Erin Kuhn is an interdisciplinary mixed-media artist living and working in New Jersey. She is best known for layering dark conceptual themes under bright and cheerful color palettes. She excels at implementing a union between precise digital technology in conjunction with unpredictable and playful traditional art media. She studied at Parsons School of Design before her undergraduate degree. She earned her BFA in Photography from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2006. After graduating, she exhibited in group and solo shows throughout the tristate area, and created murals and bodies of work in public and private collections. She has been awarded many juried exhibitions for her work, which utilizes color and allegorical keys that explore concepts within syncretism, feminism, gender politics, art history and the human condition.
“I draw inspiration from tarot, syncretism, mythology, feminism, mortality, gender politics and art history. My current body of work is created by working on multiple canvases at once. I create my backgrounds by painting abstract color fields and textures over the span of weeks. I am constantly working on batches of canvases, adding and subtracting from them over time. I write out my concepts and themes, research and read up on my subject matter. I draw my central figures digitally, lately often inspired by the unsung models of art history. I cut them out of paper and spray paint and make markings on the paper cutouts. The layers of paper are then arranged on the canvas and adhered archivally. I love the process of working both digitally and in analog, as it allows me to explore both calculated precision and serendipitous moments.” - Erin Kuhn
“I draw inspiration from tarot, syncretism, mythology, feminism, mortality, gender politics and art history. My current body of work is created by working on multiple canvases at once. I create my backgrounds by painting abstract color fields and textures over the span of weeks. I am constantly working on batches of canvases, adding and subtracting from them over time. I write out my concepts and themes, research and read up on my subject matter. I draw my central figures digitally, lately often inspired by the unsung models of art history. I cut them out of paper and spray paint and make markings on the paper cutouts. The layers of paper are then arranged on the canvas and adhered archivally. I love the process of working both digitally and in analog, as it allows me to explore both calculated precision and serendipitous moments.” - Erin Kuhn
