Erin Wright (Asylum)
Born – 24 July 1959
Denver, Colorado, USA

Erin graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Colorado State University. He is currently a Professor of Art at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Erin has participated in over 100 international exhibitions including the “International Poster Biennale in Warsaw”; the “Lahti International Poster Triennial”; the “Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México”; the “Golden Bee”, in Moscow; the “Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition”; the “Bienal del Cartel Bolivia”; and the “International Triennial of the Political Poster” in Belgium.

One of eight finalists in the Peru Poster Bienal from over 10,000 entries. Won the Best Concept Award at the co2 International Poster Invitational as well as Biennial Honorable Mentions in the second and the third “International Socio-Political Poster Biennale” in Poland. He won a Silver Award in “Social/Political Posters” produced by Graphis.

He was President of the international jury for the “15th Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México” and has served as a jury member for other international exhibitions in China, Korea, Iran and Venezuela.