Erica Schreiner (USA) • will be screening as part of our evening of international artist film MICROACTS: The Dream Portal, Thursday 21st May, 2026, 7pm
@the.bath.house.hw & Thursday 18th June 2026, 7pm
@newstreetmarketwoodbridge •
@erica.schreiner • Film: ‘The Escape’
Erica Schreiner is a New York–based experimental video and performance artist who has worked with VHS for over twenty years. Performing before the camera, Erica creates allegorical, ethereal works that merge femininity, anarchistic themes, ritual and sensuality. Using symbolic materials and immersive sets, she creates surreal, intimate environments with a distinct personal style.
Erica received a BS in Graphic Design from The Art Institute of Portland and was awarded a full scholarship to The School of Visual Arts Lens and Screen Arts Residency Program. She studied performance art under the direction of Marina Abramović at MoMA PS1.
She has completed more than 100 video works, including two feature films and several music videos. Her second feature, The Special People, supported by a New York City Artist Corps Grant, won Best Experimental Feature Film at Dream Machine Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Erica’s films have exhibited internationally in Museums, galleries and film festivals, including The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin, Bill Hodges Gallery in New York, Nick Knight’s SHOWstudio, and Performance Space New York. In 2025, Whammy! in Los Angeles and The New York Film-Makers’ Cooperative presented a retrospective of her films.
Erica serves in the curatorial committee at Millennium Film Workshop (est. 1967) and she is on the board of advisors at the New York Film-makers’ Cooperative (est. 1961).
In 2025, Erica’s film Love is Power was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art.
