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Erica Criss is an independent curator, web designer, and founder of CRISS Collaborations which offers support to artists, specifically those transitioning from emerging to professional status. Previously, she was the Operations Director of the Manhattan Graphics Center (2015-2021), a non-profit printmaking studio where she curated 10 national and international exhibitions annually.

Some of her most recent curatorial projects include, Leftover and Over, SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2022, NYC, and The Women’s Printmaking Invitational 2022, The Lemmon Visiting Artist Gallery at Kent State University at Stark, featuring one hundred works by 27 contemporary women printmakers.

Criss received her MFA in Printmaking from Kent State University. She serves on the advisory board of the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA), NYC, and acts as webmaster to the K. Caraccio Print Collection, NYC and Robert Kipniss Studio, NYC.