Erica Deeman

 ‘I am driven by portraiture and the attempt to understand a person through the face. The Silhouettes series references the historical mediums of portraiture in sculpture, painting, and photography. The subjects are all women from the African Diaspora as am I, and the depiction of black femininity and identity underline the work. Moving to the United States has resulted in me reexamining my own identity and how I am evaluated through my own appearance. In some ways the work reflects my own journey and relationship with identity.’

– Erica Deeman

Deeman began as a docent/intern in 2013 at Pier 24, where her work was first shown in 2014. In addition to the Pilara Family Foundation, Deeman’s work is in the collections of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College of Chicago; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA; New Orleans Museum of Art; and Pérez Art Museum Miami.