Erika Diamond

Fiber Forward: New Dialogues in Tactility and Form | Saturday, February 7, 1:15PM EST

Erika Diamond is a textile-focused artist, curator, and educator. Holding degrees from Rhode Island School of Design (BFA) and Virginia Commonwealth University (MFA), Diamond has exhibited nationally and abroad in venues such as Contemporary Craft, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, Dinner Gallery, Form & Concept Gallery, and Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. Her work is included in private collections as well as San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles and Ally Bank. Residencies and Grants include: McColl Center for Visual Art; Platte Forum in Denver; ABK Weaving Center; US Artists; and North Carolina Arts Council. As Associate Director of Galleries at Chautauqua Institution and a freelance curator, she creates exhibitions that blur distinctions between the genres of art, design, and craft, while centering diverse voices and practices.