Feature Article in Curator
Renowned author and curator, Nato Thompson, features Blumenfeld’s longstanding interest in exploring the cosmos in an article titled, “Drifting Among the Stars: Yael Bartana, Erika Blumenfeld, and the Poetics of Outer Space” published in Curator, a contemporary art and design platform for creative dialogue and collaboration. The piece discusses several series from Blumenfeld’s work, including […]
Asia Society Texas
Space City: Art in the Age of Artemis assembles the work of contemporary artists who explore the mysteries and wonders of outer space. Curated by Owen Duffy, the exhibition is on view from Oct. 17, 2024-March 16, 2025. Featuring work by Michael Bhichitkul, Erika Blumenfeld, John Hee Taek Chae, Angela Chen, Leroy Chiao, JooYoung Choi, James […]
New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary
Blumenfeld’s work in the collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art will be exhibited in the museum’s landmark exhibition, Off-Center: New Mexico Art, 1970-2000, a survey of the last three decades of the twentieth century, a pivotal time in which numerous artists relocated to New Mexico, drawn by its distinctive climate and landscape, its […]
Artist Talk for the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
In this virtual presentation on April 4, 2024, Blumenfeld gave an overview of her artistic practice and her collaborations with scientists and research institutions, including NASA, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the McDonald Observatory, and the South African National Antarctic Program. She also discussed her time working with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, which inspired […]
Panel Talk for Moon Village Association Cultural WG
Blumenfeld joined the Moon Village Association’s Cultural Considerations Working Group along with Planetary Scientist Prof Ian Crawford (Birkbeck College, University of London) for a webinar panel discussion titled, “Moon Rocks: Study and Inspiration.” Blumenfeld discusses and gives a demo of her pioneering project, Astromaterials 3D, and how this research archive/public artwork relates to her art practice […]
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Blumenfeld exhibits her Tracing Luminaries portfolio in the exhibition “imaginary i” at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, which runs from November 11, 2023 – April 7, 2024 and is curated by Christina Brungardt. The exhibition compares how artists and mathematicians utilize constructs of the imaginary, or complex numbers, to envision the future and reclaim, retrace, […]
Star Date Magazine Feature Article
“Creative Cosmos: Contemporary artists honor the late 19th and early 20th-century women ‘computer’ who changed how we see the universe.” By Rebecca Johnson. Star Date Magazine, published by The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory, features Blumenfeld’s Tracing Luminaries print edition alongside other artists who have investigated the story of the Women Computers of […]
Artist Talk at Inman Gallery: Tracing Luminaries
Artist Erika Blumenfeld and gallery director Kerry Inman in conversation on April 8, 1:00pm. The two discuss Blumenfeld’s latest print project, Tracing Luminaries, and Blumenfeld presents on the history of the Women Computers who inspired the prints, the printmaking process itself, questions of conservation and historical preservation at large, the rich scientific discoveries behind the glass […]
Inman Gallery (Solo Exhibition)
Blumenfeld has a solo exhibition, titled “Erika Blumenfeld: Tracing Luminaries” at Inman Gallery in Houston, TX, which will be on view from March 9 to April 29, with an opening reception on March 10, from 6-8pm. The exhibition will feature Blumenfeld’s recent Tracing Luminaries print edition portfolio, created in close collaboration with Island Press. Blumenfeld […]
Blumenfeld awarded 2023 Emerson Collective Fellowship
Blumenfeld is awarded a 2023 Emerson Collective Fellowship as part of the Climate Cohort, a group of visionary individuals who are centering collective climate solutions from different vantage points and disciplines. As an Emerson Collective Fellow, Blumenfeld will focus on her new project, Earthlight, which brings together art, climate science, and space technology. Building on […]