Erin Parish (b. 1966, USA) explores atmospheric and liminal spaces to be experienced both intuitively and physically. Her subtly layered works of resin and mixed media offer a sense of quietude and depth. This is true for her paintings as well as her sculpture.
She is interested in the act of looking, of seeing, of curiosity. She wants the viewer to approach her works from the point of view of a child, without expectations or bias, unsullied by the noise of humanity.
These geometric forms are free from narratives, autobiography, or symbology, which sustains universality. She wants an even interpretation by all viewers, unencumbered by politics and the like.
Inspired by the diverse manifestations of the ocean, the contemplative principles of Buddhism, and the aesthetics inherent in Japanese Wabi Sabi, her work focused the repetition of geometric forms, reflecting their correspondence at both microscopic and macroscopic levels.
Glossy resin surfaces and vivid colors attract the eye, while abstract forms appear to shift and move endlessly across the surface. The circular shapes are enlivened through techniques of repetition, layering, and transparency. In this manner, Parish establishes a space for abstract experience and metaphysical contemplation.
Parish currently works and resides in Miami Beach. She received her BA from Bennington College in Vermont and her MFA from Queens College in New York. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and featured in publications including The New York Times, Artnews, Art in America, and others.
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2025 • Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
2024 • Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
•“Radience”, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2017 • "Meet Me Halfway", Art & Art Gallery, Miami, FL
2015 • “Preferred Reality Option #108”, Winston Wächter Fine Art, NY, NY
2014 • “Slow”, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2013 • Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2012 • “The Only Constant”, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
• Balzer ART Projects, Basel, Switzerland
2011 • “Parallel Universes”, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2009 • “Apparent Magnitude”, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
2008 • Elements Gallery, Detroit, MI
• Gruen Galleries, Chicago, IL
2007 • Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
• Amaya Gallery, Miami, FL
2006 • Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2005 •“Circles”, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
2004 • Davis-Keil Gallery, Naples, FL
• Gruen Galleries, Chicago, IL
2003 • Davis-Keil Fine Art, Naples, FL
• M&A Materials and Applications, Los Angeles, CA
2002 • Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
• Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 • Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000 • Winston Wächter Mayer Fine Art, New York, NY
• Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 • Tobey Fine Art, New York, NY
• Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1997 • Jeffrey Colpoff Fine Art, New York, NY Edsel Williams, Easthampton, NY
1991 • Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 • “Rehearsal for an Exhibition,” Gallery 1310 at Sailboat Bend, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2024 • Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
• Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
2023 • "Artistry and Alchemical Process," Spanierman Modern, New York NY
• Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
• “Outside the Lines,” collaboARTive at the Ignatian Center for the Arts, Miami, FL
2022 • "On View", Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
• “Gallery Artists,” Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY
• "Peekaboo Art Studios Survey," Peekaboo Art Studios, Miami Beach, FL
2021 "Twenty-five-year Anniversary Exhibition," Winston Wachter Fine Art, NY NY 2020
• "Abstract Allegories," Spanierman Modern, Miami Beach, FL
• "Summer Mood," curated by N. Schlesinger at Topping Rose House, Easthampton, NY
• "Just the Right Amount," Livingston Gallery, Livingston, NJ
2019 • "Portfolio Review Series the Laundromat Art Space," Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL
• "Full Spectrum: Lynne Cook, Erin Parish, William Rushton,” Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2018 • Version 2.0, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
• "Vault," Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2017 • "Parish, Parish, Parish" Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI
• "Big Exhibition of Small Works," Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
• "Shift" Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2016 • “Inspire,” A juried exhibition at the Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
• “Fragmented,” Gallerie Citi Contemporary, Burlingame, CA
• "Detroit Abstraction," Janice Charach Gallery, curator Rick Vian, West Bloomfield, MI
2015 • “Creating A Scholar,” Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Miami, FL with the American Institute of Architects
• “Parish, Parish, Parish, ”Midpoint Gallery, Miami, FL
• “Gallery Artists for the XII Havana Biennial,” Bustamante Fine Art, Havana, Cuba
2013 • Documenta USA,” Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
• “New Selections,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2012 • “Parish, Parish, Parish,” Gruen Galleries, Chicago, IL
• International Beethoven Festival Art Exhibit, Chicago, IL
2011 • “Winston Wachter,” Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2008 • Summer in Chelsea,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
• “Intricacies,” Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2006 • “Please do not touch,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
• “Spring Highlights,” Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2005 • “Heavenly or a Slice of White,” Hunter College Art Gallery, NY
2003 • “Rotations” Winston Wächter Mayer Fine Art, New York, NY 2002
• “Texture,” Forrest Scott Gallery, Millburn, NJ
2001 • “Minimalism,” Forrest Scott Gallery, Millburn, NJ
• “Father/Daughter, Tom Parish and Erin Parish, "Gruen Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 • “Gallery Artists,” DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
• “Abstract Painting Today,” The Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY
1999 • “Erin Parish and Lorraine Williams,” Tobey Fine Art, New York, NY
• “Abstract Painting,” curated by Heidi James McMurry and Katherine Gass for Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
• “Abstract Eight,” 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
• “Six Degrees of Separation,” Forest Scott Gallery, Milburn, NJ
• “12” x 12”,” Tobey Fine Art, New York, NY
1998 • “Food,” Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• “David Jeffrey, Paul Manes and Erin Parish,” Swan Coach House Gallery, GA
• “Cheap Thrills,” DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
• “Materialism,” The Art Store, New York, NY “Small,” Jeffrey Colpoff Fine Art, New York, NY
• “Feature Exhibition,” DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1997 • “Gallery Artists and Invited Guests,” Radix Gallery, New York, NY
• “Ten Views,” AAA Gallery, New York, NY
• “Domestic Bliss,” Provincetown, MA
• “Isis and Osiris,” Thinking Pictures, New York, NY
• “Fresh,” Jeffrey Coploff Gallery, New York, NY
• “Echo and Narcissus,” Thinking Pictures, New York, NY
1996 • “Essence - Twenty Abstract Painters,” Radix Gallery, New York, NY
• “Light and Color,” Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY
• “Blast5Drama,” Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
• “Emerging,” Radix Gallery, New York, NY
• “Water,” James Graham & Sons, New York, NY
• “Selections from the Season,” Eich Space, New York, NY
• “Waterline,” Black and Herron Gallery, New York, NY
• “Erin Parish and Joie Rosen,” Eich Space, New York, NY
1995 • “Exhibition Three: Spirituality,” Mad River Post, New York, NY
• “Quel Ques Fleurs,” 473 Broadway, New York, NY
• “Group Exhibition,” Mad River Post, New York, NY
1994 • “Cognitive Turf,” Gallery 30, New York, NY
1992 • “Women’s Caucus for Art Member’s Exhibition,” Axis Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• “Gallery Artists,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
1991 • “Gallery Artists,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
• “Three Women, Three Points of View,” Gallery Axiom, Philadelphia, PA
• “Gallery Artists,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
1990 • “Gallery Artists,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
• “Group Exhibition,” Next Generation Grand Salon, Miami, FL
• “Group Exhibition,” Vorhees Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY 1989
• “Inaugural Exhibition,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Miami, FL
1987 • “Group Exhibition,” Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI
1986 • “Group Exhibition,” Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI
SELECTED CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ameriprise Financial, NY, NY
Barclays Capital, NY, NY
Barclays Capital, Dubai, U.A.E.
Cablevision, NY, NY
Crystal Cruise Lines, Miami, FL
Forbare, Richardson, TX
The Fontainbleau, Miami Beach, FL
Four Seasons, Las Vegas, NV
Four Seasons, Marrakech, Morocco
G.E., Norwalk, CT
Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, Palo Alto, CA
Harbor Beach Marriott, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Hilton, Omaha, NB
Holiday Inn, Pensacola, FL
The Hyatt, Siesta Key, FL
IMF Concordia, Washington D.C.
International Council of Shopping Centers, NY, NY
Johnston Asset Management
JW Marriott, Ankara, Turkey
Lakewood Capital Management, NY, NY
Marriott Marquis, Miami, FL
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
MGM Mirage, Las Vegas, NV
Moose’s Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NY, NY
New Amsterdam Partners, NY, NY
Pfizer Inc., Westchester, NY
Potomac Yards Renaissance Suites, Potomac Yards, VA
Restaurant Gary Danko, San Francisco, CA
Ritz Carlton Hotels, NY, NY
Ritz Carlton Hotels, Georgetown, Washington, DC
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Miami, FL
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
Tiffany and Co., Singapore
EDUCATION
1994 • School of Visual Arts, Continuing Education, NY, NY
1990 • Queens College, Queens, NY
1988 • B.A., Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1987 • Hoch Schule der Kuenste/ Academie der Kuenste, Berlin, Germany
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS, AWARDS
2024 MIA Individual Artist Grant, Miami, FL
2021 - 2023 Peekaboo Art Studios, Resident, Miami Beach, FL
2020 Oolite Covid Relief Grant, Miami, FL
MAS Grant, Miami, FL
Branches Small Business Grant
United Way Small Business Grant
2018 - 2021 Laundromat Art Space, Resident, Miami, FL
2016 Bustamante Art Studio, Resident, Havana, Cuba
2001 Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, New York, NY
1997 The Fine Art Work Center, Resident, Provincetown, MA
Hand Hollow Foundation Grant, NY
1991 The Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT
Critics Grant, Johnson, VT