Erica Magrey
Born 1977, lives and works in Brooklyn.

Education
2004-2006 MFA in Photography, Video, & Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1995-1999 BFA in Photography, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Bloomfield, CT
1998 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

Two-Person Exhibitions

2005
You’ve Got a Friend: Generica Collaborations and Solo Works by Jennifer Sullivan and Erica Magrey, Sixtyseven, New York, NY

Selected Exhibitions, Screenings, and Performances

2007
Videogarden, Bard-ICP MFA Studios, Queens, NY (group show)
Metalmags Live! The Pawn Shop, Miami, FL (performance)
Die Young Stay Pretty, curated by Jose Carlos Diaz, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL (group show)
Metalmags Live! @ The French Are Drumming, Bard-ICP MFA Studios, Queens, NY (performance)
A Kind of Love, Ai Gallery, Chicago, IL (group show)
Troubadour, Project Room at Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL (solo screening)
Chasing Cool, Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, curated by David and Adira Amram (screening)

2006
Chic-A-Go-Go Halloween Special, CAN-TV Studios, Chicago, IL (performance)
SVA Photography, Video, and Related Media MFA Screening, Florence Gould Hall, New York, NY
The Early Work, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY (MFA degree show)
Cheap Shots: Low Budget Ladies Make You Laugh, Heathers, New York, NY, curated by Sophia Peer (screening)

2005
Sympathetic Magic, Planaria Gallery, New York, NY (group show and performance)
Primed: MFA Thesis Show, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY (group show)
Generica Live!, Def, Dum, and Hi Tour w/Airbrains, Juiceboxx, and Potato, Glass House Gallery, Brooklyn, NY and Flywheel, Easthampton, MA (performances)

2004
The Infinite Fill Show, Foxy Productions, New York, NY (group show)
La Superette, The Tank Annex, New York, NY (group show and performance)
Desert Swap Meet, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA (group show)
Your Heart is No Match for My Love, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN (group show)
Spring Student Salon, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (screening)

2003
Summer Salon, Dumba Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY (group show)

2001
WAMP Group Show, The Cork Factory, Brooklyn, NY
Kristin, Miss Porter’s School, Farmington, CT (solo show and guest speaker)

1999
Circles Group Exhibition, Artspace, Hartford, CT
Group Show, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

1998
Photography Group Show, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

Visiting Artist
2007 The Churchill School, New York, NY
2006 Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School, New Haven, CT
2001 Miss Porter’s School, Farmington, CT

Awards and Publications
2005 “Open Mike,” Interview With Michael Smith, Swingset Magazine, Issue #7
2004 “Blessing in Disguise,” Interview with Mingering Mike, Swingset Magazine, Issue #5
2004 Published drawings in Swingset Magazine, Issue #5
2003 Published drawings in Swingset Magazine, Issue #4
2003 Published two photographs in Swingset Magazine, Issue #3
2002 “Erica Magrey Introduces Sam Brown of Explodingdog.com,” Swinget Magazine, Issue #2
1999 Purchase Award, Alexander A. Goldfarb Juried Student Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT
1999 Felicia A. Miller Award for Excellence in Art, Hartford Art School, Bloomfield, CT
1999 Helen Cheney Martyn Prize for Excellence in Photography, Hartford Art School, Bloomfield, CT

Bibliography
2005 Smith, Roberta, “Sympathetic Magic,” The New York Times, March 11, 2005

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