
Design Bio
Erika Knerr is an art director and designer who designed the Blue Night downloadable coloring book that accompanied the public art, site-specific commission by American artist Kiki Smith, also titled Blue Night.
Erika Knerr is currently working remotely on staff at Stiebel Eltron USA, based in West Hatfield, MA in Communications and Marketing. Knerr has worked as an art director, editor and designer for numerous magazines including Fortune, New Observations, Disney FamilyFun and Marvel magazines. She served as art director of New Observations magazine, a non-profit arts journal in New York from 1991-2001, then as the third publisher of the journal from 2011-17.
Coloring Book designed to accompany the site specific artwork.
Cover Images: Kiki Smith, Constellation drawings, 2020. Double hemisphere celestial chart by Louis Vlasbloem, 1675.
First exhibited for Art Basel Miami VIP program & Illuminate Coral Gables.
Dates of exhibition: February-April, 2021
Funded by the City of Coral Gables, FL
Book Design by Erika Knerr
Design Resume
Education
School of Visual Arts
Tyler School of Art
Employment
Stiebel Eltron Inc
Graphic Design & Marketing
2018-2023