transitstation - Artists

Erica Stanga

Scotland

transitstation
edinburgh 2006

Installation for rubbish cans and television screens

"In my work I explore temporary materials such as cast sugar and frozen wine for creating sculptures. I then document my time-based sculptures with (moving) film; the films are later manipulated and used as part of other sculptures. The 'soundtracks' are formed using found sounds from the exhibition spaces."

Canadian born artist Erica Stanga works with a wide variety of materials from metal to frozen wine to film. She has exhibited her work throughout North America and Europe and has three commissioned public monuments in New Jersey, USA. The inspiration for her sculptures arrive from an interest in self-sufficiency, superstition, archeology and the natural world.


Education
2000 - 2002		Edinburgh College of Art - MFA Degree in Sculpture in association with Heriot Watts University Edinburgh, Scotland
1997 - 2000		Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture - Apprenticeship - Mercerville, USA
1989 - 1994		Ontario College of Art - Associate of OCA Four Year Diploma in Sculpture/installation Toronto, Canada

Teaching Experience
2000		Edinburgh College of Art-assistant, first year sculpture classes Edinburgh, Scotland
1998 - 1999		Artworks-conducting paper and book arts workshops New Jersey, USA
1994-1996		FC Paper Projects-freelance sculpture, papermaking workshops Toronto, Canada

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005		Of Clay and Sleep-Patriothall Gallery WASPS, Edinburgh, Scotland
2004		Mouthorgan-Totalkunst Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2002		Flight-Forest Arts, Edinburgh, Scotland
1999		Intimacy and Metamorphosis-WPA Gallery, Princeton, USA
1997		Leaves-Alternative Grounds, Toronto, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions
2006		transitstation - Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh, Scotland international exhibition as event
2005		Threelittlewordsanditgoeslikethis...do it now - Edinburgh, Glasgow, Scotland, Juried art exhibition
2002		Genies and Other Bottled Creatures-Generator Projects Room, Dundee, Scotland, Juried Art Exhibition
2002		What's Mine is Yours - Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Juried Art Exhibition
2001		Von Hier Bis Dahin - Akademie Gallery, Munich, Germany
1997		She Shows: Now - Lincoln Centre, New York City, USA, Travelling Art Exhibition

Public Art Commissions
installed 2000		Crown-Blessed Sacrament Church - New Jersey, USA
installed 1999		Trenton Makes Gate-Urban Word Café, New Jersey, USA

Awards
2004 / 2005		Exhibition Grant - Totalkunst Gallery Edinburgh, Scotland
1997 - 2000		Johnson Atelier Full Tuition Scholarship - Johnson Atelier, New Jersey, USA
1999		Metal Casting Scholarship - Johnson Atelier, New Jersey, USA
1993		Papermaking Scholarship - Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada

elstanga@hotmail.com