Erin Paradis

Erin Paradis is a ceramic sculptor living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received her MFA from the University of Minnesota and her BFA from Alfred University. She has worked extensively as an artist, resident, business owner, and instructor at art centers and academic settings nationally and internationally. Erin was a Lecturer in Ceramics and Sculpture from 2015-2020 at the University of Minnesota and instructs at Bloomington Center for the Arts and Northern Clay Center. She received the Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board in 2017 and 2020 and the Open Studio Fellowship through Franconia Sculpture Park in 2018. In addition, [Paradis] was a recipient of the 2019 Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant through Northern Clay Center. She received the 2020 Outdoor Sculpture Artist Award through Silverwood Park in St. Anthony, MN. Most recently, Paradis received the 2021 Early Career Project Grant through Forecast Public Arts and is exhibiting her show Towards Veracity at the Inez Greenberg Gallery in Bloomington, MN, in August 2021.