Erin Branscum is a graduate of the University of Texas, where she received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art and a Certifications of Business Foundations. She has lived in Texas her entire life and grew up taking art classes throughout grade school. Erin has always focused on fine arts, specifically painting and drawing and photography. She has continued her passion for art in college, enhancing her skills in studio art, mostly oil painting, film and digital photography, and printmaking. Erin now lives and work in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where she continues to make artwork.

 

Erin's artwork deals with the relationship and connection between humans and the environment and landscape in both her paintings and photography. She is most interested in documenting her own relationship and experiences with the environment, especially in her paintings, and focuses on capturing the everyday life moments in her photography. Her print making consists of mostly patterned work.

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Education

         

         Western Colorado University, Masters of Education, In

           progress

        

University of Texas at Austin, BFA Studio Art, December 2018

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University of Texas at Austin, Certification of Business Foundations, December 2018

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Publications

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      2018 - The ASA Blog, "Artist Spotlight" 

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Awards

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     2019 - College Scholar, College of Fine Arts

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     2018 - College Scholar, College of Fine Arts

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     2017 –  Departmental painting scholarship nomination

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     2016 –  College Scholar, College of Fine Arts

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     2015  -  Dallas Museum of Art, honorable mention, Young 

         Masters Program

 

     2015  - “Best of Show” Grapevine High School Art Show

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     2015  - "District Award" Congressional Art Show, Grapevine, 

                   Texas

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Exhibitions

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   Solo

     2017 - Halls and Walls Gallery, University of Texas College of                    Fine Arts

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   Group

     2020 - Autumn Show, The Art Depot Gallery, Steamboat  

                  Springs, CO

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     2020 – If Hope Was An Ice Cream Float, The Art           

                    Depot Gallery, Steamboat Creates, Steamboat

                   Springs, CO

 

     2019 – If I Find The Things I Wish To See, BFA Thesis                                 Show, Austin, TX

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     2018 – E.A.S.T., ArtStartArt student show, Austin, TX

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                   Untitled, VAC Gallery, University of Texas at Austin

 

​     2017 – Millie Otto, Santa Chiara Study Center, Learning 

                  Tuscany Study Abroad Program, Castiglion Fiorentino, 

                   Italy

 

        Mille Otto, VAC Gallery, University of Texas at

        Austin

   

        Halls and Walls Gallery, University of Texas College of          Fine Arts

 

        Studio Art Exhibition, Department of Fine Arts 

        Basement, University of Texas at Austin

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     2015 – Dallas Museum of Art Young Masters Program,                                 Dallas, Texas

     

     2015 - Texas Visual Arts Association, Student Art Exhibition,                      University of Texas at Dallas

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Experience

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     Special Education Paraprofessional, Steamboat Springs

                  Middle School -  August 2020 - Present

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     Student Outreach and Communications Intern,               

                  ArtStartArt LLC.  - January 2019 - May 2019

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