erin parsch

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Erin Parsch's art draws on the traditions of cubism, color field, and abstract expressionism.

Erin grew up attending Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky. She studied dance, piano and music theory at the University of Louisville. At the age of seventeen, Erin moved to New York to study art history, dance, choreography, and improvisation at the State University of New York at Purchase. She joined the Erick Hawkins Dance Company in 2001 as a principal dancer. The Hawkins Company successfully incorporated live music, art and dance. Lucia Dlugoszewski’s experimental, stark and tonal music was created for the dance. The music and movement were combined with sets designed by Louise Bourgeois, Robert Motherwell, and Ralph Dorazio. While dancing with Hawkins, Erin also designed and created sets for the company's performances.

Erin has had several shows in NYC. She was commissioned to paint a 12’ x 18’ painting for a dance piece that premiered at Lincoln Center on April 1, 2005. She has had solo shows at the Wooster Arts Space in SoHo, and her work was exhibited in a group show along with paintings by Basquiat and Hinmann.