About the
Artist
Erin Fostel (b.1981, Baltimore, MD) creates meticulous charcoal drawings that invite people to consider their connection to the physical spaces they inhabit. In 2004, she received a BFA in Drawing from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Fostel’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions both in the Mid-Atlantic Region and nationally. She is a past winner of a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award and a Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Travel Prize. Her drawings have been included in local and international publications, as well as private and institutional collections. Her studio is based in Baltimore, MD.
Photo by Ana Tantaros of Side A Photography
Curriculum Vitae
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EDUCATION
2004
BFA in Drawing
Maryland Institute College of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
City Hall North Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2019
Katz Gallery, Friends School, Baltimore, MD
2018
Marketview Arts, York College, York, PA
2017
Terrault Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Rosenberg Gallery, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED GRANTS
2019
Maryland State Arts Council Individual
Artist Award
2018
Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City
Artist Travel Prize
COLLECTIONS
Robert W. Deutsch Foundation
Internet Testing Systems
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD
School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2018
Maryland Institute College of Art,
Baltimore, MD
Hickok Cole, Washington, DC
2017
SpaceCamp, Baltimore MD
2015
Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2013
School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
2012
Randall Scott Projects, Washington, DC
2011
Hodson Gallery, Tatem Arts Center, Hood College, Frederick, MD
Goucher College, Silber Gallery, Baltimore, MD
RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019
Lecture, Creative Mornings Baltimore
Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College
of Art
Artist in Residence, Friend’s School of Baltimore
Visiting Artist, Towson University
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2019
"Winning the Travel Grant," by Cara Ober, BmoreArt
2018
"4/4/4 Graphite," by Amy Boone-McCreesh, Inertia Studio Visits
2017
"The Weight of Absence," by Matthew Connelly, BmoreArt
"Art shopping with An Edge," Baltimore Magazine, December issue
2012
Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing, by Marc Valli and Ana Ibarra, Laurence King
“Big Drawing as Performance," Elephant Magazine Issue #10, by Ana Ibarra and Marc Valli
International Drawing Annual 7, by Jason Franz, Manifest Creative Research Gallery &
Drawing Center