Erik Deerly

Erik Deerly is a visual and sound artist, exhibiting across the Americas and in Asia and Europe. His work focuses on the exploration of synesthetic experiences and is driven by interests in perception, cognition, time, and movement. Erik's range of work includes audio, film, installation, and expanded photography. His most recent sound art album, A Sense of Place, was released in 2022 by Arpaviva Recordings, a non-profit new music and media company located in Paris, France.

Master of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts & Media, 2008
Columbia College Chicago

Bachelor of Music in Composition, 1985
Northern Illinois University

Select Exhibitions and Screenings:

• Electronic Music Midwest 2022, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL
• Perspectives 2022, International Juried Exhibition, CICA Museum, South Korea
• Audiovisual Frontiers 2021, The Department of Music at UC Riverside, in Riverside, CA 
• Seoul International Computer Music Festival 2021, Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
• REF-Resilience Festival 2021, MID SIDE Associazione di promozione sociale, Foggia, Italy
• VIDEOMEDEJA International Video Festival 25, Novi Sad, Serbia
• Maracay International Film & Video Festival, Maracay, Venezuela
• Perspectives 2021, International Juried Exhibition, CICA Museum, South Korea
• Blacksphere Live Film Festival, Juried International Screening, Blacksphere, Czech Republic
• Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition 2020, York Art Gallery, York, United Kingdom 
• Crisis Mode, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (juror: Lucia Olubunmi Momoh)
• American Pie, Freyberger Gallery Exhibitions, Penn State Berks, Reading, PA (juror: Marilyn Fox)
• Fl3tch3r Exhibit: Social & Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University
• Dysmorphia: Erik Deerly Exhibition, International Solo Exhibition, CICA Museum, South Korea
• Cyber Sanctuaries Pavilion, The Wrong Biennale, International, online and various locations
• Erik Deerly: Exo Resonance, Indiana University
• No Image 2019, International Juried Exhibition, CICA Museum, South Korea 
• Glitch, Curated International Photography Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 
• Glitches and Defects, Millepiani Exhibition Space, Rome, Italy
• Magmart International Videoart Festival XI, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples, Italy
• Erik Deerly: Apophenia, Indiana University
• Mobile, International Juried Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
• HOME: Absence or Essence, International Juried Exhibition, Specto Art Space, Bridgewater, Virginia
• Mobile Only, International Juried Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
• Summer Exhibition, Juried International Showcase, The Concept Space—Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom
• Objectified, International Juried Exhibition, CICA Museum, South Korea
• Dog and Pony Show, CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO
• Abstract Mind, International Exhibition on Abstract Art, CICA Museum, South Korea
• tXtMe, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
• A4 O2O Project: Instruction-based Art, CICA Museum, South Korea 
• Up Next, 1st National Juried Exhibition, NEXT Gallery, Denver, CO 
• 5th Annual Juried Exhibit, JF Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
• Generations, 40 Hues Between Black & White, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
• Unexpected, International Juried Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
• CONCEIVE, A Group Exhibition, the HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA
• Providence Art Club 2015 Nationwide All Media Open Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI
• Annual Juried Exhibit, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center Frederick MD 
• The Video Show — 3rd International Juried Exhibition of Video and Media Installation, North Branch, NJ
• Providence Art Club 2014 Nationwide All Media Open Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI
• Terminal Physical Space, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN

• Semi-finalist, International Music Video Awards, for Entropy, London, United Kingdom, 2021
• Winner in Music Video category for Wandering Mind’s Woods, L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival, India, 2021
• Semi-finalist, International Music Video Awards, for Wandering Mind’s Woods, London, United Kingdom, 2021
• Best Animation Short Film; Special Mention Original Score Short Film for Apophenia, Five Continents International Film Festival, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela, 2021
• Winner in Web/New Media category for Apophenia, Beyond Earth Film Festival, Chennai, India, 2021
• Best Film Score for Apophenia, Cult Critic Movie Awards, Kolkata, India, 2021
• Finalist, International Music Video Awards, Shortlisted for Apophenia, London, United Kingdom, 2021
• Best Film Score - Soundtrack for Apophenia, L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival, Kolkata, India, 2021
• Aesthetica Art Prize: Top Eighteen, Shortlisted for Dysmorphia, York, United Kingdom, 2020
• New Frontiers of Creativity and Scholarship Grant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2016
• The Lumen Prize, Long-Listed for Mutations: Interactive Web Art, Wales, United Kingdom, 2016
• First place National Interactive Design Awards, South by Southwest, Austin TX, 2002