Education
December 2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, College of Visual Art & Design, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Professional Experience
2021-
Photographer, the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
2020-2021
Digital Programing & Curatorial Fellow, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
2018-2019
Lab Assistant, Digital Photography Lab and Darkroom, University of North Texas - College of Visual Art & Design, Denton, TX
2017-2018
Metadata Technician and Image Conservator, University of North Texas - Special Collections Library, Denton, TX
Fellowships - Residencies - Workshops Attended
2022
Rhino 7: Intro Course, Denton Workbench, Denton, TX
Emerging Public Artist Training Workshop, Fort Worth Public Art - Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
2020
Icons Lecture Series and Interactive Workshop: Cig Harvey, NORDphotography (online)
2019
Gallery Attendant, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Fogalmam Sincs (I Don’t Even Have My Teeth), Artes de la Rosa Cultural Center for the Arts, Fort Worth, TX
2019
Család, University of North Texas Union Art Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Twenty Women Film Photographers You Need to Know in 2022, Analog Forever Magazine, online exhibition
2021
GCPL Photo Annual, Gwinnett County Public Library, juried by Maria L. Kelly (the High Museum of Art), Duluth, GA
REPRESENT Series Intersections, Texas Woman’s University, juried by John Spriggins, Denton, TX
La Ofrenda, May Street Studio, Fort Worth, TX
Swimming Pools, The Luupe, Online
Lubbock Arts Festival, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Lubbock, TX
Visions of Fatherhood, The Luupe, Online
Altered Silence, PhotoXCollective, Online
Blue Skies, Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Online
Soul Art Renewal: Pens & Lenses, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
23rd Annual Rio Brazos Juried Exhibition, Dora Lee Langdon Center, curated by Diane Durant, Granbury, TX
Open Fragment, Pragmata Collective, Online Exhibition
Decay, Arch, Hanoi, Vietnam
Cities, Floresta Magazine, Online Exhibition
Family, Loss, Memory, and Place, Esperanza Project Space, Online Exhibition
The Family Of, Peep Space NY, curated by Jeff Dietz, Tarrytown, NY
The Art of Instant Photography, Analog Film Photography Association, Sputnik Gallery, Orlando, FL
Favorite Photograph of 2020, Lenscratch, Online Exhibition
La Frontera, Humble Arts Foundation, Online Exhibition
2020
Autumn 2020 Show, The Curated Fridge, Online Exhibition
The 2020 Self-Quarantining Exhibition, Lenscratch, Online Exhibition
Hot & Sweaty, 500x Gallery, Online Exhibition
Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, curated by Lisa Sutcliffe (Milwaukee Museum of Arts) Denton, TX
2019
Art, Activism, and Attitude: Photography B.F.A. Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Family Reunion II, Art Tooth, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX
Six Angry Women. No B.F.A. Show., Lightwell Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2018
Lucid Dreams, UNT on the Square, University of North Texas Galleries, Denton TX
2016
En Amorato, Due West, Daugherty Arts Center, Curated by Yuliya Lanina, Austin, TX
Annual Portfolio Review and Exhibition Series, Austin Community College Department of Professional Photography, Austin, TX
Honors and Awards
2022
2022 Pre-Qualified List of Emerging Public Artists, Fort Worth Public Art, Fort Worth, TX
2021
Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Grant Recipient, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2018
“New Project Grant” Recipient, College of Visual Art and Design, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2017
Healing Art Showcase, Honorable Mention, University of North Texas, Denton TX
2016
Grand Prize - Juror’s Choice, Due West, Daugherty Arts Center, Juror: Yuliya Lanina, Austin, TX
Published Work
2022
Meet Erika Nina Suárez, CanvasRebel, Online
Winter 2022, Superpresent Magazine, Print (cover)
Color Tag Vol. IV, Color Tag Magazine, Print
Issue 02, Gallery Feature, Black River Magazine, Print
2021
“Issue 3”, The Huts Magazine, Print
“Best Public Health Expert 2021”, Dallas Observer, Online
“As Delta Variant Surges, Workers With Health Issues Face Tough Choices”, Dr. Erin Carlson, The Wall Street Journal, Online
“Issue 19”, Incandescent Zine (Cover), Print
“So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library”, Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Print
“Issue 6”, Apricity Press, Print
“Issue 2”, Melted Butter, Print
“Vast Issue No. 2”, “Artist to Watch”, Vast Magazine, Print
“Motherland Vol. 2”, MadWomxn Magazine, Print
“(de) construction”, Issue No.1, (Feu) Magazine Paris, Online
"Did That Just Happen?”, Don’t Smile, Print
“Hazey”, Fifth Wheel Press, Print
2020
“Vol 2: Connection”, Soft Lighting Studio, Print
“A New Normal”, Darkside Collective, Print
2019
“Archiving Time: Age & Legacy”, Light-Leaked, Online Juried Exhibition
“Local Non-Men in Art”, The Dentonite
2016
“Heirs to the Sexual Revolution”, New York Magazine, Print
Interviews - Artist Talks
2021
Fogalmam Sincs: Artist Talk, Fort Worth Art Dealers Association Fall Gallery Night, Artes De La Rosa Cultural Center, Fort Worth, TX
“Interview with Erika Nina Suárez”, The Lighthouse Review, Online
“Artist Profile”, Vast Magazine, Online
2020
“Diary Entry: Erika Nina Suárez”, Flip Media
“Bedtime Interview”, Pigiama Magazine
“Erika Nina Suárez, Család”, Float Magazine
“Artist Feature”, Deep Red Press
2019
“Inspiring Stories”, VoyageDallas Magazine
“Local Non-Men in Art”, The Dentonite
Travel and Foreign Languages Spoken
Native fluency in Hungarian. Traveled to Hosszúhetény, Hungary in 2022.
Intermediate fluency in Spanish. Traveled to Managua, Nicaragua in 2014.
Working-level fluency in German (Österreichisches Deutsch).
Professional References
Randy Gentry, Director of Photography, the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Giovanni Valderas, Assistant Professor of Drawing & Painting, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Kristina Smith, Visual Arts Technician, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Chandler Allen, Research Assistant to Matthew Barney, New York, NY