Erin Antonak
Sculptor
Erin Lee Antonak is a sculptor, a milliner, and a Wolf Clan member of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York. She holds a BFA from Bard College, an MFA from SUNY New Paltz, and has studied at Lacoste School of the Arts, France and Vermont Studio Center. Erin has worked in various museums and art galleries developing, designing, and building exhibitions for over 20 years. She has organized and curated shows in Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Africa. Her artwork fuses traditional Iroquois sensibilities and craft techniques with contemporary materials and concepts. She is currently the Curator at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, MS, the Board Chair of the Indigenous Women’s Voices Summit, Hurleyville, NY and serves as a Yale University Morse College Fellow, New Haven, CT. She lives in Ocean Springs, Mississippi with her husband, Brian, and their children, Calder and Archer.
Link to artist statement
www.erinantonak.com
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