CV
EDUCATION
2014 Virginia Commonwealth University, MFA Fiber
2000 Rhode Island School of Design, BFA Sculpture
1998 Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh, Independent Study/Exchange
SELECT RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2024
I’ll be your mirror, Mighty Real/Queer Detroit, Detroit MI (upcoming)
The sun still rises in spite of everything, Davidson College Art Galleries, Davidson, NC
Touch Me: Feeling Fashion, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ
2023
Imminent Peril - Queer Collection (solo), USC Upstate Art Gallery, Spartanburg, SC
Connections in the Making, Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
Atrium Series, Bascom Center for Visual Arts, Highlands, NC
Queer Threads, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
Self (two-person with matt lambert), Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2022
More Than Shelter, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
Yarn/Rope/String, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
Uncovered Spaces, International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX
45th Anniversary Exhibition: New Directions, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
2021
Armor, Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University, Denver, CO
Amplify, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
Summer Workshop Faculty Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
Imminent Peril – Queer Collection (Solo), Iridian Gallery, Richmond, VA
Family Room, Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2020
Live Wire, Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
PRIDE, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
Armed Disposal, co-curated by Katrina Majkut and Celine Mo, Dinner Gallery, New York, NY
2019
We Are What We Wear, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO
Hand & I, curated by Yulia Tikhonova, Florida Atlantic University, Miami, FL
CURRENT Art Fair, Iridian Gallery booth, Richmond, VA
Beyond Punch Cards, Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Hand & I, curated by Yulia Tikhonova, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Fiberart International 2019, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Focus: Fiber 2019, Kent State University Museum, Kent OH
Excellence in Fibers IV, Fiber Art Now, exhibition in print
Beyond Ornament, Gray Gallery, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Art & Soul, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO
Arts in Harmony, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
Arts in Harmony, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
2018
New Works/Alumni One, curated by Tom Stanley, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
Beyond Ornament, GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
This Isn’t for You, Curatorial Practice Gallery Space, SVA, New York, NY
RUN/ESCAPE, HIDE, FIGHT (Solo), Platte Forum, Denver, CO
Claiming Needles: Contemporary Embroidery Art, Peer to Space online exhibition
World Tapestry Now, American Tapestry Alliance online exhibition and print catalog
Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Within Reach - Elaborate Patterns, Artspace, Richmond, VA
Handcrafted: Fiber Art & Turned Wood, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
Interwoven: Contemporary Textiles, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017
Staying Alive (Solo), Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
CURRENT Art Fair, Iridian Gallery booth, Richmond, VA
Volume, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
2016
Emergency Tapestries (Solo), Jazz Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Touch: Interactive Craft, curated by Emily Zilber, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Elements, Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2015
Monster Drawing Rally, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
InLight, curated by 1708 Gallery, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Warped Milwaukee, Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
I don’t like the way you’re not looking at me., Ruffin Gallery, University of Virgina, Charlottesville, VA
New Waves, Juried Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2014
VCU Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA
Crush ~ Keep (Solo), Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA
American Craft Council Exhibition, VCU, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD
CURATORIAL
2024
Finding the Words, Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY
2023
Reiterations in Glass, Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY
Reckoning: Adornment as Narrative, Tyger Tyger Gallery, Asheville, NC
Valaria Tatera, Rachel Eng, Greg Climer, Project Spaces Session 2 , Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Frankie Toan, Liz Williams, Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo, Project Spaces Session 1, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Prisms & Paradigms, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Sense of Place, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Positive Change: CVA Alumni, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
In Conversation, co-curated with Judy Barie, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2022
All that Glitters, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Undercurrents, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Squaring Up Histories, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2021
Preserve & Protect, co-curated with Michael Dickins, New Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Counterbalance, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Co-Existence: Works by Cecile Chong, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, QiuChen Fan, and Cathy Lu, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
State of Nature, CVA Galleries ONLINE, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2020
Devil Is in the Details, CVA Galleries ONLINE, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2019
Pulling a Thread, Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY
Reconstructing Identities, Fowler Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2018
Ties That Bind, Fowler Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
RESIDENCIES
2019 UNC Asheville STEAM Studio, Asheville, NC
2018 Studio Two Three, Richmond, VA
2018 Platte Forum, Denver, CO
2016 ABK Weaving Center, Milwaukee, WI
2016 STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise, Star, NC
2014 Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011 McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2006-10 Little Italy Peninsula Arts Center, Mount Holly, NC
2006 McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
SELECT AWARDS / GRANTS
2020 Artist Relief Grant, United States Artists, Chicago, IL
2020 Special Project Grant, Fiber Art Now, East Freetown, MA
2020 Mecklenburg Creatives Resiliency Grant, Arts & Science Council, NC
2019 American Craft Council, Conference Equity Award, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Adjunct Faculty Grant, VCU, School of the Arts, Richmond, VA
2015 Regional Artist Project Grant, Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, NC
2014 VCU Arts Graduate Research Grant, VCU, Richmond, VA
2008 Cultural Project Grant, Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, NC
LECTURES/ PANELS
2023
Visiting Artist Lecture & Studio Visits, Denison University, Granville, OH
In Conversation: Panel discussion with Cassils, Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo, moderated by Alpesh Kantilal Patel, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Visiting Artist Lecture & Studio Visits, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
Artist Lecture, Chautauqua Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY
Juror, New Glass Review 42, published by Corning Museum of Art, Corning, NY
Artist Lecture, Curatorial Methodologies class, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2021
Curator Lecture, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Artist Lecture, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
Artist Lecture, Institute of American Indian Arts, Senior Seminar Class, Santa Fe, NM
2019
Maker-in-Residence Lecture & Studio Visits, University of NC Asheville, Asheville, NC
Artist Dialog, via Fiberarts International & Fiberarts Guild, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2018
What Is Craftivism? Panel discussion with: Yulia Tikhonova, Otto von Busch, Cat Mazza, Miriam Schaer, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Visiting Critic, Senior Critique, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Juror, residency review panel, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2017
Panel Co-Moderator with Aaron McIntosh, Panelists: Cindy Baker, John Chaich, Ramekon O’Arwisters, Jeanne Vaccaro, Queer Threads Event Series, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2016
Artist Lecture, Wisconsin Handweaver’s Inc., Milwukee, WI
2009
Artist Lecture, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
2006
Artist Lecture, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
SELECTED TEACHING / WORKSHOPS
2023
Bobbin-Lace weekend workshop, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA (forthcoming)
Bobbin and Weavin’, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (forthcoming)
2022
Tiny Tapestries, for Stand Up for Kids Hampton Roads queer meetup, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
Teaching Assistant to Steven Frost, Out Maine weekend workshop, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Body as Armature, 8-week Spring Concentration Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2021
Tiny Tapestries, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2020
Tiny Tapestries, Chautauqua Visual Arts, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
Tapestry, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2018
Adjunct Instructor, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Foundations Dept, Denver, CO
Bobbin-Lace; Shibori Dyeing, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Tiny Tapestries, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO
Textile workshops with McLain High School Students, Platte Forum, Denver, CO
2017-18
Adjunct Instructor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Craft/Material Studies Dept, Richmond, VA
2016
Human Loom: Interactive Weaving Workshop, Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kelly Sheridan, Self: cutting up definitions of value, Bunker Review, September 26, 2023
Lee Belote, More than Shelter highlights challenges for LGBTQ youth, The Virginian Pilot, Nov. 6, 2022
Melissa Kuntz, Artists in CVA’s ‘Undercurrents’ urge importance of protecting Water, natural resources; evoke sense of responsibility, Chautauquan Daily, July 31, 2022
Liz Kim, Review: “Uncovered Spaces” at the International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, Glasstire, July 1, 2022
Rebekah Frank, Erika Diamond: Everyday Armor, Necessary Adornment, Metalsmith Magazine, Vol. 41, No. 4
Deborah Ross, Review: Armor at Center for Visual Art, Southwest Contemporary, October 29, 2021
Angie Rizzo, The Family Room, SouthwestContemporary.com, March 10, 2021
Jordyn Russell, Challenging understandings: “Counterbalance” exhibit showcases queer women working in media of wood, textiles, Chautauquan Daily, July 9, 2021
Sally Brown Deskins, Armed Disposal, Virtual and Gallery Exhibition at Victori + Mo, White Hot Magazine, September 2020
Howard Halle, Representation Core of “Reconstructing Identities”, Chautauquan Daily, July 27, 2019
Courtney Devores, Defense, Resistance, Protection: “New Works” artists respond, Charlotte Observer, November 14, 2018
Liz Miller, An Interview with Erika Diamond, LizMiller.com, November 2, 2018
Beyond Ornament, Beyond Boundaries at Greenhill Center, Style weekly, July 17, 2018
Melissa Kuntz, Ties That Bind Weaves Craft & Metaphor, Chautauquan Daily, July 1, 2018
Tascha Feichtinger, At Platte Forum, Refashioning Kevlar into Intimate Looks, One Good Eye, May 29, 2018
Emerging Voices, Surface Design Journal, Summer 2017
Melissa Kuntz, Diamond’s Unique Take on Disturbing Imagery, Chautauquan Daily, July 8, 2017
Adriana Jereb, VACI Features One of it’s Own, Chautauquan Daily, June 27, 2017
Elizabeth Vogt, Erika Diamond - Weaver, Riverwest Currents, December 2016
Kate Nation, Erika Diamond: Object to Artifact, mccollcenter.org, June 2016