Erik DeLuca

Erik DeLuca (born 1985 in Tampa, Florida) is an American interdisciplinary artist, experimental musician, and educator who works with sound and archival materials in performance, installation, and community-based projects. He is an Associate Professor of Art Education and Contemporary Art Practice at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston,^[1] and has previously held appointments at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Brown University,^[2] and the Rhode Island School of Design.

DeLuca earned a PhD in Music from the University of Virginia in 2016.^[3] His doctoral research examined the political dimensions of listening within the United States National Park Service.^[4][5][6][7] He has participated in artist training programs at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.^[8]

Selected works include Homeland (2021), presented at Kling & Bang^[9] and the Sequences Biennale,^[10] which was later adapted into an audio documentary series on RÚV,^[11] Iceland’s national radio station.^[12][13] Another project, The Staff of Asclepias (2020), was presented at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park in Dallas and included a milkweed garden installed in the Corsicana Hebrew Cemetery.^[14][15][16] His work was also included in [See] [Saw] [Sound] [Wave] (2025) at the Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art.^[17] Writing in The Brooklyn Rail, Caitlin Anklam noted that DeLuca’s work in the installation, “in loops and echoes,” folds “the past into the acoustic present.”^[18][19]

DeLuca composes and performs music for a range of contexts. His composition Ensemble & Friends (For Satoshi Ashikawa) was written for two harps, two pianos, two percussionists, two flutes, two guitars, synthesizer, and choir, and was premiered at Myrkir Músíkdagar (Dark Music Days) at Harpa Concert Hall on January 25, 2018.^[20][21]

DeLuca has published art writing and audio mixes in journals and magazines including The Wire,^[22][23] Third Text, and Boston Art Review.^{[24][25][26][27][28]} He co-facilitates the 7ajar School of Creative Research in partnership with the Boston Palestine Film Festival^[29] and is a member of the band Laura Secord.^[30]

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