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Erin Tucker serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Art and Design at Southeast Missouri State University, teaching foundational art courses while maintaining an active studio practice centered on sculpture and installation art. Her work interrogates the intersections of domestic labor, material culture, and embodied identity through transformative engagements with everyday objects.
Her academic credentials include:
- BFA in Theater/Costume Design from Western Illinois University
- BFA in Sculpture from Western Illinois University
- MFA in Sculpture from Indiana University
Tucker's research traverses contemporary sculpture and conceptual art through series like preserved (2015), which encapsulates lived experiences in heat-sealed garments stored in canning jars, and washing (2018), which archives laundering water to expose invisible domestic labor. Her Hope Chest (2019) installation investigates how domestic objects carry emotional weight between past traditions and future aspirations, while The Well Worn Path (2019) examines physical manifestations of lived experience through worn clothing and artifacts. These projects collectively dissect cyclical patterns of hope, disappointment, and resilience in constructing personal and domestic identity.
Her work has been curated into significant exhibitions including dirty laundry (2020), where washing prompted critical reflection on labor processes versus outcomes, and Bodies Bigger Than Eyes (2019), which positioned her material investigations within dialogues about bodily presence and fragmentation. Additional notable works include boots (2019), an object-based self-portrait using worn work boots, and gloves (2018), a collection of casting implements transformed into sculptural relics of labor.
