Erin Shirreff

Erin Shirreff

Eyelit (glass)
2021
Dye sublimation prints on aluminium, latex paint
140.3 x 135 ¼ x 14.6 cm. (55 ¼ x 53 ¼ x 5 ¾ in.), edition of 4 + 2AP
Maquette (A.P. no. 10)
2019
Bronze
49.7 x 19.8 x 40 cm. (19.6 x 7.8 x 15.8 in.), edition of 10 + 1AP
Modern sculpture (green, red)
2021
Dye sublimation prints on aluminium, latex paint
182.2 x 154.3 x 14.6 cm. (71 ¾ x 60 ¾ x 5 ¾ in.), framed
Maquette (split circle)
2021
Bronze
100 x 80 x 54.8 cm. (39.3 x 31.5 x 23 in.)
Maquette
2019
Bronze
238.7 x 218.4 x 144.7 cm. (94 x 86 x 57 in.)
Alpha
2021
Dye sublimation prints on aluminium, latex paint
181 x 153 x 14.6 cm. (71 ¼ x 60 ¼ x 5 ¾ in.), framed
Fig. 14
2019
Archival pigment print
101.6 x 137 cm. (40 x 54 in.), edition of 4 + 2AP
Fig. 10
2019
Archival pigment print
110.5 x 146 x 8.2 cm. (43 ½ x 57 ½ x 3 ¼ in.)
Installation view
Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, Massachusetts, US
Still, 2019
Colour video, silent
39 minutes, looped
Installation view, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, CA
Echo exposure
2019
Cyanotype photogram, muslin over panel
203 x 177.8 cm. (80 x 70 in.)
Lacquer, clips and stack
2018
Dye sublimation and archival pigment print
224 x 94.6 x 14.6 cm. (88 ¼ x 37 ¼ 5 ¾ in.)
Bronze (Slivka, Burckhardt, Busch, Laocoön)
2018
Dye sublimation prints on aluminium, archival pigment print
224 x 260 x 14.6 cm. (88 3/8 x 102 3/8 x 5 ¾ in.), edition of 4 + 2AP
Relief (no. 1)
2015
Archival pigment print
185.7 x 115 x 14.6 cm. (73 x 45 ¼ x 5 ¾ in.)
Relief (no. 2)
2015
Archival pigment print
185.7 x 115 x 14.6 cm. (73 x 45 ¼ x 5 ¾ in.)
Concrete Buildings
2013-2016
Colour video, silent, two channels, 73 minute loop; 46 minute loop
Installation view, Kunsthalle Basel, CH
Concrete Buildings
Video still
Drop (no. 14)
2015
Hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and Cor-ten steel
298 x 545 x 86.3 cm. (117 ¼ x 214 ½ x 34 in.)
Catalogue, 39 parts (Value Lesson)
2015
Hydrostone, pigment, graohite, steel frames, pedestal
114.7 x 165.7 x 134.6 cm. (57 x 65 ¼ x 53 in.)
Sculpture for Snow, 2011
Painted aluminium
346.7 x 137 x 293.3 cm. (136.5 x 54 x 115.5 in.)
Installation view, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, US
Sculpture Park (Tony Smith, Amaryllis)
2006/2013
16mm film, 8:43 minute loop
Installation view, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
Eyelit (glass)
2021
Dye sublimation prints on aluminium, latex paint
140.3 x 135 ¼ x 14.6 cm. (55 ¼ x 53 ¼ x 5 ¾ in.), edition of 4 + 2AP
Maquette (A.P. no. 10)
2019
Bronze
49.7 x 19.8 x 40 cm. (19.6 x 7.8 x 15.8 in.), edition of 10 + 1AP
Modern sculpture (green, red)
2021
Dye sublimation prints on aluminium, latex paint
182.2 x 154.3 x 14.6 cm. (71 ¾ x 60 ¾ x 5 ¾ in.), framed
Maquette (split circle)
2021
Bronze
100 x 80 x 54.8 cm. (39.3 x 31.5 x 23 in.)
Maquette
2019
Bronze
238.7 x 218.4 x 144.7 cm. (94 x 86 x 57 in.)
Alpha
2021
Dye sublimation prints on aluminium, latex paint
181 x 153 x 14.6 cm. (71 ¼ x 60 ¼ x 5 ¾ in.), framed
Fig. 14
2019
Archival pigment print
101.6 x 137 cm. (40 x 54 in.), edition of 4 + 2AP
Fig. 10
2019
Archival pigment print
110.5 x 146 x 8.2 cm. (43 ½ x 57 ½ x 3 ¼ in.)
Installation view
Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, Massachusetts, US
Still, 2019
Colour video, silent
39 minutes, looped
Installation view, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, CA
Echo exposure
2019
Cyanotype photogram, muslin over panel
203 x 177.8 cm. (80 x 70 in.)
Lacquer, clips and stack
2018
Dye sublimation and archival pigment print
224 x 94.6 x 14.6 cm. (88 ¼ x 37 ¼ 5 ¾ in.)
Bronze (Slivka, Burckhardt, Busch, Laocoön)
2018
Dye sublimation prints on aluminium, archival pigment print
224 x 260 x 14.6 cm. (88 3/8 x 102 3/8 x 5 ¾ in.), edition of 4 + 2AP
Relief (no. 1)
2015
Archival pigment print
185.7 x 115 x 14.6 cm. (73 x 45 ¼ x 5 ¾ in.)
Relief (no. 2)
2015
Archival pigment print
185.7 x 115 x 14.6 cm. (73 x 45 ¼ x 5 ¾ in.)
Concrete Buildings
2013-2016
Colour video, silent, two channels, 73 minute loop; 46 minute loop
Installation view, Kunsthalle Basel, CH
Concrete Buildings
Video still

Drop (no. 14)
2015
Hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and Cor-ten steel
298 x 545 x 86.3 cm. (117 ¼ x 214 ½ x 34 in.)
Catalogue, 39 parts (Value Lesson)
2015
Hydrostone, pigment, graohite, steel frames, pedestal
114.7 x 165.7 x 134.6 cm. (57 x 65 ¼ x 53 in.)
Sculpture for Snow, 2011
Painted aluminium
346.7 x 137 x 293.3 cm. (136.5 x 54 x 115.5 in.)
Installation view, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, US
Sculpture Park (Tony Smith, Amaryllis)
2006/2013
16mm film, 8:43 minute loop
Installation view, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA

Biography

Erin Shirreff holds a BFA in Visual Arts from the University of Victoria (1998) and an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University (2005). Her work was featured in solo exhibitions at SITE Santa Fe (2024), the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown (2021-22), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2019), Kunsthalle Basel (2016), the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (2016), Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal (2022), and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2015), with an upcoming solo at the Milwaukee Art Museum (2025). She took part in recent group exhibitions at MUMOK Vienna (2024), the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven (2021), Musée d’art contemporain, Montreal (2020), Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (2019), KANAL – Centre Pompidou, Brussels (2018), The Common Guild, Glasgow (2017), Fondazione Prada, Milan (2016), and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2015). Shirreff’s work is in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas), LACMA (Los Angeles), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Musée d’art contemporain (Montréal), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), and the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven).

b. 1975

Lives and works in Montreal, Canada

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