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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 Encyclopedia of Trajectories, Tracing Luminaries, Light Recordings, and Astromaterials 3D.
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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 Clar, Nathaniel Donnett, Farima Fooladi, Ian Gerson, Christopher K. Ho, Yifan Jiang, Myeongsoo Kim, Alicja Kwade, Ajay Kurian, Subash Thebe Limbu, Ani Liu, Xin Liu, Ander Mikalson, Ruhee Maknojia, Virginia Lee Montgomery, Trevor Paglen, Daid Puppypaws, Preetika Rajgariah, Toshiko Takaezu, Martha Tuttle, Tomas Vu, Hong Xian, Stella Zhong, Ping Zheng, and Alexis Zambrano, this exhibition travels through art, science, and human curiosity, inviting visitors to embark on an imaginative journey through the cosmos. As NASA aims to return to the Moon, this exhibition surveys how artists today are investigating some of the most profound questions about the universe in the city where that journey began.
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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 rich diversity of cultures, and its strong reputation as a center for the visual arts. Scheduled from June 8, 2024, to May 4, 2025, at the New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary, Off-Center explores the depth and complexity of this period through a series of relevant and topical themes. Blumenfeld’s work will be on display during the “Spectacle” rotation of works, which is installed from September 27, 2024 to May 4, 2025.
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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 the print series Tracing Luminaries, which was on display in the exhibition “imaginary i” at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art from November 11, 2023 – April 7, 2024.
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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 as a whole. Prof Crawford discusses the impact the Apollo Mission rock samples have had on our understanding of the Moon and the origin and evolution of the solar system. The webinar was held virtually on November 14, 2023, at 5.30 CET.
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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, and reveal past patterns.
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“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 the Harvard College Observatory in their work.
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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 plates, and more.
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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 and Island Press have additionally created a new single-print edition, which will be unveiled at the exhibition. Please contact Inman Gallery for all inquiries.
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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 research from social psychology that shows that experiences of awe and wonder help us see ourselves as part of something larger, Blumenfeld says, “Earthlight intends to tell a story of our interconnected world written in the language of light.”