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Erika Lincoln, is an New Media artist who lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Biography
Erika Lincoln was born in Toronto, Ontario to American parents. Her family moved to Winnipeg in the 1970's. Growing up her interests revolved around the sciences and competitive sport, she competed in gymnastics, diving, athletics and was a member of Manitoba's provincial team in Olympic weightlifting from 1991-1998. Her science endeavors were limited due to failing grades in school, testing revealed that she had two learning disabilities; dysgraphia and dyscalculia. Once diagnosed she went on to University and completed two degrees, a B.A in History and Political studies and a B.F.A Honours in Sculpture and Video Art. In her thesis year her interest in Media Art brought her to Video Pool Media Art Centre, an artist run production space in Winnipeg. There she took workshops in digital sound and video processing, computer programming, net art, and electronics. Artists

Artistic Practice
Upon completing her B.F.A she took a one year intensive mentorship with Mentoring Artists for Women's Art her mentor being Reva Stone 2015 winner of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. Influenced by artists such as Rebecca Horn, Jana Sterbak and writers N. Katherine Hayles and William Gibson her early works 1999 to 2004 explored the post-human body. She created prosthetic extensions and hooked herself up to video and audio recording devices while performing tasks. She would then place the prosthetic with the recorded audio and video in an gallery installation.

Awards and grants
Erika has been awarded numerous grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Manitoba Arts Council. In 2009 she was nominated for the Sobey Art Award by the Winnipeg Art Gallery.