Art + Artists

Erin V. Sotak received a BFA from the University of Arizona and a MFA from San Jose State University. She has exhibited her work throughout the United States, including the Phoenix Art Museum. She is a storyteller whose work is narrated through the use of symbolic colors, iconic objects, cultural references, and historical allusions. For Sotak the challenge is how to illustrate art, not as a fabricated object, but as an experience that creates a hiccup in the mundane. She creates moments of beauty while quietly engaging in a dialogue about labor, endurance, absurdity, collections, consumption, gender, and aesthetics.