ERIN SHIRREFF

Erin Shirreff (1975–) was born in British Columbia, Canada, and now lives and works in New York. In her practice, she reflects on the distance between objects and their representation and explores the capacity of photography to convey a sculptural experience. Recent solo shows include Halves and Wholes at Kunsthalle Basel (2016) and a survey exhibition co-curated by the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston) and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo) (2015–16). Her work has been in group shows including Photography Today: Distant Realities, Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich, 2016); L’image volée, Fondazione Prada (Milan, 2016); and Photo-Poetics: An Anthology, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, 2015). Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Centre Georges-Pompidou, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art of New York, among others. She is represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co. (New York).

Biography

Erin Shirreff (1975–) was born in British Columbia, Canada, and now lives and works in New York. In her practice, she reflects on the distance between objects and their representation and explores the capacity of photography to convey a sculptural experience. Recent solo shows include Halves and Wholes at Kunsthalle Basel (2016) and a survey exhibition co-curated by the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston) and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo) (2015–16). Her work has been in group shows including Photography Today: Distant Realities, Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich, 2016); L’image volée, Fondazione Prada (Milan, 2016); and Photo-Poetics: An Anthology, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, 2015). Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Centre Georges-Pompidou, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art of New York, among others. She is represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co. (New York).