CURRENT
2020 Studio S II, Co-founder, Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2008 - 2012 Rhode Island School of Design - BFA Industrial Design 2012
COMPETITIONS & AWARDS
2021 City Artist Corps Grant, Brooklyn, NY || August. 25, 2021
2021 Ellen’s Next Great Designer, Contestant, HBO Max, Brooklyn - Los Angeles || Filmed: Sept. 18th - Nov. 15th
2012 Furniture Design Award, Industrial Design Department, RISD, Providence, RI, June 8th
EXHIBITIONS
2021 S II Showcase, Englewood, NJ: D-E || Oct. 6th - Nov. 6th
2020 FORMS, Houston, TX: David Shelton Gallery || Jan. 10th - March 21st
2018 In Good Company, Miami, FL: Casacor Miami || Nov. 30th - Dec. 16th
In Good Company, New York, NY: FM/S || Sept. 7th - Oct. 7th
2017 You Are Here NYC: Art, Information, and Mapping, New York, NY: Pratt Manhattan Gallery || Sept. 22nd - Nov. 15th
2015 Ad Libitum, Bronx, NY: Group show at Albert Einstein College of Medicine || Dec. 10th - Jan. 25th
2014 Digifabulous, Minniapolis, MN: Group show at the University of Minnesota Regis Art of Center || Mar. 25th - Apr. 5th
#SELLOUT, Brooklyn, NY: Group show at Reverse Gallery || Jan. 8th - Jan. 14th
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2021 Creative Freedom: Being a Designer is Awesome, Young Visionaries Program at Dwight-Englewood, NJ || Oct. 6th
My Experience as a Reality-TV Furniture Designer, MakerspaceNYC, Brooklyn, NY || Sept. 29th
FDC Talk: Ellen’s Next Great Designer: Behind the Scenes with Christina Z Antonio, Erica Sellers & Urvi Sharma || June 28th
Ellen’s Next Great Designer S01 E05: Erica Sellers, The Fernando Mastrangelo Podcast || June 25th
2018 Erica Sellers: Soundscapes, Salon At Forest by Yuko Nishikawa || Sept. 25th
2015 Breaking Barriers, RISD LEADS Speaker, Providence, RI || Oct. 5th
PRESS
The Fernando Mastrangelo Podcast, “Ellen’s Next Great Designer S01 E05: Erica Sellers”, June 25th, 2021
Architectural Digest: “Ellen DeGeneres’s New Design Competition Show Is a Must-Watch,” April 2nd, 2021
RISD-Alumni: “Erica Sellers launches new product and design firm and makes her television debut on HBO Max”, April 20th, 2021
The Wrap: “Ellen DeGeneres Takes Furniture Design to a Very Intense Level in Trailer for HBO Max Competition”, April 15th, 2021
Designboom: CASACOR miami brings experiential urban living to brickell city centre || Dec. 11th, 2018
Architectural Digest: Designers Turn an Office Building into a Showcase of Creative Design at Casacor Miami || Dec. 6th, 2018
Design Milk: Fernando Mastrangelo Curates 2nd Exhibition of Work from Emerging Designers || Sept. 24th, 2018
Sight Unseen: 14 Up-and-Coming American Designers, In a Show Curated By One of Their Own || Sept. 14th, 2018
Architectural Digest: Fernando Mastrangelo Curates Second Iteration of In Good Company Show—Alongside AD's Hannah Martin || Sept. 7th, 2018
TL Mag: Fernando Mastrangelo Presents the Post-Industrial Avant-Garde || Oct. 1st, 2018
Artnet News: Editors’ Picks: 17 Things to See in New York This Week || Nov. 13, 2017
Atlas Obscura: Multidimensional Maps That Provide New Perspectives on New York City || Nov. 6, 2017
Lonely Planet: Maps are art in a thought-provoking New York exhibition || Oct. 23, 2017
Gothamist: Unusual NYC Maps Are On Display At Pratt Manhattan Gallery || Oct. 17, 2017
Hyperallergic: Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents You Are Here NYC || Sept. 21, 2017
Print Mag: Getting Lost in Maps || Sept. 20, 2017
The Doctor’s Tablet: Healing Through Art: Combining a Mirror with an MRI || Nov. 18, 2014
DFMforum: 'Unseen Forces We Reproduce in Digital Ways' video on Design for Manufacturing Forum || May. 26, 2014
PSFK: Rippled Wood Boards Map the Sounds of New York City || Jan. 16, 2014
EXCLAMA Magazine: Featuring: Furniture Inspired by Soundwaves || May print publication. Distributed in Bogotá, Columbia || May 30, 2013
Frame Magazine: Introducing Erica Sellers || Sept. 12, 2012
Design-milk.com: Furniture Inspired by Soundwaves || Aug. 22, 2012