BIO
Erica Trabold is a collage artist, essayist, and author of Five Plots, winner of the inaugural Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Book Prize, and the chapbook Dots. With Zoë Bossiere, she co-edited the anthology The Lyric Essay as Resistance: Truth from the Margins. Erica has exhibited in group shows sponsored by the National Collage Society, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hera Gallery, and other arts organizations, nationally and internationally. She collages, writes, and teaches in central Virginia.
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EDUCATION
2016 Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Oregon State University
2014 Master of Arts, English, University of Nebraska at Omaha
2012 Bachelor of Arts, English, Summa Cum Laude, University of Nebraska at Omaha
TEACHING
2022-25 Assistant Professor, English & Creative Writing, Sweet Briar College
2019-22 Visiting Assistant Professor, English & Creative Writing, Sweet Briar College
2017-19 Writing Instructor, Portland Community College
2017-19 Writing Instructor, Literary Arts, Portland, OR
2014-16 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University
2012-14 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Nebraska at Omaha
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
Nourishing Flourishes, Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg, VA (upcoming)
GROUP SHOWS
2025
Everything but the Kitschen Sink, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Bernadette O’Connell
Amuse-Bouche, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA, jurors: Christy Wood & Ric Kasini Kadour
Annual National Juried Exhibition, Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg, VA, juror: Jeffrey Allison
Mid Atlantic Juried Exhibition, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA, juror: Jeffrey Allison
Rewriting Her Story, Hera Gallery (virtual exhibition), Wakefield, RI, juror: Sonja Czekalski
40Under40, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA, curator: Piper Groves
2024
40th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Collage Society, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, jurors: David Adix, Jennifer Bates, & Nikki Woods
Collage Notes, Paris Collage Collective, Espace Canopy, Paris, France, curator: Petra Zehner
Modern Fluxus: Contemporary Mail Art From Around the World, Little Gallery, Bowling Green State University Firelands, Huron, OH, curator: Stephen Tomasko
Brown Bag, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI, juror: Alyson Hollobaugh
16th Annual Juried Show, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA, juror: Betsy Bannan
Measure Twice, Cut Once: Collage Group Exhibition, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, curator: Bernadette O’Connell
Ikebana, Laboratorio de Collage de Madrid, Pequeña Galería, Madrid, Spain, jurors: Patricia Alcántara Larco, Teresa Cucala, & Arianne Cristiel
Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center, Hampton, VA, Honorable Mention, juror: Dr. Christopher C. Oliver
Amuse-Bouche, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA, jurors: Christy Wood & Ric Kasini Kadour
CONFERENCE TALKS
2025
Symposium. “Symbols on a Cave Wall: Storytelling & Collage” w/ Andrea Lewicki, Carolyn E. Oliver, Jordan Cerminara, Kirk Read. New Orleans Museum of Art, Kolaj Fest, New Orleans, LA.
Roundtable discussion. “Writer’s Corner” w/ Kirk Read and Anthony D. Kelly. New Orleans Healing Center, Kolaj Fest, New Orleans, LA.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2025 Artist Residency, Studio Faire, Nérac, France
2024 Collage Artist Residency, Kolaj Institue and A’ the Airts, Sanquhar, Scotland
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Art feature, interview “Collage-versation.” Sweet Briar College Alumnae Magazine
2024 Art feature, interview. “Circling the Square.” The Journal, The Ohio State University
2018 Essay in collage. “Swedish Rye Bread.” New South, Georgia State University
MEMBERSHIPS
2024— National Collage Society
2013— Association of Writers & Writing Programs