Erica Grimm-Vance

Assistant Professor

Department: FPSPA; Art Dept

Email: ericag@twu.ca

Phone1: 604-888-7511 ext. 3142

Area of Expertise: Embodiment & Liminality; Faith & Art; Aesthetic & Postmodernism in Tertiary Education; Beauty & Affliction; Art & Transcendence; Post Ironic Search for Meaning

Education: B.F.A. (Great Distinction) (University of Regina); Academie der Bildenden Kunste (Munich, Germany); Ph.D. (Cand.) (Simon Fraser University);

Prof. Erica Grimm-Vance works in encaustic and steel with themes of embodiment and liminality. She has over 25 solo exhibitions and is in numerous private and public collections, including the Vatican Art Collection, Canada Council Art Bank and the Richmond Art Gallery. Erica is currently working on a collaborative multimedia installation project called (im)Balance that includes a 20' x 5' encaustic and steel panel, 3 digital film sequences projected on steel and scrim, and soundscape triggered by viewer interaction. She is also completing her Ph.D. in Art Education with a focus in Drawing.

Memberships and Affiliations:

• CIVA (Christian in the Visual Arts)
• CARFAC
• CAA (College Art Association

Notable experiences or achievements:

• SSHRC TWU Internal Award, 2005
• Distingished Nash Lecturer at Campion College at the University of Regina
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Regina, 2002
• First Prize Imago Juried Art Competition
• B Grant, Saskatchewan Arts Board

Selected publications & exhibitions:

• A Broken Beauty: Figuration, Narrative and the Transcendent in North American Art, Laguna Art Museum, CA.
• The Next Generation: Contemporary Expressions of Faith, MOBIA, New York City
• RAG 25 Years 25 Artists, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC