Karl Erickson

Karl Erickson is a Memphis-based digital artist and Associate Professor of Digital Art at Rhodes College. He makes digital animations, videos, installations and audio/visual performances. His work explores the agency of other-than-human entities such as plants, animals, machines, waste and electricity. He was selected as a 2026 resident of Surel's Place, where he planned a series of animations and puppet-sculptures made from trash collected along the Boise River Greenbelt.