Erika Verhagen, some writing and some objects
(born Edmonton, 1996)
Education
2018
BFA Visual & Critical Studies (Magna Cum Laude), School of Visual Arts
Publications + Bibliography
2024
Ok, I'll bite: What's Toronto? GTA24 at MOCA Toronto, Peripheral Review, July 2024
2023
Mad Cow, Cornelia Magazine, Summer 2023
2022
Where Baseball Belongs, Cornelia Magazine, Winter 2022
Sitting With It, Peripheral Review 2022 Print Publication
2019
I crossed the Border from Buffalo to Niagara Falls, LEVELER Poetry
A work song plays on the radio while I am at work, Trinity Review, Issue 131
2017
Was sat on the couch, Half-Hazardley, edited by Benjamin Lee Sperry, a door closed publishing
Synchronized Swimming, collaborative book of poems with Alessia Dowhaniuk
2016
The Artist's Journal, Fall 2016 Issue, ed. Peter Hristoff
Selected Exhibitions
* denotes solo show
2020
Ha ha wall, XPACE, Toronto*
2019
(as curator) Use Tools, Make Other Tools, Flatiron Project Space, NY
Properties, curated by Ryan Miller, 8ball, New York
2018
Nose/knows\notes of care, curated by Lucy Pauker and Luke Mohan, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax
Locals Only II, Faith/Void, Toronto
Unsweetened, curated by Allyson Vieira, Flatiron Project Space, NY
Making The Wheel, curated by Anastasia Warren and Mason Wilson, VCS Open Studios
Recondite Garden, Little Sister Gallery, Toronto
Locals Only, Faith/Void, Toronto
Bubble Wrap, Visual and Critical Studies Thesis Show, SVA Flatiron Gallery, NY
2017
Punks Who Make Art But Not Punk Art, Faith/Void, Toronto
Paisley, curated by Peter Hristoff, Flatiron Project Space, NY
Hang to Dry, curated by Kylie Mitchell, Visual and Critical Studies Open Studios, NY
2016
A Dog Discovering It's Bark, collaboration with Alessia Dowhaniuk and Lucy Pauker, The Chameleon Window Space, Halifax
GOD DUMPSTER, curated by Alessia Dowhaniuk, 8/11, Toronto
2014
Magenta Foundation Incubator Group Show, Twist Gallery, Toronto
ESA C3 Group Show (as part of the Contact Festival), Kumf Gallery, Toronto
2013
Flash Forward Group Exhibition, Neubacher Shor Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
Selected Screenings, Performances and Readings
2022Peripheral Review 2022 Print Publication
2020
Site seeing, performance by Orkest de Ereprijs, music by Arie Verheul van de Ven, Apeldoorn, NL
2019
Feral Voice: Anniversary Reading, Unnameable Books, Brooklyn, NY
Feral Voices: The Other Brooklyn Reading Series, Unnameable Books, Brooklyn, NY
I crossed the Border from Buffalo to Niagara Falls, performance by Orkest de Ereprijs for the Young Composers Meeting, Netherlands, music by Arie Verheul van de Ven
2018
(as performer) Suffragette City, Lara Schnitger, Frieze Art Fair
(as curator) We Love Decay, Flatiron Project Space
2017
(as curator) We Love Decay: Tough Luck for Everyone Who Loves Ruins (Performance Incubator), co-curated with Chaerin Ahn, Flatiron Project Space
Synchronized Swimming, reading and book launch with Alessia Dowhaniuk, Narwhal Art Projects
Roll Call Video Zine, curated by Mason Wilson, premiered on 8ball TV
‘NAGARAM’, with live music, ICE does Storytelling, Laurier Improvisation Concerts Ensemble
2016
Hockey for Lovers, Sidetracked Episode One, Cinecycle, Toronto.
The Singing Part, an Excerpt from 'To Know a Fly's,' an opera by Arie Vandeven and Erika Verhagen, Laurier Composers Showcase
Shift 'R' Screening, 508 Bathurst, Toronto
2015
Emerging Filmmakers Showcase, VibraFusionLab, London Nuit Blanche, London
2014
Insomniac Film Festival, Rainbow Cinemas, Toronto
Awards & Grants
Ontario Arts Council
Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, Manhattan
Alumni Scholarship Award, School of Visual Arts, Manhattan