Erik Austin Deerly, M.F.A.

Humanities

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Erik is Assistant Professor of New Media within the Department of Humanities at Indiana University Kokomo. Erik works with still and moving images, sound, and text to create visual and interactive work for print, web, performance, and installation. He also scores soundtracks for film, dance, and video. He is co-founder of Burrdowning Press, and publishing editor of Burningword Literary Journal. He shares a one-acre farm house and art studio (Pulp & Pixel Farm) with his wife Anita Garza, a book and paper artist. Erik holds a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts & New Media from Columbia College Chicago and a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Northern Illinois University. 

Selected Exhibitions & Screenings

2016           Up Next, 1st National Juried Exhibition, NEXT Gallery, Denver, CO
2016           5th Annual Juried Exhibit, JF Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
2015           Generations, 40 Hues Between Black & White, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art with Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association, Santa Ana, CA (Jurors: Dinh Q. Lê, Stephen Anderson) (catalog)
2015           Unexpected, International Juried Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (juror: Zsolt Bátori) (catalog)
2015           CONCEIVE, A Group Exhibition, the HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA (juror: Yessíca Torres)
2015           Providence Art Club 2015 Nationwide All Media Open Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI (juror: Allison Lee Newsome)
2015           Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Art Students League of Denver, Denver CO (juror: Christoph Heinrich, PhD) (merit award)
2014           Annual Juried Exhibit, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center Frederick MD (juror: Margaret Winslow)
2014           The Video Show — 3rd International Juried Exhibition of Video and Media Installation, North Branch, NJ (jurors: Josh Azzarella, Lydia Grey, John Harford, Kelly Oliver, Ann Tsubota)
2014           Providence Art Club 2014 Nationwide All Media Open Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI (juror: Claudia Seymour)
2014           Terminal Physical Space, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
2013           Small Works - Big Talent, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (juror: Lori McBride)
2013           6th Annual Juried Show, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA (juror: Sylvia White) (catalog)
2013           EXPOSURE, See Exhibition Space, Long Island City, NY (catalog)
2013           Figurative Art Exhibition, The Light Space & Time Virtual Gallery (juror: John R. Math)
2013           Irvington Presents, Bona Thompson Memorial Center, Indianapolis, IN (juror: Mitch Eckert) (catalog)
2012           Annual Juried Exhibit, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center Frederick MD (juror: Sue Spaid) (catalog)
2012           Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA (jurors: Peter Frank, Rex Bruce)
2012           Small Works NYC: A Juried Exhibition, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, New York, NY (juror: Jeffrey Leder)
2012           The Art of Remembrance, The Gallery @ AUP, Greenfield, IN (jurors: Elizabeth Hofmann, Brian Noffke)
2011           Whitewater Juried Art Exhibit, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN (juror: Katherine Sherwood) (catalog) (merit award)
2010           Parallel Universe, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Chicago, IL
2008           MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL (catalog)
2008           Breaking Away, Gallery 37 Center for the Arts – CenterSpace, Chicago, IL
2007           All About Time, La Lumiere School, LaPorte, IN
2006           Controlled Substances, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2006           Image Unit, Hot House, Chicago, IL
2005           Standing Waves in Shoaling Water, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2005           Morph-olio, Metal Works Gallery, Chicago, ILBibliography (Reviews/Articles/Catalogs/Interviews)

Selected Bibliography (Reviews/Articles/Catalogs/Interviews)

Print Media 

"Distinguished Artist." ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal. 16 (2015): 36-41.
Anderson, Stephen. Generations: 40 Hues Between Black & White. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2015): 24-25.
"Distinguished Artist." ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal. 8 (2014): 62-65.
“2012 One Life Catalog.” New York: Photo District News, 2012.
Connor, Michael. “SXSW 2002 Web Awards, and the Winners Are.” Austin Chronicle 2002, sec Vol. 21, No. 28: 63.
Rudy Vanderlans, Zuzana Licko. Emigre: Graphic Design Into the Digital Realm. 1994. 83-86.
Rothschild, David. “Home Front.” Chicago Tribune 1993. 62.
Rothschild, David. “Home Front.” Chicago Tribune 1992, sec A&E: 81.
Rudy Vanderlans. “Sound Design.” Émigré 16 (1990): 20-22.

Online Periodicals
Woodward, Kristen T. “The American Dream Ensemble.” 2014. Artists2artists.
     <http://www.artists2artists.net/photo/the-american-dream-ensemble?context=featured>.

Radio/Television
University of Chicago, Interview, WHPK Radio, Chicago, IL, April 3, 1998.
Jonathon Brandmeier, Interview, WLUP Radio, Chicago, IL, December 9, 1994.

Awards/Grants

2016           New Frontiers of Creativity and Scholarship Grant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2015           Art Students League of Denver Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Merit Award, Denver, CO
2013           Graphic Design USA, American Graphic Design Award, New York, NY
2011           Whitewater Art Exhibit, Top Ten Merit Award, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN
2002           SXSW (South by Southwest), First place National Interactive Design Awards, Austin TX
2000           The Webby Awards, nominee, SportsJones.com
1993           Print Regional Design Annual, Midwest winner
1992           Print Regional Design Annual, Midwest winner
1989           The Addy Awards, print advertising winner, Chicago, IL
1988           The Addy Awards, print advertising winner, Chicago, IL

(last updated 03/14/2016)