Veruca’s Daughters

Erika Rier

Corrine Woodman Gallery

June 30 – July 25, 2026

Workshop with the Artist July 25-26, 2026, 1- 5 PM

About the Exhibition

Erika Rier is a Portland based artist creating work that tells feminine stories, and examines changing expectations of the way feminine people are depicted as subjects within art. While masculine perspectives are often centered within the Art world, Rier explicitly celebrates the feminine in order to prove feminine stories are universal.

Veruca’s Daughters is a series of ceramics that dives into the thought  of whether art can be joyful and frivolous at this present moment in time. Must every work be a deeply meaningful commentary on the world or is it enough that it makes the viewer smile for a moment?

About the Artist

Erika Rier is a self-taught interdisciplinary artist creating mostly ceramics and art zines in a style she calls folk surrealism. Writing was her first love, and she still secretly writes stories. Having lived in Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, NYC, Arizona, and Washington, Erika now resides in Portland, OR. She also has one of each of the following: a husband, a daughter, and a cat she found in a hallway.

Love Rier’s work? She is teaching a 2-day workshop at The Arts Center July 25 – 26, 2026. Learn more or sign up here!