ERICA ELAN
Erica Elan Ciganek
b. 1991
Currently located in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2013
BA Art, Conflict Transformation, North Park University, Chicago, IL
One Person Exhibitions
2018
After Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2016
Sitting With: Treason Gallery, Seattle WA
2014
A Garden: Our Savior's Gallery, Naperville IL
The Wait: Adlai Stevenson High School, Linconshire IL
2013
Seen: Carlson Gallery, North Park University, Chicago IL
Select Group Exhibitions
2018
Women Painting WTF They Want: Art Palm Beach, Poets and Artists, Palm Beach, FL
Winter Collective, Sirona Fine Art, Hallendale, FL
2017
Formation: Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, NYC, NY
Chevere: Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach, FL
Tieton 10x10x10: Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA
Performance of Place: Shoreline City Hall, Shoreline, WA
The Fl3tcher Exhibit: The Reece Museum at the University of Tennessee, TN
2016
Freak Out: Zhou B Art Center, Chicago IL
Wet Paint: National MFA Biennial, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago IL (Award of Excellence)
VIP WIP, University of Washington Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle WA
Collective, Chicago IL
2010 - present
2010 - present
2015
What's Inside Her Never Dies: A Black Woman's Legacy, Yeelen Gallery, Miami FL
No Big Heads Self Portrait Competition, UAA Student Gallery, Anchorage AK (honorable mention)
#Paper, Treason Gallery, Seattle WA
For(Age)ing, Hammond Arts Center, Hammond IN
Contemporary Portraits, Water Street Studios, Batavia IL
Interior Spaces II, The Abbey, Marion IN
Interior Spaces, Everybody's Coffe, Chicago IL
Interior Spaces Three person show: Maggie Hubbard, Rachel Lindsay, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago IL
The Artist's Gaze, Sirona Fine Art Gallery, Hallandale Beach FL
2014
The Labletter Release Party: Beauty and Braun Gallery, Chicago IL
Artprize 2014: St. Mark's Episcopalian Church, Grand Rapids MI
So Much More: Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago IL (Received first place)
Stories Worth Holding, Park Ridge IL
2013
North Park Art Scholarship Show: Carlson Gallery, Chicago IL
Summer Work Show: Carlson Gallery, Chicago IL
Opening Show: Crowded House Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012
Passages: Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago IL (Received third place award)
CIVA Confrence: Student Showcase, Wheaton IL
Global Cafe of the E.C.C.: The Hyatt, Rosemont IL
A Testimony to Being: Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago IL
Albany Park Art Walk, Chicago IL
2011
Publications
2015
What's Inside Her Never Dies, Poets/Artists Magazine, November 2015 Edition
BL!SSSS Magazine, February 2015 Edition
iArtistas Magazine, February 2015 Edition
The Artist's Gaze, Poets/Artists Magazine, February 2015 Edition
2014
The Labletter Literary Arts Magazine: 2014 Edition (Selected for cover image)
Internet Publications
2017
Guest Curator, Artist A Day, September 2017
Erica Elan Ciganek, Paintings, Supersonic Art, October 2017
2016
The Anti Portrait, Verni, February 2015
Erica Elan Ciganek, Oil Portrait Paintings, Art People Gallery, April 2016
2015
Five Artists Who Never Fail to Amaze, BuzzFeed, September 2015
Q&A With Hyperrealistic Artist Erica Elan Ciganek, Wallhop, March 2015
Faces: Oil Paintings by Erica Elan Ciganek, Design Collector, March 2015
Oil Portraits by Erica Elan Ciganek, Waave&Dada, March 2015
On View: "Artist's Gaze: Seeing Women in the 21st Century" at Sirona Fine Art, (Featured work selection), Hifructose, February 2015
Artist A Day: Erica Elan Ciganek, Artist A Day, February 2015
"Faces" Paintings by Erica Elan Ciganek, Design Father, February 2015
The Artist's Gaze: Erica Elan Ciganek, Poets/Artists, January 2015
2014
Paintings by Erica Elan Ciganek, Juxtapoz, October 2014
Erica Elan Ciganek, I Need A Guide, October 2014
Erica Elan Ciganek, Art Nau, September 2014
El místico placer de quedarse detenido bajo un chorro de agua caliente, PlayGround Mag, October 2014
Notable Collections
The Howard Tullman Collection
Temple University Multicultural Center
Steven Bennett Collection
Tim Lowly Collection