John Erickson

John Erickson is an Assistant Professor of Fine Art at the University of Utah, where he has taught for over two decades. He is involved in the Art Access program, which promotes arts education for underserved communities. His artistic practice spans mediums like latex, acrylic, oil, and oil pastels, focusing on the interplay of interior/exterior spaces and human-nature landscapes.

• BFA in Painting and Drawing (1976), University of Utah
• MFA (1981), University of Utah
• Summer Fellowship (1975), Yale University

Erickson’s work integrates lifetime experiences in Utah’s wilderness with technical mastery of figure structure, enabling expressive brushwork and boundary experimentation. His teaching extends to summer workshops and community engagement initiatives.