Erica Daborn

Artist Works

Family - 2003
48 x 140 inches Oil on canvas

Artist Bio

Enlarged images found in photographic books from the 1940s and 1950s are the surfaces upon which Erica Daborn creates her densely layered drawings. Painting the bookplate to obliterate the original scene, Daborn scrapes and rubs away places to reveal traces of the underlying photograph. The uncovered imagery is then reinterpreted through the lines, smudges, drawings, and drips of ink, pencil, and graphite that Daborn applies. The found photograph and applied drawing uniquely interact, creating a visual stimulus with great depth and charged meaning.

Visit Erica Daborn's website at http://www.ericadaborn.com.

EDUCATION

Royal College of Art, London, School of Painting MFA (RCA) 1977

Winchester School of Art, England Dip.AD 1972

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011

PHILLIPS ACADEMY, Andover, MA Gelb Gallery (Forthcoming)

NK GALLERY, Boston (Forthcoming)

CELL SIGNALLING TECHNOLOGIES, Beverly, MA (Forthcoming)

2009

BROWN UNIVERSITY, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI

2008

CLARK GALLERY, Lincoln, MA "Interplay: The Artist's Dialogue with Photography"

2007

ANNETTE HOWELL TURNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Valdosta, GA "Interplay: A Painter's Dialogue with Photography"

OLIN COLLEGE, Needham, MA "Interplay; A Painter's Dialogue with Photography"

2006

NEWTON FREE LIBRARY, Newton, MA “Altered Pages”

2005

CONCORD ART ASSOCIATION, Concord, MA “Photodrawings”

2003

GLEN URQUHART SCHOOL, Johnson Gallery, Beverly MA "Hecho en Mexico"

1999

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, Denver, CO “ Out of Place” (catalogue)

THE ARTBANK, Shelburne Falls, MA “Uncovered”

1995

PHYLLIS KIND GALLERY, Chicago IL

1993

SHERRY FRUMKIN GALLERY, Santa Monica CA “Family Matters”

1992

SHERRY FRUMKIN GALLERY, Santa Monica CA “Small Truths”

FRANCES PUCCINELLI GALLERY, Carpinteria CA

1991

LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE, Da Vinci Hall Gallery, L.A. CA “Resident Alien”

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009

GROSSMAN GALLERY, SMFA, Boston "Daborn/Flynn/Schultz/Buehner/Yamamoto"

2008

NEWPORT MUSEUM & ART GALLERY, Wales, UK. "The Art of the Nude"

CLARK GALLERY, Lincoln, MA Salon Show

DANFORTH MUSEUM, Framingham, MA Member's Show

2007

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, London RCA Secret 2007

DANFORTH ART MUSEUM, Framingham, MA Member's Show (Prizewinner) (catalogue)

BRUSH ART GALLERY, Lowell, MA Massachusetts Artists 2007

SOUTH SHORE ARTS CENTER, Cohasset, MA "Works on Paper" (Prizewinner)

BRICKBOTTOM GALLERY, Somerville, MA "Brickbottom Celebrates MacDowell"

JANE DEERING GALLERY, Montecito, CA

2006

WEATHERSPOON ART MUSEUM, Greensboro. NC "Art on Paper" (catalogue)

NEW ART CENTER, Newton, MA "Reveal"

DANFORTH MUSEUM, Framingham, MA "Members' Show" (Prizewinner)

GORDON COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Wenham, MA “Archetype & Whimsy”

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY WRS Center, Waltham, MA “Vital Voices: Women’s Visions”

2005

JANE DEERING GALLERY, Annisquam, MA “Summer Show”

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, London, U.K. “RCA Secret 2005”

2004

JANE DEERING GALLERY, Annisquam, MA “Summer Show”

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, London, U.K. “RCA Secret 2004”

2003

WILLIAM HAVU GALLERY, Denver, CO "Life, Death & Inbetween"

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, London, U.K. "RCA Secret 2003"

2001

WILLIAM HAVU GALLERY, Denver, CO "Reality & Imagination"

BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS "The Chicken Show" (catalogue)

2000

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, Colorado Springs “Women & Allegory”

TUFTS UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Medford MA “Demonstrosity”

1999

WILLIAM HAVU GALLERY, Denver, CO “Women & Allegory”

UNION STREET GALLERY, Chicago “Les Salon d’Academe”

1997

PHYLLIS KIND GALLERY, Chicago “Young and/or Restless”

BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS “The Drawing Show”

TUFTS UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Medford MA “The Dainty Hand”

1995

PHYLLIS KIND GALLERY, Chicago “Works on Paper”

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Fullerton CA “Close Relations”

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The British Museum Welsh Development Agency

Boston Public Library Contemporary Art Society For Wales

Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women Leicestershire Education Authority

Santa Barbara Museum Of Art Welsh Arts Council

Virginia Center For The Creative Arts Newport Museum And Art Gallery, Wales

Boston Center for the Arts Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen, Wales

Southern Arts Association. UK Control Data

Arthur Anderson And Co Glyn Vivian Art Gallery & Museum, Swansea, Wales

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Susan Mulski ART NEW ENGLAND "Jim Dow:Photographs & Erica Daborn Interplay:The Painter's Dialogue with Photography" Aug/Sept 2008

Gail McCarthy THE GLOUCESTER TIMES “Cape Ann Take Mysterious work...” 1/27/06

John Hazelhurst COLORADO SPRINGS INDEPENDENT "Back to the Future" 1/28/2000

Michael Paglia WESTWORD “Venus and Mars” 11/4/99

Jeff Bradley DENVER POST "Women and Allegory 10/22/99

Michael Paglia WESTWORD "Place Settings" March 1999

Buzz Spector "Out of Place" Denver University Catalogue Essay Jan 1999

Steven T. Zevitas "New American Paintings" Open Studios Press 1996

Wayman R. Spence "The Healing Arts" WRS Publishing 1995

Marlena Donohue THE OUTLOOK "Deceptive Appearances" 11/26/93

Josef Woodward L.A.TIMES "Masters of Pulp" 12/17/92

Tapio Suomi GOLDIE (Norway) "At Second Glance" Fall 92

Margaret Lazzari NEW ART EXAMINER "Erica Daborn" Sept 92

James Scarborough ART IN CALIFORNIA "Santa Barbara: A Jewel Nestled ...." Sept 92

Laura Funkhauser SANTA BARBARA METRO "Daborn's Dark and Humored World" 6/11/92

Joan Crowder SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS "In a Domestic Mode, Daborn ...." 6/22/92

Merle Schipper ARTSCENE "Catalogues from the Top of the Pile" March 92

James Scarborough ARTWEEK "Erica Daborn" 2/20/92

Mark Von Proyen ARTWEEK "Myths and Politics" 9/5/91

Nancy Doll VISIONS "Showcase" Winter 92

Joan Crowder SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS "The Bold Ones: Express Yourself" 8/16/91

AWARDS AND HONORS

2009