Erika Koivunen

Erika is a UW-Madison graduate and was an apprentice to Wisconsin Artist Tom Every, AKA Dr. Evermor.

She has been a professional artist since 2003 and is currently Owner and Operator of Rogues Gallery at 9 North Ingersoll Street in Madison, Wisconsin.

Her roots range from the far north of Copper Harbor, U.P. Michigan to locally: Medina, The Fox Valley, New London, and Oshkosh.

You can see her public sculpture at Madison Children’s Museum, Dr. Evermor’s Sculpture Garden, Willy Street Treasure Shop, and places around Madison.

To contact Erika, text (608) 239-9022. To discuss art commissions: email Erika.acmeiron@gmail.com

C Murphy 

My overall theme is the persistence of organic design in history. While my work is entirely decorative, my aesthetic as an artist is firmly rooted in the technology of my trade as an electrician. 

Some of my work uses a base of figurative fiberglass body casts with appendages and surface decoration in styles consistent with the Norse and Celtic civilizations of my European background. These figures highlight geometric and stylistic motifs from historical texts, runes, and tattoos married with modern technological industrial design such as circuit diagrams. 

Many of the obsolete mechanisms incorporated echo the designs of these past civilizations. Incorporating electronic components imbedded in polyurethane form, my mosaic “Portrait” series deals with individuals instrumental in the development of changing technology who were often overlooked or forgotten to history. 

More recently, “Hard-Wired Nature” includes animals, sea creatures, and insects, modeled in three dimensions with copper wire and electrical elements, while “The Body Electric” explores the vulnerable human body in the context of changing technologies.

Cathy Lybarger 

To come