Erin McCluskey Wheeler
About
Erin has a BA in studio art and art history from Beloit College, and an MFA from California College of the Arts. As an undergraduate, she did an intensive study of traditional brush painting at Kansai Gaidai University in Hirakata-shi, Japan. Erin is a faculty member of the 92nd Y School of the Arts in New York City and teaches collage and mixed media classes throughout the Bay Area. Erin’s artwork is licensed and sold through West Elm, Minted, and Samsung. Erin has been an Artist in Residence with the City of El Cerrito, the City of Walnut Creek, and Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
Maintenance Actions
I have a couple maintenance practices but at the moment, my daily 3 mile walks are the most important part of my art practice. Last year, I started an art project in order to have an excuse to walk on the shoreline weekly. I submitted this art project to a show at the Richmond Art Center and I'll be showing this work in September. What started as a reason to get out and walk semi-regularly, has turned into daily walks and they've gotten longer and longer. I'm still also making the art with the plastic I collect from the shore but now I find that I need the walks every day. I guess if I had a dog, this would be a less surprising act. But I have cats so I have to invent my own motivation to get out and walk.
To read more about this project, click here.
This body of work is included in Right Here, Right Now, Rchmond Art Center’s Third Art Biennial (September 4 – November 21, 2024)
