Alison Erickson

Alison Erickson has been working in bronze since 1998, creating evocative sculptural works from her studio in Waikari, North Canterbury, where she collaborates closely with her partner, fellow artist Sam Mahon. Erickson sculpts and casts each piece herself, maintaining complete involvement in every stage of the process.

Over the past two decades, she has exhibited widely across New Zealand, presenting work in solo and group exhibitions as well as major outdoor sculpture shows in Auckland, Christchurch, and Dunedin. Her practice includes several public and private commissions, with three public sculptures permanently sited in New Zealand and overseas. She is currently developing a new public work for the Timaru District Council.

Erickson’s sculptures explore the complexities of the human condition — sometimes as fleeting moments, at other times as layered narratives. Her recent work has focused on the relationship between the human form and the landscape, reflecting on emotional and physical connections to place. Through these works, she examines the sense of loss that arises as once-wild, unpeopled environments are transformed, capturing the quiet tension between belonging and change.