Artist Bio:

Erica Pastecki has been making art all her life. There was never a moment that she recalls a time where she didn’t make art of some sort. Coming from a military family, she spent some of her younger years living overseas in Korea. Memories of this experience still inspire her in many ways. Though living briefly overseas, a majority of her time she has lived right here in Augusta Georgia, particularly South Augusta. Stating, “I am a product of this area, and I continue to expect good things from it.”

Studying at Butler High School and Augusta University (BFA), Pastecki is mainly interested in figuring out ways to continue to grow the local area’s love and appreciation for the arts and encourage all to open up their art side and along with this to continue to help bring art experiences to those who might not have easy access to it.

With an almost 20 year background in sales, marketing, events, graphic design, book illustration, teaching, working with many different organizations such as The Augusta Chronicle, Fort Gordon, Verge Magazine, The Boys and Girls Club, and previously overseeing the education department and outreach at The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, she tries to remain active in as many groups as possible and now has joined forces with 4P Studios to assist with marketing and expanding their arts education programing, as their Director of Education!( 4PStudiosArt.com )

When not teaching or helping to organize local events she also continues to develop her own body of work. ( Housed In private collections throughout the United States )

Her main series at the moment is know as “The Apron Series” in which she explores her own love-hate relationships with gender roles, technology, and the passing of time. “I’m very tomboyish, and I think a lot about ‘what does it mean’ to be a woman. I also ponder a lot on what does it mean to be alive… and if and how one can truly live,” elaborating that “people seem to tend to hold themselves back from their true desires,” she said. The series is a little cheeky and fun and usually has snarky titles like “Just Because I Want a New Apron Doesn’t Mean that I Can Cook.”

Pastecki also loves all things POP ART! Anything that meets her fancy — cartoons, song lyrics, store products, random commercial / advertisement memories… — are also likely to pop up in any of her other series of works. In such fast moving times Pastecki strives slow down and admire and help shape the world in which she lives in.

Daily Motto: “Life is good, Live it Up.”
“Happy Art Making!”

Home Life: Pastecki currently divides her time between Augusta Ga and Florida (her home away from home and artist retreat). She is married to photojournalist Ben Boocker, Bestie to The Walkers, and is the happy mother to one pup, Loki, and one kitty, Salem Brundle Moon.

Artist Contact: You Can see more of Pastecki’s art online at:

https://www.facebook.com/EricaPASTECKI/

and contact her with general questions and/or commission work at: [email protected]
or on her social media artist page Erica Pastecki (Feel free to send some “likes!” )