Education

Masters of Fine Arts

Cornell University, College of Architecture Art and Planning, Ithaca NY (2022)

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC (2018) Undergraduate Valedictorian

Solo Exhibitions

2025 (Exhibition Title TBA), artsPlace Canmore, Canmore AB (upcoming spring 2025)

2025 (Exhibition Title TBA), Latitude 53, Edmonton AB (upcoming winter 2025)

2024 The Names of Loved Ones, Harcourt House Incubator Gallery, Edmonton AB 

2024 What I Found While Searching, McLuhan House, Edmonton AB 

2023 Tell Me What You’re Searching For and I’ll Help You Look, McLuhan House, Edmonton AB 

2023 Collected Translations, The Works International Visual Arts Society, Edmonton AB

2022 We Collect Answers, Hartell Gallery, Ithaca NY

2021 Ever-Patterned Collapsing, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca NY

2021 A Thought Shaped Surface, The Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca NY

Two-Person and Three-Person Exhibitions

2024 re:invention, Gallery@501, Sherwood Park, AB

2021 Wonder, Wander, The Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 Dewey Decimal System, Hartell Gallery, Ithaca NY

2022 A Long Toast, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn NY

2022 Bound Books: Unbound, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca NY

2022 Flat File 2022, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn NY

2021 Visual Pit, Experimental Gallery, Ithaca NY

2021 Badminton Tournament, Bridget Donahue Gallery, New York, NY

2020 Maximum Occupancy, The Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca NY

2018 A Fruit Nails and Nails, Yactac Welcome Gallery, Vancouver BC

2018 The Show, ECUAD, Vancouver BC

2018 When Things Happen Quick, MOEC, Vancouver BC

2017 Paintings, Landing Gallery, Vancouver  BC

Residencies

2023/2024 Arts Habitat McLuhan House Studio Residency, Edmonton AB

2022 Cape Breton Highlands National Park Artist-in-Residency in collaboration with Parks Canada and Cape Breton Center for Craft and Design, Ingonish NS

Honours/Awards

2023 MyMA Unrestricted Artist Grant

2022 Kip Brady Award for Distinguished Achievements in Printmaking 

2022 Cornell Council for the Arts CCA Grant 

2018 Emily Carr University of Art and Design Undergraduate Valedictorian

2017 Brissenden Scholarship

2016 Brissenden Scholarship

2014 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Landmark Holmes Scholarship

2014 Maia Reinkin Art Award

Artist Talks

2022 Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, Ingonish, NS

2020 Cornell University Advance Print Media Class: Art and Text, Ithaca, NY

Selected Media and Interviews

2024 Edmonton Journal, Edmonton AB https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/local-arts/things-to-do-ballet-edmonton-garfield-morgan-hoopsnake

2024 Arts Habitat Edmonton, Edmonton AB https://www.artshab.com/news/2024/celebrating-erika-germain-a-year-of-creative-evolution-at-the-artshub-mcluhan-house-garage-studio/

2024 Sherwood Park News, Sherwood Park AB https://www.sherwoodparknews.com/news/local-news/gallery501s-latest-exhibit-reimagines-art

2024 Strathcona County, Sherwood Park AB https://www.strathcona.ca/council-county/news/news/2024/6/25/gallery501-exhibition-reinvented/

2024 Arts Habitat Edmonton, Edmonton AB https://www.artshab.com/news/2024/erika-germain-open-house-june-15/

2023 Arts Habitat Edmonton, Edmonton AB https://www.artshab.com/news/2023/erika-germain-named-new-arts-habitat-artist-in-residence/

2023 MyMA, New York, NY https://www.myma.art/blog/erika-germain

2022 National Parks Traveler, https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/11/six-week-artist-residency-wraps-up-at-cape-breton-highlands

2022 Newswire, https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/parks-canada-and-cape-breton-centre-for-craft-amp-design-welcome-erika-germain-as-2022-artist-in-residence-870051239.html

2022 101.5 The Hawk, Port Hawksbury, NS https://www.1015thehawk.com/2022/11/03/99937/#

2022 Saltwire, https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/ontario-artist-chosen-as-cape-breton-highlands-national-park-artist-in-residence-100790950/

2022 Parks Canada, https://www.canada.ca/fr/parcs-canada/nouvelles/2022/11/parcs-canada-et-le-cape-breton-centre-for-craft--design-presentent-lartiste-residente-de-2022--erika-germain.html

2022 CBC Radio Canada, https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1931435/cinq-ans-residence-artistique-parc-national-hautes-terres-du-cap-breton-nouvelle-ecosse