earthfruit / ルース・絵里花 / erika roos (b. yokohama, japan) is a queer, mixed-race, mixed-species artist, creature, and organism. Through tactile, experimental practices with 16mm film and site-sensitive installation, erika contends with how bodies (im)materialize, move, touch, and shift, with attention to complex, inter-elemental relationships.
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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. They have 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.
erika was a 2023 Choreographer-in-Residence with Resilience Dance Company, and from 2018 - 2020, they danced, choreographed, and taught professionally with Consuming Kinetics Dance Company in St. Louis, MO.
erika was a Lecturer in the Sam Fox School of Art and Design at Washington University in St. Louis from 2020 - 2022, where they taught courses in design research, visual design, and interaction design. From 2023 - 2026, erika has been on teaching teams for media, performance, and design courses in the Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego, and will be teaching a course on 16mm film and fantasy at UC San Diego in Summer 2026.
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