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ERIKA MAISH IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGNER AND ARTIST BASED IN LOS ANGELES.

MAISH CHALLENGES MATERIALS AND PROCESSES OF MAKING WORKING TO SUBVERT PERCEPTIONS OF ‘CRAFTINESS’. SHE SEEKS TO EXPLORE THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN DESIGNER AND MAKER, QUESTIONING THE RELATIONSHIP OF LUXURY, LABOR, VALUE AND REPRODUCTION. HER WORK IS CENTERED IN NARRATIVE, REPRESENTATIONS OF FEMININITY, KITSCH AND THE ESOTERIC.

SHE HAS WORKED ACROSS THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ON A VARIETY OF PROJECTS INCLUDING CRYSTAL CLOTHING FOR SWAROVSKI AD CAMPAIGNS, PUBLISHING A BOOK OF HER CROCHET PATTERNS ‘COPYCATS’, COSTUME DESIGN FOR MATILDA SAKAMOTO’S DANCE ‘CLUTTER’

MAISH IS A GRADUATE OF THE MA FASHION (2019) AND BA TEXTILE DESIGN (2016) COURSES AT CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS. SHE GAINED EXPERIENCE AT MARC JACOBS, CÉLINE AND THE GETTY BETWEEN DEGREES. HER MA COLLECTION ‘AMERICAN PSYCHIC’ DEBUTED AT LONDON FASHION WEEK IN FEBRUARY 2019. IT WENT ON TO SHOW AT THE BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL’S POSITIVE FASHION SHOWROOMS AND PURCHASED BY OPENING CEREMONY.

HER WORK HAS BEEN FEATURED IN VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL EDITIONS OF VOGUE, ANOTHER, DAZED, DOCUMENT JOURNAL, CULTURED, KING KONG, RE EDITION, TATLER, WONDERLAND, LA TIMES AND SENKEN SHIMBUN.