ayub.html
2006 Interview by Jill Spaulding. P.S.1 M.O.M.A. Long Island City, New York, 2006. Radio.
2005 Westfall, Stephen. "Catalog Essay for “Circles” Exhibition." Circles (2005). Print.
"Heavenly or a Slice of White," exhibition catalog, curated by Julia Jacquette and Joie Rosen, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, NY, NY pp. 36 - 37 illustration. 2002
Unframed - Artists Respond to AIDS, Forde, J.A
2000 Barton, Emily. Catalog Essay. Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, 2000. Print.
Glueck, Grace "Art in Review." The New York Times, 29 Sept. 2000, Arts sec. Print.
Lombardi, Dominick D. "Abstracting the Meaning." The New York Times 24 Sept. 2000, Arts & Entertainment section. Print.
1999 Baker, Kenneth. "Review." ARTNews Summer: 159. Print.
Schwabsky, Barry. "A Chain Whose Links Chose One Another." New York Times 3, Oct. 1999: 19. Print.
1998 Flannagan, Art. "Into the Blue Again." Bennington Magazine Spring 1998. Print.
Fox, Catherine. "Quartet’s Work Give Shape to Abstraction." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution May.Q7 (1998). Print.
"Gigantic Candy Dispenser..." The Advocate [Provincetown] 4 June
1998: 21. Print. Grady, Turner. "Review of Into the Blue Again." Art in America Oct., 140-41. Print.
1997 Herron, Annie. "Fresh Perspectives at Jeffrey Coploff." Rev. of Art a Jeffrey Coploff Gallery. Review Magazine 15 Mar. 1997. Print.
Tartt, Donna. Into the Blue Again. New York: Jeffrey Coploff, 1997. Print.
1996 Nahas, Dominique. "Light and Color at Jeffrey Coploff." Review 15 Nov. 1996. Print.
Tartt, Donna. "Editor’s Choice." Bomb Magazine Summer 1996. Print.
1991 Mangravite, Andrew. "The Dreams of Three Women." Welcomat [Philadelphia]. Print.
1989 "Best Picks." Arts (Miami) 3.7 (1989 October): 3. Print. Bravo, Armando Alvarez.
"Muestra Diversa En Nueva Galleria." El Nuevo Herald [Miami] 18 Oct. 1989. Print.
Rosado, Olimpia. "Inaugural Nueva Galeria De Arte En Coral Gables." Diario Las Americas [Miami] 19 Oct. 1989. Print.
CURRENT ONLINE LINKS AND ARTICLES:
http://artsalesindex.artinfo.com/artists/Erin-Parish-199917 http://blog.winstonwachter.com/?tag=erin-parish http://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Erin-Parish/67B5FA9030076523 http://worldredeye.com/2014/11/pamm-contemporaries-art-fair-survival-party-2/erin-parish-tripti-zehdnicker-aileen-quintana/ http://www.toppingrosehouse.com/aboutus/art/ http://www.modernluxury.com/miami/scene/pulse-miami-special-preview/img39958 http://www.architecture3115.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/13456348/pnw16-water-feature.pdf https://princesstheodora.net/events/ http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/09/san-francisco-mint-plaza-restaurant-oro.html http://www.californiafinewineries.com/artist-reception-at-patz-and-hall-sonoma-ca-jan-17-2015_blog_4668.html http://lethacolleen.blogspot.com/2010/02/erin-parish.html http://susanvonseggern.com/2011/11/dream-south-beach-nextaid-and-the-environmental-coalition-of-miami-the-beaches-present-a-world-aids-day-event-december-1-during-art-basel-week-rise-features-renowned-artist-erin/ https://www.artist-info.com/users/artsitpublicpagewithoutportfoilo/26182 http://www.antiquesandthearts.com/the-most-prestigious-art-show-in-america/
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS, AND AWARDS:
2025 Centro Hispanoamericano de Cultura, Havana, Cuba
2021 – 2023 Peekaboo Art Studios, Miami Beach, FL
2020 Oolite Covid Relief Grant, Miami, FL
MAS Grant, Miami, FL
Branches Small Business Grant United Way Small Business Grant, Miami, FL
2018 – 2021 Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
2016 Bustamante Art Studio, Havana, Cuba
2001 Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, New York
1997 The Fine Arts Works Center, Provincetown, MA- Hand Hollow Foundation Grant
1991 The Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT – Critics’ Grant
SELECTED CURATORIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
2024 – present Miami Dade College, Miami, FL, Adjunct Professor
ArtBurst Miami, Miami, FL Art Writer/Reviewer
2022 Tenth Street Gallery, Sarasota, FL, Curator
2018 –21 Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL, Director of Exhibitions
2015-17 Cuban Art Tours, Miami Beach, FL, USA/Havana, Cuba
2013 Return Volley, a Benefit Auction for the Art Department,
Bennington College, Bennington, VT, Curator
Liquidity Project: A Benefit of the Artist Victims of Hurricane Sandy in Conjunction with Paddle 8,
Soho Beach House, Miami Beach, FL, Curator
2001 Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Guest Curator
1996 Daniel Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY, Guest Curator
1994-95 Mad River Post, New York, NY, in-house Curator
1992-97 James Graham & Sons, New York, NY, (now Graham-Shay) Assistant Director, Curator
1990 Queens College, Queens, NY, Adjunct Professor
1990-92 Lagakos Turak Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990 The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, Administrative Assistant
1988-90 Queens College, Queens, NY, Professor's Assistant
ONGOING PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
2025 Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, Artist Member
2023 CollaboARTive, Miami, FL, Board member
2023 CollaboARTive, Miami, FL, Board Member