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Erin Long

b. Rochester, NY
Lives and works in East Aurora, NY

PROFILE 

Full-time working artist with 20+ years of experience in many creative fields: art, writing, music. Active, full-time painter using acrylic, charcoal, and pastel as a medium for creating art. Graduate of Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Bachelor of Arts. Seeking representation in galleries around the United States and abroad. 

EDUCATION

2000
BA, Major in English, Interdisciplinary Minor in Aesthetics (Studio Art, Philosophy, Art History), Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York

GALLERY REPRESENTATION 

2021 - present
Buffalo Art Movement, Buffalo, New York

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 

July 2023 - Present
Owner of ERLO Contemporary, East Aurora, New York

Sep 2017 - Present
Owner of Erin Long Fine Art, East Aurora, New York

July 2022 - Present (special projects only)
Marketing Assistant, Fox Run of Orchard Park, Orchard Park, New York

Sep 2020 - 2022
Art Director, Boys & Girls Club, East Aurora, New York

2014 - 2017
Owner of Little Star Violin School, Sonoma, California 

GRANTS AND AWARDS 

2022
Award: Hallwalls 47th Annual Members Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

2019
Award: Hallwalls 45th Annual Members Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

2018
Award: “Best of Show,” River Art Gallery Mixed Media Exhibition, Tonawanda, NY

SELECTED solo EXHIBITIONS

2022
Fox Run of Orchard Park, Orchard Park, NY. 

2022
RÓ Homeshop, Buffalo, NY. 

2021
Buffalo Art Movement, Buffalo, NY. 

2021
Project 308 Gallery, North Tonawanda, NY. 

2020
Tri-Main Center Main Offices, Buffalo, NY. 

2019
Art Walk, The Mezzanine, East Aurora, NY. 

2018
First Friday Event, Acme Cabinet Company, Buffalo, NY. 

2018
Mambrino King, East Aurora, NY. 

2017
MUSEjar, East Aurora, NY.

SELECTED Group EXHIBITIONS

2022

Miniatura Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

2022
Hallwalls 47th Annual Members Exhibition, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY. 

2020
Hallwalls 46th Annual Members Exhibition, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY. 

2019
Hallwalls 45th Annual Members Exhibition, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY.

2019
River Art Gallery, Tonawanda, NY.

2019
Junior League of Buffalo’s Decorators’ Show House, Buffalo, NY. 

2018
River Art Gallery, Tonawanda, NY.

2018
redFish Art Studios, East Aurora, NY. 

2018
East Aurora Art Society Annual Exhibition, East Aurora, NY. 

2017
The Mystic & The Monk, Kenwood, CA.

Live Drawing EXHIBITIONS

2022
A Mid Summer’s Draw, Drawing Rally and Silent Auction, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY.

2021
A Mid Winter’s Draw, Drawing Rally and Silent Auction, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY. 

2020
A Mid Winter’s Draw, Drawing Rally and Silent Auction, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY. 

COMMISSIONS

2022
Private Art Commissions, Numerous between 2017-Present for private collections.

2020
Public Mural Commission, The Merry Shelley, Buffalo, New York.

2019
Corporate Art Commission, Paramount Pictures, Netflix, Los Angeles, California. 

2019
Public (Live) Art Commission, Borderland Music Festival, East Aurora, New York. 

COLLECTIONS 

Private collections, United States and France. 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Board of Directors, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, New York.

Exhibiting Member, Buffalo Society of Artists, Buffalo, New York.

Member, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, New York. 

Coordinator of Visual Arts, Borderland Music Festival, East Aurora, New York.

REFERENCES

Grace Meibohm
Owner of Meibohm Fine Arts, Inc.
478 Main Street
East Aurora, New York 14052
(716) 652-0940

Nancy Cerny
Vice President, Buffalo Society of Artists
P.O. Box 718
Buffalo, New York 14207