Erika Manning is a multi - media visual artist and educator residing in Midcoast Maine. She is represented by galleries in New England, and has work in many private collections through out the US. Pre-pandemic, Erika taught courses on unleashing one’s creativity and healing through the visual arts, as well as on the traditional studio arts. She has participated in several Artist in Residences on the East Coast, and took part in the Yellow Chair Salon a three month virtual Artist Residency and Master Class with Michael David and Company in NYC. She received a BFA in printmaking and sculpture from the Art Institute of Boston in 1993.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Zoot, Camden, ME
2024 Thornton Oaks, Brunswick, ME
2022 Pop Up! Dwelling In Maine, Camden, ME
2019 Color, Zoot, Camden, ME
Selections From The Harbor Series, Dwelling in Maine, Camden, ME
Abstractions, Center Pilates, Rockport, ME
2018 New Works, The Art Loft, Rockland, ME
Pop Up!, Maine Art Hill, Kennebunk, ME
2017 New Abstractions, Center for Health and Healing, Rockland, ME
Conversations On A Process, Cofrin Gallery, Mercersburg PA
Conversations On A Process (Revisited), Zoot, Camden, ME
2011 Musings (Revisited), Zoot, Camden, ME
2009 Musings On 2009, The Badger, Union, ME
2003 Selections From The Devil’s Bedsheets, Gallery 407, Rockland, ME
Almost Abstract, Stadler Gallery, Kingfield, ME
1999 New Abstractions, New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH
Group Exhibitions
2024 3 Women Of The Abstract ( Revisited ), Arts In The Barn, Cushing, ME
2023 Abstractions, Triangle Gallery, Rockland, ME
Season Opener, Arts In The Barn, Cushing, ME
2022 3 Women Of The Abstract, Arts In The Barn, Cushing, ME
Camden Life Drawing Show, Page Gallery, Camden, ME
Artful Escapes, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Layered: Color and Texture, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
2021 Color, Maine Art, Kennebunk, ME
Out of The Box, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Abstract!, River Arts Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
Artful Escapes, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Yellow Chair and Friends, Virtual Artsy Show
2020 Simple Pleasures, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
New Beginnings, CPL/KCAS virtual show, Camden, ME
2019 Fall Back, Art3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Women Of Casco Bay, Casco Bay Artisans, Portland, ME
Art Heals, Wellness Designed, Camden, ME
2018 Selections From The Gallery, Casco Bay Artisans, Portland, ME
2017 Linear Style, NoRo Gallery,Rockland, ME
2010 44N 64W Radius Belfast, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast, ME
2007 Distaff, Judith Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, ME
2007 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2006 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2005 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2004 LSC Invitational, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2004 Show Your Friends, Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2003 Culture, Traveling UMVA Show, Searsmont & Ellsworth ME
Musings, Gallery 407, Rockland, ME
Selections From UMVA, The Gallery at the Barn, Waldoboro, ME
2001 Selections From The Devil’s Beedsheets, St. George Pottery, Saint George, ME
1995 Duplicity Of Multitudinous Sin, The Artist Eye Gallery, Hampton, NH
1995 Student Printmakers, Wheeler Gallery, UMass at Amherst, MA
1993 Student Printmakers, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1992 Student Printmakers, The Copley Society, Boston, MA
1991 Student Sculptors, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
1989 Printmakers Invitational, Guilford Arts and Crafts Society, Guilford, CT
Collections
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT
Artist In Residence
2018 The Downtown Studio, Rockland, ME
2017 Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA
Artist Residency
2020 The Yellow Chair Salon, Virtual Residency, NY, NY
Teaching
Pre Pandemic: Farnsworth Art Museum, Knox County Art Society, Mercersburg Academy, The Downtown Studio, Blue Crow Studio, Sierra Club, Family Council Services of Maine, Partners in Ending Hunger
Education
1993 BFA, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA