Niche Artist in Residence

A program to help support local artists

You can see a mural by Erin Dengerink in the entrance way of the wine bar. The painting is an impressionist colorful forest that wraps around the space and includes a hidden crow. It is an excellent place to sit for a moment or take photos with friends. Look up to see the night sky ceiling painting.

Dengerink’s painting Tossing the bones is also on display. The paint is done with watercolor and oil paint on Yupo paper, it shows her evocative style of portraiture. A collection of the artist's Niche prints are available for purchase. Each unique print is hand colored and embellished. There are no two alike. You can also bring home one of her small sculptures. Each sculpture is wrapped in tissue and the artist asks that you allow the element of chance to decide which sculpture you receive. You may take the first wrapped piece that you touch or allow Leah, Josh, or Reid to select one for you. Those miniature artworks are meant to bring joy and good luck. More paintings, prints, sculptures and events will appear throughout the year.

Artist Bio

Erin Dengerink is an artist, curator, and educator who believes in the power of art to transform lives and build communities. Her work has been featured in notable venues across the region, including Angst Gallery, Art at the Cave, Disjecta, Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art, the Bellevue Art Museum, Columbia Springs, and the Corvallis Art Center, among others. Erin Dengerink continues to contribute to the cultural landscape of the Pacific Northwest by creating and seeking out opportunities for the Vancouver community to engage with art.

In addition to her personal artistic pursuits, Dengerink has curated exhibitions around the Pacific Northwest. She is the founder of btwMOMA, the by the way Museum Of Mini Art, an online art museum that uses forced perspective to show the grandeur of small works of art.

@btwmoma || @erindengerink || erincdm@gmail.com || erindengerink.com