Erin Shirreff
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Erin Shirreff (born 1975) is a Canadian artist who works primarily in photography, sculpture, and video.
Early life and education
Shireff was born in 1975 in Kelowna, British Columbia.{{Cite web |title=Erin Shirreff |url=https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Erin_Shirreff/ |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=San Francisco Museum of Modern Art}} Shirreff received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria in Visual Arts. She received her Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the Yale University School of Art.{{cite web |title=Erin Shirreff - Remainders |url=https://www.clarkart.edu/exhibition/detail/Erin-Shirreff-Remainders |access-date=29 September 2021 |website=Clark Art Institute}}
Solo exhibitions
- Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston Massachusetts (2015){{Cite web |last=Feeney |first=Mark |date=31 August 2015 |title=When three becomes two |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/08/31/erin-shirreff-ica-when-three-becomes-two/XpuPP71A9lBcM7CM9C4WBL/story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227152117/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/08/31/erin-shirreff-ica-when-three-becomes-two/XpuPP71A9lBcM7CM9C4WBL/story.html |archive-date=27 December 2015 |access-date=24 December 2019 |website=The Boston Globe}}
- White Cube in London, United Kingdom (2013){{Cite web |date=2013 |title=Erin Shirreff |url=https://whitecube.com/exhibitions/exhibition/erin_shirreff_bermondsey_2013 |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=White Cube - Exhibitions}}
Awards
In 2005, Shirreff received The Hayward Prize for Fine Arts from The Austrian-American Foundation.[http://www.art21.org/newyorkcloseup/artists/erin-shirreff/ "New York Close Up: A Documentary Series on Art and Life in the City.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211918/http://www.art21.org/newyorkcloseup/artists/erin-shirreff/ |date=2016-03-04 }} Art21. Retrieved March 8, 2016. In 2011, Shirreff was the recipient of both The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant. She has also won the Aimia/AGO Photography Prize from the Art Gallery of Ontario.{{Cite web |last=Jeffrey |first=Robyn |date=12 November 2013 |title=Power to the People: Erin Shirreff wins the 2013 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize |url=https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/in-the-spotlight/power-to-the-people-erin-shirreff-wins-the-2013-aimia-ago-photography |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808213632/https://www.gallery.ca/magazine/in-the-spotlight/power-to-the-people-erin-shirreff-wins-the-2013-aimia-ago-photography |archive-date=2018-08-08 |access-date=2019-12-24 |website=National Gallery of Canada}}{{Cite web |last=Sandals |first=Leah |date=7 November 2013 |title=Erin Shirreff Wins $50,000 AIMIA | AGO Photo Prize |url=https://canadianart.ca/news/aimia-award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404231412/http://canadianart.ca/news/aimia-award/ |archive-date=2016-04-04 |access-date=2019-12-24 |website=Canadian Art}}{{Cite web |last=Whyte |first=Murray |date=7 November 2013 |title=Canadian Erin Shirreff wins AIMIA-AGO Photography Prize |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/2013/11/07/canadian_erin_shirreff_wins_aimiaago_photography_prize.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006041505/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/2013/11/07/canadian_erin_shirreff_wins_aimiaago_photography_prize.html |archive-date=2015-10-06 |access-date=2019-12-24 |website=The Star}}
Collections
Shirreff's work is included in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum, New York,{{Cite web |title=Erin Shirreff |url=https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/erin-shirreff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201134149/https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/erin-shirreff |archive-date=2018-12-01 |access-date=2019-12-24 |website=The Guggenheim Museum and Foundation}} the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston{{Cite web |date=June 2015 |title=Catalogue, 39 parts (Value Lessons) - Erin Shirreff - 2015 |url=https://www.icaboston.org/art/erin-shirreff/catalogue-39-parts-value-lessons |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629094057/https://www.icaboston.org/art/erin-shirreff/catalogue-39-parts-value-lessons |archive-date=2016-06-29 |access-date=2019-12-24 |website=Institute of Contemporary Art - Boston}} and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.{{Cite web |title=Erin Shirreff |url=https://www.albrightknox.org/art/exhibitions/erin-shirreff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709163301/https://www.albrightknox.org/art/exhibitions/erin-shirreff |archive-date=2019-07-09 |access-date=2019-12-24 |website=Albright-Knox}}
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Category:20th-century Canadian women artists
Category:21st-century Canadian artists