Erin Stafford's aesthetic tendencies are reflected in her studio practice as a result of her affluent upbringing in Dallas, where she found upper-middle class expectations full of irony and contradiction. Her influences stem from her perception of this cultural refinement, including various forms of rituals and traditions that have evolved from anachronistic forms of propriety from bygone eras.

Stafford began her art education in painting and drawing at the University of North Texas. It was here that she began to question established social conventions while surrounded by eccentric artists and jazz musicians. After receiving her MFA at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2009, she returned to her home town to begin her curatorial endeavors at the artist-run space Red Arrow Contemporary. While continuing her studio practice, Stafford began experimentation in diverse mediums and challenged her art-making process with sculpture and installation.

Her recent exhibitions include FRESH at the Mom Gallery in Austin, Biennial 600-Sculpture curated by Leigh Arnold at the Amarillo Museum of Art, Tongue-and-Groove at Lawndale Art Center in Houston, and Misbehaving at Kirk Hopper Fine Art.

Group exhibition: ATM/DFW
Group exhibition: Group Exhibition
Solo exhibition: Lovesick
Solo exhibition: Misbehaving
Group exhibition: The Devil Within and Without

Erin Stafford CV

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