EDUCATION
2008-2011 MFA Visual Arts, Painting - Boise State University
2002-2005 BFA Visual Arts, Drawing - Boise State University
1998-2001 Creative Writing/Art/Art History - Albertson College (College of Idaho) - transferred
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Boise State University Department of Art, Design & Visual Studies: Lecturer
2023-ongoing Art Foundations & Drawing Studio instruction
Boise State University Department of Art, Design & Visual Studies: Adjunct Instructor
2010-present Art Foundations- Instructor for 2D and 3D Foundational Design
2009 Drawing & Painting Studio – Foundational Drawing
2013, 2018-2023 Drawing & Painting Studio - Drawing 1 & Painting 1
2014-2020 Introduction to Art – Appreciation course for non-majors
2017-2019 Art Seminar - Seminar on Contemporary Art Theory and Practice
College of Western Idaho, Department of Visual & Performing Arts: Adjunct Instructor
2014 Art History 1- Ancient to Romanesque
AWARDS & HONORS
2022 Artist’s and People’s Choice Awards, Surel’s Place, Boise, Shrinky Dink Fundraiser
2021 Boise City Department of Arts & History Traffic Box Project
2020 Alexa Rose Foundation Award
Boise State University Presidential Portrait Commission- Dr. Marlene Tromp
2018 Alexa Rose Foundation Award
2014 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award Nomination
Northwest Contemporary Art Awards Nomination
2013 Boise City Department of Arts & History Traffic Box Project, 2013
Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, 2013
2005 Penland Studio Assistantship, Penland School of Craft, Asheville, NC
2004 Juror’s Choice Award, Student Juried Show Boise State University
PUBLIC ART
2023 St. Luke’s Boise Car-T Cell Clinic, Regeneration Series
2021 Boise City Department of Arts & History Traffic Box Project
2020 Boise State University Presidential Portrait Commission- Dr. Marlene Tromp
2013 Boise City Department of Arts & History Traffic Box Project, 2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Regeneration Series St. Luke’s Boise, St. Luke’s Cancer Institute, Boise, ID
Sea Changes: Erin Cunningham at KIN Boise
2022 Heirloom: Erin Cunningham at KIN Boise
Season of the Witch Poster Design for Boise State Theater, 2022-2023 season
Stein Luminary back drop for “Season of the Witch” cross-departmental collaboration
2019 New Body: Erin Cunningham Cushing-Terrel Architects CTA Gallery, Boise
2013 Taking Liberties: 60 Seconds Bricolage, Boise
2012 Whispering Pines: The Hazel B. Jackson Project, March, Bricolage, Boise
2011 Confabulation: MFA Thesis Exhibition March 11-25, Visual Arts Center, Boise State University
View from the New Nothing July, Bricolage, Boise
2007 Erin Cunningham August/September, The Flying M, Boise
2006 Into Nowhere: New Drawings by Erin Cunningham August, The Projectionist, Boise
The view might be more clear from over there, October, LUX, Boise
2005 Views of the Big Nothing, July, LUX Boise
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Erin Cunningham & April Vandegrift, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, ID, January
2023 Forage & Fallow: Erin Cunningham & April Vandegrift Boise State University Student Union, August
2020 Sea Change: Erin Cunningham & April Vandegrift, College of Idaho, Rosenthal Gallery, Caldwell, ID
2018 Cunningham/Cordell-New Work Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, ID
2012 Wither & Bloom: Erin Cunningham & Eli Craven June-July VAC, Boise
2009 Hello Friend: Erin Cunningham and Ben Wilson June/July, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City
2007 Visual Assault: Ben Wilson and Erin Cunningham November, Flying M, Boise
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Boise State University Visual Arts Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Blue Galleries, Boise, ID
Community Continuity, Neri Gallery, Boise State University, Boise
2021 Boise State University Visual Arts Faculty Biennial Exhibition
2019 Boise State University Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Boise Art Museum --
Halloween Exhibition, Flying M, Boise
2018 The Seattle/Istanbul Poster Show, Boise State Hemingway Gallery, Istanbul
2017 The Naughty Show, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, ID
Terrarium, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City
Boise State University Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Hemingway Gallery, Boise
2016 Dino Show Swell Gallery, Boise
32 Cells Old Idaho Penitentiary, Swell Studio
Art Deck-O, Swell Artist Collective, Boise
2015 New Work, ENSO Artspace, Garden City
Tiny Wonderful, ENSO Artspace, Garden City
2014 Art Deck-O, Mulligan’s Boise, Idaho
Oliver Russel “O” Award Commission, Boise
The Fisherman and His Soul Boise Contemporary Theater, Boise
2013 Re-Thread Bricolage, May, Boise
Never After VAC, August-September, Boise
Day of the Dead Altars, Idaho Historical Museum, October, Boise
Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise
2012 Navigate, August, Bricolage, Boise, ID
Day of The Dead Altars, Idaho Historical Museum, Boise
TMP 10+1, Trey McIntyre Studio, Boise
2010 We Art Women, April-May, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City
Illustration Showdown, Bricolage, Boise
2009 We Made a Deal with the Devil, August/September, Toronto-New York
2008 What Lurks in the Basement: Annual Illustration Show, January/February, Basement Gallery, Boise
Under the Grid, June, J. Crist Gallery, Boise
Now Everyone Can Be Happy: Halloween Show September/October, Basement Gallery, Boise
2007 What Lurks in the Basement: Annual Illustration Show, January/February, Basement Gallery, Boise
2006 No. 2 Productions, October, Boise
2005 IBEX, BFA Thesis Exhibition, May, Visual Arts Center, Boise State University
No. 2 Productions, July, Boise
2004 Election Performance with the Boise Naval Base, November, Boise
Boise State University Student Juried Exhibition, Juror’s Prize
CURATORIAL HISTORY
2021 Open Studio, Madasci Studio Inc., Garden City, ID
2020 Objects of Resilience Boise State SUB Galleries, Organizer – Fonda Portales, facilitator
2017 Terrarium, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City
2013 Never After, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City
2012 Black Hunger Studios founding member and curatorial contributor
PRESS
2021 “Dr. Tromp’s presidential portrait was unveiled this week. The artist tells us her thoughts” Julianne Gee, The Arbiter, November 6, 2021
2020 “Shipmates” Christopher Schnoor, Boise Weekly, March 4, 2020
“The 180 with Marcia Franklin: Erin Cunningham” Marcia Franklin, Idaho Public Broadcasting, May 8, 2020
2019 Gallery CTA Press Video, 2019 https://vimeo.com/371546435/ca5fa75030
2014 Boise Weekly, Best of Boise, Best Visual Artist
2013 Boise Weekly, Best of Boise, Best Visual Artist
2012 “Wither & Bloom Explores Truth, Memory” Christopher Schnoor, Boise Weekly, June 27, 2012
2011 ”MFA Thesis Exhibit Opening” Kat Thornton, Boise Weekly, March 9, 2011
Boise Weekly, Best of Boise, Best Visual Artist
2007 “Really Surreal: Erin Cunningham’s Artistic Absurdity” Kelly Lanae Robinson, Boise Weekly, November 21, 2007
EMPLOYMENT
2009-Present Boise State University, Adjunct Faculty, 1910 University Drive, 208-426-1000
2005-Present Studio Artist
Freelance Illustration + Design: clients including Boise State University, The Record Exchange, Radio Boise, Cider Sisters, Duck Club, Hermit Music Festival, Built to Spill, Thomas Paul, Visual Arts Collective, The Boise Weekly
2014 College of Western Idaho, Adjunct Faculty, 5500 E. Opportunity Dr, Nampa, ID, Brenda Fisher, Karen Brown Supervisors
STUDIOS & GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Madasci, Cunningham & Vandegrift, Garden City, ID 2014-present
Picture This Gallery and Frames, Boise 2022-present
Visual Arts Collective 2009-present
Swell Artist Collective, Boise 2016-18
ENSO Artspace, Boise 2014
Black Hunger Studios & Gallery, Boise 2011-2013
COLLECTIONS
Boise State University
Idaho State Historical Museum
Visual Arts Collective
Boise City
Private Collections