Erin Bird

Contemporary artist, UK

Erin Bird (b. 1978) is an American-born artist based in the UK, known for her distinctive visual language “waterprinting” an art process that blurs the boundaries between photography and painting. Born to Irish immigrants in Upstate New York, her work explores themes of transformation, memory, and displacement through the elemental force of water.

More about Erin

Portrait of the artist Erin Bird

Waterprinting - an interplay between photography and painting, a process of transformation.

Selected works

Ponytail Waterprint Ponytail Waterprint
Ponytail Waterprint
£0.00
Both Grown from Seed Both Grown from Seed
Both Grown from Seed
£6,900.00
Abort Waterprint Abort Waterprint
Abort Waterprint
£14,000.00

Selected Exhibitions

White art gallery with watercolor paintings on the wall, featuring blue, pink, and multicolored abstract designs.

EXHIBITIONS

Inner Rhythm
Group show, APT Gallery, London
April2024

An abstract, colorful painting displayed on a white gallery wall beneath a skylight, with a gray concrete floor and natural light.

EXHIBITIONS

Optic Nerve
Virtual show on Vortic

Waterprints by Erin Bird at The Set, NYC

The Set, Hudson Yards, New York City

“The piece is praised for its distinctive ability to encompass fragility and boldness simultaneously”

— Melanie Lenz
Curator at the V&A, London. Judge for 2020 Lumen Prize

Erin’s art in corporate and private collections