eri king

BIO

eri king is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, textiles, video, sound, and performance. Influenced by her upbringing in Las Vegas and the complex dynamics of American capitalism, King's work delves into the often-overlooked rituals and repetitive moments of daily life, seeking to elevate their significance and reframe how we perceive established American traditions.

king navigates the contradictions and connections between the natural and artificial, handmade and mass-produced, as well as the interplay of desire and repulsion — binary oppositions that shape our cultural narratives. By employing everyday materials—such as plastic, discards, manufactured goods, and household items—she examines their cultural and symbolic power, shedding light on how mass media and capitalism shape notions of value, desire, and identity in a globalized world.

Her meticulous, analog approach counters the abundance of mass production. This duality reflects on labor, time, and energy, investigating how these elements flow through objects, spaces, and society. Through deconstruction, imagination, fabrication, and stylization, King seeks to illuminate both the familiar and the bizarre, offering new perspectives on consumption, production, and human behavior.

king’s syncretic approach, informed by the interplay of dialectical tensions, invites viewers to reconsider the everyday, challenging habitual perceptions and encouraging a deeper exploration of how cultural, economic, and environmental forces shape our collective consciousness.

king received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and Art History at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2011 and her Master of Fine Arts in Painting at Hunter College in 2018. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is half of the collaborative art duo, Eridan with NY-based artist Daniel Greer and is a member curator at Field of Play Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

She was co-founder and co-curator of artist-run spaces, 5th Wall Gallery and Project Space in the Emergency Arts, Las Vegas from 2011-2014. She has had solo exhibitions at Winchester Cultural Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NY (2013); Miranda Kuo Gallery, New York, NY (2016); Shiro Oni Studio, Gunma, Japan (2017); and Catskills Gallery, New York, NY (2021). Her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions such as 550 Gallery’s Off the Grid (2024), Spring/Break Art Show, NYC (2021, 2023,2024), Financial Time’s Global Boardroom, UK (2020), London Biennale in Nevada (2012 and 2020), Every Woman Biennial (2019) and Rise up, NYC (2017), among many others. Her work is in the permanent collection at The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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