Erik DeLuca is an artist and experimental musician who creates projects that respond to place and invite people to listen—both literally and metaphorically. His work spans performance, installation, text, and community-based learning. Through sound and archives, he explores how power shapes what we remember and how we communicate. He is especially interested in spaces where boundaries between people, land, and technologies knot, jam, and open possibilities for repair. His work has been presented at Kling & Bang, Fieldwork: Marfa, the U.S. National Park Service, the Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. His projects have been broadcast on Montez Press Radio and Seyðisfjörður Community Radio, and performed at MASS MoCA, The Contemporary Austin, Danspace Project, and the Hammer Museum. His writing appears in Public Art Dialogue, Mousse, Third Text, The Wire, and Boston Art Review. DeLuca is Associate Professor of Art Education and Contemporary Art Practice at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He holds a PhD in music from the University of Virginia, was a resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and served as an Asian Cultural Council Fellow in Myanmar. He has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts, Brown University, RISD, and College Unbound. His ongoing collaborations with the Design Studio for Social Intervention in Boston and the 7ajar School of Creative Research/Resistance in Ramallah continue to shape his practice of listening and learning.
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