Collecting, inspecting, forming, and framing nature’s curious materials into wall sculpture art using equal parts heart, head & hand.

My name is Erika Givens. I am a La Jolla, California-based artist happily collecting, inspecting, forming, and framing nature’s curious materials into dimensional wall sculpture art using equal parts heart, head & hand. I was educated at University of California at Santa Barbara in Environmental Studies, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in Graphic Design & Packaging, as well as in some of the world’s most fascinating natural and urban settings ever since.

I work largely on commission by private art collectors, interior designers, luxury real estate agents, and art consultancies serving the residential & hospitality industries at home and internationally. I just recently returned from installing my work on a 33’ wide wall in a private residence in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. With the coastal light and breeze energizing my studio, I practice slow, sustainable-minded art, with an acute attention to form, texture, and shadow, while incorporating the sea and the soil into almost everything I do. I am highly influenced by subtleties in the performance, color, and transience of light. I am energized and stimulated by the endless opportunities to invent and re-imagine ways to add dimension to, enliven, and energize flat surfaces, shift and flirt with light and shadow, and play with or map out materials into refreshing new relationships. My process can best be described as transforming tiny dimensional units into larger ordered interconnected systems by the accumulation of slow patient gestures repeated over time.

From the seeds of inspiration, concept evolution, gathering of materials, and building process, to the delivery and final installation, I am deeply devoted to what I do and feel incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to share it with those who love and value art.  ~Erika, 2025