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