Erin Bodfish is a painter, florist, and arts educator based in Portland, Oregon. Through the intersection of her writing and painting practice, Bodfish weaves together a narrative of the score of grief on the body and how we hold memory in an emotive landscape. Her work is largely influenced by the conceptual deconstruction of traditional methods of painting, her upbringing in the floral industry, and the use of the body as a tool in art making. Bodfish received her Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Oregon State University along with a Minor in Applied Visual Arts. As a Merit Scholar, she completed her dual Masters of Fine Arts in Visual Studies and Masters of Arts in Critical Studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art. During this time Bodfish studied 20th century art focused on Feminist performance art of the 1970s and contemporary painting. Bodfish has served as an Instructor of Art and Art History at Oregon State University and Central Oregon Community College for the past four years where she has taught a broad range of courses in Art History, Painting, English Literature, and Drawing. In 2024 she planned and led a study abroad program to Northern Italy to study the ancient art of fresco painting. She has attended artist residencies in Galway, Ireland as well as across the state of Oregon. Alongside this, showcasing work with Scalehouse Gallery, Grizzly Grizzly, Aftertime Collective, and Building5. Currently she teaches between Oregon State University, Willamette University, and Pacific Northwest College of Art while maintaining a studio art practice.