Erin Shirreff (born 1975) is a Canadian artist who works primarily in photography, sculpture, and video.

Erin Shirreff
Born1975 (age 48–49)
NationalityCanadian
Education

Early life and education

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Shireff was born in 1975 in Kelowna, British Columbia.[1] 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.[2]

Solo exhibitions

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Awards

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In 2005, Shirreff received The Hayward Prize for Fine Arts from The Austrian-American Foundation.[5] 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.[6][7][8]

Collections

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Shirreff's work is included in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum, New York,[9] the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston[10] and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Erin Shirreff". San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Erin Shirreff - Remainders". Clark Art Institute. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ Feeney, Mark (31 August 2015). "When three becomes two". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Erin Shirreff". White Cube - Exhibitions. 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ^ "New York Close Up: A Documentary Series on Art and Life in the City. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Art21. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Jeffrey, Robyn (12 November 2013). "Power to the People: Erin Shirreff wins the 2013 Aimia | AGO Photography Prize". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 2018-08-08. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  7. ^ Sandals, Leah (7 November 2013). "Erin Shirreff Wins $50,000 AIMIA | AGO Photo Prize". Canadian Art. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  8. ^ Whyte, Murray (7 November 2013). "Canadian Erin Shirreff wins AIMIA-AGO Photography Prize". The Star. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  9. ^ "Erin Shirreff". The Guggenheim Museum and Foundation. Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  10. ^ "Catalogue, 39 parts (Value Lessons) - Erin Shirreff - 2015". Institute of Contemporary Art - Boston. June 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  11. ^ "Erin Shirreff". Albright-Knox. Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2019-12-24.