ERIN THURLOW
Currently enrolled in the Media and Design Innovation PhD at Toronto Metropolitan University. MFA from Rutgers, BFA from San Francisco Art Institute. Practicing visual artist, writer and researcher.
EDUCATION
● PhD Student, Media and Design Innovation Toronto Metropolitan University (Current)
● MFA, Visual Art Rutgers University, New Jersey (2003)
● BFA, New Genres San Francisco Art Institute, California (1997)
SELECT AWARDS AND GRANTS
● Ontario Graduate Fellowship (2025)
● Toronto Arts Council, Individual: Creation Grant, Established Level (2024)
● Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create Award (2024)
● Miami-Dade County Department of Culture, Artist Stipend Award (2022)
● Ontario Arts Council, International Residency Grant (2011)
● Toronto Arts Council, Visual Arts Grant, Emerging Level (2010)
● Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant (2010)
SELECT ARTIST RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS
● Artspace Summer Residency, Toronto (2025)
● Dimensions Variable Gallery, Studio Residency, Miami, FL (2023-24)
● Banff Centre Residency, Banff, AB (2012)
● Threewalls Residency, Chicago, IL (2011)
WORK EXPERIENCE
● Toronto Metropolitan University
○ Bridge Research Assistant, Graphic Communications Grant Application (Fall, 2025)
○ Teaching Assistant, Technical Communications for Engineers (Winter, 2025)
○ Teaching Assistant, Creativity in Industry (Winter, 2025)
○ Instructor, Visual Arts: Concepts and Theories (Fall 2023, Winter 2024)
○ Instructor, Introduction to Design Thinking (Fall 2024, Winter 2024)
● University of Miami
○ Instructor, Art History Survey, Ancient to Early Renaissance (2017)
○ Instructor, 3D Design (Foundations) (2019-2023)
○ Instructor, Intro to Electronic Media (2017)
○ Instructor, Intro to Graphic Design (2017)
● Florida International University
○ Instructor, Thesis Exhibition (Exhibition Seminar) (2016)
○ Instructor, 2D Design (Foundations) (2016)
○ Instructor, Visual Thinking (Advanced Seminar) (2016)
○ Instructor, Experimental Video (2015-2016)
○ Instructor, Intro to 4D Arts (Performance, video, installation) (2015-2016)
● Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus
○ Instructor, Art Appreciation (2016-2019)
○ Instructor, Cinema Appreciation (2017)
○ Instructor, Intro to Life Drawing (2016)
● Miami International University of Art & Design
● Instructor, Video Production (2015)
● Rutgers University, Mason School of the Arts, New Jersey
○ Instructor, Computer Graphics (2001-2002)
○ Instructor, Introduction to Video Art (Studio) (2001-2003)
● Miami Rail, Exhibition Reviews Editor (2016-2018)
● University of Toronto, Media Generator Supervisor (2009-2010)
● Various Institutions, Preparator (2004-2019)
Includes Art Gallery of Ontario, Vancouver Art Gallery, Power Plant (TO), Perez Art Museum, Miami, Miami Basel Art Fair
● Philippe Haemerly Productions, Prop Stylist, NYC (2005-2007)
● Fynn Sloyan Incorporated, Cabinet Installer, NYC (2005-2007)
● Stefania Bortolami Gallery, Head Preparator, NYC (2012-2014)
● Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Head Preparator, NYC (2007-2008)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
Solo Exhibitions and Projects
● DON’T GO | Bass Art Museum, Miami Beach, FL (2022, 2023)
Solo public sculpture project commissioned by O, Miami poetry festival.
● Le lendemain de l’incendie / The Day After the Fire | Centre Skol, Montreal, QB (2023)
With Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik, curated by Steve Giasson.
● ENDLESS SUMMER | Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL (2022)
● Nothing Was the Same Before | Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL (2020)
● Dos Equis | Placeholder Gallery, Miami, FL (2015)
● An Invisible Man | University of Miami, Wynwood Gallery
● (I) | Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
● The I-Phone Monologues | Spoke Gallery, Chicago, IL
● An Economy | Public Space 1, Iowa City, IA (2011)
● Joke Drawings and Poems | Prairie Lights, Iowa City, IA (2011)
● The Bermuda Triangle | Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON (2010)
● Flash | Four Walls, San Francisco, CA (2000)
Group Exhibitions
● Routes/Routing | Artspace, 401 Richmond, Toronto (2025)
● Sinking Feeling | Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2023)
Curated by Heather Diack, featured exhibition for Capture Photography Festival.
● Making Miami | Temporary exhibition space for Miami Art Week, Miami, FL
● Phraseology | The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL (2022)
● Collabo Six… ALL IN! | MANA Contemporary, Miami, FL (2020)
● All the Right Moves | Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Germany (2017)
● Lost Village | Vizcaya Museum, Miami, FL (2016)
● Place Art Here | Placeholder Gallery, Miami, FL (2016)
● CoWorker | Swamp Space, Miami, FL (2016)
● Iffy Conditions | Garden Apartment Gallery, Chicago (2016)
● Bad for Me | Shizaru, London, UK (2012)
● Daylight Savings | Banff Centre, Banff, AB (2012)
● I’m So Goth I’m Dead | Queens Nails, San Francisco, CA (2012)
● Heat Island | Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY (2011)
● Noir Now, New School | New York, NY (2011)
● Renovation Creep | Antenna Gallery, Chicago, IL (2011)
● INside OUT | Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL (2011)
● In the Basement | Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto, ON (2010)
● Gone to The Other Side | Prairie Lights, Iowa City, IA (2010)
● Conceptual Furniture | The DepArtment, Toronto, ON (2009)
● Black Milk | Milk Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark (2008)
● Wall + Paper | Xpace Gallery, Toronto, ON (2007)
● Bananas | Bob Linder, New York, NY (2007)
● Face-Off | One-Night Stand, Brooklyn, NY (2006)
● Actions 2 | Five Miles, Brooklyn, NY (2006)
● Actions | Five Miles, Brooklyn, NY (2005)
● Bill Maines Gallery | New York, NY (2003)
● College Art Association MFA Exhibition | Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY (2003)
● Bay Area Now | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (2003)
AS CURATOR/ORGANIZER
● Florida International University BFA Thesis Exhibition (2016)
● Flux Spaghetti | Placeholder Gallery, Miami, FL (2015)
● Renovation Creep | Antenna Gallery, Chicago, IL (2011)
● In the Basement | Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto, ON (2010)
● Conceptual Furniture | The DepArtment, Toronto, ON (2009)
● the Office | with Ethan Sklar, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY (2007)
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
● Sinking Feeling, essay by Heather Diack, Or Gallery, Vancouver, 2023.
● Erin Thurlow: The Bermuda Triangle, essay by Sarah Robayo Sheridan, Mercer Union Centre for Contemporary Art, 2010.
● More Simple, More Fun, Exhibition catalogue from INside-OUT, Atlantic Center for the Arts, 2010.
● BlackMilk. Exhibition Catalog, Copenhagan, DK: Milk Contemporary, 2008.
● Bay Area Now 2, San Francisco: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 1999.
PUBLICATIONS/ARTIST BOOKS
● NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC, (Seattle, WA: Alephactory Press, 2021). (154 pages)
● Military Maneuvers and Tree Lined Streets, cover art and illustrations, text by Ian Wolff, 2007.
● Certain Considerations, cover art, text by Ian Wolff, 2010.
ARTIST/RESEARCH TALKS
● RUBIX2025, Pecha-Kucha Speaker, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2025
● Artist-Curator Discussion, Centre Skol, Montreal, QB, 2023
● Artist-Curator Discussion, Dimensions Variable, Miami, 2020
● Artist Talk, Mercer Union, Toronto, 2010
REVIEWS RECEIVED
● Harper’s Bazaar, “The Fashion World Guide to Art Basel Miami Beach: Ten things everyone will be talking about,” by Alison S. Cohn, November 28, 2022.
● El Nuevo Herald, “Exhibiciones con artistas poco convencionales en el sur de la Florida,” August 28, 2022.
● Bert Stabler, “Renovation Creep”, New City Art, August 2011.
● Natalie Hegert, “Heat Island”, Artslant, June 2011.
● Certain Considerations (cover illustration), text by Ian Wolf, 2011.
● R.M. Vaughan, The Exhibitionist, Globe and Mail, 18 June 2010.
● Leah Sandals, At the Galleries: Art of War, National Post, 18 June 2010.
● Terrence Dick, “Erin Thurlow & Alex Hubbard at Mercer Union,” Akimbo Blog, 9 June 2010.