ERICA MAO
b. 1994, Columbia, MD
Lives and works in Queens, NY
EDUCATION
2020 M.F.A. Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York
2016 B.F.A. Parsons School of Design, New York
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
Reach Through the Veil, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Buried and Deep, Erica Mao and Robert Zehnder, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Born from earth, Rubber Factory, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Moon is Just The Sun at Night, Jack Barrett Gallery, New York, NY
Arcadia and Elsewhere, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
The World Behind the World, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY
2023
And The Moon Be Still as Bright, Harper’s Chelsea, New York, NY
What Now?, PM/AM Gallery, London, England
Earth Room, Sarah Brook Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Black Lodge, Island Gallery, New York, NY
River Styx, Sea View, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Tamo Acquí (We Here), Embajada, San Juan, PR
Gado Gado, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Keeping Things Whole, North Loop, Williamstown, MA
If you forget my name, You will go astray, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
NADA House, Governors Island, New York, NY
The Land Before Me, Crossing Art Gallery, New York, NY
Scenographies of the Mind, Shin Haus, New York, NY
2021
MFA ‘20 Thesis Exhibition, curated by Amy Sadao, Wallach Art Gallery, New York, NY
The Alternative States, Project Gallery V, New York, NY
2020
Seasonal Repression, Field Projects Gallery, New York, NY
In the Cool of the Evening, Project Gallery V, Brooklyn, NY
Alone Together, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Aesthetically Functional Only (Curated by Edsel Williams), 1675 Broadway, NY
MFA First Year Show (Curated by Natalie Bell), Wallach Art Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Studio Apartment, Gallery Madison Park, New York, NY
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND RESIDENCIES
2024
Rockaway Artists Alliance Residency, Far Rockaway, NY
2019
Leroy and Janet Neiman Gi Scholarship, Columbia University, New York, NY
Glasier Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, NY
2017
Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Samuel Anderson, “10 Contemporary Artists Painting, Dreamlike, Fantastical Landscapes”, Artsy, June 29
Clare Gemima, “Erica Mao’s Unprotected Souls”, Two Coats of Paint, April 19
2022
Galerie Editors. “The Artful Life: 5 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week”, Galerie, May 31
2021
New American Paintings, No. 152, Northeast Issue.
2020
"In the Cool of the Evening", Project Gallery V, Oct 15.