Lily Erb
Photo Credit: Cassidy Brauner Jarrahi
Artist Exchange, Exhibiting Artist
Lily Erb is a queer maker from Charlottesville, Virginia. Lily received her BFA from Hampshire College in Sculpture and Printmaking in 2013 and her MFA in Sculpture + Extended Practice at Ohio University in 2022. Lily spent the first eight years of her creative career working almost exclusively with steel after signing up for a welding class in college and falling in love with art making. She began focusing on creating soft sculpture after a discovered love of sewing while in residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in the fall of 2018. During her time at Ohio University Lily has incorporated performance to her soft sculpture practice as well. Other residencies Lily attended are Yellow Bird Art Park, Wabi Sabi Thrift Store, and Paducah A.I.R. Public art pieces include, decorative panels for The Paramount, Vita Nova, Tastings, and Splendora's as well as Extended Chaos in Paducah, KY and Clothing Rack Bike Rack in Moab, UT.
Instagram: @Lilywelderb
Bio courtesy of the artist.
Lily won the Fall 2016 Charlottesville SOUP grant to explore the addition of light to her steel works.
