Erin Bailey
Artist Bio
Erin Bailey is an artist and art therapy student based in New Jersey. Primarily working in drawing and mixed media, Erin explores themes of healing, identity, and emotional resilience through a wide range of styles. They hold an Associate’s degree in Visual Arts from Union County College and are currently double-majoring in Art and Psychology at Caldwell University, while also engaging in personal art therapy.
Erin has exhibited work since the age of 11, beginning with Blaine’s Art Store in Anchorage, Alaska, and recently at the Newark exhibition “We Are More Alike, My Friends, Than We Are Unlike,” the Union Township Art tour, Bits and Pieces Show in Livingston, and The Artist Within, Caldwell University’s showcase. Their creative path includes roles as an art intern at Summit Arboretum, a pottery studio assistant, a school art teacher, a flyer designer, a craft store manager and framer, and a longtime videographer
Artist Statement
My artwork explores healing, identity, and emotional experience through drawing and mixed media. As a queer artist and art therapy student, I create work that reflects personal growth, resilience, and the complexity of being human. I am especially drawn to drawing because it allows me to capture emotion, movement, and symbolism in an immediate and intuitive way, but I also enjoy experimenting with different materials and styles.
My artistic process often begins with a feeling, memory, or question I want to explore. I sketch freely and allow the work to evolve, layering materials and ideas as the piece develops. I am interested in how art can communicate emotions that are sometimes difficult to express with words.
Through my work, I hope viewers feel a sense of connection, reflection, and understanding. Creating art allows me to process my own experiences while also offering others a space to see themselves and their stories within the work.
