Erica Rawson is an artist and metal fabricator working in Denver, Colorado. Her practice is focused on sculpture, painting, poetry, and collage. She explores the unseen emotions and rhythms in our lives for which we have no physical receipt and depicts them through oil-marbled figures, textile works, and metal abstracts reflecting space and time.

Erica realized a need to make her framework in 2013 and apprenticed with a metal fabrication company, Derb Design, in the River North Arts District. This experience led to a career in fabrication, during which she built pieces for 715 Club, American Bonded, Squire Lounge, Gold Point, and many residential properties. She taught welding at the Community College of Denver from 2018-2021, where she discovered a new passion: sharing her knowledge with others in a supportive and collaborative environment. In her years at CCD, Erica cultivated a dynamic space for students to learn and grow through fundamental classes and creative art workshops.

In 2022, she worked with the public art sculpture studio JunoWorks as a metal fabricator and contributed to many projects, local and nationwide. In 2023, Erica served as the Museum of Outdoor Arts’ Design + Build Artist Fellow and led a team of nine college students from around the country to create multiple installations on display in Greenwood Village, CO. Erica is a senior at MSU Denver, completing her BFA with an emphasis in sculpture.