Loren Erdrich creates atmospheric images that drift in and out of focus, wholly embodying the unpredictable nature and fluidity of water. The artist uses organic and synthetic dyes as well as raw pigments mixed only with water on raw canvas. Erdrich's compositions feature figures that merge with their environments and at times disappear completely—guiding viewers into a realm existing somewhere between the tangible earthly world and the spiritual beyond.

Loren Erdrich was born in 1978. The artist received a MFA from the Burren College of Art at the National University of Ireland near Ballyvaughan, Ireland, a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Exhibitions of Erdrich’s work have taken place at Shrine in New York City; Harper’s in New York City; the Spring Break Art Show in New York City; Wasserman Projects in Detroit, Michigan; and Guts Gallery in London, UK. 

Erdrich has participated in residencies at: the Jentel Foundation in Banner, Wyoming; Santa Fe Art Institute in New Mexico; Sculpture Space in Utica, New York, Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont; and Art Farm Nebraska in Marquette, Nebraska.

Erdrich is represented by Shrine in New York City. 

Erdrich frequently collaborates with the poet Sierra Nelson, co-authoring the award winning I Take Back the Sponge Cake, published by Rose Metal Press, and Isolation, a limited edition published in 2020.

Erdrich lives and works in New York City.