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Erica Lord, Athabaskan/Inupiaq
Ms. Lord grew up “between Alaska and Michigan 's Upper Peninsula .” An interdisciplinary artist, Ms. Lord works with themes of race, ethnicity, and gender roles as well as concepts regarding memory and the idea of home. Her exploration of these universal aspects are in relation to her constantly changing identity, a shifting self whose qualities surface and diminish, depending on her present environment. Ms. Lord has exhibited at the Montana Museum of Art and Culture, the Carl Gorman Museum , and the Two Rivers Gallery in Minneapolis . She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College in Liberal Arts and Studio Arts and is currently a candidate in the Masters of Fine Arts program in Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.