Erika Ritzel
Contact Information
contact name: Erika Ritzel
phone: 612.824.6269
email: gretaritz@hotmail.com
Experience
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN Spring 2006
MFA in photography
Webster University, St. Louis, MO Spring 2002
BFA in photography
Penland School, Penland, NC Summer 1999-2003
Book class with Dan Essig and Dolph Smith
Letterpress class with Steve Miller
Papermaking class with Mina Takahashi
Studio Assistant for Nancy Norton Tomasko in bookmaking
Photography class with Peter Schreyer
Awards
Photo District News Spring 2005
Published in issue of PDNEDU
International Photography Hall of Fame December 2004
Received scholarship
Illinois Humanities Council April 2002 - August 2003
Received funding ($1400) for photography exhibit about the flood of 1993
Co-wrote grant application with Valmeyer Community Heritage Society
Donated finished photographs to Valmeyer Museum, Valmeyer, Illinois
and Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Exhibitions/Performance History
Coalition of Photographic Arts, Milwaukee, WI July-August 2007
1st Annual CoPA Juried Exhibit
Elmhurst Artists’ Guild National Art Premiere, Elmhurst, IL Feb-March 2007
Exhibited in group show
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA Jan-March 2007
Artists Council 38th Annual National Juried Exhibition
Northwest Cultural Council, Chicago, IL June-July 2006
Places We Call Home Exhibition
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN March 2006
Exhibited in Made @ MCAD juried show
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN October-December 2005
Exhibited in Minnesota Biennial 2D II group show
Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL October 2003
Solo exhibition of photographs
Biographical Information
Country of Citizenship:
United States
Active Place:
Minneapolis
Minnesota County:
Hennepin
Artist Information
Roles
Photographer