Erik Deerly

Erik Deerly is an award-winning visual and sound artist, exhibiting across the Americas and in Asia and Europe. His work focuses on the exploration of synesthetic experiences and is driven by interests in perception, cognition, time, and movement. Erik's range of work includes audio, film, installation, and expanded photography. Awards include a New Frontiers of Creativity Grant, multiple film festival honors, a South by Southwest Interactive prize, a Lumen Prize selection, and an Aesthetica Art Prize. Erik is a professor of new media and head of the Visual Arts Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He has worked with producers Brad Wood and Brian Deck, performing and recording since 1989. Labels include Arpaviva, Emigre, Minty Fresh, and Tonmeister U.S. He has ten solo releases to date, with A Sense of Place (Arpaviva) as his most recent release.