Erica Deeman
Silhouettes
September 14 – October 28, 2017
Untitled Nº03, from the series Silhouettes, 2014
Digital C-print
45x45"
Untitled Nº26, from the series Silhouettes, 2014
Digital C-print
45x45"
Untitled Nº03, from the series Silhouettes, 2014
Digital C-print
45x45"
Untitled Nº11, from the series Silhouettes, 2014
Digital C-print
45x45"
Untitled Nº21, from the series Silhouettes, 2013
Digital C-print
45x45"
Marvin, from the series Brown, 2015
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
Llane, from the series Brown, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
Asaba, from the series Brown, 2015
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
Erica Deeman (b. 1977) lives and works in San Francisco, CA. Deeman received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Public Relations, degree in 2000 from Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, degree in 2014 from Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA.
Deeman is the recipient of the 2016 TOSA Award Finalist; the 2015 ProArts 2 x 2 Solos 2015: Emerging Artists; and the 2015 Working Artists Grant.
Deeman has had a solo exhibitions at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Archive, Berkeley, CA and domestic and international group exhibitions at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, UK; The Hive, Worcester, Worcestershire, UK; Municipal Gallery, Library and Cultural Centre, Dublin, Ireland; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; Old Truman Brewery, London, UK; Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA; and SF Cameraworks, San Francisco, CA; and University of Derby, Derbyshire, UK.
Permanent collections include Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; and Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA.
Kimberly Henderson, writing for Gallery Gurls, says "Through Erica Deeman’s simple yet poignant display of the works, the eloquent posing and raw presentation, and the radiance that surrounds them, all work together to profoundly exalt their presence and further the investigation into how we define ourselves, and one another. "
“I think people see people of the same race as essentially the same,” says Deeman. “So, there was a tension that I could cause by creating an environment that could be perceived as the same if you weren’t paying attention.”