earthfruit is
a queer + mixed species
artist and organism
currently crawling on earth.


through tacticle, slow, & intimate processes
interweaving movement, disorientation, and fleshly being, erika makes work with & about
(strange, exquisite, disintegrating, ghostly, illegible) bodies.

their practice centers
experimental & analog
filmmaking & printmaking.

earthfruit is
also known as
erika / 絵里花。


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erika roos (b. Yokohama, Japan) is a queer, mixed-race, mixed-species artist, creature, and organism currently rooting in Mni Sóta Makoce. Through tactile, experimental practices with celluloid film, site-sensitive installation, and printmaking, erika contends with the poetics, mechanics, erotics, and complex knowledge of (our) bodies, both visible and invisible. Raised with spirits across oceans and tongues, and intensively trained in contemporary dance, erika and their works operate within the in-betweens of space, time, and materiality. They are particularly concerned with how bodies remember and move through everyday cycles of living, dying, and becoming. 

On their way to filmic practice, erika worked in civic media and community design spaces including Allied Media Projects, the Consentful Tech Project, and Creative Reaction Lab. From 2018 - 2020, they danced, choreographed, and taught professionally with Consuming Kinetics Dance Company in St. Louis, MO, and were a 2023 Choreographer-in-Residence with Resilience Dance Company.

erika taught design research, visual design, and interaction design in the Sam Fox School of Art and Design at Washington University in St. Louis from 2020-2022. 

erika currently teaches a course on 16mm film and fantasy in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, where she has been on teaching teams for media, performance, and design since 2023.

erika’s research and practice have been supported by the Joseph Naiman Fellowship for Japanese Studies, the Suraj Israni Cinematic Fellowship, and the Russell Foundation, as well as the LAKE Studios Residency in Berlin, Monson Arts Residency in Maine, and Ox-Bow Arts Residency in Saugatuck, Michigan. She has presented work and performances at the St. Louis Art Museum, the St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, LAKE Studios Berlin, Mandeville Art Gallery, and Bread and Salt Gallery (San Diego), among others.


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For CV and additional info, and/or to get in touch, contact erika here.