About Erica

Erica A. Meier is a Wisconsin-based metalsmith living near Milwaukee. She received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2009 and her MFA from the UW-Madison in 2013. Meier is currently Teaching and Graduate Faculty at UW-Milwaukee in Jewelry and Metalsmithing and Digital Fabrication, and the J+M studio technician and Safety Coordinator for the department. Meier was a resident designer and frame builder for Waterford Precision Cycles developing and building internationally renowned and award-winning steel and stainless bicycle frames. Meier has taught at numerous UW-System Universities since 2012 including UW-Madison, Parkside, and Whitewater. At Whitewater, she coordinated, planned, and cowrote multimillion dollar capitol- budget renovations of several studios. She exhibits her artwork nationally and internationally and has been at UW-Milwaukee since 2018.