Project Description
Erika Manning
In her work, multi – media visual artist Erika Manning explores the concepts of balance, of empty space versus overcrowding, of mapping and charting, of light and reflection, as well as individual and collective history. The images loosely relate to the natural world and are inspired by meditation, the dream state, fog, ocean, stars, masts, topographical maps, trees and rock.
While Erika strives for a finished image, the beauty for her is in the process of creating which she sees as a spiritual practice. She enjoys using a rich, saturated color pallet to celebrate the unlimited capacity of the spirit.
Erika resides in mid-coast Maine. She is represented by galleries in Maine and NH, and has work in many private collections through out the US. Pre-pandemic Erika taught courses on unleashing one’s creativity and healing through the visual arts, as well as on the traditional studio arts. She has participated in several Artist in
Residences on the East Coast, and recently took part in the Yellow Chair Salon a three month virtual Artist Residency and Master Class with Michael David and Company in NYC. She received a BFA in printmaking and sculpture from the Art Institute of Boston in 1993.
Available Work
Erika Manning ‘Stretching into Balance’ Oil on Canvas 30”x30” $3600
Erika Manning ‘The Song Remains the Same’ Oil on Canvas Black Wood Float Frame 20” x 26” (Framed) $2800
Erika Manning ‘The Song I Sing is of Moonlight’ Oil on Canvas (Diptych) 32” x 20” $2800
Erika Manning ‘Mid-Tide’ Oil on Canvas (Diptych) 32” x 20” $2800
Erika Manning ‘Nonsensical Daydreams’ Oil on Canvas 30”x30” $3600
Erika Manning ‘Solstice Blue’ Oil on Canvas 30”x30” $3600
Erika Manning ‘Bridge Interlude III’ Oil on Canvas 48”x30” $6040
Erika Manning ‘Solstice Yellow’ Oil on Canvas 30”x30” $3600
Erika Manning ‘Echo’ Oil on Canvas 24”x24” $2600
Erika Manning ‘Flamingo’ Oil on Canvas 24”x24” $2600
Erika Manning ‘Lush Life’ Oil on Canvas 30″x30″ $3600
Erika Manning ‘Imagining A Possible Future’ Oil on Canvas/Framed Black Metal 24.25”x 24.25” $2800
Ericka Manning ‘Ansuz’ Oil on Canvas 30”x30” $3600
Erika Manning ‘After the Rain‘ Oil on Canvas 24”x24” $2600
Erika Manning ‘The Great Dilemma’ Mixed Media on Paper 18″x15″ Framed $865
Erika Manning ‘The Way Out is the Way In’ Mixed Media on Paper 18″x15″ Framed $865
Erika Manning ‘The The Shape of Time’ Mixed Media on Paper 18″x15″ Framed $865
Erika Manning ‘Pink in the Corner’ Mixed Media on Paper 18″x15″ Framed $865
Erika Manning ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ Mixed Media on Paper 12″x12″ Framed $575
Erika Manning ‘Wander’ Mixed Media on Paper 12″x12″ Framed $575
Erika Manning ‘Hush’ Mixed Media on Paper 12″x12″ Framed $575
Erika Manning ‘Betwixt and Between IV’ Mixed Media on Canvas 11.5″x11.5″ Framed $460
Erika Manning ‘Betwixt and Between III’ Mixed Media on Canvas 11.5″x11.5″ Framed $460
Erika Manning ‘Betwixt and Between II’ Mixed Media on Canvas 11.5″x11.5″ Framed $460
Past Work
Erika Manning ‘Harbor Celebration’ Oil on Canvas Black Wood Float Frame 30” x 24” (Framed) SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Liminal Blue’ Oil on Canvas 30”x30” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Hidden Heart’ Oil on Canvas 30”x 30” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Equinox’ Oil on Canvas 36”x 36” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Water Music’ Oil on Canvas 36”x 36” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Waiting On A Sign’ Oil on Canvas 24”x 24” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘After the Storm, Diptych’ Oil on Canvas 36″x18″ SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Beached’ Oil on Canvas 46″x24″ SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Coming About’ Oil on Canvas 48”x 30” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Life’s A Highway’ Oil on Canvas 38”x 38” SOLD
Erika Manning Monday Morning Oil on Canvas 30”x30” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Shimmer’ Oil on Canvas 34″x26″ SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Sweet & Gentle Music In Your Soul’ Oil on Canvas Diptych 36″x24″ SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Blue Monday’ Oil on Canvas 30″x30″ SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Kiss‘ Oil on Canvas 24”x24” SOLD
Erika Manning ‘Low Tide‘ Oil on Canvas 24”x24” SOLD
Erika Manning Vessel Oil on Canvas 30”x30” SOLD
Erika Manning Shore Oil on Canvas 40”x32” SOLD
C.V.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Pop Up! Dwelling in Maine, Camden, ME
2019 Color, Zoot, Camden, ME
Selections From The Harbor Series, Dwelling in Maine, Camden, ME
Abstractions, Center Pilates, Rockport, ME
2018 New Works, The Art Loft, Rockland, ME
Pop Up!, Maine Art Hill, Kennebunk, ME
2017 New Abstractions, Center for Health and Healing, Rockland, ME
Conversations On A Process, Cofrin Gallery, Mercersburg PA
Conversations On A Process (Revisited), Zoot, Camden, ME
2011 Musings (Revisited), Zoot, Camden, ME
2009 Musings On 2009, The Badger, Union, ME
2003 Selections From The Devil’s Bedsheets, Gallery 407, Rockland, ME
Almost Abstract, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME
1999 New Abstractions, New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH
Group Exhibitions
2022 3 Women In The Abstract, Arts In The Barn, Cushing, ME
Camden Life Drawing Group Show, Page Gallery, Camden, ME
Artful Escapes, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Layered: Color and Texture, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
2021 Color, Maine Art, Kennebunk, ME
Out of The Box, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Abstract!, River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
Yellow Chair and Friends, Virtual Artsy Show
2020 Simple Pleasures, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
2020 New Beginnings, CPL/KCAS virtual show, Camden, ME
2019 Fall Back, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Women Of Casco Bay, Casco Bay Artisans, Portland, ME
Art Heals, Wellness Designed, Camden, ME
2018 Selections From The Gallery, Casco Bay Artisans, Portland, ME
2017 Linear Style, NoRo Gallery,Rockland, ME
2010 44N 64W Radius Belfast, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast, ME
2007 Distaff, Judith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, ME
2007 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2006 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2005 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2004 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2004 Show Your Friends, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2003 Culture, Traveling UMVA Show, Searsmont & Ellsworth ME
Musings, Gallery 407, Rockland, ME
Selections From UMVA, The Gallery at the Barn, Waldoboro, ME
2001 Selections From The Devil’s Bedsheets, St. George Pottery, Saint George, ME
1995 Duplicity Of Multitudinous Sin, The Artist Eye Gallery, Hampton, NH
1995 Student Printmakers, Wheeler Gallery, UMass at Amherst, MA
1993 Student Printmakers, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1992 Student Printmakers, The Copley Society, Boston, MA
1991 Student Sculptors, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
1989 Printmakers Invitational, Guilford Arts and Crafts Society, Guilford, CT
Collections
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
Artist In Residence
2018 The Downtown Studio, Rockland, ME
2017 Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA
Artist Residency
2020 The Yellow Chair Salon, Virtual Residency, NY, NY
Teaching
Pre Pandemic: Farnsworth Art Museum, Knox County Art Society, Mercersburg
Academy, The Downtown Studio, Blue Crow Studio, Sierra Club, Family Council
Services of Maine, Partners in Ending Hunger Education
1993 BFA, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
