The Armory Show, New York
September 23 – 27, 2026
Ericka Lopez
(Touch)
Tierra returns to New York for its third year at The Armory Show! This solo booth exhibition will center the work of Ericka Lopez, bringing together tactile vessels, textile works, and mixed-media wall pieces.
The presentation features a new group of ceramic works that marks an exciting development in Lopez’s practice. While retaining her intuitive, hand-built forms, these recent ceramics reference recognizable subjects, including animals, objects, and other forms drawn from the world around her.
Visitors are invited to touch Lopez’s pieces, mirroring the artist’s own handling of clay, textiles, and found objects. Across the walls, text is represented in Spanish, Lopez’s native language, English, and Braille, prioritizing communication that is both multilingual and sensorial. Together, the works remind us that experience is felt through the body, through texture, sound, movement, memory, and the many ways we take in the world around us.
Artist Biography
Ericka Lopez (b. 1987, Mexico City) has been making art in the studios of Tierra del Sol since2019. Lopez has exhibited her artwork at Laband Gallery in Los Angeles, CA; Tierra del Sol Gallery in West Hollywood, CA; and the University of Michigan Humanities Gallery in Ann Arbor, MI. Lopez’s debut solo exhibition, Continuous Touch, was curated by jill moniz for Tierra del Sol Gallery in the spring of 2023. She has had works acquired by notable collections such as that of Beth DeWoody and by the Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum at UC Long Beach. Most recently her work was featured in the group exhibition Vessels, at Tierra del Sol Gallery in West Hollywood, CA.
If you wish to request a preview, please contact gallery@tierradelsol.org.
About Tierra del Sol Gallery:
As part of the larger Tierra del Sol Foundation, Tierra del Sol Gallery exhibits work created in our unique and innovative art studios. In 2019, a space dedicated to the artists of Tierra del Sol was opened in Los Angeles with a focus on expanding the gallery’s programming and connecting the foundation’s artists with a global audience. Our artists’ works have been acquired by MoMA, the American Folk Art Museum, and El Museo del Barrio in New York, New York. Tierra del Sol Foundation is a not-for-profit founded in 1971. We champion inclusion and value for all individuals with disabilities through creative pathways to employment, education, and the arts. A strong and vibrant community is one in which all its members contribute to the strengths and assets for the common good. Tierra’s vision is that all people live productive and personally meaningful lives, regardless of the notion of disability, as neighbors, co-workers, and contributors to the economic, civic, and cultural vitality of the community.
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