Education
2013
Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA
2008
Kansas City Art Institute, BFA
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Moving From and For, T293, Rome
2019
Let the Breath Breathe Itself, Lyles & King, New York, US
Sun Seekers, HGA Architecture / Euclid, Los Angeles, US
Contingent, T293, Rome
2017
Visions From the Personal Growth Laboratory, Lyles & King, New York, NY
2016
Softly Boldly, Ibid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Thin Skins, Infinity Pools and Sand Slumps, Fused Space / Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2014
Sunbathing in the Shadow of the Volcano, T293, Naples, IT
At the Tip of the Tongue, Loudhailer, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living, co-curated by Diana Nawi and Pablo José Ramírez with Luce Curatorial Fellow Ashton Cooper, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Surfaces, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
End Demo, Epoch Gallery, Virtual
2019
Touch Knows You Before Language, Lyles & King, New York, US
The Shape of Content, OCHI Projects, Los Angeles, US
2018
Metamorphosis, Lightly (Intimacy of Form), Oof Books, Los Angeles, CA
Dead Eden, Lyles & King, New York, US
Combat Shock, Soso Grotto, Los Angeles, US
2017
Yey an unusual way of spelling yay. ^-^, JIR SANDEL, Los Angeles, US
2016
Boys and Girls Can Still Draw, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, US
Roman A Clef And/Or The Appetite Of The Chef (Part 2), curated by Mateo Tannatt, Rainbow in Spanish, Los Angeles, US
Miranda, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, US
On my volcano grows the Grass, Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles, US
Together / Alone, EMBASSY, Los Angeles, US
Super Sketchy, Alleyoop Projects, New York, US
2015
Saline Communion / Erica Mahinay & Kathryn O'Halloran, Harmony Murphy Gallery, Los Angeles, US
MEAT RAFFLE: Timo Fahler, Erica Mahinay, Kyle Patrick Roberts, Mary Weatherford, BBQ LA, Los Angeles, US
2014
THE GO BETWEEN. A selection of emerging international artists from the Ernesto Esposito Collection, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, IT
Residencies
2021
Artist Residency , Yucca Valley Material Lab, Yucca Valley, CA
2010
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, US
2009-2010
Charlotte Street Foundation, Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program, Kansas City, US
Press & Publications
2023
Episode No. 627 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast: Erica Mahinay and Teresa Baker, The Modern Art Notes Podcast with Tyler Green
Review: Art made during — and despite — the pandemic informs the Hammer’s ‘Made in L.A.’ 2023 biennial, Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2023
8 Standout Artists from the Hammer Museum’s “Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living", Hollie McLaughlin-Martin, Artsy, Oct 5, 2023
30 must-see arts events in Southern California this fall, By Deborah Vankin, Charles McNulty, Christopher Knight, Carolina A. Miranda, Jessica Gelt, Steven Vargas, Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times,SEPT. 1, 2023
2020
The New York Times, Jason Farago, My Weekend Binge Online at Frieze, May 12, 2020
2017
Elephant: The Art Culture Magazine, Emily Steer, 5 Questions with Erica Mahinay, May 4, 2017
2016
“Miranda” at Anat Ebgi, Contemporary Art Daily, July 14th, 2016
2015
CARLA (ContemporaryArtReviewLA), Catherine Wagley, Saline Communion at Harmony Murphy Gallery
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast No. 121, 2015, Juror: Nina Bozicnik, Henry Art Gallery
2014
ART BLOG ART BLOG, organized by Joshua Abelow, Erica Mahinay, Sunbathing in the Shadow of the Volcano @ T293, Naples, October 17
New American Paintings, No. 111, MFA Annual, 2014, Juror: Lisa D. Frieman, Director, Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University
2013
Becoming Object, Shannon Stratton, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2013