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Erin Pollock
(b. 1982, Alaska) is an American painter, sculptor, photographer and stop-motion animator based in Brooklyn. Her short films celebrate vulnerability, imperfection, and the human capacity for transformation. Clay figures battle their fickle egos and struggle to connect. They suffer physical and emotional imperfections and, like humans, they’re in a constant state of transformation. Wielding violence and tenderness, Pollock’s figures sculpt one another with each collision of their fragile bodies - blurring the line between destruction and creation. She explores both the cruel and the absurd, while allowing empathy to creep in for tender moments of connection.
In the past year Pollock’s films have been official selections in over 20 international film festivals. Her film Lucky Mud won awards in 12 of them, including: The Svankmajer Award for Best Animation at The Austin Arthouse Film Festival, Best Experimental Short in the Vancouver Independent Film Festival, Best Animated Short in The Esoteric International Film Festival and Best Animation in the NY Cinematography Awards. Her films were finalists for: Best Animation and Best Experimental Short in The Madrid Film Awards, Best Experimental Short in The Golden Short Film Festival, Best Experimental and Best Animation Short in the IndieX Film Fest, Best Animation Short in the LA Femme Film Festival, and received an honorable mention from the New York Movie Awards. Other festivals included: Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Berlin Revolution Film Festival, Brooklyn Silent Film Festival, Los Angeles International Film Festival, New Filmmakers New York, Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival, Portland Film Festival, Unrestricted View Film Festival, and The Harlem International Film Festival.
She has staged public art projects, including commissions for The Seattle Art Museum, Microsoft, Ford Motor Company, City of Anchorage, and City of Seattle. She has exhibited in Anchorage, AK; Beijing, China; Brooklyn, NY; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cannes, France; Florence, Italy; London, UK; Los Angeles, CA; Lima, Peru; Madrid, Spain; Mexico City, Mexico; New York, NY; Seattle, Washington; and Seoul, South Korea. She has been an artist in residence at The MacDowell Colony, NH; The Jentel Foundation, WY; CAFA Beijing, China.
Her work has been supported by The Will Cotton Foundation, NY; The Rasmuson Foundation, AK; Alaska State Council on the Arts, AK; and 4Culture, WA.
In the past year Pollock’s films have been official selections in over 20 international film festivals. Her film Lucky Mud won awards in 12 of them, including: The Svankmajer Award for Best Animation at The Austin Arthouse Film Festival, Best Experimental Short in the Vancouver Independent Film Festival, Best Animated Short in The Esoteric International Film Festival and Best Animation in the NY Cinematography Awards. Her films were finalists for: Best Animation and Best Experimental Short in The Madrid Film Awards, Best Experimental Short in The Golden Short Film Festival, Best Experimental and Best Animation Short in the IndieX Film Fest, Best Animation Short in the LA Femme Film Festival, and received an honorable mention from the New York Movie Awards. Other festivals included: Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Berlin Revolution Film Festival, Brooklyn Silent Film Festival, Los Angeles International Film Festival, New Filmmakers New York, Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival, Portland Film Festival, Unrestricted View Film Festival, and The Harlem International Film Festival.
She has staged public art projects, including commissions for The Seattle Art Museum, Microsoft, Ford Motor Company, City of Anchorage, and City of Seattle. She has exhibited in Anchorage, AK; Beijing, China; Brooklyn, NY; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cannes, France; Florence, Italy; London, UK; Los Angeles, CA; Lima, Peru; Madrid, Spain; Mexico City, Mexico; New York, NY; Seattle, Washington; and Seoul, South Korea. She has been an artist in residence at The MacDowell Colony, NH; The Jentel Foundation, WY; CAFA Beijing, China.
Her work has been supported by The Will Cotton Foundation, NY; The Rasmuson Foundation, AK; Alaska State Council on the Arts, AK; and 4Culture, WA.