Erica Driver Artist CV
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 Plants & Places, duo show with Sam Allerton Green, Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design, Newport RI
2025 Working Spaces, solo show, Sarah Langley Gallery x Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design, Newport RI
Residencies
2026 Bristol Art Museum Inaugural Harbor Residency, Bristol RI
Group Exhibitions
2026 AgriCultural: A Biennial Exhibition, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford MA (jurors: Suzanne de Vegh and Bradley Fesmire)
2026 Nor’Easter: The 56th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT (juror: Robert Calafiore) (60 artists selected)
2026 89th National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown OH (juror: Dr. Louis A. Zona) (10% accepted)
2026 Exhibit New England 2026, North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester MA (jurors: Amy Sudarsky, Loren Doucette)
2026 Country: 2026 National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA (juror: Claudia Fiks)
2026 Nat’l Association of Women Artists 137th Annual Exhibition, Leonovich Gallery, New York NY
2026 2026 Members Juried Exhibition, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol RI (jurors: Gary and Suzi Graham)
2026 SouthCoast Artists 2026 Members’ Invitational Exhibition, Gallery X, New Bedford MA
2026 Earthly Pursuits, Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design, Newport RI
2026 Blue 2026, Kathryn Schultz Gallery at Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA (juror: LaiSun Keane) (22% accepted)
2026 55 x 2 Line and Light: 2026 Juried Exhibition, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack NY (juror: Indira A. Abiskaroon Valbuena)
2026 Of Mark and Meaning: American Women Artists, Customs House Museum & Cultural Center, Clarksville TN (13% accepted)
2026 Hometown Perspectives, trio show with Claire Bowen and Josie Richmond, The Gallery at Central, Providence RI
2026 Contemporary Landscapes: From Observational to Symbolic, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown MA (25% accepted)
2026 All Media Open Juried Exhibition I, South County Art Association, Kingston RI (juror: Chris Long) (42% accepted)
2026 41st Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery at Univ. Texas at Tyler, Tyler TX (juror: Alicia Eggert) (7% accepted)
2025 20th Annual Holiday Show, Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design, Newport RI
2025 Retrospective Art Exhibit and Auction, Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton RI
2025 98th Annual Members Exhibition, South County Art Association, Kingston RI
2025 Nat’l Association of Women Artists 136th Annual Exhibition, Leonovich Gallery, New York NY
2025 Only Squares Apply, Wickford Art Association, North Kingstown RI (juror: Kevin Gilmore)
2025 South Coast Artists 2025 Members’ Invitational, IMAGO Gallery, Warren RI
2025 Into the Garden, Bristol Art Museum @ Rogers Free Library, Bristol RI (juror: Barbara Edlund Healey)
2025 We Are Not Women, We Are Gods V2, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, So. Yarmouth MA (NAWA, juried)
2025 Member Exhibition: Awakening, Dartmouth Cultural Center, Dartmouth MA
2025 2025 Winter Show, Jessica Hagen Fine Art + Design, Newport RI
2024 NAWA New Member Exhibition, The National Art Club Grand Gallery, New York NY
2024-26 Cottage Gallery at Art Café, Little Compton RI
2024-26 Great Art Heist Exhibition, South County Art Association, Kingston RI
2024-26 Wet Paint, Newport Art Museum, Newport RI
2024 Figurative Exhibition, Dartmouth Cultural Center, Dartmouth MA
Awards and Achievements
2026 Muenzenmayer Fund Award of Excellence in Acrylic for “Reflection - Newport Art Museum,” American Women Artists (jurors: Vivian Chiu, Marcia Goldstein, Kirsten Kokkin)
2026 “Pitcher Plant at Ragged Island” and “Winter Storage at Sakonnet Garden” acquired for UT Tyler permanent collection after being juried into 41st Annual International Exhibition
2025 Finalist (top 6%) for Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) commission for Dept Motor Vehicles
2025 Finalist (top 1%) for RISCA interior commission for Slater Hospital Regan Unit
2025 “Around the Corner – Wilbur’s” acquired by RISCA for Rhode Island Dept of Labor & Training
2025 Honorable mention for “Indestructible,” South County Art Association (juror David Barnes)
2025 Miriam Russo Enders Memorial Award for “Have a Seat,” National Association of Women Artists (jurors Kimberly Henrikson, Barbara Segal, Helga Wimmer)
2025 Second prize for “Camellia, Sean Conway’s Greenhouse,” South Coast Artists (juror Michael Rose)
2025 Second prize for “Geraniums in Sean Conway’s Greenhouse,” Bristol Art Museum (juror Barbara Edlund Healy)
2025 Longlist (top 7%) for “Camellia, Sean Conway’s Greenhouse,” Jackson’s Art Prize (jurors Anne Rothenstein, Péjú Oshin, Hugo Barclay, Anita Klein, Andrew Torr, Joshua Donkor)
Press
“Artist Erica Driver Illustrates Details - Inside Art with Michael Rose,” GoLocalProv, January 15, 2025
“Celebrating the Human Form at Dartmouth Cultural Center,” The New Bedford Light, May 23, 2024
Memberships
American Women Artists – Associate with Distinction
National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) – Signature Member
NAWA Massachusetts
Pawtucket Arts Collaborative
Portsmouth Arts Guild
South Coast Artists
South County Art Association
Education
1995 Bachelor of Liberal Arts, Cum Laude, Harvard University